What Does God Want?: A Practical Guide to Making Decisions - Softcover

Scanlan, Fr Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 162282654X ISBN 13: 9781622826544

Publisher: Sophia Institute Press, 2019

Synopsis

How to make good -- and Godly -- decisions:

Should you take that job?
Pursue that relationship?
Buy that house?

What Does God Want? gives you the tools you need to overcome your doubts and make wise choices...all in accordance with God's will.

Here Fr. Michael Scanlan, former president of the Franciscan University of Steubenville, lays out for you the five critical questions you must answer as you wrestle with important - but naggingly difficult - decisions that keep you up at night.

Should you have that risky operation?
Move mom into a nursing home?
Report your son's marijuana to the police?

Over the decades, Fr. Scanlan's five simple questions have helped generations of his colleagues, students, and friends penetrate to the very heart of countless hard problems like these, leading them to wise solutions...and welcome peace.

From Father Scanlan you'll learn:

• How you must pray before making serious decisions.
• How to discover your real motives for preferring certain solutions.
• The role that intuition should - and should not - play in your decisions.
• How to determine if that still, small voice is God speaking to you...or the Devil!
• "Signs" confirming your choices: are they really from God or just wishful thinking? Learn here how to tell.

And much more to help you grow in love for God's holy will and make good - and Godly - decisions!

About this title

About the Author

Vincent Michael Scanlan, T.O.R. was a Roman Catholic priest of the Franciscan Third Order Regular. He was responsible for the revival of the College of Steubenville, now known as Franciscan University of Steubenville; leading countless people into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church.This transformation inspired others to also restore faithful Catholic education here and abroad.

From the Back Cover

How to make good "€" and Godly "€" decisions

Should you take that job?

Pursue that relationship?

Buy that house?

What Does God Want? gives you the tools you need to overcome your doubts and make wise choices . . . all in accordance with God's will.

Here Fr. Michael Scanlan, former president of the Franciscan University of Steubenville, lays out for you the five critical questions you must answer as you wrestle with important "€" but naggingly difficult "€" decisions that keep you up at night.

Should you have that risky operation?

Move mom into a nursing home?

Report your son's marijuana to the police?

Over the decades, Fr. Scanlan's five simple questions have helped generations of his colleagues, students, and friends penetrate to the very heart of countless hard problems like these, leading them to wise solutions . . . and welcome peace.

From Father Scanlan you'll learn:

How you must pray before making serious decisions.
How to discover your real motives for preferring certain solutions.
The role that intuition should "€" and should not "€" play in your decisions.
How to determine if that still, small voice is God speaking to you . . . or the Devil!
"Signs" confirming your choices: are they really from God or just wishful thinking? Learn here how to tell.

And much more to help you grow in love for God's holy will and make good "€" and Godly "€" decisions!

Edition details

• Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 162282654X
• ISBN 13: 9781622826544
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160