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    Recapturing Your Divine Destiny: Leaving a Life That's Ordinary - for a Life Extraordinary!
    Recapturing Your Divine Destiny: Leaving a Life That's Ordinary - for a Life Extraordinary!
    Recapturing Your Divine Destiny: Leaving a Life That's Ordinary - for a Life Extraordinary!
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    Recapturing Your Divine Destiny: Leaving a Life That's Ordinary - for a Life Extraordinary!

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    Everyone has a divine destiny or some might say, "It's your calling." Recapturing Your Divine Destiiny is a timely message when so many people are facing economic hard times. Many losing their jobs or dissatified with where their going. It's a great time to seek God for the answers and search your heat and surrender to the will of our Heavenly Father. God maybe calling you to something higher something bigger than yourself. I want to encourage others to step out in faith to reach their divine calling in life. It can be done through faith and courage and determination.

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    Release dateSep 13, 2011
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    Recapturing Your Divine Destiny: Leaving a Life That's Ordinary - for a Life Extraordinary!
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    Carole Ann Smith

    I believe everyone has a divine destiny, a calling on their lives. I personally have lived three of my God given dreams so I have walked this out in my own life. I have survived the tests and trials that come with trying to fulfill a dream God has placed in your heart. I want to encourage others to reach for their greatest potiential their destiny to a life extraordinary. I have seen God work in my life through some really tough circumstances and brought me out on top. Stronger in faith, courage and determination to see my dreams come to pass. Their is nothing that can compare to fulfilling your divine destiny, or walking in your calling. I live in Goldsboro, North Carolina. I attend, 'The Lords Table Church.' I have had a career in Commercial Art and Graphic Design. I wrote and published a magazine, 'The Last Days.' And I have had a four year career as a Professional Truck Driver. You were created to live an extraordinay life, because you are unique and wonderfully made.

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      Recapturing Your Divine Destiny - Carole Ann Smith

      © 2011 Carole Ann Smith. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 9/8/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-3493-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-3494-6 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011911974

      Printed in the United States of America

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      Preface

      Forward

      Recapturing Your Divine Destiny

      Chapter 1

      Will You Follow Me?

      Chapter 2

      Counting the Cost

      Chapter 3

      Tests and Trials

      Chapter 4

      No Turning Back

      Chapter 5

      Is It A God-Given Dream;

      or Just a Fantasy?

      Chapter 6

      Pressing Toward Your Goal

      Chapter 7

      Walking In Forgiveness

      Chapter 8

      Running Your Race

      Chapter 9

      Being Faithful

      Chapter 10

      Moses:

      From Ruler, to Slave, to Deliver

      Chapter 11

      Beyond the Broken Road:

      Is A New God-given Dream,

      A New Journey!

      Chapter 12

      My Dream, My Job,

      But God’s Glory!

      Chapter 13

      A Heart Surrendered to God—

      Is a Heart of Worship

      The cost of turning back

      on your God-given dream—

      is a price too high to pay.

      And the price to pay,

      to see your dream come to pass—

      is priceless.

      But thanks be to God,

      who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

      Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable,

      always abounding in the work of the Lord,

      knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

      1 Corinthians 15:57-58

      Prayer

      Oh Lord, we come boldly before Your throne of grace in the name of Jesus Christ.

      Help us to dream again. Let our hope rise up in our hearts that we may walk in our calling and reach our divine destiny for our lives—that we may bring You glory.

      We ask that You turn our hearts toward You, and light a Holy Ghost fire within us, so that it will cause us to rise up in faith, and walk in our divine plan for our lives.

      Renew in us a new passion to serve You, and walk in Your ways, that the world would see Your glory.

      Give us a burning desire to do Your will for our lives, that we may bring honor to Your name.

      Give us strength to go where You would have us to go, to abound in Your work that You have for us to do.

      Give us a new courage to step out in faith, to proclaim Your name to the world, that they may confess you as LORD, and glorify your name.

      Give us a new determination to finish the work set before us, that we may reach our destiny.

      Help us to rise up in obedience to carry out Your plan for our lives, that the world may see your goodness and praise Your Holy name.

      Increase our faith that we may trust You and obey You, and cleanse us from all doubt and unbelief.

      Above all LORD, help us in whatever we do, that we would do it as unto You, that we may bring honor to Your name.

      Lord we thank You, for hearing and answering our prayers. Lord we thank You, that You are more than able to help us bring our dreams to fulfillment, and we give You glory for it all, in Jesus name.

      Preface

      For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before-hand that we should walk in them.

      Ephesians 2:10

      I can’t think of anything in this world that is greater than living a dream God puts in your heart. This is a place of total contentment, peace, and unspeakable joy. It’s worth more than silver or gold or any earthly treasure. Nothing can compare to walking out the will of God, for your life.

      God has a purpose for your life. You didn’t just show up on earth for no reason. You are not a mistake and your life has a purpose. You are unique and wonderfully made. You are His ‘workmanship’, or ‘work of art’. No one else can fill your shoes or do what God has created you to do. You are irreplaceable, and you were born with a purpose. You have a divine destiny. You were born to have a life—extraordinary.

      I myself, like the Apostle Paul, a prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called. And that you will be fully pleasing to Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

      You already have the power in you, to bring your dream, or vision to pass. The dream brought to you by the Holy Spirit. No trial, tribulation, or demon in hell, can stop you from reaching your destiny. Once you have grabbed hold of it, with bulldog faith, you are on your way to your destiny. Only ‘self’ can stop you, if you chose to lay it down and walk away. God who is faithful is with you. His spirit lives in you, to guide and strengthen you, to lead you along your journey.

      For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

      Colossians 2:9-10

      It’s sad to me, to see so many people with such potential, with gifts and talents, but no ambition, no drive to do anything with what God has blessed them with. They talk about things they would like to do someday, but there is no drive behind them, no fire. They soon wax cold in their dreams, and never experience the joy of walking in there calling. They settle for a life that’s ordinary—instead of a life extraordinary.

      My greatest desire, as I write these words on these pages, is that it will inspire you to seek God with all your heart. And it will rekindle the God-given dream or vision in your heart that was brought to you by the Holy Spirit. So that you to, can walk worthy of your calling in which you were called.

      I, by no means have it all together, but I have lived this in my life, and can testify to what I’m writing. I have lived three of the deepest desires of my heart, and I give the glory to God, who has been faithful, and by my side for each transition of my life to see me through from one dream to the next.

      Forward

      Recapturing Your Divine Destiny

      Everyone has a divine destiny—or some might say a calling. Recapturing Your Divine Destiny is a timely message when so many people are out of work. Many have lost their jobs due to the economy, and with the cost of living going through the roof, it’s a stressful and trying time for many people. We are living in great tests and tribulations.

      But, many times God uses circumstances of our lives to propel us into a new direction. But, the transition can be painful, especially if you have to leave behind something that you love, or in some cases, people you care about. But when God shuts a door, He will open up a window.

      It’s an awesome time to stop and reflect on your life. Where you are and where you want to go. Maybe you are doing well and you might be feeling a tug at your heart to help others in need. Ask God for guidance and direction and He shall light your path. You might be surprised what ministry lies within you. You may touch one or a thousand lives by your obedience.

      "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it

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