Discover Your Destiny: God Has More Than You Can Ask or Imagine

by Charles F. Stanley

Have you ever wondered about your purpose in life? Have you ever wondered why God created you and what He has destined for you? Have you ever asked yourself, What is my reason for getting up in the morning ? Trusted pastor and best-selling author Dr. Charles Stanley shows how hope?simple, unshakable hope?triumphs over both the tragic and the mundane in each life. In straightforward, reassuring prose, Dr. Stanley illustrates God's master plan and reminds readers that this big picture includes a very personalized blueprint for each person. " I have hope because God has a master plan for good for all His creation, and I am a part of it, now and every day to come ." In a series of chapters that will help you understand that God has more in store for you, more than you know and more than is fathomable, Dr. Stanley gently guides you to an understanding that the way to your destiny is through hope. It is this hope that helps you fulfill your true potential in Christ. Previously published as The Reason for My Hope , Discover Your Destiny is for anyone seeking to recognize the destiny God has in store for them… by rediscovering the joy that hope in the future brings to the Christian life.

Genres: Nonfiction, Religion

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Dr. Charles F. Stanley is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta, founder of In Touch Ministries, and a New York Times best-selling author who has written more than fifty books, and has sold more than nine million copies. He demonstrates a keen awareness of people's needs and provides Christ-centered, biblically-based principles for everyday life.

Charles Frazier Stanley was born September 25, 1932, in the small town of Dry Fork, Virginia. The only child of Charley and Rebecca Stanley, Charles came into the world during a time when the entire nation felt the grip of the Great Depression. To make matters worse, just nine months later, his father Charley died at the young age of 29.

However, Charles refused to let the Great Depression or the difficulties of his life define him. Instead, like his father and grandfather before him, he clung to God’s Word and took up the mantle to preach the gospel to whoever would listen.

Dr. Stanley’s motivation is best represented by the truth found in Acts 20:24, “Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about God's mighty kindness and love.” This is because, as he says, “It is the Word of God and the work of God that changes people’s lives.”

Dr. Stanley’s teachings can be heard weekly at First Baptist Church Atlanta, daily on “In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley” radio and television broadcasts on more than 2,800 stations around the world, on the Internet at intouch.org, through the In Touch Messenger, and in the monthly, award-winning In Touch magazine.

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