What is Follow Your Heart and Discover God's Dream for You About?

It is about helping others discover the unique heart motivations God has given them, and thereby, the God-ordained niche for their lives. Through life stories, practical suggestions, and inspirational guidance, Judy Peterson helps the reader identify and pursue a God-given dream. The reader is helped to find the heart’s desires and “work” that would enable her/him to finally say, “This is what I was made for!”  She/he discovers life as it was meant to be--- life “to the full.”

How is Follow Your Heart and Discover God's Dream for You different from other motivational books?

This book offers both practical and inspirational help to the reader in finding and following her God-given dreams. She is led "by the hand," step-by-step, in taking her dream-quest journey. The author, Judy Peterson, also calls upon the personal strategies and promises of God that she found are relevant and true!   "She has walked the walk". They are what kept her going and provided direction as she followed her own dreams.

Six Myths and Misconceptions That Others Are Leaving Behind as They Follow Their Heart

1. Dreams are for those with a great destiny, not for all of us.
2. God's dream for me will come easy.
3. Dreams are only for those whose circumstances allow the time and luxury to pursue them.
4. Dreams are only for those seeking fame and fortune.
5. Plans and dreams are selfish or self-centered.
6. Dreams are only for the young.

The Challenges vs. Risk of Pursuing Your Dream

1. Changing Your Attitude -- You have to be willing to live with uncertainty, give up control, and get rid of self-defeating attitudes.
2. Overcoming Circumstances -- A plan or dream is not necessarily the fast track to success. It is a journey.
3. Finding a Mission -- The challenge is to keep your dream, purpose, and vision ever before you and get beyond your present circumstances.
4. Attracting Financial Support -- Document your idea in a good working plan. It takes time and belief in what you are doing to convince others to "invest" in your future.
5. Keeping the Faith -- Your ideas as well as your faith will be challenged more than once. Trust in God’s purposes and plans for your life. Be patient while you wait for your dream to grow, to be redirected, or refined. It is being shaped until it represents its place of true worth.
6. Letting Go -- It is a challenge not to be fixated on the outcome. You and your dream will be healthier and God-directed if you "let go and let God” be in charge.
7. Accepting Risk -- To live in risk-avoidance is to compromise your dream. It is easy to miss something greater if you avoid all risk.