Finding God's Life for My Will

This book was so so good! Packed with wisdom and truth, but in an overall light and humorous tone! This made me laugh and think.
I love Tenth Avenue North's music but knew nothing of Mike's story. This book did not disappoint.
100% recommend!

I'm currently deep into the new book by Mike Donehey of Tenth Avenue North: Finding God's Life for My Will. I love how he changes the typical focus of "Finding God's will for MY life"

And he seems to know something about hearing God's Voice:

"I don’t know how you hear the voice of God or even if you believe it’s possible. But for me, when a word, phrase, or idea that aligns with Scripture grabs hold of my subconscious and won’t let go, I can’t help but feel it’s from Him."

This explains how I read. How listening for God's voice becomes a natural part of living.

And here, in his chapter on following. God calls us to follow him, which totally lightens so many burdens!

" When we realize that true leadership is a byproduct of following well, we can exchange all those anxieties for something lighter. We can conserve all that frenetic energy we used to expend trying to live up to a label and be what everyone needed us to be. We can let go and focus on the voice of God. Then we can begin asking the right questions, such as: “What is Christ saying to me right now?"


Mike Donehey is genuine and vulnerable in his book. His transparency encourages me (and hopefully others!) to be honest.

" I missed what was right in front of me because most ministry opportunities have a way of disguising themselves as inconveniences."


"God isn’t efficient. Why else would He use us?"

I was recently reminded of the fact that God doesn't Need us to do something for him (big or small). But he delights to work through us, and what a privilege it is. A source of joy for sure!

Anyway, if you want a solid testimonial on living God's life, the life God's laid out for you, I would recommend this book in a heartbeat.

🔽I did receive a free copy of this book through Netgalley, and chose to share my honest opinion with you here

If you struggle with knowing what to do with your life, this book will be inspiring for you. Donehey takes the question "What is God's will for my life?" and flips it upside down. With authentic, (sometimes) humorous anecdotes, and honest, well-written challenges, he shows us how God gives us the freedom to determine our own will for our lives. Then - if we choose to listen carefully - God leads us on a life path that glorifies Him, draws us close to Him, and points others to Him. None of this is easy. It isn't for Donehey, and it isn't for us. Somehow, knowing we are all on this journey together makes each day just a little bit easier than it might have been. This book is one more reminder of that. Much thanks to NetGalley and Waterbrook Multnomah for the advanced copy of this book.

I picked this book because of the quirky title—after all, we’re always agonizing about what ‘God’s will for our life is,’ not what God’s life for our will is. Whether you’re 15 or 53, you’ll find inspiration in Donehey’s words.

Donehey, singer and songwriter with the contemporary Christian group Tenth Avenue North, shares his struggle with coming to understand the difference between living the life God wants for us and paralyzing ourselves wishing we knew what God’s exact will for us might be.

“Sometimes the only thing keeping us from God’s dream for our lives is our unwillingness to let go of how we thought our own dreams should go,” Donehey says.

While some people may hear God speak to them on a regular basis, not everyone does. God gives us guidelines to know his will, all found in Micah 6:8: Walk with God, advance justice, love mercy, and walk in humility.

“God doesn’t so much tell us what to do with our lives as tell us how to live them.”

For Donehey, that means learning to surrender every moment of distrust—and learning to trust that God is who He says he is. We also need to accept that God loves us—flawed, quirky, broken, unique, crazy, dirty, sinful human beings that we are. According to Donehey, when we let these two truths percolate into our lives, we will start to live God’s life for our will.

This book isn’t a how-to manual to hear God speak, nor will it give you pat formulas for figuring out how to choose a career, a mate, or even your next date. But it will help you see that an infinitely creative God has provided millions of possibilities for us.

We need to focus on snuggling up next to our infinitely loving Father, getting to know his preferences for how we love ourselves and our fellow humans, and then use what we learn as the plumb line for our lives.

You don’t have to love Tenth Avenue North, or even contemporary Christian music to receive a blessing from this book. Donehey writes from a deep place of understanding—he lives his own advice through success, failure, heartbreak, and adventure.

Young adults and teens will especially enjoy this book (a bonus if they love Donehey’s music), because they struggle with knowing what to do with their lives. Donehey will point the Way.