FAVORITE QUOTES from the book:
1."While you may not know or understand all the twists and turns of life, you can be sure of one thing: the same God who breathed life into you loves enough to plan for your future."
2. "He may not like where your life is right now, but He is not going to abandon you(John 14:18). If you will trust Him, He will begin to work in your life. Then you will see His plan and will for your life unfold in a mighty way. This is His promise to each one of us."
3. Obedience always is the first step to discovering God's plan for your life.
4. One thing that can block us from fulfilling God’s promise for our lives is becoming entangled in what others think about what we are doing.
5. ..experiencing the fullness of God’s will is not something that happens immediately. It takes time- a lifetime.
6. God has a plan, and it should
be our goal to live out that plan to the best of our knowledge and ability.
7. God sees the big picture of our
lives and knows all that it will take to get us to a place where we will
fulfill His will. He knows how He wants the events of our lives to end. He also
knows how to position us so that we fulfill His plan and glorify Him.
8. Instead of thinking, What about me and my desires?, the right
question to ask is, “Lord, what is Your desire for my life?
9. Can you say without a doubt that
you are fully surrendered to the Lord so that He can reveal His will in and
through your life?
11. He has a will for your life, and
if you set a goal to be still before Him and study His Word, He will reveal it
to you.
12. Both of these men (Abraham and
Joseph) were given glimpses of God’s plan for their lives, but they had to
“winter” with God and wait for His appointed time. Timing is everything to God.
He knows the perfect moment to call to you and the perfect moment for you to
answer Him.
13. Trusting God to supply all your
needs is the key to walking each day in the center of His will.
God set up the circumstances in my
life, and He provided the answer I needed exactly when I needed it the most
(Ephesians 1:11)
14. No matter how badly you have
messed up, He will take the broken pieces of your life and, with the glue of
His unconditional love, put your life back together.
15. What is your deepest desire? Is it
to know Jesus first? Or are you battling with feelings and desires that, if
left unchecked, could lead you far from God’s planned purpose for your life? If
this is the case, stop right where you are and tell the Lord about the
confusion you are feeling.
16. We may go through a season of
mourning, but it will not last forever ( Ps. 30:5; 51:12). When we allow Him to
move close to us, He will heal our hearts and shattered dreams and lead us on
to a spacious place of blessing (Ps. 18:19).
18. Initially, God’s warning is very
loud, and we feel uncomfortable. However, if we continue to ignore it, we will
hear it less and less until we cannot hear His words of caution at all.
19. Sadly, the person who is living
with a seared conscience will miss the joy and the peace that come from
intimately knowing God and doing His will.
20. Common sense will never lead you
in a direction that is contrary to God’s will and principles. If your common
sense is tuned to God’s Word, it will shout a long and strong warning when you
are headed in a wrong direction.
21. When we place our faith in God and
take our hands off the problem, the need, the decision, or the relationship, He
will work everything out according to His will for our lives in order to
demonstrate His awesome power.
22. If we had waited until we knew
everything would work out perfectly and according to our plans, then we would
have been acting in our own strength.
23. There are a lot of mysteries to
God's will- events in the past and those to come that we will not fully
understand. There will be some things that He shows us and other things
that we will not know.
24. While it was a decision that I did
not want to make, it certainly is one that I have never regretted.
25. Years later, as senior pastor to a
spiritually strong and growing congregation, I can say without hesitation, if
God is leading you to do something, don't resist Him.
26.Get on board with His plan for your
life.You will never regret obeying Him.He is the only One who has all the
facts, knows all the truth there is to know, and has a wonderful plan in mind
for your life.
27. "Make me know Your ways, O
LORD; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the
God of my salvation" (Psalm 25:4-5). If you really want to catch God's
attention, ask Him to "teach you more about His ways" as He guides
you each day.
28. He will not resist a heart that is
fully submitted to Him.
29. Never count God out of your plans
because He who holds the future also holds your hand.
30. You may think that somehow God has
made a mistake and failed to keep His promise to you. He hasn’t. He has only
just begun to work out His marvelous will for your life.
31. Instead of focusing on your
cirmcumstances, learn to watch for God’s directive, and you will find a certain
kind of peace for your heart and mind that is beyond anything this world knows.
32. Doubts, misbeliefs, listenting to
those who are not living within the will of God, and many other things can work
like a fast-moving undercurrent to pull us off-course and away from God’s
plan. Perhaps it is time for you to get off the raft and swim to shore
where you can once again have both feet on solid ground.
33. Cast your burdens upon the Lord
and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (Ps.
55:22). God’s presence in our lives is our sustaining peace (1 Peter 5:7).
34. No matter what the circumstances
may be, His goal is to draw us closer to Him and position us for blessing by
fulfilling His will for our lives.
35. What looks like tragedy to us
will, over time, become a tool in God’s hands to shape our lives so that we
will be more sensitive to His Spirit and to the needs of others.
36. When tragedy strikes, we will cry
out, wondering if God sees or understands our plight. He does, but He may be
waiting to see if we will trust Him or cower in fear.
37. Are you traveling through a
difficult time in your life and wondering if you will survive? ..When
difficulties come, when you don’t know the right decision to make at home or in
your work, you can turn to the Person who has given you a promise and knows
that you will make it over “to the other side”.
38. Be encouraged when difficulty
comes, because either you are on the right path or God is in the process of
making a course correction in your life. Either way, when you submit your heart
and life to Him, you will continue to advance and come away with a great
blessing.
39. “The golden rule for understanding
spiritually is not intellect but obedience”-Oswald Chambers
40. God will allow you to come to the
end of yourself..God breaks us in order to use us for a greater purpose.
