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Beth Jones is a Bible teacher and founder of The Basics With Beth, a non-profit Christian teaching ministry dedicated to helping people learn the Bible basics.
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0:00 Hey, guys. This is Beth Jones, I am so glad you have tuned in to the basics with Beth podcast. And I'm so pumped up about helping you get the basics of the Bible, or as we like0:12 to say around here, get the basics, live the life and do the stuff. I know you are going to be so encouraged by today's podcast, and I really pray you enjoy0:23 every minute. If you'd like to know more about the basics and what we're doing, just head on over to the basics with beth dot com to get all the deets. And in the meantime, enjoy today's0:35 podcast. Hello, everybody. We are beginning a brand new series called called, and we're gonna talk about finding god's purpose for our lives. And so we're gonna get into it. I'm really excited0:47 about it. I feel like god's just got me stirred up about this subject. We're gonna spend couple of weeks together, like, just digging into this. Alright? So let's pray and we'll get into it. Alright? Father, thank you so0:57 much for everything you're doing. Lord, in us and through us and in our church. Lord, thank you so much for everything you're doing around the world. What what the body of Christ is doing, how the church is being built.1:09 And Lord, I pray now as we share this message that the Holy Spirit will take these words, God, and you will speak to us. I pray you'll answer questions for people, connect the dots for1:21 people. Lord, help us get it. Help us get our calling to salvation and then that specific thing or things you've called us to. We give you this series. We give1:33 you this day and our time together in Jesus name and everybody that agreed said, amen. Alright. Let me tell you where we're gonna go in the next couple of weeks. Okay? Today, we're gonna talk about confirming1:45 your calling and asking the question, are you wide awake? Number 2, next week, we're gonna talk about discovering your calling. Are you a fish in water? We all know what a fish out1:57 of water is, but are you a fish in water? The third week, we're gonna talk about fulfilling your calling. And that whole idea is gonna be stay in your lane. First, find out what is your lane and then stay in2:09 your lane and you'll fulfill what God's ordained for you to do. Week number 4, we're gonna talk about carriers and the load lift that they are. How they lift the load and and God calls2:21 carriers. In fact, most people are called in some capacity to be a carrier. We'll get into that. Week number 5, we're gonna talk about this whole idea of multiplying your2:32 calling, and that is through family power. We're gonna see throughout the Bible and throughout history how God's hand is not just on individuals, but God's hand is on families. And what is our part to cooperate2:44 with God's calling for our families. Alright? So we're gonna get into it. So when it comes to this idea of being called or a calling, you know, we all have the reference point of2:56 a telephone. We know what it's like, don't we? To be called. In other words, it's not something we initiate. It's something that the caller initiates. Somebody calls you on your cell phone, somebody calls you at3:07 home, somebody else initiated a call and then you get to respond, you get to pick up, you get to answer the call. And so, you know, like I say, with the telephone, we all get that. You know, I can think of some examples3:19 in my life, funny ones. I remember I was working in the dormitories at Western Michigan University. I was an assistant director in 1 of the dorms and I was on duty 1 night. And so I'm in the office, you know, answering3:31 phone calls and taking care of whatever came up. And so the phone rings and I pick it up and I'm like, you know, hello, you know, Western Michigan University Student Center Complex. How can I help you? And this person3:42 starts talking to me. And while I'm talking to this person, the other line rang. And I couldn't remember what do I do with this person? Like, I've got this person, but I know I have to get rid of this person and I've got3:54 to get line 2. But for the life of me, I could not think what is the phrase? There is a phrase you say to the caller. And I couldn't think of what the phrase was. I knew it was something like this. I said, hey,4:06 can can I hold you? And I was like, that is not it. I'm like, can you be held? And I'm like, nope, that's not it either. I just finally hung up and picked up line 2. So, you know, we get the idea. When4:18 when somebody calls you or when multiple lines are ringing, we've got to know how to answer. We've got to