I'm reading Kay Warren's book Dangerous Surrender. Our small group is reading it together and discussing it each Friday night. The theme basically boils down to "saying yes to God before He reveals His plans to you."
Got to admit that's not an easy one for me and my guess is it's not for most of us. I came across a story on another Pastor's blog that really inspired me. It's the story of how Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life came about.
In the early 90's Saddleback church was starting a building campaign. Rick says he and Kay felt led to share publicly with the church what their pledge was for the campaign. Kind of like King David did when they were building the Temple. He said he felt very awkward sharing that kind of thing publicly but he knew the Lord wanted him to so he did.
They pledged their entire salary for three years and had no idea how they were going to be able to do it. A few weeks later Zondervan called and offered a book deal to Rick to write Purpose-Driven Church and Purpose Driven Life. The advance was the exact amount they had pledged.
I don't think there's any question why The Purpose Driven Life has become the best selling book that it is.
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