Wintley Phipps - Your Best Destiny: Becoming the Person You Were Created to Be

In Your Best Destiny, Wintley Phipps takes the problematic portions of life and exposes them as opportunities to create positive outcomes in your own life and the lives of people around you. It is a wonderful tool to encourage everyone to lead a more productive life that contributes to society at large.

BENJAMIN S. CARSON SR., MD

Emeritus professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine; president and CEO of American Business Collaborative, LLC

What a wonderful service Wintley Phipps has rendered by reminding us that anyone can experience success Gods way. If you plan to read only one book on success this year, I enthusiastically recommend Your Best Destiny.

BARRY C. BLACK

Chaplain of the United States Senate

Reading Your Best Destiny is a warming, encouraging, and enriching experience. It is in the heart and soul of our being, in the depths of our respective journeys, that we find strength and insight into what it truly means to love, hope, and abundantly live as we trust God with who we are created to be. This book awakens in the reader an understanding of the source of grace and abounding joy!

LT. COLONEL KENNETH W. MAYNOR

Salvation Army Territorial Program Secretary, USA Eastern Territory

Wintley Phipps has crafted a moving book of eloquence, insight, and biblical wisdom. It comes as a gift. This is a book to read and to sharenever more needed than now.

KEVIN BELMONTE

Lead script consultant for the film Amazing Grace and author of D. L. Moody: A Life

Decisions create destinies, and Wintleys book will help you make wise decisions. His passion to help you reach your highest and best will take you through a journey of eight key pillars that will greatly aid you in navigating the challenge of making solid and wise decisions in todays constantly changing world. So pick it up, find a quiet place, and launch an adventure youll be glad that you took time to have.

DR. BOB RECCORD

President/CEO, Hope for the Heart

Your Best Destiny is a must-read for all who seek to excel and achieve in life. Wintley illustrates that goals and achievements in life are important; but without empathy in the fullest sense of the word, we all fall short. Insightful and creative, Your Best Destiny will challenge you to protect the greatest piece of real estate you ownthe six inches between your ears.

JODY VICTOR

Public speaker and Amway Crown Independent Business Owner

Wintleys friendship, wisdom, and discernment have steered me through many a dark season in this crucible of life, illuminating the countless treasures the Lord had hidden along the waytreasures I otherwise could have missed. His profound insight into Gods character makes him the perfect companion for a journey toward understanding why each of us is here on this earth. Your Best Destiny is an inspiring yet practical guide to seeing yourself as God sees you and discovering with confidence the unique path Hes called you to walk. As Wintley writes, The best version of ourselves that we can be... is not about what we do... but about who we are at the core. These words flow not just from Wintleys pen but also from his heart, for who he is truly embodies the principles and guidance that he shares.

MATT CROUCH

President of Trinity Broadcasting Network

Your Best Destiny is a life-changing book, destined to become a classic that will enable Christians and non-Christians alike to grasp a new vision of the life that God meant for each of us to live. Both visionary and immensely practical, it is one of the clearest, most insightful, and most engaging books on the steps to spiritual growth. Full of wisdom, optimism, and grace, it is a wake-up call from business-as-usual for contemporary Christians. It calls for a radical redefinition of what it really means to be a Christian in todays society, and it presentsin novel, compelling, and memorable waysan in-depth but clear blueprint of timeless truths about finding ones true purpose in life. It is a must-read for anyone and everyone who wants to delve beneath the superficial and truly discoverwith tested toolswhat it takes to live a life that makes a lasting difference in the world.

DAVID R. WILLIAMS, PHD

Florence and Laura Norman Professor of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health; professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University

Ive known Wintley Phipps for many years, and his is a story of small beginnings. He was born and raised on the island of Trinidad with nothing but a dream and a prayer. Yet God has used him to impact the lives of millions of people around the world, including kings, queens, and presidents. This book is for those who want to become the person they were created to be. Many Christians spend a great portion of their lives searching for answers to the question, What is Gods plan for my life? If you are one of these people, you dont have to wait any longer. If you feel like your life is floundering or you are in a rut with no way out, then this book is for you. Wintley beautifully and methodically outlines the major principles set forth in Scripture to help you to realize your best destiny.

DANNY SHELTON

Founder, Three Angels Broadcasting Network

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Your Best Destiny: Becoming the Person You Were Created to Be

Copyright 2015 by Wintley Phipps. All rights reserved.

Cover photograph for international edition taken by Paul Wharton Photography. Used by permission.

Edited by Karin Stock Buursma

Designed by Mark Anthony Lane II

Published in association with the literary agency of WordServe Literary Group, www.wordserveliterary.com.

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked CEV are from the Contemporary English Version, copyright 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked MSG are from The Message by Eugene H. Peterson, copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.

Scripture quotations marked NKJV are taken from the New King James Version, copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Phipps, Wintley.

Your best destiny: becoming the person you were created to be / Wintley Phipps with James Lund.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-4964-0794-8 (hc) ISBN 978-1-4143-90307 (sc)

1. Phipps, Wintley. 2. Gospel musiciansUnited StatesBiography. 3. Christian biographyUnited States. I. Lund, James L. II. Title.

ML420.P496A3 2015

248.4dc23 2015008680

SC (ITPE) 978-1-4964-1198-3

ISBN 978-1-4964-0688-0 (ePub); ISBN 978-1-4143-9031-4 (Kindle); ISBN 978-1-4964-0689-7 (Apple)