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    The Olive Principle: Finding Your Way Back to God
    The Olive Principle: Finding Your Way Back to God
    The Olive Principle: Finding Your Way Back to God
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    The Olive Principle: Finding Your Way Back to God

    By Daniel R. Dorey

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    Do you remember what it felt like when you first fell in love with Jesus? And then one day, the presence you felt was suddenly gone. Who would willingly allow this to happen? Is there an unseen force that deceives believers? In The Olive Principle, minister and author Daniel R. Dorey discusses the reasons believers are lured away from God and recommends action steps to accepting the challenge of becoming a true servant of God.

    Complementing the study of scripture, The Olive Principle unravels the twisted deception used by Satan. Dorey brings you face-to-face with the truth and assists you on the path to spiritual maturity, discussing the following topics:

    The first step in finding your way back to God
    The hidden principle the olive holds for your life
    The cure for the I Factor or self-first phenomena
    The steps to change your relationship with God forever
    The attitude to bring you into a place of physical and spiritual fulfillment

    When you understand the true meaning of being a servant, fulfillment is realized in God. There is an attitude that must be grasped for you remain in His presence. Are you ready?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateJan 7, 2011
    ISBN9781450277761
    The Olive Principle: Finding Your Way Back to God
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    Daniel R. Dorey

    Daniel R. Dorey is a minister and holds a master of arts degree in theology. He has served as a children’s pastor and associate pastor and now serves in the pastoral care ministry at Cornerstone Church, Grove, Oklahoma. Dorey lives with his wife, Shelly, and their children in the Grand Lake area of northeastern Oklahoma.

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      The Olive Principle - Daniel R. Dorey

      Copyright © 2010 by Daniel R. Dorey

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      It should be noted that scriptures quoted in this book are taken from the New American Standard Bible, unless otherwise notated.

      Scripture taken from the New American Standard Bible, Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

      Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4502-7774-7 (sc)

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      Library of Congress Control Number: 2010918356

      Printed in the United States of America

      iUniverse rev. date: 12/29/2010

      To my wife, Shelly, who holds me before the Lord daily; my Cornerstone family, who continued to pray for me and encouraged me during the writing of this book; and to Andy and Tiffany Stump, who worked tirelessly in the editing process.

      I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;

      I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.

      I will praise You forever, Because You have done it;

      And in the presence of Your saints

      I will wait on Your name, for it is good.

      —Psalm 52:8–9 (New King James Version)

      Contents

      Preface

      Chapter One: Do You Remember?

      Chapter Two: The I Factor

      Chapter Three: Where Do You Stand?

      Chapter Four: The Olive Principle

      Chapter Five: A Murderer and a Brawler

      Chapter Six: Take the Worn Trail

      Chapter Seven: The Way to He, Not Me

      Chapter Eight: Now a Servant

      Bibliography

      Preface

      The idea for this book first came from a conversation that I had with my pastor, Bill Lay, at Cornerstone Church in Grove, Oklahoma. Pastor Lay and I were brainstorming on how to recruit people to be mentors and coaches for new converts to Christianity. Pastor Lay said something to the effect of, Dan, if you can figure out how to overcome the ‘I’ problem of people—putting themselves first before they put themselves out, then you will have solved one of the greatest problems plaguing the Body of Christ. As a retired police officer who’d spent his career solving people-generated problems, the task seemed to be a worthy, intriguing challenge. I began to take the matter to the Lord in prayer. The Holy Spirit spoke into my heart that there was a cure for self-first or the I factor. The Holy Spirit explained to me the need for guidance for established Christians who had fallen away and now longed for Jesus to become their first love again. I was shown the olive principle, and how the purpose of an olive holds a key to God’s purpose for our lives.

      In addition, I am repeatedly approached by other believers in search of books that will help them draw closer to God, perhaps because they know that I have a passion for both reading and learning. The passion to study God’s Word and to continuously read other books was instilled in me by my former professor and mentor, Dr. Larry Hunt. Dr. Hunt made it clear that if you are not reading several books a month, then you will stagnate, and a stagnated teacher has nothing fresh to say.

      Many books, unfortunately, are written in the format of an intellectual theological exercise and are therefore dry as bones to many people. In my search, I have read many books by men I consider to be great biblical scholars, such as Ignatius, Alfred Edersheim, Smith Wigglesworth, Charles Spurgeon, A. W. Tozer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Michael J. Wilkins. I have also read a few books by authors I deemed to be out in left field, or whose writing was so shallow that it offered no real value. My quest has been to find helpful authors that are somewhere in the middle-of-the-road—authors that offer both sound biblical theology and practical application for people’s particular needs. Believers must remember that the purpose of extra reading is to complement our primary study of the Bible in search of God’s truth. I believe our all-knowing God not only gave us His inspired and infallible Word to guide our lives, but He also gifted men and women within the Body of Christ to search out the deeper mysteries. For those looking for guidance but who don’t have four hours a day to devote to study, insightful, practical scholars can present nuggets of truth for practical application.

      For these reasons, and because of my desire to serve the Body of Christ, I wrote The Olive Principle—not because I have all the answers, but because I have been where so many others are now struggling. I know how it feels to be so deeply in love with the Lord that you can think of nothing else. I have also experienced the unseen force that gradually draws you away from His presence. I know how the pursuit of personal fulfillment and the craziness of daily life can handcuff you and not allow you to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Finally, I too have looked up from under the overwhelming pressures of life and not felt the presence of God.

      The Olive Principle is designed to be a complement to your study of Scripture. It is written through the eyes of a person just like you and not through the eyes of an intellectual who is unable to communicate practical solutions. If I’ve been successful, you will hear yourself saying, I get it! I believe that all Christian books should have the same goal as the Bible, and that is to help you along the path to spiritual maturity. Remember that when you join a Christian author on a journey, you have to open your heart to the message and then always check it against the

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