How to Hear God's Voice for Your Book (Without Overthinking Every Idea)

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Is this idea from God, or is it just me? What if I spend two years on the wrong thing? Asking looks like faithfulness, and it feels like waiting on the Lord. But if you have been asking the same question for three years and there are still no words on the page, something else is going on.

CJ and Shelley give a practical way to hear God's voice for your book without second-guessing every idea. One shift in how you think about it, and four things that actually look like something on a Tuesday morning.

Clarity in scripture usually comes while people are moving. Abraham left before he knew the address. The Jordan did not stop until the priests had their feet in it.

They walk through the weekly business meeting with God, what goes in the notebook and in what order, why capturing an idea and judging it are two different jobs, and a test you can actually repeat: scripture first, wise counsel, peace that is more than excitement, and fruit that survives a few months.

And the last one, which is where a lot of overthinking lives. You may already have your answer. The next thing you need may not be more information, but obedience to the last clear thing he showed you.

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