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Living with Purpose: How to Find and Fulfill God's Call || Pastor Diego Mesa
June 1, 2025 · 46 min
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Adam Mesa is Lead Pastor of Patria Church and speaks to a congregation of 12,000 about how the gospel of Jesus Christ brings purpose to every life. Patria
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0:00 That seed in a ground. Where is the ground? It is the local church. This seed is not to be devoured. And sometimes0:11 we devour the portion that God wants us to sow into the dirt of the his good soil, the church, on going to Vegas, mortgage payments, a restaurant,0:23 Laker tickets. God wants to provide money for you to have your needs met, but he's also gonna provide money so that 1 of those seeds could be sown back into the kingdom of God. This0:35 does no good if it's not put in the right soil. The soil is the church. Here's what I know about sowing. You will always reap more than you could ever sow. You plant a seed0:47 in the ground, a big tree comes up, and you receive apples or whatever that might be in year in and year out. That's the power of the seed. It can meet your0:59 needs, and then it can bless other people's lives, and then it will give you more seeds so that you can plant into the kingdom of God. Don't rob God today of the opportunity to1:11 bless you in ways that your income, your looks, your education can. I wanna break the fear off of all of us to take our seed and plant it in the kingdom of God and1:22 watch God produce a harvest in your life. There are 4 ways to give today. You could give by tapping your seat in front of you. You could give online right now. You could give through1:34 our push pay app or you could put money into the dispenser outside. Thank you so much for being a generous1:46 Very good. After all these years, it is still like you hard for me to look at myself on the screen. Because all you see is all your mistakes and your wrinkles1:57 and your gray hair and everything like that. I remember when I was, I don't know if there's anybody that thought like me or thinks like me. When I was younger, I couldn't wait to have gray hair.2:09 I really couldn't. And then when I got older and got gray hair, I thought I don't want my gray hair. And there was a season when we were doing a television ministry, where I was dying my hair.2:22 You know, and then when I came off television, I said I'll never dye my hair again. I'm gonna just be proud of the gray hairs that God has blessed me with. And2:35 actually it was a young person that told me that don't dye your hair because we need more gray hair people as role models and examples to us.2:47 And so they're being ripped out of our lives, so keep your gray hair and that's all I needed. So that's what's going on. You know, we used to say with, you saw all these announcements go online2:59 and review them. But we used to say, we're making it hard for you to fail here at abundant living with so many life giving programs. And if you're gonna fail, you're gonna fail3:11 because you wanna fail when there's so many programs that can benefit you. And so I appreciate our church and pastor Adam and Ashley's vision to say, you know what, you may need marriage help, we've got that.3:22 You may need children's help, we've got VBS. We need men's fellowship coming together, we've got that. And all the other things that are going on. So I sure sure appreciate that. Listen,3:35 it's been a minute since I preached to you, okay? So I'm a little bit nervous tonight. Okay? So your smiles are gonna make3:47 me feel warm and invited. Or I'm gonna tell my pastor, I'll never come back to that church. It was the most ornery church I've ever been3:59 to in my life. They didn't respond to me. They gave me pickle faces. They fell asleep during my message. They were unenthusiastic, and I'll never be back.4:10 So it's all about you. The the no pressure, but but if something resonates with you, just say something. Amen. If God's word is4:22 good, just say something. Amen. Okay? Alright. We're gonna we're gonna believe God. Father, I thank you for the next few moments as as we launch this amazing series for this summer, oh God, that4:34 deal with questions that people have, that they genuinely need answers to, father. I thank you, Lord, in the name of Jesus, Lord, that you're gonna speak to every single 1 of4:46 us, God, through these questions so that we could get answers. And father, your word is relevant. You are relevant, oh God. I thank you that we don't have to go to4:58 Google, God, to get our answers, oh God. We don't have to go to Facebook or Instagram. We don't have to go to any other source. You have the answers of the complexities5:10 of life and every 1 of our yearnings that might be personal. So we dedicate this summer to you as we venture down these roads, as we venture down this road5:22 of questions that people are asking in Jesus name, amen. Well again, okay, that's kinda pretty good, but5:33 anyways, we are dealing with questions of life today And so I want for them to share with us a little bit of what the question that you have asked that5:45 we're gonna deal with tonight. My question is, for a very long time, it