Your Call Is Waiting: How to Recognize God's Purpose for Your Life - Softcover

Preston, Terry-Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806641606 ISBN 13: 9780806641607

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub, 2001

Synopsis

Each of us is called...

Follow the method outlined in Your Call is Waiting to discern your own call within God’s plan. Questions, charts, lists, and contemplation of biblical examples of calling will lead you to your answer.

To enhance this process, the author includes a 30-day Bible study that will focus your mind and spirit on your calling.

Written in a very practical, accessible style with many examples and anecdotes (biblical and otherwise), Your Call is Waiting is useful for both individual and small group exploration.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Augsburg Books is pleased to offer this friendly, accessible, practical book from Terry-Anne Preston. Readers will find here easy how-to methods for discerning God’s purpose for their lives. Terry-Anne has a wonderful sense for using anecdotes, and biblical examples to illustrate her points.

From the Author:

Fifteen years ago, I was praying with a few other Christians and someone mentioned a good book he had read, a book that had inspired and motivated him to further study the Bible. As he enthusiastically shared, I heard God speak to me. He told me that I would write like that one day. Part of his plan for me was that I would “tell the world what I had seen him do” by writing books. I was aware of the call to preach, speak, and teach, but it had never occurred to me that writing might be part of that call. The call was real; yet for thirteen years it simply sat inside me.

In 1998, a chance meeting with an editor led to my presenting my own notes and ideas on teaching communication skills in churches. To my surprise, I received a telephone call a week later, with a firm offer to write a book that helped Christians communicate their faith. Within a few days, a call came confirming that the publisher would like to commission a book about communication between God and the individual. I had two months to write the book.

After much of the book had been completed, there was an accident. During a construction project at my office, the roof came tumbling down and all my notes, including those on the computer, were ruined. Starting again, I wrote the book within two weeks, writing for two hours each day.

This lengthy process itself shaped the content of the book. Early on, I had failed to really note what God wanted for me. I sensed my calling was to write, but I could not really believe that writing was something God wanted me to do. I thought that this was something other people did. As a result, I wasted years of preparation time.

I don't want anyone else to miss the preparation time. God calls each one of us uniquely. As I see the principles of this book applied, I find that people are envisioned, impassioned, and equipped for service in a new, fresh way. Your Call is Waiting is written to help readers fully accept God’s unique call for their lives.

About this edition

• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0806641606
• ISBN 13: 9780806641607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184