If You Were God, Would You Choose You?

by Renner, Rick

• ISBN13: 9780962143663
• ISBN10: 0962143669
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Teach All Nations

Table of Contents

Foreword	13	(1)
Joyce Meyer
Introduction	14	(3)
Is God Pointing His Finger at You Today?	17	(30)
A Daydream or a Vision From Heaven?	21	(3)
What Are Your Dreams?	24	(1)
There's No More Time for Excuses!	25	(4)
Does Your Life Have a Purpose?	29	(5)
A Purpose for Everything Under the Heavens	34	(3)
You Are `Under Heaven'---So You Have a Special Purpose!	37	(1)
You Need a Vision for Your Life	38	(3)
What Is a Vision?	41	(3)
Find and Fulfill Your Life Assignment	44	(3)
If God Really Chose You, Why Are You Experiencing So Many Hassles Along the Way?	47	(56)
Satan Tried To Hinder the Apostle Paul	56	(2)
Paul, a Man Who Refused To Be Moved by People or Problems	58	(38)
Everyone Runs Into Obstacles And Difficulties	96	(2)
What Triggers a Demonic Attack?	98	(2)
You Are the Only One Who Can Make You Quit	100	(3)
If God Chooses You, He Expects You To Get Something Done!	103	(18)
God Expects You To Do Something With the Gifts and Talents He Gave You	106	(3)
The Lord Will Reckon With Us When He Comes	109	(1)
The Lord Expects To Find Increase When He Returns	110	(2)
The Nonproductive Servant --- `Wicked, Slothful, and Unprofitable'	112	(2)
Finding Your True Significance	114	(3)
Excuse-Making Will Shackle You For the Rest of Your Life	117	(4)
If God Has Chosen You, You Must Be Willing To Change and Grow	121	(30)
Saul's Inward Flaws	125	(1)
A Backward Situation	126	(3)
Why Do Leaders Keep Hanging On To Unteachable People?	129	(2)
Young and Dumb	131	(2)
Dead and Buried Forever	133	(6)
Don't `Give Your Holy Things to Dogs' Or `Cast Your Pearls Before Swine'	139	(4)
Jesus Said They Will Turn On You!	143	(3)
Don't Repeat the Same Mistake	146	(5)
If God Chooses You, He's Already Tested You And Thinks You're Ready!	151	(22)
An Expensive Lesson in My Early Ministry	155	(1)
King Saul --- The Perfect Example Of a Gifted Man With No Character	156	(1)
Whatever Is Inside You Eventually Comes Out of You	157	(4)
God Isn't Impressed by Age or Experience	161	(2)
Give Your Potential Leaders an Opportunity To Show You Who They Really Are!	163	(3)
Put People Through a Character Test To Find Out Who They Really Are	166	(2)
Make Sure God Says You're Ready	168	(1)
A Young Man I Chose Who Wasn't Ready Yet	169	(2)
Let God Be Your Example	171	(2)
Why Did God Choose A Shepherd Boy To Be a King?	173	(44)
Far From the Big City!	177	(5)
Excellence Will Cost You Something	182	(3)
The Way People Live Reveals Their Level of Desire	185	(6)
David Had Desire	191	(3)
David Had Courage	194	(4)
David Had Principle	198	(6)
David Had Responsibility	204	(4)
The Business of Being a Shepherd Boy	208	(1)
Tested by Time and Experience	209	(1)
The Key To Receiving More Authority, Responsibility, and Blessing	210	(1)
Everyone Has a Small Beginning	211	(2)
David Had Discipline	213	(1)
David Was Spiritual	213	(4)
Exactly What Kind of People Does God Choose To Do His Business?	217	(44)
God Isn't Looking for People Who Are Intellectually Brilliant, Astute, or Smart	220	(5)
God Isn't Looking for Politicians, Statesmen, or Diplomats	225	(2)
God Isn't Looking for `Blue Bloods,' Aristocrats, Or Cultured, High-Born People	227	(4)
The `Morons' of the World Are God's Kind of People!	231	(2)
Puny, Powerless People Are the Ones God Wants To Use	233	(2)
Low-Class, Low-Down, Inferior Folks Are the Ones God Wants To Use	235	(2)
Rejected and Overlooked People Are Candidates for God's Use	237	(2)
The REV Translation Of First Corinthians 1:26-28	239	(1)
Look at What You've Been Given In Jesus Christ!	240	(14)
If You Don't Crucify Your Flesh, Your Flesh Will Crucify You!	254	(2)
Moaning and Groaning Doesn't Change Anything	256	(1)
Reckon Your Flesh To Be Dead to Sin And Alive to God	257	(4)
Although Chosen by God, Paul's Character Had To Be Changed Before God Could Use Him	261	(16)
Paul's Own Need To Be `Purged by Fire'	263	(5)
Put Through the Fire	268	(2)
A Character Test	270	(2)
It Finally Happened	272	(2)
Testing Comes to Us All	274	(3)
When God Chose Me, He Began The Process of Purifying Me With His Holy Fire!	277	(16)
When My Attitude Got in Line, My Teaching Ministry Got Started	282	(1)
The Fire Gets Turned Up a Notch	283	(8)
Does This Experience Ever End?	291	(2)
What To Do if God Chooses You, But You Feel Like Giving Up	293	(29)
Quitting --- The Number-One Killer of Dreams, Calls, and Visions	297	(3)
Bold, Frank, Outspoken Confessions of Faith	300	(3)
God Will Make Sure You Are Paid For Your Work of Faith	303	(3)
God Wants To Reimburse You For Past Inconveniences and Expenses	306	(2)
God Wants To Make Reparations For the Wars You've Been Through	308	(2)
God Wants To Reward You in the Future	310	(2)
Diligence Is Required for Your Calling To Come To Pass	312	(3)
What Lies in Your Future If You Choose To Give Up and Quit?	315	(2)
Faith and Patience Are Partners	317	(2)
Don't Let the Devil Talk You Into Giving Up	319	(3)
Is God Pointing His Finger at You Today?	322