Take Charge of Your Life!: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities

By Derick M. Faison

God has a plan for your life.

Further, His plan for your life is already blessed! Your steps have already been ordered by the Lord. The challenge is how to discover what His plan is ultimately for your life. This book can help you to avoid costly mistakes and wasted time as you learn to seek Gods will and surrender your own to God.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Oct 18, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449752378

Derick M. Faison

Pastor Derick Faison is the Founder and Senior Pastor of Charisma Christian Center; a non-denominational, multicultural, multi-generational Church located in the heart of Fort Worth, Texas. Armed with over 25 years of practical ministry experience, Pastor Faison’s ministry has covered a wide spectrum of responsibilities, including conference coordinator, national youth leader, and renowned speaker for conferences and workshops nationwide. His writings and words of insight have been featured in many notable publications and he has often been a featured guest on TBN’s “Praise The Lord” show. Pastor Derick Faison is the CEO of Derick Faison Ministries, Inc. An anointed ministry vehicle which drives his desire to Pastors and leaders to impact the body of Christ worldwide. He is frequently called upon to train leaders and organizations in the areas of team building, soft skills, leadership and management techniques through workshops, conferences and training seminars conducted both nationally and internationally.

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ISBN: 978-1-4497-5236-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4497-5237-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012908908

WestBow Press rev. date: 10/08/2012

Contents

Preface

Tip #1    Be Sober

Tip #2    Be Senstitive

Tip #3    Be Still

Tip #4    Be Submitted

Tip #5    Be Selective

Tip #6    Be Satisfied

Conclusion

DEDICATION

I would like to dedicate this booklet to all of those whom are earnestly seeking God’s will and direction for their own lives. Also to all of the individuals who continue to support me on my own journey to discern His will.

PREFACE

Be not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is … (Ephesians 5:17)

I, like most people, was particularly intrigued by and interested in the 2008 presidential election. It was suggested that there was more interest in that year’s presidential election than any other in recent history. People who had never voted and others who had decided not to vote in the past were now lining up in droves to go to the caucuses and to the polls and to the rallies to support the candidate of their choice.

Even people from other nations were paying particular attention to the changes in our leadership, and they watched curiously as we went through the process of choosing the next leader of the most powerful nation on the planet.

Aside from the historic implications regarding racial and gender issues, I think people could feel a change and a shift in the atmosphere. They knew that the person we were about to choose to put in that office would define where the country was going, and would make important decisions that would affect our nation for the next several years—possibly for several generations to