know how to respond. And listen. God is calling us. The phones are ringing. And he wants us to pick4:30 up and he wants us to answer. You know, sometimes what some of us do to God, just like we do to people, is we look at the caller ID. We're like, Who's calling? And then you check that caller ID4:41 and you're like, yeah, I don't think I'm gonna answer it. I'll call him back. I'll let it go to voice mail. And unfortunately, sometimes we're doing that with God. He's calling, but we're just letting it go to voice4:53 mail. So as we get into this, you know, just like just like we prayed, God, give us ears to hear you calling us and what you're trying to tell us. Now today, I wanna get into this 1.5:05 And I'm gonna get into this with a little bit of fear and trembling to be honest because I wanna talk about and I feel like God wants us to talk about this idea of confirming our calling. Confirm your calling. What5:17 calling are we talking about? We're talking about your call to be saved. The salvation call. You know, we'll get into it in weeks to come. But in the bible, there's numerous different types of callings. But you can5:29 sort of say it's 2 categories. The first category is this universal call, this general call. The Bible says the grace of God has appeared to all men. The grace that leads us5:41 to salvation. So this salvation call, the general universal salvation call has gone out to all men. And the question is, have we responded? And how do we know for sure that we have5:53 responded? That's this call we're gonna talk about today, the salvation call. Then the bible talks about a specific call, you know, like like specifically what you're called to do, how you're to spend your life, what6:04 lane you're to be in, what God's divine purpose for you is. And we'll get into that in weeks to come. But today, I just wanna focus because I don't ever want us to just assume because6:16 a bunch of people show up here to church at this campus and the other campuses that we just assume everyone's saved. That we just assume everyone's answered the call. In6:28 fact, Jesus said, look, just let it be because at the end of the age, god will separate the wheat from the tares. You know, it's very possible not just in our church and churches around the world. There are believers and6:39 unbelievers alike sitting in the pews. All looking very saved but actually not being very saved. Actually, they've not confirmed the call. They've never answered the call.6:51 God's been knocking for years. God's been calling for years, but we've never really answered the call. And then we get so used to an environment and so used to the lingo and the worship and all the stuff,7:03 we can get ourselves deceived into thinking that we're saved. And so like I said, with fear and trembling, I wanna share this because I pray that if you are not wide awake, if you are not saved,7:15 if you've not answered the salvation call, then today is your day. You say, well, how does anybody really know? Who's called? Who's saved? I mean, how does anybody really know? Well, the only person that really7:27 knows is god. You know, it's not like there's a page in the Bible. You know, the lamb's book of life is not in the Bible. It's in heaven. We can't go here and say whose name's on the list? We don't know. Only god7:39 knows. But what we do know from the Bible is what does the character look like? What does a person look like as defined by the bible who has been called for salvation7:51 and who has answered? What does that look like? There's a litmus test, you could say, there's evidence of a person's salvation. And in fact, let's go to this verse.8:02 Go over to second Peter 1. When it comes to this calling to be saved, you know, God's calling for all of us to be saved, here's what I hope happens. I hope as we get into this, I hope if you are8:14 saved, if you've answered the call, God's called you. He's revealed himself. He's revealed Jesus to you. He's called you to to come to Christ and you've responded. I hope what happens today is you go,8:26 amen. Yes. We're gonna go through a number of things that are sort of the signs and the and the confirmation of your calling, and I hope you go check, check, check. Yep. All of these things I've8:37 experienced. These are all true in my life. But if as we go through these things, if you go, no, uncheck. Uncheck. No. These are not real to me. Then I hope it's8:49 a flashing red light. I hope it's a warning sign. I hope it is your wake up call. That that you go, oh my gosh. What do I do? I'm pretending to be saved. I'm pretending to be a9:01 Christian. And I've never even answered the salvation call. And today is your day. So look at this verse, second Peter 1 verse 10. This is from the, the9:12 NIV. He says, therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. He's9:24 telling us here, confirm your calling. This is that universal salvation call and election. We'll get to that next couple of weeks. That's the more specific calling on your life, your purpose, your destiny.9:37 But confirm your calling. And notice what he says. He says, make every effort. The word effort there literally means diligence, like exert yourself. Put some effort into this. Think about this.9:49 Examine yourself. Judge yourself. Put forth some effort to confirm. In other words, that literally means to make sure. Make sure. This is 1 of those you do not wanna wing it. Do10:01 not wing it on this 1. Make sure get firm footing. Confirm your calling. Confirm that you're saved. That Jesus is the lord of your life and that these things we're gonna look at.10:12 4 things we'll look at that are the character traits of those who are saved. Now listen. As we go through this, here's what we're not saying, and I wanna make sure you get this. We're gonna talk about 4 character traits10:25 that are true of those who are saved. You're gonna sit there like I said, you're gonna go, yep. Bingo. Bingo. Thank you, Lord. My salvation is confirmed. But what I don't want you to do is hear10:36 hear these things and go, oh, that's not true of me. I guess I better do that now. I guess I better do better in that now. We're not saying that. Listen, it's sort of like after you take the test and10:48 you take an exam, and then after you take the exam, you check your answers against the actual correct answers, it's too late to correct the test at that point. It's not like you go back and go,11:00 oh, I better fix all my answers. No. You just go, you know what? I flunked that test. I don't even think I was qualified to take that test. I guess I better just take the course. I11:12 guess I better just get saved. And then when we look at the answer sheet, it will be obvious I'm saved. You don't do these things. We're going to talk about to become saved. That's what I'm trying to say.11:24 You do the things we're going to talk about because you are saved. And there's a big distinction. We're just gonna we're just gonna give all of us a chance to kind of score the final exam right now and see11:36 how are we doing. Are we saved? Will we pass the final exam? Are we really born again? Have we really entered the salvation call? That's what we're gonna talk about. But I'm not saying now do all these things so that11:47 you'll be saved because then that's works. That's you just trying to earn your salvation. And so I'm saying that now that'll make more sense as we get into it. Okay? So, let's talk about 4 things that are11:59 the characteristics, the traits of someone who has answered the salvation call. These are true of your life. It's just an automatic fact. And then what do12:11 we do if we go through this and you go, these are not true of me. What do we do? That's what we're gonna get into. Okay? Number 1. So the number 1 characteristic of being called, of being saved12:23 is this, it is a sinner's call. The salvation call, this universal call that God puts out, it's a sinner's call. What does that mean?12:34 Luke 15 I'm sorry. Luke 5 31. Jesus answered and said to those around him, he said, those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I've not12:46 come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. This is a sinner's call. We're talking about called. Are you called? Have you answered the call? Who is god12:58 calling? Listen, he's calling sinners. He's not calling the righteous and he's definitely not calling the self righteous. He's calling sinners. You say, what does that mean? Here's what it means. Here's the13:10 characteristic trait. Can you remember a time? Do you remember the time in your life when you were aware beyond belief that you were a sinner? Do you remember that time? I mean,13:22 we live in a culture now nobody wants to talk about sin. But, man, you should talk about it. You should be able to remember. Go, man. God, I remember when I was such a sinner. I remember when I was full of guilt13:34 and shame. I remember when my heart was heavy. I remember when I didn't have peace with god. I remember when I just lived under a cloud of guilt because I was guilty. Do you remember being13:46 a sinner? That's the first thing. And you go you go, yep, check. I so remember the weight of sin. I so remember knowing that I didn't just sin against other people, that I had sinned against god.13:58 I so remember having a godly sorrow leading to repentance. Not a sorrow that I sinned and got caught. And now my wife is mad at me or now my kids don't like14:09 me or now I lost my job. Not that kind of a thing. But a godly sorrow where you recognize, god, I'm a sinner. You know, I've