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Aug.06.04: Light for the Day - "Decision"
-- Proverbs 3:5,6
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
-- Proverbs 16:3
Commit to the LORD whatever you do,
and your plans will succeed.
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My Decision
I have a decision to make--
what will I do?
I'll humbly bow my head,
dear Father, and bring it to You.
I know You'll show me
the thing that is right,
It may be tomorrow
or it may be tonight.
I want to serve You
and do Your will,
I would like to go boldly
but I'm timid still.
I'm not afraid,
that's what I say,
But what if I
choose the wrong way?
You've promised to lead me
and I know it is true,
But how Blessed LORD,
will I know it is You?
I trust You to show me
and rid me of doubt,
Keep me and lead me
and make it work out.
I feel calmer now,
I know You are here,
You'll show me the pathway,
each step will be clear.
Forgive me for wanting
to see far ahead,
And help me follow You
each moment instead.
Thanks for Your strength
and Your wisdom too,
And for teaching me daily
that I can trust You.
I know that the moment
my decision is due,
That you'll tell me plainly
what I should do.
-- Bob Hefner
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-- Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart plans his way,
But the LORD directs his steps.
-- 1 Corinthians 10:31
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do,
do it all for the glory of God.
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-- Philippians 4:6,7
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
-- Proverbs 19:21
You can make many plans, but the LORD’s purpose will prevail.
-- James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
-- Proverbs 9:10
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
-- Psalms 25:8,9
8 Good and upright is the LORD;
Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.
9 The humble He guides in justice,
And the humble He teaches His way.
-- Proverbs 14:29
A patient man has great understanding,
but a quick-tempered man displays folly.
(Those who control their anger have great understanding;
those with a hasty temper will make mistakes.)
-- Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD.
(We may throw the dice, but the LORD determines how they fall.)
-- Proverbs 23:17
Do not let your heart envy sinners,
but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.
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-- Isaiah 48:17
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go."
-- Judges 20:27
And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there, ...)
-- 1 Samuel 23:4
Once again David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him, "Go down to
Keilah, for I am going to give the Philistines into your hand."
-- 1 Chronicles 14:10,14
10 so David inquired of God: "Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The LORD answered him, "Go, I will hand them over to you."
14 so David inquired of God again, and God answered him, "Do not go straight up, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees."
-- 1 Samuel 28:5-7
5 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim (sacred lots) or by the prophets.
7 Then Saul said to his servants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her." And his servants said to him, "In fact, there is a woman who is a medium at En
Dor."
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-- James 4:13-15
13 Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money."
14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow.
What is your life?
You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
15 Instead, you ought to say,
"If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that."
-- Jeremiah 29:11-13
11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
-- Matthew 7:7,8
7 "Ask and it will be given to you;
Seek and you will find;
Knock and the door will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives;
he who seeks finds;
and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
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