cover image God's Master Plan for Your Life: Ten Keys to Fulfilling Your Destiny

God's Master Plan for Your Life: Ten Keys to Fulfilling Your Destiny

Gloria Copeland, . . Putnam Praise, $19.95 (284pp) ISBN 978-0-399-15473-7

Author and evangelical minister Copeland cohosts the Believer's Voice of Victory television broadcast with her husband, Kenneth Copeland. In this inspirational self-help guide, Copeland offers Pentecostal Christians 10 keys to fulfilling God's destiny. They must accept Jesus as Lord and Savior; receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit; trust God's path and believe His plans are best; make time for Bible study; speak God's promises aloud; faithfully persevere past personal limitations; turn from sin and obey; be grateful and offer praise continually; let patience do its inner soul work; and cultivate God's word in the heart so that it produces spiritual fruit. As Copeland repeatedly reminds readers, God always has a purpose for us, though his children sometimes don't act on the promises and therefore forfeit God's “master” plan. Fans of the Copelands' ministry will be delighted with the author's personal story of faith through the years and the growth of the television program. Though well-written and engaging in scope, some Christians will take issue with themes of faith healing and name-it-and-claim-it theology sprinkled throughout. (May)