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Key Texts: Psalms 33: 10-11/ Deuteronomy: 29:4 and Psalms 25:14 Psalms 33: 10-11 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations. Let’s put the two key verses from this psalm in front of us: Notice the words “Counsel” and “Plans” The point of these verses is that both men and God take counsel and both plans, but in the end,   it is not the counsel and plans of men that are established, but of God’s. THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD STANDS FOREVER It is all-important to realize that God plans the world and he plans churches and plans lives, and his plans succeed. His plans take precedence over our plans. Our plans have significance and durability to the degree that God plans for our plans to be significant and durable. God is the all-important reality in planning from beginning to end. God’s will is to be known, to be explicit, to...

Key Texts: Psalms 33: 10-11/ Deuteronomy: 29:4 and Psalms 25:14 Psalms 33: 10-11 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. 11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations. Let’s put the two key verses from this psalm in front of us: Notice the words “Counsel” and “Plans”. The point of these verses is that both men and God take counsel and both plan, but in the end it is not the counsel and plans of men that are established, but of God’s. THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD STANDS FOREVER It is all-important to realize that God plans the world and he plans churches and plans lives, and his plans succeed. His plans take precedence over our plans. Our plans have significance and durability to the degree that God plans for our plans to be significant and durable. God is the all-important reality in planning from beginning to end. God’s will is for that to be known, to be explici...