It is Time for YOU to THRIVE in 2025!
“For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.” Jeremiah 29:11 AMPC
As I was praying over you recently and seeking the Lord as to what He would have me minister to you in this month’s letter, He brought this Scripture to me.
As I was meditating and praying in the Spirit over this Scripture, and what He would have me share about it, these words rose up in my spirit….Tell your Partners this:
It is time for YOU to THRIVE in 2025!
Wow! That hit me like a breath of fresh air! For so many I know, 2024 was a very tough year! From sicknesses and diseases, accidents and deaths, many people faced some very difficult situations.
But . . .
It is time for YOU to THRIVE in 2025!
I want to take a few moments to share a couple things from Jeremiah 29:11. First of all, you’ll notice these are the thoughts and plans of the LORD! Not some guy off the street who doesn’t know what he’s doing! These are the LORD’s plans! Do you know how HE plans?!
“Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?”
Isaiah 40:12 KJV
He planned out the whole universe with a drop of water in His hand, calculated the dimensions of it using the distance between the tip of His thumb and pinky finger and He comprehended, He understood, what it would take for all of the mountains and deserts to exist and function with a piece of dust on a scale! He is qualified to declare His plan to us . . .
It is YOUR time to THRIVE in 2025!
As a matter of fact, let’s look at an example of what happens when the LORD declares His plans!
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
Genesis 1:3 KJV
God declared what He planned and in one day, 24 hours, there was 16,070,400,000 MILES of His plan in existence! That’s 16 BILLION! In ONE day! And it is still expanding at that rate today! Every day!
And He has declared His plan . . .
It is YOUR time to THRIVE in 2025!
What does it mean to thrive though?
Let’s go back to our verse.
“Plans of welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.”
First of all, notice there is no evil involved. NONE!
Second, the word translated “peace” is the Hebrew word shalom and it literally includes:
- Completeness
- Soundness
- Welfare
- Health
- Prosperity
- Peace
- Quiet
- Tranquility
- Contentment
- Friendship - of human relationships
- Friendship - with God (especially a covenant relationship)
- Favor
- Rest
Thirdly, “hope in your final outcome.” Thank God that absolutely includes our transition to Heaven when that time comes but don’t limit it to that! Remember what the Lord said in Proverbs 3:1-2.
“MY SON, forget not my law or teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; For length of days and years of a life [worth living] and tranquility [inward and outward and continuing through old age till death], these shall they add to you.”
Proverbs 3:1-2 AMPC
That word translated “tranquility” there is that same Hebrew word shalom and includes EVERYTHING we listed out above!
ALL of those things are what we are supposed to be experiencing inwardly AND outwardly CONTINUALLY all the way through old age until death! That is what makes our length of days into years of A LIFE WORTH LIVING!
Now THAT, my Partner, is thriving!
It is YOUR time to THRIVE in 2025!
In closing, I am impressed to remind you of 2 Corinthians 6:2: NOW is the accepted time and NOW is the day of sozo - our ENTIRE salvation package! Everything we have seen and discussed in this letter!
Glory to God, it’s YOUR time to thrive in 2025!
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