
1) Sometimes our dreams and plans are
“My days are over. My hopes have disappeared. My heart’s desires are broken.”
Job 17:11
2) We need to (re-
“Jesus replied, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.”
Matthew 22:37,38
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“Devote yourselves to prayer, with an alert mind and a thankful heart.”
Colossians 4:2
“But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.”
Luke 5:16
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“All scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true…”
2 Timothy 3:16
• Do life in a
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9
• Be
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others.”
1 Peter 4:10
3) Recognize your only true source of
“I have told you these things, so that IN ME you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. BUT TAKE HEART! I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33
4) Know that God is always working and doing a
“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
Isaiah 43:19
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13