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Brand-new from bestselling author Elizabeth George! In her upbeat, practical style, Elizabeth encourages women to embrace radical faith as they serve God by helping people and accomplishing His projects. Readers will discover key biblical truths to...grow in courageknowing God is with them and will give them the courage to do what He asksgrow in devotiontaking risks to follow God's plan and purposegrow in contentmentgrasping five provisions from God that produce contentmentgrow in humilityremaining steadfast no matter what, knowing God blesses those who serve Himgrow in confidencefacing, enduring, and overcoming everything through Christgrow in obediencerealizing God wants them to succeedElizabeth encourages readers to leave fear behind as they dedicate their lives to following the God who loves them. He will direct them and provide what they need to do His will...if they'll turn to Him and trust Him.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 août 2008
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736930802
Langue	English

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Following God
with All Your Heart
Elizabeth George

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Unless otherwise indicated, all verses are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Verses marked KJV are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.
Verses marked NASB are taken from the New American Standard Bible , 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. ( www.Lockman.org )
Verses marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible , New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189 USA. All rights reserved.
Verses marked P HILLIPS are taken from J.B. Phillips: The New Testament in Modern English, Revised Edition. J.B. Phillips 1958, 1960, 1972. Used by permission of Macmillan Publishing Company.
Harvest House Publishers has made every effort to trace the ownership of all poems and quotes. In the event of a question arising from the use of a poem or quote, we regret any error made and will be pleased to make the necessary correction in future editions of this book.
Italics in Scripture verses indicate author emphasis.
Cover photo Thomas Dobner / Alamy; back cover author photo Harry Langdon
Cover by Dugan Design Group, Bloomington, Minnesota
FOLLOWING GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART
Copyright 2008 by Elizabeth George
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
George, Elizabeth.
Following God with all your heart / Elizabeth George.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7369-0504-6 (pbk.)
ISBN-10: 0-7369-0504-9 (pbk.)
1. Christian women-Religious life. 2. Christian life-Biblical teaching. 3. Joshua (Biblical figure) I. Title.
BV4527.G4585 2008
248.8 43-dc22
2008017250
All rights reserved . No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
An Invitation
Section 1- Becoming a Successful Woman
1. Success Made Simple
2. The Starting Point for Success
3. The Road to Success
4. A Sure Recipe for Success
Section 2- Becoming a Courageous Woman
5. Focusing for Greatness
6. Facing the Impossible
7. Fighting Your Fears
8. Counting on the Presence of God
Section 3- Becoming an Exceptional Woman
9. Living Above the Norm
10. Making a Difference
11. Renewing Your Mind
12. Following God s Will
Section 4- Becoming a Humble Woman
13. Laying a Foundation of Humility
14. Putting on a Heart of Humility
15. Seeing Humility in Action
16. Walking the Less-Traveled Road of Humility
Section 5- Becoming a Contented Woman
17. Looking for Contentment in All the Wrong Places
18. Living with Grace and Glory
19. Traveling the Road to Contentment
20. Walking in Peace and Freedom
Section 6- Becoming a Confident Woman
21. Believing and Living God s Plan
Notes
About the Author
Following God with All Your Heart Growth and Study Guide
Other Books by Harvest House Publishers
A Woman After God s Own Heart Study Series
Books by Elizabeth George
An Invitation
I m often asked what prompts me to write a certain book, and you may be wondering the same thing as you hold this book in your hands. I usually point to several landmarks along my spiritual journey with God.
As a brand-new Christian at 28 years old, I was challenged to begin memorizing Scripture. I dutifully began to memorize Bible verses by carrying packets of them around to read whenever I had a spare moment. Every one of the verses I ve learned by heart is precious to me, but some of them regularly come to my rescue or spur me on each time I encounter a crossroad while seeking to follow God with all my heart.
The six verses I emphasize in this book have been my particular and constant advisors for the past three decades. They ve seen me through many an anxious moment and motivated me to obedience as I stared at the unknown and when everything in me wanted to balk at doing what God was asking of me simply because I d never done it before.
