I only have one certainty: God will not lead us to an opportunity that contradicts what He clearly says in His Word. Nor will he open a door that leads us to disobey him.
I also believe that "doors open or closed" are confirmed through “witnesses”, whether verses, advice from a pastor or a close person who provide foundations in the Scriptures.
I further believe that these opportunities must require a deep dependence on God. The Lord will not give us something that takes us away from Him or makes us believe that we no longer need Him.
After all, God insists on being first in our lives (Matthew 6:33).
God calls us to exercise our faith. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Hebrews 11:6
And here, I like to think about the instructions that Paul gave Timothy when he encouraged him to fight the good fight of faith, because the path of faith is difficult, sometimes confusing and complex.
Often an open or closed door is one that allows our faith to be strengthened. After all, God's goal for us is for us to grow in faith!
Thank you so much for returning to prayer walks. I pray that you will remain steadfast in this ministry and continue the good fight of faith
Oh my friend I can truly relate to every word and every question you said and asked! Most of the times I’ve felt very uncomfortable about making a huge decision are the very times I believe God was asking me to step out in faith and completely surrender myself to Him. One year ago was the most unexpected, uncomfortable, and one of the hardest decisions I had to make. Stepping into the financial unknown about leaving a good paying job before I was ready was daunting to say the least. Fast forward one year, I’m still learning, still growing, and still obeying Him. God has provided for every need, but more than that, I know I can’t do it alone and do not want to. Every day God challenges me to grow and step out in faith just a little more. For me the uncomfortable has usually been God preparing me for the next step. That job I left one year ago I’ve learned since would no longer be in existence today. The unknown is scary and uncomfortable, but trusting and obeying God is having the faith that with Him all things are possible.(Matthew 19:26). Thank you Donny! Keep answering the call that God places on your heart. You help so many and are a blessing to all of us and many others. Safe travels my friend and know I and many of us are praying for you!
Bear with me for this answer. Have you ever watched a seeing eye dog, They are determined to guide their sightless person to many different things. I see them like faith. I can’t see where I’m going but faith can. That dog walks very close but when he hears the word forward he just walks. If his owners doesn’t want to fall he just walks. The dog doesn’t let him down. Just the same I can’t see where I’m going God does. Whether blind or not I risk a fall but I can trust God to pick me up and guide me. That dog has no fear and we can follow his example,
Donny it was so good to see you and your prayer walk 🙏🙏 I am so happy that you got your bus some what fixed I wanted to let you know that I have been praying for you i guess the idea of you going out and helping people that really needs help just hits home with my cause adopted dad helped me and my son from being homeless🙏🙏 my dad always said that by helping others that couldn't help them self the Lord has bless him in so many ways cause i wasn't the first person he had helped he even paid for a lttle girls lunch cause she was just sitting at table with nothing to eat when he worked with the school system 🙏🙏 I wishing I could do more for you Donny but just know that i am always praying for you 🙏🙏 Again thank you for what you do and what you are doing for other people cause it means alot trust me 🙏🙏
I loved this message! If I had waited for what I thought would have been God’s “perfect” plan, I would never had written Blessing From Fear. I would have been blocked by fear. I often talk to clients about being “comfortable in the uncomfortable”. So hard to do, but necessary. Thank you for talking about us this subject. Blessings as you continue to step into the uncomfortable.
