WEBVTT - I'm Confused About My Calling Part 2

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. I'm the pastor of Elevation

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<v Speaker 1>Church and this is our podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 1>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope it gives your perspective to see God is moving

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 2>God brought you here today to let you know. That

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<v Speaker 2>was my voice calling you. That was me that gave

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<v Speaker 2>you that talent. That was me that made you good

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<v Speaker 2>at that. That was me that opened the door for you.

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<v Speaker 2>That was me that gave you that responsibility. That was

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<v Speaker 2>me that gave you health. That was me that gave

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<v Speaker 2>you strength. That was Me that gave you that connection.

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<v Speaker 2>It was him the whole time. It was It was

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord that called Samuel, but it was Eli that

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<v Speaker 2>Samuel ran to. What are you running to? You? If

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<v Speaker 2>you're running to something that is not your purpose, you

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<v Speaker 2>feel it.

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<v Speaker 1>You feel it in several ways.

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<v Speaker 2>But one of the things I want to mention is

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to surround myself in this stage of.

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<v Speaker 1>My life with people who bring out the God in me.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's just me.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't mean I'm going to be mean to people

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<v Speaker 2>who don't know the Lord, or I'm going to go

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<v Speaker 2>and live in a monastery or something like that.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, there are some there are some texts.

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<v Speaker 2>That I don't return in this stage of my life

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<v Speaker 2>because I feel like I'm in a season where I'm

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<v Speaker 2>trying to do important things and my calling is valuable,

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<v Speaker 2>and so my contacts are very important because certain stuff

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<v Speaker 2>is contagious, and I know there are certain people. When

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<v Speaker 2>I get around them, I feel something rising me that

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<v Speaker 2>lets me know I can overcome. And I need them

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<v Speaker 2>around me. I need them to rub off on me.

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<v Speaker 2>I need them to speak into my life. I need

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<v Speaker 2>them to encourage me.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't need.

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<v Speaker 2>People who are laying back on the last thing God

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<v Speaker 2>did in this season of my life. I need people

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<v Speaker 2>to push me forward. Yes I do, Yes, I do.

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta be careful reading the comments on my Instagram

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<v Speaker 2>in this season because whatever I may contact with I

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<v Speaker 2>catch and see.

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<v Speaker 3>I need the word of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>I need vision, I need hope, I need purpose, I

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<v Speaker 2>need security.

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<v Speaker 1>And so he runs to Eli, but Eli tells him

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<v Speaker 1>is God you need to speak to and the right

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<v Speaker 1>contact in your life will always point you back to

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<v Speaker 1>the only one who has real power. Thank you God

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<v Speaker 1>for this word. I feel your spirit on this one.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not healthier because what the concept of calling

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<v Speaker 2>that most of us have is that you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>go on a forty day fast in the Holy Land

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<v Speaker 2>and God's going to speak to you when you walk

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<v Speaker 2>where Jesus walked and the Sea of Galilee. But the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord is not going to speak to you on the

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<v Speaker 2>Sea of Galilee from a voice on the water. He's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna speak to you, and I know you don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to hear it because it's sexy to thing that someday

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<v Speaker 2>there's gonna be a voice that speaks from heaven. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna be like that. It's gonna sound like Eli.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna sound like Eli. And it is through Eli

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<v Speaker 2>that God calls Samuel Eli. This isn't Billy Graham. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the dude who blew it. And this is how

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<v Speaker 2>bad he blew it. WA's what ultimately happens when Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>laughter three times? Everybody say three times? How many times

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<v Speaker 2>do I have to tell you one time? Holly, she

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<v Speaker 2>loses her temper with our kids a lot. Y'all pray

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<v Speaker 2>for her.

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<v Speaker 1>It's kidding. It's a very effacient mom.

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<v Speaker 2>But one time she was so mad at Elijah he

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<v Speaker 2>was only about four. She said, how many times do

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<v Speaker 2>I have to tell you? You got this real fear?

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<v Speaker 2>Look in his eyes? He goes three times? Look at

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<v Speaker 2>the verse eight again a third time. How many are

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<v Speaker 2>glad that God has called, waiting that God will call

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<v Speaker 2>you again? Ask Jonah. Jonah wasn't even a talented preacher.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't have funny stories, he didn't have good charisma,

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't even like people. But God used him because

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<v Speaker 2>when God calls you, he will call back. You know

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<v Speaker 2>how there are some people when you call them, you

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<v Speaker 2>have to call them, and so you're secretly hoping you

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<v Speaker 2>get their voicemail because you really don't want to talk

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<v Speaker 2>to them anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of you think.

