WEBVTT - Finding Your Calling

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to this Abide Meditation. I'm Diane Jackson. What is

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<v Speaker 2>your calling? Who are you called to be? Take a

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<v Speaker 2>deep breath, center your heart here and really consider that question.

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<v Speaker 2>What's your calling? What purpose do you see for your life?

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes we make ideas about calling too complicated. At its

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<v Speaker 2>most foundational level, your calling, as one who is beloved

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<v Speaker 2>by God is to practice loving God and loving your neighbor.

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<v Speaker 2>Whether you are a web designer or a baker, an

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<v Speaker 2>accountant or a plumber, your calling is the same to love.

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<v Speaker 2>But each of us lives out that calling to love

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<v Speaker 2>in different ways. Maybe right now you're sensing an invitation

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<v Speaker 2>to some new vocational path, or maybe the Spirit is

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<v Speaker 2>prompting you to step away from a position or releasing

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<v Speaker 2>you from something. Proverbs twenty verse five says the purposes

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<v Speaker 2>of a person's heart are deep waters, but one who

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<v Speaker 2>has insight draws them out. As you take a look

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<v Speaker 2>at your life, maybe you can see patterns that help

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<v Speaker 2>you understand something about your particular calling. Ask the Holy

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<v Speaker 2>Spirit to speak to you and to give you insight

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<v Speaker 2>about your purpose. Understanding your calling isn't something that you

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<v Speaker 2>are ever done with. It keeps changing. You keep changing,

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<v Speaker 2>and the world keeps changing. These are some of the

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<v Speaker 2>deep waters the proverb describes, but you don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>fear exploring them with God. Let's pray, Gracious, Heavenly Father,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for calling me into the deep waters of discovery.

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<v Speaker 2>As I meditate on your word and abide with you today,

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<v Speaker 2>speak to me. Show me the truth about who you are,

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<v Speaker 2>who I am, and what you have called me to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to serve you with all the gifts and

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<v Speaker 2>talent you've given me. Show me where to begin, teach

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<v Speaker 2>me how to love. Thank you for sending your son

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus to show me the way. In his name, I

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<v Speaker 2>pray Amen inhale deeply, and as you exhale, lower your shoulders.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're carrying stress here, stretch and release. Let your

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<v Speaker 2>breath grow deeper and longer, releasing all of your tensions.

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<v Speaker 2>We have all failed to love God and to love

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<v Speaker 2>our neighbors as we ought to. We have all failed

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<v Speaker 2>in our basic calling to walk in love as Christ

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<v Speaker 2>loved us. Confess your failures and mistakes to God. Because

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed. His

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<v Speaker 2>mercies are new every morning. Great is his faithfulness. Rejoice

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<v Speaker 2>that in Christ you have been forgiven and set free

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<v Speaker 2>from sin. Pray with me, Heavenly Father, thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>speaking to me today. Thank you for calling me to

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<v Speaker 2>be your beloved child and to learn to walk in

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<v Speaker 2>love as Christ loved us. Help me to see how

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<v Speaker 2>I can live that calling out in my particular context,

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<v Speaker 2>with my unique gifts and experience. Help me to see

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<v Speaker 2>into the deep waters of my own heart and to

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<v Speaker 2>find what it is that you are calling me to now,

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<v Speaker 2>and give me the courage to take the steps of obedience.

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<v Speaker 2>I need to take Amen today, don't be afraid to

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<v Speaker 2>plumb the depths of your desires and God's call for you.

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<v Speaker 2>The Holy Spirit is ready to guide you until next time.

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<v Speaker 2>May you abide in Christ said yeah,