My Father's Business: 30 Inspirational Stories for Discerning and Doing God's Will

By Eddie Jones

What does it mean to find God's will for your life? How can you know your calling. . . your destiny?

When we say, "Lord, Your will be done," we are asking God to place His deepest yearnings into our hearts and alter the circumstances of our lives. In My Father's Business, you will see how others resp

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dry Bones Publishing
• Release date: Mar 18, 2019
• ISBN: 9781645261797

Eddie Jones

Eddie is an award-winning author of YA fiction. Father of two boys, he's also a pirate at heart who loves to surf. An avid sailor with a great sense of humor, Eddie has been married to a girl he met at a stoplight in West Palm Beach during spring break a long, long time ago in a Ford Galaxy far, far away. His Caribbean Chronicles series is a humorous time-travel pirate fantasy adventure series. Eddie's Caden Chronicles series is wholesome, humorous reading built around supernatural mysteries.Awards for Eddie's novels:* Winner (multiple times) of the Selah award for tween / teen YA fiction* INSPY Award* Moonbeam Children's Book Award

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Table of Contents

Introduction

With Prayer, We Cannot Fail (Piety).

Rubber Meets His Road (Perseverance)

Assemble Your Team (Fellowship)

Labor Heartily As Unto the Lord (Productivity)

You Shall Dream Dreams (Imagination)

A Widow’s Might (sacrifice)

From Pit to Prominence (Faithfulness)

Plumb the Depths of God’s Love (Gratitude)

Consecrated to Christ (Service)

Walking in Integrity (Purity)

The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be (Vision)

My Wig Is not that Big (Influence)

Marching Orders (Discernment)

A Self-Made Man (Endurance)

Roast Yourself (Humility)

Worst Case Scenarios (Tenacity)

Prepare to Wait (Diligence)

Wounded for His Work (Suffering)

Plan Man (Obedience)

God As Your Talent Agent (Patience)

What’s Your Excuse? (Power)

Lean on Him: The Author’s Testimonial (Experience)

Send Scraps (Persistence)

Grateful or Full of Regret? (Contentment)

A Slam Dunk (Confidence)

God: The One percent solution (success)

Who Are You and Why Should I Care? (Legacy)

Rise Up and Advance (Boldness)

Seeds of Success (Faith)

Have Work Your Way at Bigger King (Commitment)

The only reliable way to be truly guided by God is to assimilate the Word of God to your character. . . . Scripture reveals God’s will only if we allow His Holy Spirit to apply it to our circumstances.

Oswald Chambers

Introduction

What does it mean to discern God’s will for your life? How can you hear His call? The word discernment comes from two Latin words: discernere (to perceive) and discretis (to separate). To discern God’s voice and will is to converse with Him. In both Hebrew and Greek, the word will means to yearn. When we say, Lord, Your will be done, we are asking God to infuse His deepest yearnings into our spirit and alter the circumstances of our lives in order that we may grow. God sees beyond our past and knows our secret desires, even those desires yet to be born. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express (Romans 8:26, NIV).

As you seek to discern and do God’s will, ask the following questions:

Will this course of action use my gifts, talents, and passions? 

How has my previous experience prepared me for this task? 

Will this new opportunity cause me to be more loving? 

Is this an expansion of my influence for God? 

Will I feel more fulfilled and have a greater sense of inner peace? 

Who will benefit from my actions? 

What will it cost me and my family? 

Is this a time-sensitive opportunity? 

We often complicate the business of knowing God’s will, but His word is clear: and you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:13 NKJV). Those who seek and ask, hear His voice. The following devotional stories illustrate how others have heard God’s call and heeded His voice. My prayer is that you, too, will learn to recognize God’s voice so that you will be able both to discern and to do His will.

Prayer does not fit us for the greater works; prayer is the greater work.

Oswald Chambers

With Prayer, We Cannot Fail

(Piety)

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the [Lord’s