If you expect to fulfill your dreams and achieve your life goals, it will require more than stamina, willpower, and inspiration; it will also require planning.

It is not possible to plan for every twist and turn that awaits you on the road to success, but it is possible to plan alternate routes and scenic diversions. A plan B or sometime C if you will.

The word “plan” appears 205 times throughout the books of the bible. I am going to share the ones that I cherish.

Proverbs 21:5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

Luke 14:28 “For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he/she has enough to complete it?

Ecclesiastes 3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.

Proverbs 11:14 Where there is no guidance, a people fall, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Proverbs 20:18 Plans are established by counsel, by wise guidance wage war.

Proverbs 19:2 Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses the way.

Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man/woman plans his/her way, but the Lord establishes his/her steps.

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your path.

Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.

Psalm 20:4 May He grant you your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans!

These have worked for me. If I were a betting man, I would say that they will do the same for you given the same circumstances.