Seeing God's Plan Beyond Our Circumstances

``Whether or not god alters our current circumstances, his power to give a future and hope never changes. We know this based on his word that stays the same. That's why it's important to take action when difficulties we doubt into our faith. No matter what the dire, dreary circumstances, god can revive, restore, and renew. We just have to be focused on his plan and not on our circumstance. And that's hard to do. [00:45:52] (36 seconds)  #FaithOverCircumstance

So, despite severe physical suffering and loss, Job maintained that even if god allowed him to die, his hope would still be in him alone. So, another word that we got a definition here is hope. It is the desire for a positive outcome combined with the expectation of belief that it is possible. A confident active trust that situations can improve. That's hope. And all of us have experienced hardships in our lives, whether it be physical, financial, emotional, and either as individuals or as a group. [00:36:34] (50 seconds)  #HopeInSuffering

our reading from the Psalter this morning is gonna be part of my Bible verses and it comes from Psalm 40 verse five. Many, oh lord, my god, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us, no one can recount to you. We're out of speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare. This is the word of god for us, the people of god. Praise be to god. [00:16:42] (29 seconds)  #Psalm40Praise

We, how many of us have have faced difficult circumstances? Every single one of us and how many of us got through those circumstances instantaneously? And the definition of a circumstance is a fault, condition, or event that accompanies, modifies, or determines another event. So it's almost like it's just a continuous, cycle. And then a definition of a plan is a detailed method, program, or set of actions formulated in advance to achieve a specific goal or objective. [00:34:23] (45 seconds)  #FocusOnThePlan