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<v Speaker 2>God is like that, like he really wants someone else,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's really glad that he doesn't have to deal

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<v Speaker 2>with you. But God wants you. God wants you. God

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<v Speaker 2>shows you. God put the genetics in you, the DNA

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<v Speaker 2>in you, the passion in you. The opportunity is for you.

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<v Speaker 2>What God has for you, it is for you. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why you don't have to be jealous, insecure, bitter, resentful,

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<v Speaker 2>That's why.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't I'll have to get back.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why you don't have to take revenge, because what

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<v Speaker 2>God has for you is for you.

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<v Speaker 3>Y'all awake, somebody shout here.

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<v Speaker 2>I am And that was really the answer, because it's

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<v Speaker 2>not only the culture that confuses us in our calling.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not only our contacts sometimes, but it's the conflict

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<v Speaker 2>of calling. The conflict of calling is great on an

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<v Speaker 2>internal and an external level.

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<v Speaker 1>Now what Samuel did next, what.

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<v Speaker 2>A beautiful little story right to show us that God

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<v Speaker 2>repeats things.

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<v Speaker 1>That's one way I know he's speaking.

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<v Speaker 2>You ever noticed this when God is trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>your attention. It's kind of like when you're shopping for

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<v Speaker 2>a certain car and you start seeing them everywhere. When

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<v Speaker 2>God wants to get a message across to you, he'll

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<v Speaker 2>he'll put you in the market for it. And you

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<v Speaker 2>never even looked at anybody else's beats. But now you're like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>what's that one? How's that one different than that one?

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<v Speaker 2>And this one and the other one? Because I'm in

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<v Speaker 2>the market for God. When you get in the market

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<v Speaker 2>for God, you start noticing that He's He's been speaking

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<v Speaker 2>all along, just like just like there was there was confirmation.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't have time to put this word in the sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>It starts with the letter CE, so it could be

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<v Speaker 2>a bonus point confirmation. God, God will speak something over here,

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<v Speaker 2>over here, over here, and you'll start noticing it. You'll

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<v Speaker 2>start noticing little things, and then it'll you hear it

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<v Speaker 2>in the sermon, and then you hear it in a movie,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you hear it in a song, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you hear it you see it on somebody's the back

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<v Speaker 2>of their window, and then you hear it through your husband,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you hear it through and you just see

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<v Speaker 2>it and just hear it, and you start seeing it

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<v Speaker 2>and you start hearing it, and then you have to discern,

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<v Speaker 2>which is to separate. That's what Eli did. He discerned

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<v Speaker 2>the Hebrew word is being. He discerned, He separated, He

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<v Speaker 2>made a distinction. He had a discern.

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<v Speaker 1>Meant to know. This is the Lord calling the boy.

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<v Speaker 2>So he said, when it happens again, and this is

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<v Speaker 2>the word of the Lord for you when it happens again.

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<v Speaker 2>When it happens again, if it happens again, just say

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<v Speaker 2>speak Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Your servant is listening.

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<v Speaker 2>And I want to show you something that the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>just show me His greatest revelation happened in rest. Eli

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<v Speaker 2>didn't say, Oh, that may be God, you better run

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<v Speaker 2>out and catch him before he leaves. Well, if God

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<v Speaker 2>spoke to you, better chase him down. No, if it

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<v Speaker 2>was God's speaking, he'll come back. All you got to

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<v Speaker 2>do is be in position for it. That's all you've

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<v Speaker 2>got to do. You don't have to find it, it'll

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<v Speaker 2>find you.

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<v Speaker 1>Trust me.

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<v Speaker 2>God is not playing hide and seek in the Tabernacle.

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<v Speaker 2>God is not running around the tent. Haha. If I

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<v Speaker 2>hide behind this table of chowbred, Samuel will never find

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<v Speaker 2>me back here. God's not hiding behind the labor. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>He's not hiding. And even though God is always moving,

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<v Speaker 2>he's never hiding. That's what the Tabernacle was was a

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<v Speaker 2>portable structure, and they set it up in the wilderness

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<v Speaker 2>because they never knew when God was going to say

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<v Speaker 2>stop and when God was going to stay go.

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<v Speaker 1>Why?

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<v Speaker 2>Because God does not want you to depend on his will.

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<v Speaker 2>He wants you to depend on him. There's a difference.