shared my story many times. I was raised Catholic. Thankful. So thankful for14:21 my Catholic upbringing. But it wasn't until I was in college in my dorm and my roommate began to share with me some bible verses and then I began to pull out the bible and read it myself.14:33 And I so distinctly remember the switch. I had been self righteous. I had thought my good works were gonna get it done. I had thought I could be a good enough person to warrant14:45 God's salvation and going to heaven, you know, and passing the test. But man, I remember my freshman year of college. It was it was so vivid to me. As I'm reading the bible and as god's word14:57 is coming into my heart, it hits me. I'm not right with god. My self righteousness isn't enough. I I'm not in a good place with god. I don't have peace with15:09 god. I mean, I remember walking around campus and being like, I'm a sinner and the weight of that. Do you understand? Many of you do understand. There's a weight to that. If15:21 you're very glib about sin, that is a warning sign. That is a red light. If it's sort of like, why don't really care about sin because god forgives me. No. You're you're missing you're missing the15:32 point. There is a weight that we feel because this is a sinner's call. Do you remember that? Do you have that? Do reference point? We don't dwell on it. We don't live there. We are15:44 not sinners saved by grace any longer. We were sinners. But now we have been made the righteousness of God in Christ. That's what we dwell on. But there is that moment in time when you were a sinner and man, don't ever15:55 forget. I once was blind but now I see. Hey I hope you are enjoying today's message and I wanted to interrupt this program to bring you a16:07 special announcement. I wanted to offer you a free book that will help you grow in your relationship with the Lord. Just click the free book button16:18 on the Pray dot com app or go to thebasicswithbeth dot com to get your free copy of the 7 basics. These 7 truths will16:30 definitely set you up for an intimate and successful relationship with the Lord. Now, let's head back into our regularly scheduled16:42 program. Number 2, what's the other test here to confirm your calling? Number 2 thing is this, it's a heavenly upward calling. You know, in in the church world,16:54 there's so much earthly focus, but the true call to salvation is a heavenly calling. It's an upward calling. Look at this, Hebrews 3 verse 1. He said,17:05 therefore, brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling. Consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Jesus Christ who was faithful to him who appointed him. Philippians 3 verse17:17 12 through 14, it says, brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended but 1 thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,17:29 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. You know, couple of thoughts on this 1. Do do you have an upward call? Do do you17:41 remember the heavenly call? This is a this is a test. This is a a characteristic. Can go check. Do you remember God called you? Heaven called you. Man did not call you. When God calls you, listen, he17:53 calls you alone. He does a lot of stuff through families and through married couples and through friends. But listen, the salvation calling is a singular calling. He called you. There was a time when18:04 heaven called you. When God spoke to your heart and he called you out from the pack, out from your family perhaps, out from your friends, out from the party life, out from the18:16 sinner's life. Heaven called you. God called you. Not your friends, not us, not the church, not guilt. Heaven called you. This is a heavenly calling.18:29 And if you and if you're like, I don't I don't know what you're talking about. Listen. That is a warning sign. God is calling you today. I guarantee you in this service, heaven is calling you. If you haven't been called18:39 before and responded to Jesus and been saved, he's calling you today. Heaven is calling you. But can you remember that? Do you remember you're just minding your own business, just living your life and God18:51 interrupted your life. God began to convict you of your sin. God began to talk to you about your condition. God began to talk to you about the hope he has for your life. God began to speak to19:03 your heart. That's the heavenly calling. Man cannot give that to you. I cannot give that to you. And it is an upward call. It changes your focus. We we forget19:15 the things that lie behind and we press on towards the upward call. And again, these are things you go check. Yes, we have to live our earthly lives. Yes, there's bills to pay, kids to raise, you know,19:27 duties and responsibilities in our earthly life. No doubt about it. But