seemed like people have prophesied or said, like, I've been called to ministry of some sort. How do you5:57 properly approach that?5:59 I was wondering, how can you be completely sure of what your calling is, and how do you know your confirmation of that you're in the right place in your6:10 ministry?6:11 What is my purpose in life?6:13 How do you find what your purpose in this life and what God has destined for you? Through reading or through prayer?6:21 Alright. So you asked it and we're gonna answer it today. We're talk a little bit today about 2 words, your purpose and your calling. So let's stand on our feet and read God's word6:33 today collectively and together. We're gonna read Romans the eighth chapter and it goes like this. And we know for those who love God, that's a key word, is you6:44 have to have a love for God. Because if you don't have a love for God, this doesn't make any sense. So it's for those who love God, all things, say this word with me. All things work6:57 together for good. For those who are called, that's you, according to his purpose. You may be seated. 3 strong7:09 words stand out and that's what we're gonna launch with today. Notice it says, all things work together for the good. Now, here's what that means. God takes your yucks7:21 and he turns them into mm's. He takes your bitterness and he makes them sweet. He takes the crap in your life and turns it into valuable fertilizer.7:34 All things, the hardships of your life, the difficulties of your life, the pains of your life, the sufferings of your life, the abuse of your life, the misuse of your life. When you turn it over to God, God7:46 will turn it to good. He'll take that crap, it'll make a trophy out of it. A testimony out of it. No 1 can do that but God. And he talks about for those that are7:57 called and those that have a divine purpose. There are basic needs for all humanity. I don't care who you are. Innately people grow up. I don't know8:09 if it's at 6 years old, 7 years old, 12 years old, but it usually happens early in life and then it gets more advanced or sometimes people stop asking it. But every human being instinctively8:21 wants to know why am I here? Everybody wants to know that. They wanna know what have I been called to do. Right. They ask the question,8:33 what is the meaning of life? What's it all for? They ask the question, what's gonna happen after I die?8:44 And that is what you guys asked. And that's why we're gonna develop this word called purpose and calling. So today, we're gonna talk about 3 things that deal with8:56 purpose and then 3 things that deal with calling. I'm just giving you a heads up. They're misconceptions, falsehoods along the lines. But to introduce the topic, you're gonna see on the screen the9:08 parallel of purpose and calling because there's a little bit difference. Purpose is why you were created. The intent and the reason why God9:20 created you. What God invites you to do. Now, the first 1 is the first 1 is a universal call for all Christians.9:32 The calling is a personal call. The universal call is we're all called to know God, love God, and serve God. We're all9:43 called to let him be known. But now he invites you into a specific calling. We don't all have the same jobs. We don't all have the same9:55 vocations. We don't all have the same talent. We don't all have the same testimony. We don't have all the same personalities. We don't all have the same experience. That's your calling. He's10:06 It's the direction of your life. It's your north, your south, the east, and the west. It's the boundaries of your life. If you don't have a purpose, then you are like a ship without a rudder. You're just gonna float10:18 on every drift, every wave that comes your way. And there's a lot of people, great people, wonderful people, good people, religious people out there, but they're just floating. They don't have a10:30 rudder in their lives. And then the calling is the assignment of my life. You I am assigned to to Cindy and to Nathan, Caleb, and Adam,10:42 and to Ariel, Judah, Ezra, Silas, Lorenzo, Matthias, and young Thomas. You're not assigned necessarily to them unless you're in that front row over there. But you're10:54 assigned to your spouse and to your so that is the assignment. The blueprint is your purpose. That's like the blueprint, but the construction now is the material on how11:06 you're gonna build that. And then it's the anchor in being versus the anchor in doing. Because there's comes a a being, but then there now comes an application. What am I gonna do11:17 with what God has gifted me with to do? So right here I have a I have a toolbox and the toolbox represents God's purpose. And all of us have11:29 a purpose in God's toolbox. See, here's a hammer. How many of you know there's a purpose for this thing? Here's a wrench. How many of you know there's a purpose for that thing? Here's here is a11:41 hexagon wrench. Okay? Here is a Phillips screwdriver. Excuse me. Here is let's see. What do I have here? Here's another wrench. Here's a11:53 socket. Okay? So what am I trying to tell you? You are in here. God created you in a purpose in his kingdom. You're in here. Okay? And you're to be used.12:05 A lot of us are still in the plastic cellophane