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Do You Notice When “Godwinks” at You?

Author SQuire Rushnell believes God uses people and circumstances to give us hope. He calls these “Godwinks,” and they are much more than coincidence. Read Transcript


Terry: IF YOU HAVE BEEN

LIVING ON

ANOTHER PLANET YOU MAY NOT

KNOW WHAT A

GOD WINK IS.

A MAN WALKS BY A GAS

STATION AND

THE PHONE RINGS.

HE IS IN VIETNAM AND WHILE IN

CAPTIVITY A SIX-YEAR-OLD

CHEERLEADER

PRAISE FOR HIM EVERY NIGHT

AND THEN

THEIR PATHS CROSS IN A

STADIUM.

ACCORDING TO -- THESE ARE NOT

MERE

COINCIDENCES.

BUT APPOINTMENTS.

HE CALLED THEM GODWINKS.

Terry: PLEASE WELCOME BACK

SQUIRE

RUSHNELL.

THIS IS A BLESSING OF WHOLE

UNDERSTANDING OF GODWINKS,

THE MOMENTS

THAT GOD SPEAKS TO YOU

ORDAINS

CIRCUMSTANCES RIGHT IN THE

MOMENT WHEN

YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A HOPE.

GOD TALKS TO US IN SO MANY

DIFFERENT WAYS AND GODWINKS

IS JUST

ONE OF THEM AND THESE ARE THE

LITTLE

EXPERIENCES THAT HAPPENS TO

EACH ONE

OF US. MY JOB, I FEEL ARE

LIKE

GODWINKS ON THE DOORSTEP.

MY JOB IS TO OPEN THE DOOR

AND OPEN

YOUR GIFT.

THERE ARE SURPRISES INSIDE.

THERE ARE AND BIBLICALLY

IT SAYS

ACKNOWLEDGE ME AND I WILL

DIRECT YOUR

PATH.

NOW, IF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE

GODWINKS

THAT AREN YOUR LIFE, THEY ARE

THE

SIGNPOST ALONG THE WAY.

JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE

SIGNPOST AND

GOD WILL DIRECT YOUR PATH.

WHEN YOU START TO DO THAT

IT'S LIKE

YOUR ANTENNA BEGINS TO GO UP

AND YOU

START TO NOTICE MORE PLACES

WHERE GOD

IS SPEAKING TO YOU AND

SHOWING YOU

SOMETHING.

THE MORE YOU SEE GODWINKS,

THE MORE

YOU SEE THEM.

TALK ABOUT YOUR LITTLE

BOOK.

THIS IS A DEVOTIONAL.

HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM

YOUR OTHER

BOOKS?

ALL THE BOOKS HAVE MESSAGE

OF

ENCOURAGEMENT FROM OTHER

PEOPLE BUT

THIS BOOK HAS THE ACTUAL

STORIES FROM

THE PEOPLE, THE LETTERS THAT

THEY HAVE

WRITTEN AND MY WONDERFUL WIFE

LOUISE

WHO YOU MET AS WELL.

SHE HAS ALL THE BIBLICAL

TEACHINGS FOR

THE BOOKS AND SO EVERY STORY

HAS A

BIBLICAL FOUNDATION.

THEY ARE VERY SNACKABLE.

THERE ARE 52 LITTLE STORIES

IN HERE

AND YOU CAN READ ONE BEFORE

YOU GO TO

BED AT NIGHT OR READ THE

WHOLE BOOK.

TALK ABOUT THE ROME DOWNEY.

WE ALL REMEMBER HERE FROM

TOUCHED

BY AN AGE AND -- ANGEL AND

SHE WAS

TOUCHED BY MANY.

SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL ONE

DAY

WALKING DOWN THE HALL AND SHE

SAW A

BEREAVED MOTHER COMING FROM

THE ROOM

SUPPORTED BY A NURSE AND

TEARS WERE

STREAMING DOWN HER FACE AND

AROMA

COULD SEE PASSED A LIFELESS

BODY IN A

BED, A CHILD HAD JUST BEEN

LOST AND AT

THAT MOMENT THE MOTHER'S EYES

CONNECTED WITH AROMA AND HER

FACE

TURNED TO HOPE AND SHE SAID

THERE YOU

ARE.

I ASKED GOD TO SEND ME AN

ANGEL AND

THERE YOU ARE.

AROMA SAID I WANTED TO SAY,

NO NO, I'M

JUST AN ACTRESS, I'M NOT

REALLY AN

ANGEL. I JUST PLAY AN ANGEL

ON TV.

BUT SHE SIMPLY REACHED OUT

AND HUGGED

THE WOMAN AND SAID, LET ME

PRAY WITH

YOU.

SHE WENT OUTSIDE AFTER A FEW

MINUTES

AND SHE CALLED HER FRIEND

DELLA REESE

AND SHE SAID, DELLA, I FEEL

LIKE SUCH

A FRAUD.

THERE WAS A VULNERABLE MOTHER

AND SHE

THINGS GODSEND HER TO ME.

AND SHE SAID HONEY, WHAT

MAKES YOU

THINK HE DIDN'T.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO LET GOD

CHANNEL

HIS GRACE.

THAT WAS A WONDERFUL GOD WINK

EXPERIENCE FOR AROMA.

Terry: ACTUALLY WE ARE

SUPPOSED TO

LIVE LIKE THAT EVERYDAY. DO

YOU HAVE A

FAVORITE STORY IN THE BOOK?

I LIKE THE STORY ABOUT

JENNY.

JENNY WAS HEARTBROKEN WHEN HE

GOT THE

CALL IN THE NURSING HOME THAT

IT WAS

TIME FOR THEM TO RUSH AND

THEY GOT THE

CALL FROM HOSPICE AND ALL THE

FAMILY

GATHERED THERE AND THEY ALL

WENT INTO

THE ROOM TO BE WITH HIS

MOTHER AND HE

JUST COULDN'T BARE IT TO GO

IN THE

ROOM WITH HIS MOM AND SEE HER

IN THAT

STATE AS HIS LAST MEMORY AND

HE SAT

DOWN IN THE SEAT IN THE

HALLWAY

FEELING SUCH TERRIBLE GUILT

THAT HE

WASN'T GOING IN AND OH GOD, I

HOPE SHE

DOESN'T THINK TERRIBLY OF ME

AND HE

WAS SO TORN.

AT THAT POINT THERE WAS A

WONDERFUL

GOD WINK AND THERE WAS A SONG

THAT HIS

MOTHER USED TO SING TO HIM

AND THE

WORDS WERE GOOD-BYE, JIMMY,

GOOD-BYE,

I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN, I DON'T

KNOW

WHEN.

GOOD-BYE, JIMMY GOOD-BYE AND

HE FELT A

PEACE THAT IS SURPASSED ALL

UNDERSTANDING.

THAT'S HOW GOD COMMUNITIES

--

COMMUNICATES THROUGH THESE

GODWINKS

WITH ASSURANCE.

Terry: YOU HAVE BROUGHT

THESE

GODWINKS WITH SUCH A

TENDERNESS.

I WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT

THIS IS THE

NEXT ONE IN THE NEW YORK

TIMES BEST

SELLER IN GODWINKS SERIES.

IT'S CALLED "GODWINKS

DEVOTIONAL" IT'S

A GREAT BOOK.

IT'S AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS

ARE

SOLD. THAT'S WONDERFUL.

EMBED THIS VIDEO


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