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<v Speaker 2>One is God, just show me what to do. That

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<v Speaker 2>way I won't need you. The other one is God,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you wherever you lead me wherever you take me,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever it means, whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>It costs, and whatever it looks like.

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<v Speaker 2>But here's the conflict, because Samuel goes in and he

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<v Speaker 2>lays down the Bible says he didn't know the Lord yet.

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<v Speaker 2>He knew how to He knew how to be the

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<v Speaker 2>bread in the tabernacle.

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<v Speaker 1>That was his job. You know, how to open the

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<v Speaker 1>doors so people could come worship.

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<v Speaker 2>He knew how to follow Eli around and get me

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<v Speaker 2>this and get me that. But there's a big difference

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<v Speaker 2>between the rituals of religion and a relationship with God.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you're going through the motions, like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>singing songs, not really thinking about the words, just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of singing them, or just kind of like hearing little

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<v Speaker 2>forgettable things that I say in my sermon that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you won't even remember what it was about fifteen minutes

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<v Speaker 2>after I'm done. It's possible that you don't know the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord yet. I don't mean you're not a Christian, not necessarily.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't mean you don't believe in God. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>not necessarily. But to know him is to know his voice.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you know him like that, I hear things

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<v Speaker 2>that are hard to hear, but you can know that

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<v Speaker 2>even when he says things that are hard for you

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<v Speaker 2>to hear, he says them from a spirit of love,

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<v Speaker 2>grace purpose. One of my friends is a real overtext.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't keep up with him, and I love him,

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<v Speaker 2>but my thumb's hurt and I can't do it. And

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<v Speaker 2>I don't voice text because it's annoying because it corrects

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong words the wrong way, and you can get

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<v Speaker 2>in trouble that way and say something you didn't mean

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<v Speaker 2>to say, end up firing somebody you meant to hire.

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<v Speaker 2>But it changes. It doesn't know because your voice anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>One time he texted me, he said, how come our

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<v Speaker 2>conversation is all gray on iPhone? When they text you,

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<v Speaker 2>it's gray, When you text back, it's blue. When he

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<v Speaker 2>said that, I wondered if sometimes my relationship with God

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<v Speaker 2>is all gray to where he is speaking and he

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<v Speaker 2>is prompting and he is provoking. But God can speak,

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<v Speaker 2>Speak speak. Three times he did it. God didn't say

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<v Speaker 2>anything different the third time except this when he said, speak, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>your servant is listening, and he laid down in his place.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to hit that real quick.

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<v Speaker 2>I know we're running out of time but it says

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<v Speaker 2>Samuel went and laid down in his place.

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<v Speaker 1>That's first nine. Put it up.

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<v Speaker 2>Samuel went and lay down in his place, in his place,

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<v Speaker 2>in his place, you will realize God's purpose when you

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<v Speaker 2>get in your place, touch somebody next to you and say,

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<v Speaker 2>get in your place. Because if God is dropping off

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<v Speaker 2>the mail but you're not home, you won't get it,

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<v Speaker 2>and you'll think he didn't send it, and you'll think

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't speak. But I learned something with my friend.

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<v Speaker 2>It was not just the conflict of the calling. It

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<v Speaker 2>was the color. It was all gray. But the breakthrough

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<v Speaker 2>is in the blue. It's not just when God speaks.

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<v Speaker 2>It's when you get in your place and say, God,

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<v Speaker 2>here I am the real me, the honest me, the

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<v Speaker 2>open me, the ready me, the humble me, the broken

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<v Speaker 2>down me, the me that.

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<v Speaker 1>Is ready to do your will.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I've done my will and I saw how that

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<v Speaker 2>worked out, and I'm ready to do your will. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what Isaiah said. He said, I'm an unclean man with

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<v Speaker 2>unclean lips. But if you'll take that coal and touch

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<v Speaker 2>my lips, I'll speak for you. Because Holy, Holy, Holy

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<v Speaker 2>is the Lord God Almighty. So here I am I'll go.

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<v Speaker 2>Moses stood at a bush. He turned aside, took off

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<v Speaker 2>his shoes, and said, God, I'm slow of speech. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not eloquent, and you saw the things I did that

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<v Speaker 2>put me in this predicament. But if it's you calling here,

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<v Speaker 2>I am somebody shout here, I am. Jeremiah said, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>too young for this, and your people are stubborn, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know they're not gonna listen. But if it's you

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<v Speaker 2>calling me here, I am somebody shout here.

