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Better Plans · Life For Toledo

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This is Pastor Daniel Stevenson. I'm director of the Southside Life Station and pastor of New Heights Fellowship Baptist Church of East Toledo.
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And you're receiving this message because you opted in to be encouraged.
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Today's message comes out of Psalms 33 verse 10.
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The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations. He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
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Your wisdom, when not received from God, is canceled.
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Its benefits are made negligible. He will turn plans to tiny grains to slip through your hands for any amount of grasping.
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If it's your plan and your wisdom, he will ensure its futility, despite applied human effort.
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He loves us too much to let us go our own way without frustrating our human supposed originality enough to have us looking for his way.
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However, rebellion is like the sin of witchcraft, which includes addictive among its other traits.
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How many times do we look at the shreds of our plan and say, that should have worked, right?
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But God, the Lord, nullifies the counsel of the nations.
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He frustrates the plans of his people when he is left out of them.
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Choose the way of the Lord today. Salvation is through Jesus Christ, who died on the cross.
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Repent, believe in him and serve him for the rest of your days.
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Just say, God, I give you the rest of my days to do with as you please and let that be a true statement and you will be saved.
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Then make your plans in line with what the Lord teaches you, who the Lord makes you out to be, and you will do well.
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I pray you will do well. Be encouraged today, in Jesus name, Amen.