“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 […]
“Development . . . often a painful process of breaking us out of our own ambitions and independence so we can live a life of surrender and obedience before God.”- Dr. Tony Evans In Chapter 2 (“The Pain of Detours”) of Detours, Tony Evans reminds us sometimes God asks us to take the next step […]
“In order to arrive at an authentic hope in your spirit, accepting your detours is necessary.”- Dr. Tony Evans As Tony Evans concludes Chapter 1 of Detours, he notes a key component in fulfilling your destiny involves understanding your detours. Too often, however, we fail to understand our detours. As a result, we view them […]
“Divinely designed detours . . . positive interruptions designed to divert down a better path so that we might have the opportunity to reach our destination at all.”- Dr. Tony Evans In Chapter 1 (“The Purpose of Detours”) of Detours, Dr. Tony Evans describes his personal feelings about detours. He sighs. He moans. Then, Dr. […]
“One of the reasons people have trouble staying on detours too long is because they are out of alignment with God — the only one who can give them the straight line ahead.”- Dr. Tony Evans Dr. Tony Evans concludes the Introduction to Detours as he notes that detours enable you to learn, grow, and […]
“But God doesn’t produce off the shelf people. Each person has been custom designed by His loving, sovereign hand.”- Dr. Tony Evans “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”- Proverbs 3:5 As Dr. Tony […]
“Destiny . . . the customized life calling for which God has equipped and ordained us, in order to bring Him the greatest glory and the maximum expansion of His kingdom.”- Dr. Tony Evans “Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”- Isaiah 43:7 Dr. […]
“Conspicuous holiness ought to be the mark of the church of God. . . . Would God that whenever they speak of you or me they may have no evil thing to say of us unless they lie.”- Charles Spurgeon In Chapter 8 (“The Passion for Holiness”), the final chapter of Holiness, Nancy DeMoss stresses Christians […]