God Still Has a Plan for You

God Still Has a Plan for You

Hebrews 12:1 – Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great
cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin
that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race
marked out for us.

When you feel like failure is final….

Mark 1:17 – “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for
people.” At once they left their nets and followed him.

GOD STILL HAS A PLAN….

1. Even when I .

Matthew 14:28-30 – “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you
on the water.” “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked
on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was
afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

2. Even when I feel like a .

Matthew 26:38 – Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow
to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.

Matthew 26:39-44 – Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground
and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet
not as I will, but as you will.” Then he returned to his disciples and found them
sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked
Peter. He went away a second time and prayed….. When he came back, he
again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy.

3. Even when I Him.

Mark 14:29-31 – Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.” “Truly I tell
you,” Jesus answered, “today—yes, tonight—before the rooster crows twice
you yourself will disown me three times.” But Peter insisted emphatically,
“Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.”

John 18:18 (NLT) – Because it was cold, the household servants and the
guards had made a charcoal fire. They stood around it, warming themselves,
and Peter stood with them, warming himself.

Mark 14:66-71 – Meanwhile, Peter was in the courtyard below. One of the
servant girls who worked for the high priest came by and noticed Peter
warming himself at the fire. She looked at him closely and said, “You were
one of those with Jesus of Nazareth.” But Peter denied it. “I don’t know what
you’re talking about,” he said, and he went out into the entryway. Just then, a
rooster crowed. When the servant girl saw him standing there, she began
telling the others, “This man is definitely one of them!” But Peter denied it
again. A little later some of the other bystanders confronted Peter and said,
“You must be one of them, because you are a Galilean.” Peter swore, “A
curse on me if I’m lying—I don’t know this man you’re talking about!”

Luke 22:60-62 – And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster
crowed. At that moment the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Suddenly, the
Lord’s words flashed through Peter’s mind: “Before the rooster crows
tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.” And
Peter left the courtyard, weeping bitterly.

John 21:6-9 (NLT) – So they did, and they couldn’t haul in the net because
there were so many fish in it. Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s
the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his tunic
(for he had stripped for work), jumped into the water, and headed to shore.
The others stayed with the boat and pulled the loaded net to the shore, for
they were only about a hundred yards from shore. When they got there, they
found breakfast waiting for them—fish cooking over a charcoal fire, and some
bread.

John 21:15-19 (NLT) – After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son
of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you
know I love you.” “Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him. Jesus repeated the
question: “Simon son of John, do you love me?” “Yes, Lord,” Peter said, “you
know I love you.” “Then take care of my sheep…..” A third time he asked him,
“Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the
question a third time. He said, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I
love you.” Jesus said, “Then feed my sheep. “I tell you the truth, when you
were young, you were able to do as you liked; you dressed yourself and went
wherever you wanted to go. But when you are old, you will stretch out your
hands, and others will dress you and take you where you don’t want to go.”
Jesus said this to let him know by what kind of death he would glorify God.
Then Jesus told him, “Follow me.”

Jesus doesn’t see you as , but as you