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STOP PUSHING SO HARD FOR WHAT YOU WANT! Let Go of Your Dream and Grab Hold of God’s Dream for You
“Life just isn’t working out the way I planned!” How often have we all thought that? Every many and woman has likely suffered the disappointment that can come with deep desire and longing. Whether it’s having a child, finding a soul mate, or any other of a myriad of hopes and yearnings, no one is immune from broken dreams.
Author/Coach Paula Rinehart is conducting Talk Show interviews to address the subject of expectations, disappointment, and discovering the real journey of lettering go of our own dreams and grabbing hold of God’s dreams and purposes He has for our lives.
In Paula’s new book, Better Than my Dreams, Finding What You Long For Where You Might Not Think to Look (Thomas Nelson Publishers, October 2007), she reveals that, though God’s dream for each of us is indeed different from the picture that we carry around inside us, it is actually better than our dreams. Paula contends that the door of disappointed dreams is the moment of invitation to the real journey with God, to the fellowship of His company, to an experience of the love, forgiveness, and rest in his mercy that we have sought all of our lives.
“The oddest part about our mental images is that we don’t know they are there until the video of our lives plays out in a different fashion,” says Rinehart. During your interview, Paula utilizes compelling, real life examples to help your listeners understand how their original dreams serve as a backdoor to discovering that their deepest desires can be met with a healthy relationship with others--especially with God. Rinehart helps people discover that what God is creating is better than anything they could have dreamed for themselves as she demonstrates how to:
*Face the fear of disappointment
*Deal with life’s disturbing interruptions
*Own your own “stuff”
*Find the freedom to love difficult people
Rinehart’s coaching can lead anyone in your audience to a deeper level of awareness of their inner longing for their true purpose in life. Understanding that God knows what He is doing allows men and women to truly let go and enjoy the journey… living, loving, and embracing whatever comes. Paula’s advice to all of us: “Relinquish control! Stop pushing so hard for what you want! Embark on an amazing adventure with God and revel in the richness and the wonder of the path God has in store for you."
About Your Guest:
Paula Rinehart has touched women’s lives through writing, speaking, and personal ministry for more than twenty years. The author of four books including the bestseller Choices, Paula has written numerous articles in publications such as Christianity Today, Discipleship Journal, and Marriage Partnership. She also speaks at women’s conferences and leads retreats focused on personal growth and intimacy with Christ. Paula and her husband, parents of two grown children, live in Raleigh North Carolina, where she maintains a private counseling practice.
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR PAULA RINEHART:
1. How do we know we actually have an image of the way we think our lives should be—a dream, of sorts, that we carry around on the inside of us?
2. Why do you feel that having low expectations in life is actually as dangerous as having over-sized ones?
3. How does God use these “disturbing interruptions of our plans” to invite us on a real journey with him?
4. You write about the upending of our dreams can lead us into a much deeper awareness of how rich the gospel really is—what do you mean by that?
5. You talk about how the authority of God in our lives means that we acknowledge he is the AUTHOR of our story. Why does that bring strength and comfort?
6. How do you see that the gospel impacts our relationships and opens up possibilities with each other we couldn’t experience otherwise?
7. What do you mean by the phrase “experiencing the empathy of Jesus” and how does that impact our lives?
8. How does a woman come to recognize the place God has for her in the expression of her gifts and contribution?
9. Why do you feel that when life doesn’t quite work out….this journey God invites us into leads to a gratitude we might not have anticipated?
10. Is there anything I left out that you would like to share with our audience?
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