But what I've loved is just saying every day God, whether I'm in business or whether I'm in

full-time ministry, I am in ministry and how can I use that for the glory of God.

And then to see what God's done, I mean, it's only only him but learning to trust him that still small

voice in your heart and your mind when God prompts you be obedient in that.

That's Pastor Jeff Simmons describing how God uses ordinary people in extraordinary ways.

I'm John Fuller and welcome to focus on the family with Jim Daly.

John, we all want to live good and purposeful lives, right? I think that's reasonable human beings, even

those that are non-believers, want to live a purposeful life. Maybe not everybody, they just

kind of get through the day, but as Christians, one of our goals should be to get to heaven

and hear those words, well done thy good and faithful servant, right?

We as believers have that desire to please the Lord. Sometimes our path in life isn't what we hoped it would be,

or it may be a temporary detour, right?

And we don't understand God, why am I on this detour?

And it can be a little fraying to our sensibilities. And when Gene

and I first became involved with focus, I remember driving up to Pomona and it was 1989. I remember saying to Gene, you know I think we could just give this a couple of years. It'll be our payback to the Lord and then we'll get back into the business world and then buy the house and do all the things we want to do financially.

That sounds horrible, but I was only 27.

So give me a little bit of a break.

And so two years has stretched into 34, 35, I don't know, I mean it's been an amazing ride and yet at the same time it was

unplanned this wasn't the direction we thought the Lord would take us and today

you might be living in that place where it feels a little

unplanned this wasn't what I expected we're going to address those issues and so many

others yeah and Pastor Jeff Simmons has spent his life pursuing God's purpose and he

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