wrapping. We've never been used. You don't wanna get dirty. You don't want nobody to touch you. You don't want our hands on you. You wanna stay in12:17 the box of comfortability and convenience. But the reality is is how many of you realize that even though these are very similar, they're different. You12:29 may be very similar to someone else, but you're different. You serve a whole different purpose. I can't get a Phillips head and try to do a flathead screw with it.12:41 Now, I can try to force it and I may be able to manipulate it and there's a lot of people manipulating their calling. They're gonna force it 1 way or another. I'm gonna make12:53 this relationship with this man or woman work even though it's not a fit. Oh, I'm preaching better than you're saying amen. I'm gonna make it work. I'm gonna13:05 ignore all the signs and I'm gonna push through all the no's because I'm gonna make it work. And you have to realize that this is God's purpose in here. All of us are meant to be13:16 in God's toolbox. Because when you're in God's toolbox, you'll fulfill your purpose. And every 1 of us are uniquely and specifically designed. We all may we all don't look alike. We just we just13:28 don't all look alike. But amazing, God can use us uniquely. And God can use us so differently. I wanna share this scripture with you. And this speak this speaks of Paul. They're13:40 gonna go on online on on the screen, excuse me. It says, brethren, I do not count myself to apprehend. But this 1 thing I do, forgetting those things that are behind, reaching forward to those things which are ahead,13:52 I press toward the goal for the See, he had a purpose. He was going somewhere with his life. Here's what I want you to know. Your14:04 purpose always has a mission. They're m's. Your purpose always has a ministry behind it. Alright. And your purpose always has a message.14:16 Yes. My life, your life has a message to it. You're supposed to speak it. Do other people know the message of your life? Yes. You're supposed to have a ministry. You're supposed to be giving to something and to14:28 someone. And you're on mission to do something and to fulfill something. Paul knew that. Here's the next scripture. For me to live is Christ14:40 and to die is gain. You can only say that when you have purpose in your life. So purpose is the center of your life. Jesus is the center of my life.14:52 Jesus drives the neck they're all c's here. Jesus drives the character of my life. Jesus drives the community of my life. Jesus drives the15:04 commitment of your life. So, I wanna challenge you today. If you have purpose, tell me who the center of your life is. That'll define your purpose. Tell me how your character is developed. How do you measure15:16 your character? What do you How do you gauge your character? How do you determine your Who is the community of your life drives your purpose15:28 and your commitment? I'm preaching a whole lot better. I'm a tell pastor Adam I'm not coming back. Here's the third 1. Third 1, please. For for if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast for15:39 necessity is laid upon me. This is 1 of the most powerful verses. It ministers to me so much. Woe is me, Paul says. Yes. Woe is me if I don't preach the I want you to add15:51 there. Woe is you if you don't do what? See, we don't have purpose so there's no woe in our life. There's no fear in our lives. There's no somberness in our lives.16:03 Woe is me if I don't stay faithful to this woman that I marry. Woe is me if I don't love my children. Woe is me if I don't finish the race of my life. Woe is me if I commit adultery,16:15 fornication. I have purpose. What is your woe? And last of all, the scripture says this, but I consider16:26 myself of no value to myself. My purpose is to finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus to testify to the gospel of God's grace16:39 for none of these things move me. Nothing that you ever should go through should move you from your purpose. But if you are being moved all the time like the wave, you have no purpose.16:51 You have no purpose. So Paul clearly communicates to us about the mission of his life and the ministry and the message. He tells us about the17:03 center, the character, the community and the commitment. I'll add 1 more, the contribution of our lives. And then last of all, he talks to us that all of us have a role and these are17:14 ours. All of us have rules with those roles and all of us should be driven by routines. Without it purpose and calling, people are just simply17:26 existing. You and I are just surviving. We are just busy. We are just simply doing. And I wanna challenge you to go fast forward in your life.17:38 And I've always thought about this. I I think because it's my profession and I do them. I've always thought about tombstone testimonies. What will your eulogy said?17:50 I I I've done a lot of them. And sometimes the eulogy that some is a summation of someone's life is like a18:01 paragraph for someone that lived 80 years. And then I read some and they're really all that, but it's a lot of fluff. It's not true. So I want18:13 you to fast forward because it will now define to you today how you will live from now until you go to heaven and die. What do I want my tombstone testimonies to say? What do I want my18:25 epitaph to stay? What do I want my eulogy to say? Because that's driving my purpose and my calling in life. He contributed to this. He helped this.18:37 He changed this. He made an impact here. He made a difference here. He finished what God had called him to do. There are 2 people and then I'll launch my 6 points. There18:48 are 2 people that I consider my personal heroes when it comes to this subject, the purpose. 