The Way You Should Go
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God gives his people advice for success in this life: The Way You Should Go
The state of God's people
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
Jeremiah 4:22 For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’ in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.”
Man's Path
Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
1 Chronicles 10:13
Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD; he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
Leviticus 19:31
Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
Habakkuk 2:19
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’ Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’ Can it give guidance? It is covered with gold and silver; there is no breath in it.”
Some decrees
Proverbs 16:3Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
Psalm 119:9: How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.
A true believer's prayer for guidance and instruction
Psalm 25:9 He leads the humble in what is right and teaches the humble his way.
Psalm 27:11Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.
Psalm 25:5Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you, I wait all the day long.
Some information to know before the journey begins
Isaiah 8:10 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us."
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Developing a battle plan
Proverbs 20:18Plans are established by seeking advice; so if you wage war, obtain guidance.
Proverbs 24:6: " Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is won through many advisers.
Proverbs 15:22 Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers, they succeed.
God is on the journey with us
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Hebrews 13:5 Don't be obsessed with money (Stay away from the love of money); be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never, never fail you nor forsake you.”
Romans 8:31If God be for us, who can be against us? (τίς, not τί, in opposition to ὁ Θεὸς: who - what adverse power - can there possibly be, stronger than God?).
The Way You Should Go
Psalm 32:8-9I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.
Isaiah 30:21: Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
Psalms 119:105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
Proverbs 3:5- 6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Psalm 119:133 Keep steady my steps according to your promise and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
1 Peter 2:15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
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