7-day plan: God guides
How God walks with and directs those who seek him, in big things and small.
One passage a day, with a question to think it over. Your progress stays on this device, no account needed.
Day 1 · He directs your steps
We plan our way, but YHWH makes our step firm
The heart of a man plans his way, but YHWH establishes his step.
Proverbs 16:9 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
What does this passage say about what God is like?
Day 2 · Seeking his will
Paul links giving yourself to God and renewing your mind with finding his will
I urge you then, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice living, holy, pleasing to God, which is your rational worship. And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may discern what the will of God is: what is good and pleasing and complete.
Romans 12:1–2 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
Paul says: "If possible, as far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people" (v. 18). With whom can you take a step toward peace?
Day 3 · Asking for counsel
Where there is no direction a people falls; many advisers bring safety
Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but there is salvation in an abundance of counselors.
Proverbs 11:14 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
What situation in your life does this passage speak to?
Day 4 · When you don't know what to do
Surrounded by enemies, King Jehoshaphat admits he does not know what to do and looks to God
And now, look, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, among whom you did not let Israel come when they came from the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them and did not destroy them look, they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of your possession that you gave us to possess. Our Elohim, will you not judge them? For there is no power in us before this great multitude that is coming against us, and we do not know what to do, but on you are our eyes.”
2 Chronicles 20:10–12 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
What does it invite you to do today, even something small?
Day 5 · He directs your steps
Even if he falls, he is not thrown down: YHWH holds his hand
By YHWH the steps of a man are made firm, and in his way he delights. When he falls, he will not be hurled down, for YHWH sustains his hand.
Psalms 37:23–24 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
Who could you share this with this week?
Day 6 · Seeking his will
A simple prayer: teach me to do your will
Teach me to do your will, for you are my Elohim; may your good spirit lead me in a land of level ground.
Psalms 143:10 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
What would you like to say to God after reading it?
Day 7 · Asking for counsel
Listen to advice, and remember YHWH's plan is the one that stands
Listen to counsel and receive correction, so that you may become wise in your end. Many are the plans in the heart of a man, but the counsel of YHWH, it will stand.
Proverbs 19:20–21 · Read the whole chapterTo think about
Looking back over the week, what changed in how you see this topic?