1 of them has gone to heaven. His name is Miles Monroe. And Miles would say this, the greatest19:00 tragedy in life is not death, but a life without purpose. And then my second favorite hero is this guy named Rick Warren. He made millions of dollars off of a book called19:12 that. Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reasoning. So here we go. I wanna share with you 619:24 misconceptions of purpose and calling. These are lies and falsehoods that you and I believe or the enemy wants us to believe. So here's the first 1 I wanna share19:36 with you. I don't have a purpose. That's what some people think, that I don't have a purpose. But here's what Isaiah 44 says in verse number 2,19:47 but I am your creator God says. You were you were in my care even before you were born. In that womb. Israel, don't be19:59 terrified. You are my chosen servant, my very favorite. Then first Peter says this in 2, it says this, but you are chosen. Say20:11 I'm chosen. I'm chosen. A royal priest, say I'm royal. I'm royal. Say I'm holy. I'm And say this, I'm special. I'm special. That you should proclaim the praises of20:23 him who called you out of darkness and into his marvelous light. The number 1 reason why you were created. Ready? Drop the mic. To bring pleasure to God.20:35 It's the only reason why he an omnipotent God, an omniscient God, a God who's complete, full, wanting and needing nothing created humanity, a man and a woman20:46 is he wanted to bring pleasure into his life. Amen. He wanted to he wanted to pleasure somebody. And if that's what he that's what it's about. That you might please him, and20:58 that you would bring pleasure to him, and you would be bring delight to him. So understanding that. That I I I'm not a mistake. I'm not anonymous. I'm not21:10 an accident. I'm not a mishap. I'm not a whatever. I'm not a nothing. That's a lie. The fact is is that you have to21:21 believe I was made on purpose. I was created on purpose, And I was created on purpose. And you and I have to believe that for ourselves. You have to21:33 discover that for yourself and you've got to live it out for yourself. Your life has a purpose. It's not an accidental life bumping into opportunities, events.21:45 No. You are not just going to work, you're being sent by God to work. You're not just going home, you're supposed to be sent by God home. You're not just going to church, you're being sent by God to church with a mission21:57 in mind, with a ministry in mind, with a message in mind. He's not he just exists. He just survived.22:11 He just float around like a ship without a rudder. So you and I have to understand there is a designer for my life, and there is intent22:23 for my life, And there is a creator for my life. And there is an inventor of my life. And there is an originator of my life. And there is a maker22:35 for my life. You were born for a purpose and you were born for a reason. Now if I could be so bold and say it this way,22:47 suicide is a lie to purpose. And the enemy is stealing a lot of people's purpose. I22:58 I I don't wanna I I I don't wanna dull you here today. I don't wanna be a gloom and doom, but 49000 people, 20 23, statistics keep23:10 going on. I don't know what they are and we'll we'll finish with in 20 25. 1 death every 11 minutes, suicide. 12800000.0 seriously thought about suicide, maybe people in this room.23:23 3.7 made a plan for suicide and 1.5 attempted suicide 1 way or another. How could, and I'm not trying to judge anyone, I'm trying to minister23:35 to us today, could get to the point where they wanna end their lives and life is not worth living because they have lost their purpose or never discovered their purpose for living.23:48 You and I cannot fall victim to that. No matter how tough it gets. All things work together for the good. Amen. The second thing,24:01 the thought is this, if I'm successful, I'm in my purpose. That's not true. That's not always true. But people can fall for that falsehood that just because24:13 they're successful, they're living in their purpose. 