God’s Plans for You

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Sometimes when people quote Jeremiah 29:11 they don’t fully understand what it means. Some people will say God knows the plans he has for us so he’s going to make our plans work out. That’s actually not the case. In that verse, it says God knows the plans HE has for us, so this is not about our plans but his. This likely may come from people reading partial quotes of this scripture from memes on social media rather than reading in context as a whole verse.

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Fruits Of The Righteous

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In Gal 5:22-23, Paul tells believers to produce the fruits of the Spirit. These are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control. Paul states that the fruits of the Spirit are a result of walking in the Spirit, rather than the lust of the flesh, in Galatians 5:16-23. Something to ask: Where do fruits come from? Fruits come from trees, but where do trees come from? Trees come from sowing seeds, and seeds come from fruits.

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