in your heart, there is an upward call. In your heart, you are citizens of heaven. In your heart, you are19:38 aliens and strangers and pilgrims here. In your heart, you're just an ambassador. You're passing through. You're living out of a suitcase because in your heart, you long for a heavenly19:50 place. That's real to you. You know for sure you're going to heaven. You know for sure 1 day you're gonna spend eternity with God. But even while you're here, Philippians calls it the20:02 high calling of God. Your your your tastes are higher. Your sights are higher. You're not satisfied with the low things of life, with the low things20:14 of earth, with temporal trivial things. Yes, we all have to engage in those but that's not what satisfies your heart. You get this? Are you getting this? This is a heavenly upward calling. If you're20:26 there and you're like, yep, check. I totally, totally get this. I know exactly what you're talking about. I I feel that my whole life. Yay. You're confirming your calling. But if you're sitting there and you're like, I20:38 do not know what you're talking about. This is a red flashing light. That is very possible you're sitting in church and you're not saved. You got some pretend thing, but God wants20:50 that to be real. He wants Jesus to be the Lord of your life. And heaven is talking to you today. Let's look at the next 1. The number 3, it is a holy21:01 light filled calling. Talking about called. We're talking about finding God's purpose for your life. It's a holy light filled calling.21:13 Second Timothy 1 9 says this, for God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this not because we deserved it, but because this was his plan from21:25 before the beginning of time to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. He's called us. He saved us. It's a holy calling. We'll talk about that. It's a light filled calling.21:37 First Peter 2 verse is 9 and 10 says, but you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, his own special people that you may proclaim the praises of him who called21:49 you out of darkness into his marvelous light, who once were not a people but now are the people of God who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. So this is a22:01 holy calling. It's a light filled calling. So what's the, you know, what's the check? Okay. Now listen. You don't try to act holy to prove you're called or to become saved. You don't do that.22:13 But you are holy. You act holy. You desire to be holy as just the DNA of the fact that you are saved. What does that mean? Holy literally22:24 means to be separated or sacred. In other words, when god calls you, you know, he does separate you. It it is a calling that separates you from the world. You you don't love that you're in22:36 the world but you don't love the world. You love the father. You love the things of god. It's it's the person who who had this past life of sin, this past life with weights22:47 and and sins that so easily beset us. It's the person, all of us, that once lived in darkness but then it's a holy calling and God puts in our hearts the desire for holiness.22:59 The desire to quit doing the stuff we used to do that was wrong. The desire to start doing the things that please the lord, the things that god intends for our best anyways. The things that god knows23:11 will bring us the joy and the peace and the fulfillment we long for anyways. See, sometimes people think, I better stop smoking. I better stop swearing. I better stop sleeping around. I better stop cheating. I better23:22 stop doing all of that. I better get off the porn. I better get off the drugs. I better get off all that so that I can please the lord. No. Wrong answer. Get23:33 saved. Get called. Get in tight with the lord and your heart will want to be sanctified is the Bible term. Your heart will want to be holy. You23:45 will be empowered to be holy. Does that mean you'll be perfect? Absolutely not. Does that mean that we all don't sin? Absolutely not. We all do sin. The bible tells us that. But here's the difference.23:57 The difference is that in your heart, you're like, god, my heart's desire is to please you. My heart's desire is I don't wanna live in the darkness. I don't wanna live an unholy life.24:09 I don't wanna live an ungodly life. I don't wanna talk like that. Listen, how many of you remember? Man, I remember when I got saved. Right away, god starts dealing with you on things. I mean, I remember smoking my last24:20 cigarette and like intentionally, okay, god, I'm gonna be holy as you are holy. I mean, this is the desire of my heart. This is my last cigarette. I remember drinking my last drink. I remember smoking my last joint.24:32 I remember using some of the last swear words. The bad ones. I