2 scriptures that will drive this thought here, they're found in Proverbs and I'd like to read them to you. Many are the plans in a person's heart.24:25 People make plans. I got my own dreams. I got my own ambitions. I've got my own desires. I'm making plans. But it's the Lord's purpose that prevails. Purpose, God's24:36 purpose supersedes your plans. I had plans. I was gonna be a marine. Hooeyah.24:49 When it signed up, 19 80. I was gonna be an LA sheriff when it took the test in 19 81. I was gonna be a professional athlete as I got my first paycheck in25:01 19 82. Those were my plants. But then I discovered the call of God on my life. And I didn't25:13 become the Phillips head trying to manipulate this flathead screw because I could have. I had to yield to the fact that I was a Phillips and I had to25:24 find my Phillips head screw. People make plans. The next scripture is amazing too because I love this 1. A life devoted to things25:36 is a dead life, a stump. A God shaped life is a flourishing tree. See, you could succeed in titles and you can succeed25:48 in accomplishments and you could succeed in positions and you could succeed in popularity, and you could succeed in performance. And you could have acquired stuff, things, toys, status,25:59 possessions and failed in your God given purpose. So the question to success is this, is what I achieved, who does it belong26:11 to? Who does it belong to? How do I use it to grow God's kingdom? Who gets the glory and the honor and26:23 the praise for all my success? That tells me the motive of life. So just because you're successful26:34 doesn't mean you're living out God's given purpose in your life. There's a great quotation from Batron Russell and it it'll it'll go like this. Unless26:46 you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless. Not too long ago, I had the privilege of being invited26:59 to In N Out Corporation. I had the privilege of meeting the owner, the founder. And I was blown away because27:11 like you, all my life I've been eating In N Out. Going down to Baldwin Park when there wasn't 1000 in and outs. And eating over there, the first in and out.27:23 And though I knew that Lindsay, the owner was a strong Christian believer. I went there. I went there because we wanted to build a relationship for27:35 the school and have some of their personal corporate development and mentorship come to the staff there.27:55 So here comes master blaster, pastor d walking in like he's somebody. No. Just kidding. But I sit around a table. First thing they do, they said, do you mind if we pray?28:07 What the heck? Yeah. Amen. Absolutely. They pray. We have this we have this conversation and then see,28:20 I knew that they were successful because of this and what comes in this. But you know what, it's what's on the bottom here.28:32 And you could be highly successful up here, but have failed with God and your purpose. This is purpose down here. It undergirds the success. What we do is to28:44 the glory of God. We give him honor and we give him praise. So eat your double double, drink your shake and your fries. But I want you to know a portion of that is going to build the kingdom of God. And28:56 our corporation is built on Jesus Christ and the cross of Calvary. And we are unashamed with of what we believe. Buy our hamburger or don't buy our hamburger. But Jesus is the Lord of our life.29:08 That's what true success is. There's a vast difference between success and significance. Success29:19 is selfish. Significance is unselfish. Success hoards for itself. Significance is trying to give it away.29:27 I'll leave it at that.29:28 A little bit too much for you. So let's move on to number 3. My last 1 with this 1. My pain has no purpose. My29:40 pain has no purpose. The suffering I'm going through now or been through, the hurt in my life, the cries and the tears that I have shed have no29:52 purpose and no meaning. That's a lie. God just remember this. God does not waste pain. Yes. Right. He'll never waste your pain. There's something that30:04 God wants to use out of that pain. And when you give it to him and you surrender it to him, wow. You watch how God will use it. But the problem is, is we don't want we're ashamed of30:16 it. Like I've had people have amazing testimonies and invited them, share your oh, I can't hear my oh, I can't share my that that's the problem. It's your testimony and not his30:27 testimony. It's too much of you. You're supposed to be dead and resurrected through the cry. Who gives a rip? Now, I realize that some stuff is very very30:39 tender and it's for a certain audience, but when that audience is there, why don't you share it? Well, I'm preaching better than I don't know if I'll come30:51 back, but I'm trying. Watch this scripture. I love this. This is about Joseph's life in the old testament and his pain. Joseph called the name of his first born31:03 Manasseh, he named his son. He said, for God has made me forget all my toil of my father's house. All the betrayal thrown into the pit, almost being murdered, forgotten in the prison.31:15 Only God could have used my pain. Then he names the second boy and he names the second, he calls him Ephraim. God has called me to be fruitful in the land of I don't care what31:27 your pain is. I don't care what your affliction is. God can redeem it. God can restore it. And then last of all, it's concluded here in Genesis 50, but as for you, you meant31:38 it for evil for me, but God meant it for good. That that's the view of life. God does not waste anyone's pain.31:50 Sometimes God uses the pain to get your attention. Yes. Yes. Sometimes God uses your pain to make life altering changes in your life. Right. Sometimes32:02 God uses the pain to put something in you that you've never had before. And sometimes God uses it to help others and to help something32:14 and to change something. Let me give you a little bit of a quote here today about this. It says, needs are often met by others who once had