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<v Speaker 1>I am.

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<v Speaker 2>And the reason I'm confused about my calling is because

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<v Speaker 2>I don't just have one. This is what I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know in my twenties, because I felt like God called

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<v Speaker 2>me to preach you.

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<v Speaker 3>Iver felt like God called you.

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<v Speaker 1>To do something put you somewhere.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, maybe it wasn't something big spectacular. Maybe you're

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna do a halftime show at the super Bowl

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<v Speaker 2>with it, but God called you to do something. I

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<v Speaker 2>just saw your Patriots gear made me think of the

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<v Speaker 2>super Bowl. God bless you man, congratulations on that. I

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<v Speaker 2>hope you're happy.

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<v Speaker 1>Now. How many is it gonna take for you guys

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<v Speaker 1>to shut up about it?

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<v Speaker 2>But there's a there's a blessing in it. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>blessing in it, even if it's a small thing. And

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<v Speaker 2>you say, okay, God called me to do this. But

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<v Speaker 2>then what happens is, look, I was called to preach, right,

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<v Speaker 2>so I start preaching.

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<v Speaker 1>I start going around preaching.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm preaching everywhere, preaching everywhere they asked me to come preaching.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm preaching at the lock in. I AP preach. So

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<v Speaker 2>I preached some one time, so late at the night,

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<v Speaker 2>it was three am, and I had this sermon illustration

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<v Speaker 2>where I would take a mirror and I'd break the mirror,

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<v Speaker 2>and I AP preach Genesis one twenty six about the

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<v Speaker 2>Image of God. And Holly can tell you we knew

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<v Speaker 2>where the mirrors were in every walmart in the state

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<v Speaker 2>of South Carolina, because every time we get to a

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<v Speaker 2>new little town to preach the fifteen kids, I'd go

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<v Speaker 2>in and get a.

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<v Speaker 1>Mirror and then I'd break it with a hammer.

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<v Speaker 2>And I say, this is what sends us to you,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, put the condemnation on the young people.

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<v Speaker 1>Just put it on them. Are breaking mirrors.

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<v Speaker 2>And one boy went to the emergency room because the

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<v Speaker 2>glass flew up and hit him in the eye. And

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<v Speaker 2>I had to call his parents and tell him not

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<v Speaker 2>to sue me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a man of.

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<v Speaker 2>God and I got a ministry, and if you assume me,

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<v Speaker 2>God's going to curse you and make you.

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<v Speaker 1>But I didn't say that. But I was running around preaching, right.

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<v Speaker 2>But then I'm married Holly, and I realized I'm called

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<v Speaker 2>to be her husband too. Come on, it's the conflict

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<v Speaker 2>of calling. It's complicated. You can make it sound sup. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>find your calling?

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<v Speaker 3>Which one?

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<v Speaker 2>Because then I was called to be a preacher and

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<v Speaker 2>a husband, and sometimes they needed different techniques.

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<v Speaker 1>What if I walked home and said, Holly, give him

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<v Speaker 1>a seal of praise.

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<v Speaker 2>It's different callings. That's three people. Because I this just does.

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<v Speaker 2>And then by the time I'm getting these callings, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I got how many? You got at least two callings

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<v Speaker 2>in your life, at least two things that you're responsible for,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're in conflict. Sometimes Here she comes pregnant four

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<v Speaker 2>years into marriage.

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<v Speaker 3>Here she turns up pregnant. Now I'm called to be

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<v Speaker 3>a parent.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm called to.

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<v Speaker 2>You feel like you're not just putting on different hats,

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<v Speaker 2>but you actually have like different heads.

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<v Speaker 1>I read that in that Sitser book. The will of

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<v Speaker 1>God is a way of life.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I felt like I didn't just have different hats,

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<v Speaker 2>I had different heads. And this is the conflict of calling.

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<v Speaker 2>But the answer is always availability, presence, access. When he

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<v Speaker 2>said speak Lord, your servant is listening, it created access

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<v Speaker 2>not only for God's word to come to him, but

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<v Speaker 2>for God's word to come through him. And what God

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<v Speaker 2>said was difficult. He said, I'm transitioning. Not only am

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<v Speaker 2>I transitioning you from an apprentice to a priest, from

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<v Speaker 2>a priest to a prophet, but I'm transitioning Eli and

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<v Speaker 2>his Son's out of the earth so that my purpose

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<v Speaker 2>can be fulfilled.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm transitioning. I'm transitioning, and.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to have to go through a difficult transition

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<v Speaker 2>right now. But by the time we get to First

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<v Speaker 2>Samuel four, verse one, the Bible says that Samuel's word

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<v Speaker 2>came to all Israel. I was curious why I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>say God's word through Samuel. But by this point in

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<v Speaker 2>First Samuel four, because Samuel said, here I am speak Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>we have now gone from the word of the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>was rare to the word of Samuel came to all Israel.