Hi Donny ~ Give your brother a high 5 for me. I've wanted to yell "Just Do It" at you several times. Hee hee! I believe not all the doors that open to people are from God. So sometimes we're lucky when they close. He does provide many beautiful paths for each of us so we have many different opportunities to serve Him. If we have faith, focus on service and start down one , He'll help. I don't think He has just one for us, and as the old song said, "He never promised us a rose garden." Loved this Prayer Walk. ~ Jan xoxo
Hi Donny, thank you for your prayer walk I’ve missed them. Anne called me this afternoon, but I actually had to call her back. I was visiting a friend that I hadn’t seen in a while. Well after seeing my friend, my husband and I came home and I called Anne back and she asked me if I had listened to your prayer walk. I said to her no I haven’t yet, but I had seen your Instagram on your prayer walk. Well this morning I asked our Bible study for prayers one for a friend of mine that had passed away from cancer. We were coworkers and she fought hard and she never gave up. She always had a smile on her face. The other prayer was for me because I have a big decision to make about my job As Anne and I were talking she explained to me a little bit about your prayer walk. Well everything you had talked about in your prayer walk for me was spot on. About waiting to see if God would make things more comfortable, or just having that faith courage to step out and trust in God. Stepping out in faith as you know is always scary, but if we don’t step out in faith, how are we going to know if the door is going to stay open and that God will lead us in a different direction, God really never closes the door he leaves it open just a little bit to see if we will take that leap of faith. So as Anne said there’s no harm in taking that step. The only harm is if we don’t, because thats telling us we don’t have faith in God and we don’t trust him to guide us to make that step. I’ll continue to pray for you Donny and that new doors will open up for you. We both have to get uncomfortable to see Gods plan and also have that faith to go through that door. We never know where God will lead us. It might be something really Grand. Blessings Donny.
I find myself questioning choices that are before me and yes often I pray for direction but my self- doubt some times confuses me. I know God has a plan for us and in this prayer walk you have reaffirmed that. Thank you for your encouragement and reminding us of what we know we need to do with God’s guidance.
The first thing that came to my mind was what if the thing that I thought the door was closed to was something I wanted so badly, that I chose to see a different scenario? I went ahead with whatever it was because I really wanted to do it? Moving back here with all the expenses make me see differently.
Hey Donny I know you are busy but I was just asking for you to pray for me I got a lot of health issues and one is my heart they did a EKG and it came back abnormal so I got to see a heart Dr I have lupus so that is my main problem 🙏🙏 Thank you Donny your prayers mean alot to me 🙏🙏 praying for you as well🙏🙏
Hey brother! Good to see ya. Knoxville huh? UT Rockytop, that's a lot of orange! There is a time when Christ tells the apostles to go without a staff and without a bag and later a time when he says take a bag and sell your cloak and buy a sword! Stay close and He will tell ya what ya need and when ya need it a way to receive it. FAITH HOPE LOVE
It is always good to see you, nature and listen to your wisdom and God’s word.. I am a Christian and follow the same beliefs that you do. God’s word is my guiding light. God bless you and your journey 🫶🏻💙🙏🏻
Donny thank you for this prayer walk something I needed today because I have a living in that comfortable zone for a while and now I have an opportunity to step through the door and help a friend that has pancreatic cancer stage three. I have offered to allow him to move into my home so that I can help take care of him sure that he is nourished well add and with little less stress as possible. In the meantime, praying for him and trying to support him with encouragement he’s been a dear friend for over 30 years. I saw him through his first bout of cancer when he was 29 and he survived and he is now 57 totally different kind of cancer, but I felt God calling me to do this and I had to ignore everyone around me that said oh don’t don’t do that. You don’t wanna get into that situation but I think God is calling me to take care of him as his family is not around. So your prayer gave me strength and encouragement to continue to walk through that door for however long it takes him to get to a comfort state of living on his own. I wish you many blessings and terrific amount of success in what you’re doing I so admire your talents your enthusiasm your laugh, and what you have to offer to all of us.
This one really spoke to me! The Daniel reference at the end was like an exclamation point to what I’ve been walking through…so thank you for following that prompt to come back on and share it. I think I’ve been in a holding pattern for a long time. I’m not fully sure what I’m to step out into yet…I have some ideas but I know for sure I’ve been scared and def resonate with the waiting for the comfortable. Your talk pushed me in a good way. I feel so unsettled these days with just living the status quo. I’m inspired by your act of faith to step out. I’m just learning about your journey in that and I’m interested to hear the full story. I know more and more each day fulfillment in life doesn’t come from comfort but from living right in the middle of God’s plan for your life and living out the identity He created for you. The challenge for me is silencing all the competing voices of this world, people, my head, even religion and hearing from Him. But when I do, may He give me courage to obey even if it’s uncomfortable. I so want to follow Him like that!! Thanks for spurring us on!
I only have one certainty: God will not lead us to an opportunity that contradicts what He clearly says in His Word. Nor will he open a door that leads us to disobey him.
