If You Were God, Would You Choose You?

by Renner, Rick

• ISBN13: 9780972545495
• ISBN10: 0972545492
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-30
• Publisher: Teach All Nations

Summary

In this insightful and inspiring book, you will discover: Why you are experiencing so many obstacles along the way Why making excuses will lock you in bondage. Why you must be willing to change and grow. What factors determine if you are ready to be used by God. What to do if you feel like giving up.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Joyce Meyer	13	(2)
Introduction	15	(2)
CHAPTER ONE Is God Pointing His Finger at You Today?	17	(32)
A Daydream or a Vision From Heaven?	21	(2)
What Are Your Dreams?	23	(2)
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	(2)
You Are 'Under Heaven'-So You Have a Special Purpose!	36	(1)
You Need a Vision for Your Life	37	(3)
What Is a Vision?	40	(3)
Find and Fulfill Your Life Assignment	43	(6)
CHAPTER TWO If God Really Chose You, Why Are You Experiencing So Many Hassles Along the Way?	49	(54)
Satan Tried To Hinder the Apostle Paul	57	(3)
Paul, a Man Who Refused To Be Moved by People or Problems	60	(35)
Everyone Runs Into Obstacles And Difficulties	95	(2)
What Triggers a Demonic Attack?	97	(2)
You Are the Only One Who Can Make You Quit	99	(4)
CHAPTER THREE If God Chooses You, He Expects You To Get Something Done!	103	(20)
God Expects You To Do Something With the Gifts and Talents He Gave You	105	(3)
The Lord Will Reckon With Us When He Comes	108	(2)
The Lord Expects To Find Increase When He Returns	110	(2)
The Nonproductive Servant-'Wicked, Slothful, and Unprofitable'	112	(4)
Finding Your True Significance Excuse-Making Will Shackle You For the Rest of Your Life	116	(7)
CHAPTER FOUR If God Has Chosen You, You Must Be Willing To Change and Grow	123	(30)
Saul's Inward Flaws	126	(2)
A Backward Situation	128	(2)
Why Do Leaders Keep Hanging On To Unteachable People?	130	(3)
Young and Dumb	133	(1)
Dead and Buried Forever	134	(6)
Don't 'Give Your Holy Things to Dogs' Or 'Cast Your Pearls Before Swine'	140	(4)
Jesus Said They Will Turn On You!	144	(2)
Don't Repeat the Same Mistake	146	(7)
CHAPTER FIVE If God Chooses You, He's Already Tested You And Thinks You're Ready!	153	(24)
An Expensive Lesson in My Early Ministry	156	(2)
King Saul — The Perfect Example Of a Gifted Man With No Character	158	(1)
Whatever Is Inside You Eventually Comes Out of You	159	(3)
God Isn't Impressed by Age or Experience	162	(2)
Give Your Potential Leaders an Opportunity To Show You Who They Really Are!	164	(3)
Put People Through a Character Test To Find Out Who They Really Are	167	(2)
Make Sure God Says You're Ready	169	(2)
A Young Man I Chose Who Wasn't Ready Yet	171	(1)
Let God Be Your Example	172	(5)
CHAPTER SIX Why Did God Choose A Shepherd Boy To Be a King?	177	(44)
Far From the Big City!	180	(5)
Excellence Will Cost You Something	185	(3)
The Way People Live Reveals Their Level of Desire	188	(6)
David Had Desire	194	(3)
David Had Courage	197	(4)
David Had Principle	201	(5)
David Was Responsible	206	(4)
The Business of Being a Shepherd Boy	210	(1)
Tested by Time and Experience	211	(1)
The Key To Receiving More Authority, Responsibility, and Blessing	212	(2)
Everyone Has a Small Beginning	214	(1)
David Had Discipline	215	(1)
David Was Spiritual	215	(6)
CHAPTER SEVEN Exactly What Kind of People Does God Choose To Do His Business?	221	(44)
God Isn't Looking for People Who Are Intellectually Brilliant, Astute, or Smart	224	(4)
God Isn't Looking for Politicians, Statesmen, or Diplomats	228	(3)
God Isn't Looking for 'Blue Bloods,' Aristocrats, Or Cultured, High-Born People	231	(3)
The 'Morons' of the World Are God's Kind of People!	234	(2)
God Likes To Use Puny, Powerless People For His Purposes	236	(2)
Low-Class, Low-Down, Inferior Folks Are the Ones God Wants To Use	238	(2)
Rejected and Overlooked People Are Candidates for God's Use	240	(2)
The REV Translation Of First Corinthians 1:26-28	242	(1)
Look at What You've Been Given In Jesus Christ!	243	(13)
If You Don't Crucify Your Flesh, Your Flesh Will Crucify You!	256	(2)
Moaning and Groaning Doesn't Change Anything	258	(1)
Reckon Your Flesh To Be Dead to Sin And Alive to God	259	(6)
CHAPTER EIGHT Although Chosen by God, Paul's Character Had To Be Changed Before God Could Use Him	265	(16)
Paul's Own Need To Be 'Purged by Fire'	267	(4)
Put Through the Fire	271	(3)
A Character Test	274	(1)
It Finally Happened	275	(2)
Testing Comes to Us All	277	(4)
CHAPTER NINE When God Chose Me, He Began The Process of Purifying Me With His Holy Fire!	281	(18)
When My Attitude Got in Line, My Teaching Ministry Got Started	286	(1)
The Fire Gets Turned Up a Notch	287	(7)
Does This Experience Ever End?	294	(5)
CHAPTER TEN What To Do if God Chooses You, But You Feel Like Giving Up	299
Quitting — The Number-One Killer Of Dreams, Calls, and Visions	302	(3)
Bold, Frank, Outspoken Confessions of Faith	305	(3)
God Will Make Sure You Are Paid For Your Work of Faith	308	(3)
God Wants To Reimburse You For Past Inconveniences and Expenses	311	(2)
God Wants To Make Reparations For the Wars You've Been Through	313	(2)
God Wants To Reward You in the Future	315	(2)
Diligence Is Required for Your Calling To Come To Pass	317	(3)
What Lies in Your Future If You Choose To Give Up and Quit?	320	(2)
Faith and Patience Are Partners	322	(2)
Don't Let the Devil Talk You Into Giving Up	324	(2)
Is God Pointing His Finger at You Today?	326