Finding God's Plan For Your Life

By Darla Clark

Do you know God’s plan for your life?
Are you utilizing your gifts and talents to further His Kingdom?
If you cannot answer a resounding ‘YES!’ to these questions, then this book is just what you need!
Darla went through each step outlined in this book while in a challenging season of a job layoff. The Lord bi

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
• Release date: Jan 14, 2020
• ISBN: 9781640886896

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FINDING GOD’S PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE

Darla Clark

Trilogy Christian Publishers

TUSTIN, CA

Trilogy Christian Publishers

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Copyright © 2019 by Darla Clark

All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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ISBN 978-1-64088-688-9

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Contents

Dedication v

Introduction vii

Hear from God 1

Obey What You Hear 29

Use What You Have 53

Speak about It 71

Expect It All to Come to Pass 91

God’s Plan 107

References 113

Appendix 115

Getting Your HOUSE in Order Walkboard 119

About the Author 121

This book is dedicated to:

—My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave me the steps for Finding God’s Plan for My Life and patiently walked with me through each step.

—My loving husband, Doug, who is my best friend and a treasure from the Lord, who cheers me on in whatever I do.

—And to my Godly parents, now in heaven, who brought us up in a Christian, loving home and who taught us about Jesus at an early age.

Introduction

The story of finding God’s plan for my life began in the spring of 2001.

My husband and I had felt a stirring in our spirits that something may be happening to my job and/or my company. We began praying that the Lord’s will would be done and felt excited about whatever new adventure He would have for us. At that time, I was the director of human resources (HR) for a large computer company with responsibility for seven human resources groups across the United States. I loved working there and had been there six and a half years. It was a great position, but I was ready to move on if that’s what the Lord had in store. In July 2001, the consumer and business divisions were combined, eliminating the need for my position. I was given the opportunity to work in an HR position with another division, which would have meant more traveling, but I didn’t feel the Lord was moving us in that direction. My only other option was to leave the company, which we felt was what we should do. So, I did at the end of August.

While on my last assignment in Hampton, Virginia, I was praying on August 26, 2001, and told the Lord, When I get back to Albuquerque, I am going to fast and pray, and you will show me what I’m to do next. As soon as I said that He said, Why do we have to wait until you get back to Albuquerque? I was so startled—these words came in so loud and clear to me. I jumped up, grabbed a pen and notepad, and He started talking. He said, Getting Your HOUSE in Order. I said, I know Lord, I have to get my house in order, and then you’ll show me what you have next for me. (I had numerous cleaning and organizing projects in my house and garage that I thought He was referring to.) He said, No, Getting Your HOUSE in Order is WHAT you’ll be doing. I said, Ok, what is this? I thought maybe it was one of those closet-organizing businesses!

He then started revealing more of the plan to me. He said, You will be helping women get their ‘houses’ (lives) in order, and you will do this in your physical house. He then went on to reveal the various parts of their lives I would be helping them with (using the letters of the word HOUSE):

 H – HEALTH – Helping them with exercise, food, breathing, skincare.

 O – OCCUPATION – I had been in HR for many years and could assist women in this area.

 U – UNLIMITED PROSPERITY – Teaching women Biblical principles about money and finances.

 S – SPIRITUAL – If this part of women’s lives were on shaky ground, then the entire house (life) would collapse.

 E – EXPECTATIONS – For the future, setting goals in each of the above areas to help women improve their lives.

That’s all He showed me that day. It was just as if He had pulled a curtain back to show me a little glimpse of the entire plan. I was excited and thrilled but had numerous thoughts and questions racing through my mind.

I finished my work in Hampton and came back after Labor Day to clean out my office in Albuquerque. I determined that Monday, September 10, 2001, would be the day I would fast and pray, and the Lord would reveal more of His plan to me.

On that day, I did exactly that, and He showed me much more information and Bible verses for each room of the HOUSE. Late in that day, I asked the Lord what I should charge for these services—was this a consulting business? Should I charge a fee for each room of the HOUSE? Should I charge the hourly rate I was making at my company? What should I do Lord? And His answer sent me reeling! He said, Offerings. I sat a moment in stunned silence. Offerings? I said. Did I hear you right—offerings? I couldn’t believe it. I said, Do you see our expenses—our house payment, other bills? You remember God, I’m no longer working and bringing in an income now. But all He kept repeating was that one word, offerings.

I had worked our entire married life—over 22 years. I thought that’s the way you get money into your household—to eat, to buy clothes, to pay bills—you work. God was going to have to really change my mindset on this word from Him! (He did, and the story is found in Chapter 1— Hear from God.)

On Tuesday morning, September 11—I was shocked and saddened by the events I watched on TV. I sat mesmerized for two to three days, completely dismayed about what had happened to our country. It was at that point that I