Fulfilling God's Plan
by Charles Stanley
Are you actively serving God? Are you following Him in love, obedience, and faith? Or are you idle in your service to Him, wondering if God could really use someone like you? (read article)
by Charles Stanley
Many people have absolutely no sense of purpose for their life.Year after year, they drift along without any direction. Others have goals—but not godly ones.... Even as believers, we can be guilty of living with no clear purpose. Christians can go through life never realizing God’s plan for them. Only through discovering His purpose for our lives can we experience genuine fulfillment. (read article)
by David Carl
David Carl shares his own journey of training and preparation that eventually led to the discovery of the ministry God had in mind for him all along. When we’re only partway down that path, it can be hard to see how God is using us where we are right now. But David encourages us to wait on God and be assured that every stop along the way is part of the training we need. God never wastes our passions or gifts. (read article)
by Charles Stanley
God has a plan for you. And He promises to reveal it to you if you genuinely want to know what it is. (read article)
by Charles Stanley
When we walk with God, we naturally make a difference in the world simply by being who we are in Him. A close relationship with the Father brings us joy, peace, contentment, and purpose. Those qualities attract others to Christ. And the more intimately we walk with the Lord, the more our lives reflect that we belong to Him, and the greater impact we have for His kingdom. (read article)
by John Piper
God created us to live with a single passion: to joyfully display his supreme excellence in all spheres of life. The wasted life is the life without this passion. God calls us to pray and think and dream and plan and work, not to be made much of, but to make much of him in every part of our lives. (download book) (download study guide)
Don't Waste Your Life (Russian)
Don't Waste Your Life (Chinese-Traditional Sample)
by Charles Stanley
How do you make decisions? Maybe you try to determine what will benefit you the most. Perhaps you strive to please or impress others. You may let emotions take control or attempt to make rational decisions based on the facts. Wise men and women seek the Lord’s guidance when making decisions. (read article)
by Charles Stanley
The ability to desire comes from God. Our Creator designed us with the capacity to dream and plan. Desires motivate us to achieve and accomplish objectives. They inspire us to continue pressing towards our goals in spite of adversity. Imagine how dull life would be if you and I had no passion.
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by John Piper
In this challenge to Christians finishing their formal careers in their fifties and sixties, John Piper writes, I am sixty-two years old—just about the oldest baby boomer. Behind me come 78 million boomers, ages forty-three to sixty-one. Over 10,000 turn sixty every day. What will it mean to live those final years for the glory of Christ? How will we live them in such a way as to show that Christ is our highest Treasure? John Piper argues that it will mean a radical break with the mindset of our unbelieving peers. Especially a break with the typical dream of retirement. (download book)
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