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<v Speaker 2>Because he had gotten to a point where he heard

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<v Speaker 2>God's voice on the level that when he spoke, what

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<v Speaker 2>he spoke came directly from the Throne of God. God

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<v Speaker 2>wants to get us to the place where we are

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<v Speaker 2>not running around all the time talking about what we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to do one day. Some of you are using

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<v Speaker 2>the concept of a calling as a crutch to not

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<v Speaker 2>fully embrace the season of life that you're in, and

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<v Speaker 2>that is not the will of God for you. And

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<v Speaker 2>you may be called to be a mom one day,

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<v Speaker 2>but if you're not a mom right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you say, here I am to this season.

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<v Speaker 2>And you may be called to own your own business

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<v Speaker 2>one day, but can I just say that in the meantime,

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<v Speaker 2>the only thing that God has.

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<v Speaker 1>Ever wanted from you was all of you.

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<v Speaker 2>The only thing that God has ever asked of you

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<v Speaker 2>is here I am. It's what Jeremiah said, it's what

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<v Speaker 2>Moses said, it's what Isaiah.

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<v Speaker 1>Said, it's what Samuel said.

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<v Speaker 2>And when he made himself available, the word of God

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<v Speaker 2>became abundant. I want you to stand to your feet

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<v Speaker 2>because God has been speaking your whole life. He's been

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<v Speaker 2>speaking through hard things, he's been speaking through painful things,

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<v Speaker 2>he's been speaking through pleasure, passion. He's been speaking through rejection,

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<v Speaker 2>He's been speaking through restlessness. It wasn't that God wasn't speaking,

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<v Speaker 2>is that the people had lost their ability to listen.

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<v Speaker 2>And so God said to Samuel, before you can speak

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<v Speaker 2>for me, I need you to learn to listen. This

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<v Speaker 2>is what God wants to fine tune in our lives

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<v Speaker 2>over the next few weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what God wants to do.

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<v Speaker 2>In your heart over the next few weeks, because honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>some of you are still running to Eli when it's

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<v Speaker 2>really God. Some of you are running trying to find

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<v Speaker 2>something out there when God is trying.

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<v Speaker 1>To speak to you in your place.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what got me this time, because I didn't preach

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<v Speaker 2>that last night, But when I was speaking to you,

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<v Speaker 2>God was speaking to me, and I try to listen,

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<v Speaker 2>and he said, tell him stay in your place. Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>didn't wake up that morning looking for a calling.

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<v Speaker 1>And maybe that's the problem with.

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<v Speaker 2>Us, Maybe that we've made this thing about calling and

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<v Speaker 2>what God has for my life. What if what God

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<v Speaker 2>has called you to first and foremost is himself, wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>that set you free? That the will of God is

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<v Speaker 2>not which job the will of God is not which

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<v Speaker 2>school you put your kids in.

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<v Speaker 1>My God.

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<v Speaker 2>I was talking to Buck the other day. One thing

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<v Speaker 2>I love about Monk's Corner better than Charlotte.

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<v Speaker 1>There was two schools you could go to. There was

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<v Speaker 1>just two.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the public one and the one that everybody

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<v Speaker 2>that smoked weed at the public one.

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<v Speaker 1>Got sent to the Christian school. But listen to me.

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<v Speaker 1>We've made the will of God a resource. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>a resource, it's a relationship. It's a relationship. It's a relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want us to go through this next several

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<v Speaker 2>weeks not looking for clarity, certainty, but confidence to know

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<v Speaker 2>that if I will make myself available to this calling

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<v Speaker 2>in this moment, his speak, he will speak. Question is

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<v Speaker 2>will you respond. What I've learned to do now is

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<v Speaker 2>not necessarily say this is God or this isn't God.

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<v Speaker 2>I got this new thing. It may be God.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>The only way for me to find out. The only

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<v Speaker 2>way I can experience the breakthrough is in the blue.

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<v Speaker 2>So speak Lord, I'm listening.