I also believe that "doors open or closed" are confirmed through “witnesses”, whether verses, advice from a pastor or a close person who provide foundations in the Scriptures.
I further believe that these opportunities must require a deep dependence on God. The Lord will not give us something that takes us away from Him or makes us believe that we no longer need Him.
After all, God insists on being first in our lives (Matthew 6:33).
God calls us to exercise our faith. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Hebrews 11:6
And here, I like to think about the instructions that Paul gave Timothy when he encouraged him to fight the good fight of faith, because the path of faith is difficult, sometimes confusing and complex.
Often an open or closed door is one that allows our faith to be strengthened. After all, God's goal for us is for us to grow in faith!
Thank you so much for returning to prayer walks. I pray that you will remain steadfast in this ministry and continue the good fight of faith
Oh my friend I can truly relate to every word and every question you said and asked! Most of the times I’ve felt very uncomfortable about making a huge decision are the very times I believe God was asking me to step out in faith and completely surrender myself to Him. One year ago was the most unexpected, uncomfortable, and one of the hardest decisions I had to make. Stepping into the financial unknown about leaving a good paying job before I was ready was daunting to say the least. Fast forward one year, I’m still learning, still growing, and still obeying Him. God has provided for every need, but more than that, I know I can’t do it alone and do not want to. Every day God challenges me to grow and step out in faith just a little more. For me the uncomfortable has usually been God preparing me for the next step. That job I left one year ago I’ve learned since would no longer be in existence today. The unknown is scary and uncomfortable, but trusting and obeying God is having the faith that with Him all things are possible.(Matthew 19:26). Thank you Donny! Keep answering the call that God places on your heart. You help so many and are a blessing to all of us and many others. Safe travels my friend and know I and many of us are praying for you!
Bear with me for this answer. Have you ever watched a seeing eye dog, They are determined to guide their sightless person to many different things. I see them like faith. I can’t see where I’m going but faith can. That dog walks very close but when he hears the word forward he just walks. If his owners doesn’t want to fall he just walks. The dog doesn’t let him down. Just the same I can’t see where I’m going God does. Whether blind or not I risk a fall but I can trust God to pick me up and guide me. That dog has no fear and we can follow his example,
cool reference
Donny it was so good to see you and your prayer walk 🙏🙏 I am so happy that you got your bus some what fixed I wanted to let you know that I have been praying for you i guess the idea of you going out and helping people that really needs help just hits home with my cause adopted dad helped me and my son from being homeless🙏🙏 my dad always said that by helping others that couldn't help them self the Lord has bless him in so many ways cause i wasn't the first person he had helped he even paid for a lttle girls lunch cause she was just sitting at table with nothing to eat when he worked with the school system 🙏🙏 I wishing I could do more for you Donny but just know that i am always praying for you 🙏🙏 Again thank you for what you do and what you are doing for other people cause it means alot trust me 🙏🙏
thank you Robin. I appreciate you
I loved this message! If I had waited for what I thought would have been God’s “perfect” plan, I would never had written Blessing From Fear. I would have been blocked by fear. I often talk to clients about being “comfortable in the uncomfortable”. So hard to do, but necessary. Thank you for talking about us this subject. Blessings as you continue to step into the uncomfortable.
Hi Donny ~ Give your brother a high 5 for me. I've wanted to yell "Just Do It" at you several times. Hee hee! I believe not all the doors that open to people are from God. So sometimes we're lucky when they close. He does provide many beautiful paths for each of us so we have many different opportunities to serve Him. If we have faith, focus on service and start down one , He'll help. I don't think He has just one for us, and as the old song said, "He never promised us a rose garden." Loved this Prayer Walk. ~ Jan xoxo
Hi Donny, thank you for your prayer walk I’ve missed them. Anne called me this afternoon, but I actually had to call her back. I was visiting a friend that I hadn’t seen in a while. Well after seeing my friend, my husband and I came home and I called Anne back and she asked me if I had listened to your prayer walk. I said to her no I haven’t yet, but I had seen your Instagram on your prayer walk. Well this morning I asked our Bible study for prayers one for a friend of mine that had passed away from cancer. We were coworkers and she fought hard and she never gave up. She always had a smile on her face. The other prayer was for me because I have a big decision to make about my job As Anne and I were talking she explained to me a little bit about your prayer walk. Well everything you had talked about in your prayer walk for me was spot on. About waiting to see if God would make things more comfortable, or just having that faith courage to step out and trust in God. Stepping out in faith as you know is always scary, but if we don’t step out in faith, how are we going to know if the door is going to stay open and that God will lead us in a different direction, God really never closes the door he leaves it open just a little bit to see if we will take that leap of faith. So as Anne said there’s no harm in taking that step. The only harm is if we don’t, because thats telling us we don’t have faith in God and we don’t trust him to guide us to make that step. I’ll continue to pray for you Donny and that new doors will open up for you. We both have to get uncomfortable to see Gods plan and also have that faith to go through that door. We never know where God will lead us. It might be something really Grand. Blessings Donny.
