God works all things according to the counsel of His will.
also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, Ephesians 1:11
The fall of a sparrow.
Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. Matt 10:29
The rolling of dice.
The lot is cast into the lap,
But its every decision is from the Lord. Proverbs 16:33
The decisions of kings.
The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
He turns it wherever He wishes. Proverbs 21:1
The authority of our leaders.
Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.” John 19:11
The failing of sight.
The Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Exodus 4:11
The sickness of a child.
So Nathan went to his house. Then the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s widow bore to David, so that he was very sick. 2 Samuel 12:15
The loss and gain of money.
“The Lord makes poor and rich;
He brings low, He also exalts. 1 Samuel 2:7
The suffering of the saints.
Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God shall entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right. 1 Peter 4:19
The completion of plans.
Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” James 4:15
The persecution of Christians.
4 You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; 5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;
6 For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines,
And He scourges every son whom He receives.”
7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? Hebrews 12:4-7
The repentance of souls.
24 The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, 25 with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, 2 Timothy 2:24-25
The gift of faith.
For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, Philippians 1:29
The pursuit of holiness.
Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in
you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6
The growth of believers.
1 Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do, if God permits. Hebrews 6:1-3
The giving in life and taking in death.
The Lord kills and makes alive;
He brings down to Sheol and raises up. 1 Samuel 2:6
The giving and taking away of blessings.
He said,
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21
The places we live and the length and time of our lives.
and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, Acts 17:26
The calamity of people.
If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble?
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it? Amos 3:6
The well-being of people.
The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing well-being and creating calamity;
I am the Lord who does all these. Isaiah 45:7
The sanctification and glorification of his children.
28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; 30 and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. Romans 8:28-30
The crucifixion of his Son.
27 For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, 28 to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur. Acts 4:27-28
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