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.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
James 4:13-17
"If it is the Lord's will, I will do this or that."
If it is the Lord's will, I will break out of my slump and write a book that glorifies Him.
If it is the Lord's will, I will grow in love and patience for everyone around me.
If it is the Lord's will, I will look at people, even people I don't naturally mesh with, and I will see God's children. And I will remember that I am God's child, too.
If it is the Lord's will, my children will grow to know God, and to trust, obey and depend on Him.
If it is the Lord's will, Dad will come to know Him, and this will ease his restless mind.
If it is the Lord's will, Terri will get her birthday card in time for her birthday (despite my mailing it late)!
If it is the Lord's will, I will seek and find ways to make Lee feel secure and happy in our marriage.
If it is the Lord's will, I will be a loving and effective Sunday school teacher for the 4th and 5th graders, filled with Your spirit, and the women replacing me in the 4/5s class will also be filled with Your spirit as they teach.
In Jesus' name I pray,
Amen
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