I find myself questioning choices that are before me and yes often I pray for direction but my self- doubt some times confuses me. I know God has a plan for us and in this prayer walk you have reaffirmed that. Thank you for your encouragement and reminding us of what we know we need to do with God’s guidance.
The first thing that came to my mind was what if the thing that I thought the door was closed to was something I wanted so badly, that I chose to see a different scenario? I went ahead with whatever it was because I really wanted to do it? Moving back here with all the expenses make me see differently.
Hey Donny I know you are busy but I was just asking for you to pray for me I got a lot of health issues and one is my heart they did a EKG and it came back abnormal so I got to see a heart Dr I have lupus so that is my main problem 🙏🙏 Thank you Donny your prayers mean alot to me 🙏🙏 praying for you as well🙏🙏
I am praying for you right now.
Thank you cause it means alot to me 🙏🙏
Thank you!
Hey brother! Good to see ya. Knoxville huh? UT Rockytop, that's a lot of orange! There is a time when Christ tells the apostles to go without a staff and without a bag and later a time when he says take a bag and sell your cloak and buy a sword! Stay close and He will tell ya what ya need and when ya need it a way to receive it. FAITH HOPE LOVE
great scripture reference Jeff. thank you for reminding me of that one.
Great challenge. Thought provoking. Faith and Trust 🙏🏻🫶🏻
It is always good to see you, nature and listen to your wisdom and God’s word.. I am a Christian and follow the same beliefs that you do. God’s word is my guiding light. God bless you and your journey 🫶🏻💙🙏🏻
Donny thank you for this prayer walk something I needed today because I have a living in that comfortable zone for a while and now I have an opportunity to step through the door and help a friend that has pancreatic cancer stage three. I have offered to allow him to move into my home so that I can help take care of him sure that he is nourished well add and with little less stress as possible. In the meantime, praying for him and trying to support him with encouragement he’s been a dear friend for over 30 years. I saw him through his first bout of cancer when he was 29 and he survived and he is now 57 totally different kind of cancer, but I felt God calling me to do this and I had to ignore everyone around me that said oh don’t don’t do that. You don’t wanna get into that situation but I think God is calling me to take care of him as his family is not around. So your prayer gave me strength and encouragement to continue to walk through that door for however long it takes him to get to a comfort state of living on his own. I wish you many blessings and terrific amount of success in what you’re doing I so admire your talents your enthusiasm your laugh, and what you have to offer to all of us.
This one really spoke to me! The Daniel reference at the end was like an exclamation point to what I’ve been walking through…so thank you for following that prompt to come back on and share it. I think I’ve been in a holding pattern for a long time. I’m not fully sure what I’m to step out into yet…I have some ideas but I know for sure I’ve been scared and def resonate with the waiting for the comfortable. Your talk pushed me in a good way. I feel so unsettled these days with just living the status quo. I’m inspired by your act of faith to step out. I’m just learning about your journey in that and I’m interested to hear the full story. I know more and more each day fulfillment in life doesn’t come from comfort but from living right in the middle of God’s plan for your life and living out the identity He created for you. The challenge for me is silencing all the competing voices of this world, people, my head, even religion and hearing from Him. But when I do, may He give me courage to obey even if it’s uncomfortable. I so want to follow Him like that!! Thanks for spurring us on!