that32:26 need. You look at nonprofits out there, you look at people that are doing things, they were once homeless, so they're helping homeless. They they they were once32:37 abused and misused, so they're helping women that are abused and misused. They were once abandoned and grew up in orphanages, so they're helping foster children. They once had stage 432:49 cancer, and so they volunteer without a paycheck to travel, donate a 5 0 1 c, give thousands of dollars away.33:00 What has God delivered you from, and how is God using you to go help other people? Every 1 of you. Every 1 of you have a past. So33:12 tell me. Show me. That's purpose. Yes. And that's and that's and that's a calling. So now let's get into the calling part now. My33:24 calling is my career. That's not necessarily true. These are all falsehoods. First Corinthians 7 in verse 17 says this, let each 1 live his life in33:36 the situation the Lord has assigned when God called him. My calling is my career. Can I be doing something that God did not call me to do?33:47 Yep. Can I see where God didn't allow me to go into a certain vocation or occupation? He just shut it down. So so33:59 back to my scenarios. There all 3 of those experienced a no. All 3 of them. When I went in the marine corps, I got no. I got an honest no, which rarely34:11 ever happens. Can I run for the marine corps team? Yes. But you've got to try out. I don't wanna try out. I just want you to guarantee it. I got a no.34:23 Can I take the written test? Yes. You take the written test, but you fail, but you could come back now. Nope. That was a no. Yeah. I got I got my I got my paycheck, but beyond that, the34:35 next race I didn't do good at at that I did before. That was enough of a no for me. Some people don't listen to the no's. And so I want you to recognize how can I change?34:46 Have I changed my career because I discovered my calling? Has that ever happened to you? Your career is what you get paid for or compensated for34:58 by an earthly boss. Your calling is serving your heavenly father without a paycheck, but an eternal reward. That's the difference. Right there. That's the difference.35:12 See, you retire from a job. You retire from an occupation. You retire from a vocation, but you never retire from a calling.35:24 Please hear what I'm saying. Yeah. You were a plumber for 40 years. But now what? Well, I'm just gonna get in an RV and I'm gonna go35:36 over to Florida. And I'm gonna wake up every day and mow my lawn and and and play around the golf. That's beautiful. But tell me where your calling is in that. That35:48 that sounds like heaven. And you're gonna get there 1 day where you could kick back and do nothing. But with all the devils and the demons in this world, let's cast them out. Let's36:00 rebuke some. Let's help some people. I think I humbly could be an example of that. If36:12 you wanna just see a little bit of my eyebrow raised, come to me and tell me how are you enjoying your retirement. And you'll see this eyebrow raised because I'm36:24 not retired. What am I doing now? Retired people don't do this. Come with me on Thursday where I volunteer and become a sheriff and right or wrong and do deputy duties36:36 over there. Come with me. I don't get paid. Come with me to healing strong network where we're trying to help you. I don't I don't get paid paid for that. Show with me on Wednesdays when we help the36:48 school and I'm an advisor. I don't get 1 red cent from that. Retired, what are you talking about? The God who shed his blood for me?37:00 I'm gonna retire from his service? Let's move on while you still like me.37:13 Again, the reality is a career is what you do 9 to 5. A calling is what you do 24 7. Romans 11, 2 more points37:25 and we're done. Romans 11 29. The the Romans says without the gifts and calling, this is old King James, with the gifts and callings of God are without repentance. This translation37:37 said, since God's gracious gifts and callings are irrevocable. Gifts and callings of God. My calling can be canceled, ended, terminated, and aborted. That's not true. There's nothing you have done or37:48 have ever done that could end the calling of God on your life. Now you may have forsaken it, discarded it, abandoned it, walked away from it, but I want you to know that you're still accountable to that38:00 calling. You're responsible for that calling, and God still wants to use you in that calling. And I've said this for years, it's not how you start the race, it's how you finish the race.38:11 Man, I've I've had so many races that have had lousy beginnings, lousy middles, but had a great kick coming in. Or I was faster38:23 the second half of my race than the first half. And so you could have just waste your life. You knew God called you to do something. God used you even for a season. But you38:35 went into the world and you made a fortune and you forgot about God. Or you went a deviant way into a lifestyle. But now I want you to recognize you're full of shame, guilt and condemnation. Could you ever come38:47 back? Yes. And God could still use you with the years that he has, that you have. So how you start the race, how you finish your race. I I love this.Show more
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