There's reaalllyyyy not much to say here to be fair. You intentionally took a rather unfortunately weak class and combined it with a dead level of Warrior for all intents and purposes. Is the dead level absolutely necessary?
Also have you considered the Qiggong monk variant from Ultimate magic? It has the aspects you liked in the four winds variant with all the energy manipulation you were looking at with the other two. Something to consider.
Well, paladins do not necessarily get their power from their gods ... you can be a godless paladin. So perhaps after a period of your character restoring his faith in himself, he will regain his paladin abilities.
Keep the paladin level as active?
Just because your character has lost faith in the gods, it doesn't mean that the gods should have lost faith in him. As long as he holds up the Paladin's code he doesn't really have a reason to fall. After all, not all Paladins are devoted to a god, some are devoted to the ideal of Law, or Good.
It could put another twist on the character that even though he has renounced his god, his god has not withdrawn favor. It could annoy the character to no end, or even drive him to even greater acts of heroism to prove that he can changes things without the aid of the gods. A bit like the main character in Clash of the Titans actually - "I will do this as a man"...
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Mechanically speaking, a Monk-Paladin can be a nice thing but with 2 levels of Paladin, for the bonus on saves.
This way, you ensure strong saves for your character. And if you are a Halfling with the Lucky Halfling feat from APG, your comrades in arms will love you.
Now, the backstory of your character makes me think about an Oracle, estranged from the gods, but still a vessel of divine power. Also I feel a Paladin/Oracle will be less MAD than a Paladin/Monk.
But, even if you go that way, take Paladin to the 2nd level for the bonus on saves. It makes even more sense for the story IMHO, as he will have only the 1st level of his new class and the first scenario you play will be the beginning of his new life in the wide world.
true though it is hard to justify the actual benefit of one level of paladin, I had intended for the levels in monk to represent more of an extreme self reliance rather than relying on fickle deities. I was also wondering if anyone had any other ideas for what class I should go for seeing as the only thing that I mostly have set in stone is the basic outline of the story
Well you get weapon and armour proficiencies, bonus to saving throws, and other goodness - monk/paladin is not a bad combination especially if your DM let's you use the the Ascetic Knight feat ...
the party in my campaign is starting off at circa 3rd level I will be starting off with one dead level of paladin to represent the fact that he was actually part of the order, and then after a faith shaking event he comes to the realization that the gods are not god, and sets off to disprove the godhead, though he no longer has faith he still believes in he previous ideals. after wandering the world he finally gets excepted by a monastery and becomes a monk. after completing his initial training he sets of to attempt to find the source of the divine spark.
Emphasis mine. Definately wouldn't lose Paladin powers in my game. Could find a lost hero cult of some god to raise back or something.