Planning – The Arnold Journey

Matthew 26 – Best Plans

Matthew 26:4-5 and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. 5 “But not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.” Sometimes our best plans fail to materialize. We end up failing even when we worked through a great plan, taking into account the many “what if’s”Continue reading “Matthew 26 – Best Plans”

Incomplete Planning

1 Chronicles 13:2 He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the Lord our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our people throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites whoContinue reading “Incomplete Planning”

Poor Planning

Mark 14:55-59 What a bunch of idiots! I have to catch myself, sometimes, because I just want to laugh at the poor planning and execution of some things in life. We had a great example last year with the launch of Obamacare. They had years to get it right, and they couldn’t. The websiteContinue reading “Poor Planning”

The “What If’s” of Life

Mark 3:8-9 How much should we plan in life? How flexible do we need to be? To answer this simply, both planning and flexibility are needed. How much of each do you need in your life to feel comfortable? To accomplish all the tasks in your life? To manage the unexpected? It can beContinue reading “The “What If’s” of Life”

Dreamer

Proverbs 16:1 I have plans! I don’t know if any of them will happen, but that doesn’t stop me from planning. There are so many outside forces and circumstances that can influence the outcome. I could plow my way to an outcome, but I don’t want to expend that much energy. Sheer force ofContinue reading “Dreamer”

Chiseled in Stone

Proverbs 14:22 Anyone enjoy the “Oceans” 11, 12, 13 movies? The planning that goes into the big heists is fun to watch, even though hipped by Hollywood. And with the recent big stakes heist that took place in Cannes, France netting the thief about $136 million in jewels! Really big evil usually doesn’t happenContinue reading “Chiseled in Stone”