“Forgiveness is a beautiful word when you need it. It is an ugly word when you have to give it.”- Dr. Tony Evans As Dr. Tony Evans concludes Chapter 9 of Detours, he notes that forgiveness operates on two levels: unilateral and transactional. In this chapter, Tony explains unilateral forgiveness. Unilateral forgiveness: occurs when you […]
“Many of us are being hindered from our destiny because we are being held hostage by a leash around our souls called unforgiveness. This leash keeps jerking us back and jerking us back.”- Dr. Tony Evans Dr. Tony Evans begins Chapter 9 (“The Pardon of Detours”) of Detours as he notes that many of us […]
“And in Your eyes I can see/ And in Your arms I will be/ I am not just a man, vastly lost in this world/ Lost in a sea of faces.”- Kutless “What is man that your are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made […]
“Luck, chance, or happenstance. . . . as a believer in God, none of these words should even be in your vocabulary. . . . Providence is the hand of God moving in the glove of history.”- Dr. Tony Evans In Chapter 8 (“The Plan of Detours”) of Detours, Dr. Tony Evans examines another hint […]
“When your preparation meets God’s purpose — your time connects with His time — you are ready to move from detour to destiny.”-Dr. Tony Evans In Chapter 7 “The Promotion of Detours”) of Detours, Tony Evans empathizes with the frustration of “flying” in a holding pattern. Since you don’t know when the plane called destiny […]
“You are exactly where you are supposed to be when it looks like God has you on the precipice of disaster.”- Dr. Tony Evans “He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”- […]
“So if God is not ready to deliver you from it [your detour], look for Him in it.”- Dr. Tony Evans “But the LORD was with Joseph and extended kindness to him. He granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.”- Genesis 39:21 Dr. Tony Evans begins Chapter 6 (“The Presence of Detours”) […]
“The most critical test you will ever face is the test for suffering when you did nothing wrong.”- Dr. Tony Evans In Chapter 5 (“The Proof of Detours”) of Detours, Dr. Tony Evans notes that when we run into detour after detour, they seem to replicate and multiply rather than taking us anywhere meaningful. Yet, […]
“Far too often, we are chasing our destiny so much that we forget to maximize the location where we are.”- Dr. Tony Evans As Dr. Tony Evans concludes Chapter 4 of Detours, he completes his discussion of detours and training. Then, he moves on to detours and temptation. Dr. Evans exhorts you to always, always […]
“When you are going through a trial, and you feel the pressure of life caving in around you, how much of God comes out?”- Dr. Tony Evans In Chapter 4 (“The Purifying of Detours”) of Detours, Dr. Tony Evans covers two additional aspects with regard to detour patterns. He discusses the first of those two […]
“God will place the hot iron of His molding grace on the wrinkles of our souls when He needs to.”- Dr. Tony Evans Dr. Tony Evans concludes Chapter 3 of Detours as he completes his discussion of detours and testing. He notes that Joseph could have blamed his brothers for selling him to the Ishmaelite […]
“When you are going through a test, never mistake the hand of God for the hand of man.”- Dr. Tony Evans “God left him [Hezekiah] to himself, in order to test him and see what was really in his heart.”- 2 Chronicles 32:31 In Chapter 3 (“The Pain of Detours”) of Detours, Dr. Tony Evans […]