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A few pieces, but no big picture

By Dave Henning / May 4, 2019

“When you have a few pieces, but no big picture, it’s easy to give up. . . .  Faith is confidence that keeps believing all the pieces are going to somehow fit together,, even when you don’t have the big picture to work from.  It’s believing that God has a purpose, even when there seems […]

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Percieved detours and delays set up divine appointments

By Dave Henning / February 21, 2018

“What we perceive as detours and delays are often God’s ways of setting up divine appointments.  And they often start out as closed doors.”- Mark Batterson “Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.”- Acts […]

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Detours: The Unpredictable Path to Your Destiny

By Dave Henning / March 21, 2017

Detours (B & H Books, 2017) Detours: The Unpredictable Path to Your Destiny is the most recent book from Dr. Evans, founding and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas.  The word detour implies there’s  a destination, or destiny.  Specifically, destiny involves bringing glory to God as “people come into contact with Him […]

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Negative potential in your experience

By Dave Henning / March 19, 2017

“Sometimes you need some negative potential in your experience to take you further than you would go on your own.”- Dr. Tony Evans In Chapter 16 (“The Path of Detours”) of Detours, Dr. Tony Evans observes that while everyone appears to want a blessing, few want development.  Yet, for Joseph to fulfill his role as […]

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“I didn’t sign up for this”

By Dave Henning / March 14, 2017

“Maybe you are in a situation in life where you are saying on a regular basis, ‘I didn’t sign up for this.’ “- Dr. Tony Evans Dr. Tony Evans begins Chapter 13 (The Perspective of Detours)” of Detours with the story of an employer who sent a Christmas memo to all his employees.  The memo […]

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Using the negative to produce a positive

By Dave Henning / March 13, 2017

“Providence includes using the negative to produce a positive.”- Dr. Tony Evans “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.”- Genesis 50:20 (NASB) In Chapter 12 (“The Perfection of Detours”) of Detours, Dr. Tony Evans concentrates […]

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Luck, chance, or happenstance

By Dave Henning / March 5, 2017

“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 […]

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Look for Him in your detour

By Dave Henning / March 2, 2017

“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”) […]

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Maximize the location

By Dave Henning / February 28, 2017

“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 […]

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How much of God comes out?

By Dave Henning / February 27, 2017

“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 […]

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The hot iron of His molding grace

By Dave Henning / February 26, 2017

“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 […]

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Never mistake the hand of God

By Dave Henning / February 25, 2017

“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 […]

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