Malinda and I met at She Speaks 2016 and she is quickly becoming a treasured friend.

Today, IвЂ™d like you to meet my friend, Malinda. Every few days during our anxiety series, IвЂ™ll be introducing you to some of these amazing writers. The topics range from faith and inspiration to home and family to everything under the sun. вЂ“ Philippians 1:6Д¬urious about this 31 Days thing? There are hundreds of other writers joining the challenge to write every day for the month of October. вЂ“ Ephesians 1:9-10ДЄnd I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will. вЂ“ Psalm 138:8Д®ven as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. вЂ“ Isaiah 14:24ДЇor we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. The Lord of hosts has sworn: вЂњAs I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. Your eyes saw my unformed substance in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way. вЂ“ Psalm 32:8Д«ut, as it is written, вЂњWhat no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him.вЂќ вЂ“ 1 Corinthians 2:9 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go I will counsel you with my eye upon you. The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. May they fill your mind with peace and your heart with comfort as you soak up the knowledge that GodвЂ™s plans for your life are not for disaster, but for hope.ДЄnd we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Here are fifteen Bible verses that prove that God has plans for your life. God has plans for you, and they are good. He would not leave such attention to detail merely to chance. He knows the hairs on your head, the thoughts in your mind, and the hours that you will live on this earth. He knew the span of your life before you were formed in your motherвЂ™s womb. Creation had only to be created for it to be called good.Д«ut still, God has plans. But really, it is good simply because of the God who calls it so. It is good because of the lives it will save. It is good because of the hope it will give. His plan is good because of the purpose it will serve. Indeed, near the end of creation, He calls His plan very good. And just four verses into His Word, we see that He likes His plan. For day and night, heavens and earth, land and sea, sun and moon, birds and fish, animals and humans, He has always had a plan.

From the very beginning when He created this world, He had a plan. Welcome to Day 17 of 31 Days of Battling Anxiety with Biblical Truth! And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

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