ARE YOUR GOALS SET AND PLANS MADE?

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YOU DID SET YOUR GOALS AND MAKE YOUR PLANS

DIDN'T YOU?

That is the in thing to do you know!

Even if you are a Christian.

Remember those great things you are going to do for God.

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The "Church" has absorbed the ways of the world

to such a degree I have had to wonder about our ways.

God said,

"'My thoughts,' says the LORD,'

are not like yours,

and my ways are different from yours."

-Isaiah 55:8 (GNB)

"What you think is the right road my lead to death."

"You may make your plans,

but God directs  your actions."

People may plan all kinds of things,

but the LORD'S will is going to be done."

-Proverbs 14;12, 16:19, 19;21 (GNB)

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As a result I have wondered.

"If I did God's leading each day.  Would I 

not end up where He wants me?

(No.  I do not profess to have practiced what I preach on the matter.)

I have been reading a book,

Brother Bakht Singh of India.

by T. E. Koshy

This man comes closer to being a man of God, like the apostle Paul, 

than anyone I have ever read or heard about.   He was used to 

start hundreds of assemblies (church's) and won multiplied

thousands to Christ.   This brother would not even go get

a hair cut with out seeking God's will.  I simply want to share

with you some of his thoughts on the subject.  The following are 

quotes from the above book.

"In many ways his life and ministry were unique,

for he waited upon God to know His plan before he did anything."

-p. 23

"... he prayed and sought His will before he did anything,

whether small or big."

-p. 49

"From that day on, Bakht Singh was to take infinite pains

to know the Lord's mind about every small detail of life."

-p. 112

"Before he did anything, he spent sufficient time in prayer."

-p. 131

"He then asked Bakht Singh, 'Tell me what is your strategy or method?'
He then replied that he had no strategy or method.  He and his co-workers
had no extra qualifications but were simple people without much education.
They simply decided to do all things by prayer and in oneness and total
obedience to the Word of God, without any compromise.  'The Lord
works if we honour God's Word'"
-p. 275,276

"During his morning meditation, Bakht Singh prayed and asked the
Lord whether he should go and see the zoo or should he do something else."
-p. 394

"He communed with God and waited on Him to hear His voice
for his guidance and direction for the day.  He read and meditated 
on the Word of God."
-p. 421

"Bakht Singh did not believe in 'pre-arranged' ministry,
meaning that he did not plan or arrange before hand who 
should be the speaker or preacher at any particular meeting."
-p. 439

"Once this writer asked him why he was seeking God's
will for the obvious things, and his answer was to 
never take anything for granted."
-p. 473

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"Trust in the Lord with all your heart.
Never rely on what you think you know.
Remember the LORD in everything you do,
and he will show you the right way."
-Proverbs 3:56 (GNB)

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