
What If...God Has Other Plans?
Finding Hope When Life Throws You the Unexpected
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Bob Souer
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What if your life hasn’t turned out the way you dreamed it would?
Popular Bible teacher Chuck Swindoll invites you on a journey through Scripture, exploring the hope the Bible offers to those who are dealing with life’s unexpected detours. Life can be humming along as usual, and then in a matter of seconds, everything falls apart. Maybe you have experienced sudden loss. Perhaps there is a heart-breaking betrayal. Maybe you are taking care of a family member with a disability and you never imagined in a million years that you would be doing such a thing.
Life rarely follows our rules for it. There are U-turns and S-curves none of us are prepared to endure. This book is Chuck Swindoll at his best, opening Scripture and finding hope and wisdom for those who are struggling with the unexpected situations life has thrown at them.
What if...God has other plans for your life?
What if...you are designed for something more?
©2019 Charles R. Swindoll (P)2019 Oasis AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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- By: Charles R. Swindoll
- Narrated by: Maurice England
- Length: 55 mins
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Noise and words and frenzied, hectic schedules dull our senses, closing our ears to His still, small voice and making us numb to His touch. Charles Swindoll offers all new insights from his own journal to guide people on a journey of intimacy with God.
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Moved to Change My Life
- By Amazon Customer on 01-15-24
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Getting Through the Tough Stuff
- It's Always Something!
- By: Charles R. Swindoll
- Narrated by: David Williamson
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
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We live in a time when things are tough for a lot of folks. The boomers are beginning to feel anxiety as they move toward retirement. Many people are facing financial pressure and are up to their ears in debt. We are having to care for both our kids and our parents. The pace of life, and the demands of life, just keep getting more intense. And for many, these tough times bring life crises.
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- By Amazon Customer on 10-16-18
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Great Lives: Paul
- A Man of Grace and Grit
- By: Charles R. Swindoll
- Narrated by: Wayne Campbell
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
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Paul's life was never dull. First appearing in the New Testament as a violent enemy of Christ, Paul later went on to not only put his faith in the risen Lord but to pen thirteen letters of the New Testament—in the midst of being beaten, shipwrecked, snakebitten, imprisoned, and chased out of town.
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Thank you GOD
- By Ruth Reynoso on 11-26-24
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Finishing Touch
- Becoming God's Masterpiece (A 365-Day Devotional)
- By: Charles R. Swindoll
- Narrated by: Wayne Campbell
- Length: 24 hrs and 40 mins
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In fast-food society we long for quick fixes and easy answers. But no worthwhile goal is easily reached, and a deep spiritual life is not created in a week or two. It takes perseverance over the long haul to finish well. The Finishing Touch encourages you to keep on keeping on to reach your goals and reap the harvest of a life worth living. Daily devotionals for fifty-two weeks help you discover gut-level authenticity, hope in the midst of despair, courage in the face of fear, the light of faith in the shadows of doubt, and peace in the midst of stress.
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- Scott Ploeg
- 11-16-23
Love love love
I just love chuck and his teachings
If you aren’t sure where you are with your faith this book can help
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- Lilian
- 09-07-20
A connection of scriptures and his sermons
Real-life examples with connections to scripture. A better understanding of how things go hand in hand. If you have listened to his sermons. You will really enjoy this book. You will be able to recall and almost hear his voice throughout the book. Things will just make sense.
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- Anna
- 03-10-21
Praise GOD
This book gives a person so much to think about and be thankful for. AMEN.
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- Ralf Zgeib
- 04-17-20
very good and inspiring!
Real and down to earth! Easy to understand and impact for a better vision of a more useful future with the Lord!
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- Robert Bailey
- 10-22-23
Chuck Swindoll is a wonderful teacher and friend of Jesus, and this work delivers that message clearly.
This book does a wonderful job of separating our “hedged“ relationship with Jesus Christ. We can check all the boxes, church and so forth, and still be focused on our own sense and direction. This presentation a wonderful experience, not just a book, about why we are wise to surrender doing everything ourselves. And why it is foolish to leave Christ out of the larger task of living.
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- P. Cole
- 11-12-19
Informative
loved it. answered a lot of my questions. Shared it with niece. God bly you.
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