Learning to Excel Outside Your Comfort Zone
Book Summary
When God Calls You from Your Comfort Zone
is an inspirational book written by Carl Hays, who grew up in Mississippi during the turbulent civil rights years. Carl Hays’s father was deeply involved in human rights and civil rights campaigns of the ’60s. The book explains how a father during those turbulent years inspired and influenced his family to overcome insurmountable odds to succeed. The book opens by explaining how God created everything and each person in uniqueness, on purpose, and for a purpose. In order for each person to understand his uniqueness and purpose for being created and to be used by God, he must first learn how to communicate with God. The author goes on to explain how God will always provide a boat for Noah. God called Jonah and provided a fish. God called Abraham and provided a ram for him. God called David and provided a stone for him. God called Moses and provided a rod for him. Each person God calls must be able to understand, recognize God’s call, and be willing to step outside their comfort zone with the confidence God will provide. The author appeals to his readers to examine the times we are living in and all the prophetic signs that are appearing everywhere, to learn to communicate with God to determine their purpose and be willing to step outside their comfort zone knowing God will always provide whatever is necessary to carry out his purpose. God has a ram for you.
BOOK REVIEW
A Stirring Call to Faith, Courage, and Purpose
Review of When God Calls You From Your Comfort Zone by Carl Hays
When God Calls You From Your Comfort Zone by Carl Hays is a deeply moving and spiritually enriching work that speaks directly to the heart of every believer seeking to live out God’s calling. Rooted in the author’s personal history—growing up in Mississippi during the turbulent civil rights era—this book is as much a testimony of resilience as it is a divine roadmap for walking boldly in faith.
Carl Hays masterfully weaves together biblical truths, powerful life lessons, and vivid historical reflections, showing how God equips His people for the challenges ahead. His use of timeless scriptural examples—Noah’s boat, Jonah’s fish, Abraham’s ram, David’s stone, and Moses’s rod—reminds us that God never calls without also providing exactly what is needed to fulfill His purpose.
What sets this book apart is its urgency and relevance. Hays does not shy away from addressing the prophetic signs of our times, urging readers to attune their spiritual ears to God’s voice and to courageously step beyond the safety of the familiar. His message is crystal clear: God created each of us uniquely, on purpose, and for a purpose—and answering His call requires faith strong enough to leave comfort behind.
This is more than a book; it is a clarion call. For anyone wrestling with fear, doubt, or uncertainty about their path, When God Calls You From Your Comfort Zone offers the inspiration, scriptural grounding, and unwavering conviction needed to trust that God has already prepared the way. Indeed, as Hays so powerfully affirms—God has a ram for you.
Key takeaway: God never calls without also equipping. Step out—your provision is already prepared.
Book Release
Author Carl Hays’ stirring new release, When God Calls You From Your Comfort Zone, is now available for purchase. In this powerful work, Hays blends personal testimony, biblical insight, and inspiring challenges to step into God’s calling—even when it leads beyond familiar and comfortable territory.
CBS Radio Interview
In a recent conversation with Benji Cole of CBS Radio, Carl Hays shares his heart, journey, and the divine message behind his book. This interview offers a deeper glimpse into his faith story and the hope he extends to readers navigating their own callings.
The Author
Carl Hays
was born and grew up in a small rural town in Mendenhall, Mississippi. He received his formal education during the 1960s. Those were some of the most difficult and turbulent years in American history, probably only the second to slavery. It was a difficult time especially if you were a poor African American. It was known as the civil rights era.
In addition to the atrocious economic hardships in Mississippi, African Americans had to also deal with political and social discrimination issues. Blacks had no legal rights or access to adequate medical care. They were denied the most basic human rights afforded to other Americans. This was the America Carl Hays was born in and grew up in and would influence his future destiny.
Carl’s father prayed weekly for his family and prayed that one of his six sons would become an attorney to deal with the unjust legal system. He also prayed that one of his six sons would become a doctor to deal with the insufficient and inadequate medical care for African Americans in Mississippi.…
Carl’s father knew the odds at that time of a young African American not having any money, and an inferior, substandard education was very unlikely to be accepted into law school and become an attorney. It was probably ten thousand to one. Carl’s father influenced and prayed that his family would not consider the ten thousand but only consider the one, because he said, “You are the one.” He would often say, “What appears to be impossible for man is never impossible for God.”
Carl Hays did become “the one,” that attorney, and another brother, Gregory, became that doctor. Both have been my father’s answered prayer. They have also been awarded international patents for inventions to make life better for all mankind. Carl has written a number of articles and poems including “Our Story,” “America, America Please Hear My Cry,” “Johnny Took a Walk,” “The Tragedy of Black America,” “Falling from the Mountain Top,” “If It Is Going to Be, It Is Up to Me,” “We Made Plans,” “Looking Out My window,” “To Be a Friend,” “Should African Americans Stand for the National Anthem,” and “When Death Comes Calling..
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