As I began to grow in Christ, I learned that I, like all Christians, was saved for a purpose. I had a mission from God, so to speak. He wanted me to worship Him and serve Him. 1 I also began to realize God had a plan for my life. While this was exciting, it was also frightening. The usual scenario went like this: I had dreams but I was afraid. I had opportunities but I was afraid.
The six verses spotlighted in this book once again came to my rescue and continue to do so. They not only supply solid encouragement, but they give me insights into the second half of my mission-to serve God and live out His plan.
Then I encountered the issue of obedience. Following God and fulfilling His mission to serve Him wholeheartedly is sometimes a struggle. People are sinful. We are lazy. We are fearful. We are foolish. Even the apostle Paul admitted to such struggles. He wrote, I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want (Romans 7:18-19 NIV ).
Well, friend, these six precious verses have helped me stay focused in my desire to pursue God totally, without reservation-to trust Him, to step out in faith, to take the risks, to do the growing, to follow His leading, and to seek and live His plan and His will day by day. They have helped me gain victory in my quest to believe and live out God s purposes. They have given me the assurance that I can trust God and move forward toward fulfilling His plan for my life with success, courage, strength, humility, contentment , and confidence .
I m offering you my special handful of scriptures with a heartfelt prayer that they will change your life. That they will challenge you to greater levels of spiritual growth and maturity. That they will help you move forward in your desire to become, by God s grace
a successful woman (Joshua 1:8)
a courageous woman (Joshua 1:9)
an exceptional woman (Romans 12:2)
a humble woman (1 Peter 5:5-6)
a contented woman (Psalm 84:11)
a confident woman (Philippians 4:13)
And now, my beloved [sister], be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:58). May you
Trust in the Lord with all your heart.
Seek Him with all your heart.
Love Him with all your heart.
Praise Him with all your heart.
Follow Him with all your heart.
Serve Him with all your heart.
And live His will with all your heart
and live it to the hilt! 2
Section 1
Becoming a Successful Woman
In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably or succeed more miserably .
G EORGE M ACDONALD
1
Success Made Simple
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it . For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
J OSHUA 1:8
A s I begin this book about following God with all our hearts, I just came in the house after standing in the driveway waving to my daughter, Courtney, and her four little ones. They re driving to the navy base at Pearl Harbor to finalize their move to Hawaii. And, I might add, this is the third hectic day in a row they ve come and gone. But no matter. We all just witnessed a double rainbow! That incredible sight and the fact that my daughter is happily following her navy husband as he serves his country and pursues his career makes me glad. Why? Because she is living what I m writing about in this book. In her different and sometimes difficult roles of wife to a submariner and mother of four young children, Courtney is successfully following God with all her heart.
God may not be asking you to move your family to Hawaii, although that might not be so bad, but He is asking you to follow Him wherever you are and whatever is facing you. How can you be successful in following God in all the roles and responsibilities He has for you? He ll show you the way if you let Him.
God Shows You the Way to Success
Will you be encouraged to know God addresses success in the Bible? He does! In fact, He gives us a step-by-step plan for arriving at true success in our endeavors and our lives. When you follow His simple guidelines laid out in Joshua 1:8 and 9, God s blessings are lavished on your efforts and perseverance:
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
I first found God s plan for success as a new Christian. Even though I was 28 years old, married to my Jim for eight years, and a struggling mom of two preschool girls, I knew nothing about God s ways or His definitions of success. Almost all I had experienced was the opposite of anything related to success. I knew the taste and feel of failure.
Fortunately, by God s grace, I accepted Jesus as my God and Savior. Then, at the urging of mature Christians, I began memorizing Bible verses right away. The second verse (verses, in this case) I learned by heart was Joshua 1:8-9. I printed it out in a 3 x 5 spiral notebook, propped it up in the windowsill over my kitchen sink, and spent weeks- weeks!