remember, like, that's it now. We're we're crossing the line. This is a holy calling. That24:44 was my dark life. I remember some albums back in the day, 8 tracks. I remember I listened to my last Black Sabbath album. I listened to my last Alice Cooper album. I had to put away my bad24:56 company 8 tracks. Why? Because god was calling me to holiness, to things that were sacred, to things that were separated from the darkness of this25:08 world. Well, does that mean you don't ever have any fun anymore? No. The exact opposite. The darkness keeps you down. The light gives25:20 you joy and peace and fulfillment. Gives you a a a place and a relationship with God. Do you do those things to be saved? No. I did not25:32 throw away my Black Sabbath album so I could be saved. But because I was saved and it's a holy calling and I was transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light, I25:43 wanted to throw away the darkness. Can you see the distinction? I want to make sure you see the distinction. All we're saying is, can you say check? You go, man, totally know. I'm not perfect.25:56 Have I blown it? Yes. But it's the desire of my heart and it's the desire of your heart, God, I want to please you. I don't want to sin. I don't want to live in darkness. I don't want to use bad words. I don't want to be26:07 addicted to drugs. I don't want to have these addictions in my life. God, my heart's desire is to please you. And by your grace and help, man, we're making progress. Is that your heart's desire? That's a good sign.26:19 That's a great sign. That's you going, check. I'm confirming my calling. But if you're like, no, that is not my desire. I really could care less. Then that is a red flashing light.26:31 And all the people said, amen. Okay. Now, last 1. I know I told you I'm sharing this with fear and trembling because I hope everybody in here can go check, check, check. Okay. Get to week26:43 2. But I I know better. I know a lot of people can't go check, check, check. And I don't wanna stand before the Lord and and stand before him having not told you.26:55 I don't wanna stand before the lord and have him go, why didn't you tell them? You knew there was a bunch of people sitting in pews that played the church thing and acted like they were saved and lived like the devil the27:06 whole rest of the week. And came in during praise and worship and stood there like a bump on a log, didn't give God any respect, and you allowed that to happen under your watch. I don't want that27:18 responsibility. I wanna be honest with you. You might not like me. You might say, well, I don't like that sermon. Okay. Fine. I don't even care. I'm doing this in fear and trembling because when I stand before the lord,27:30 I want to say, god, I told them. I told them what you told me and holy spirit, you are working on people and you're getting people to get real with this thing.27:42 This is we're talking real stuff, eternal stuff. The last thing, the last characteristic is, it's a fellowship calling. Alright? Let's look at this. First Corinthians27:54 1 verse 9. Said, god is faithful by whom you were called into the fellowship of his son, Jesus Christ our lord.28:06 This calling to salvation, this universal call, this this calling, of knowing the lord, of being saved, of being born again, of knowing Jesus, you know, all all of the above. It's28:17 a calling to fellowship with him. Fellowship means relationship, but it's not just a casual relationship. The word fellowship is not just a casual relationship. It is a very28:29 close, intimate, heart to heart, deep calls to deep kind of relationship. And this is the calling. This is what he's called us to. And so the the question is, can you look28:41 at your life and go, you know, man, I remember I remember being so far from God and just not even knowing God. I remember he was just God in heaven. I remember it was just so religious for me, but then28:53 it switched. Then I remember when I invited Jesus to be the Lord of my life, when I surrendered my heart to the lord, then I remembered now I know god. Now I walk around, I drive around, I29:05 go to work, but I'm not alone anymore. Now I know, I remember knowing I'm not alone. He's with me all the time. I'm fellowshipping. I'm talking to him. He's talking to29:17 me. I'm not hearing voices, I'm aware of his presence. I remember the first verse that God spoke to my heart after I got saved. The very first verse he spoke to me that I29:29 remember was the verse that said, I will never leave you. I will never forsake you. I think he spoke that to me now that I look back. I think he spoke that to me because I was about 1929:40 when I got saved and my parents split up when I was about 13. I was 10 when they split up and divorced they got divorced when I was 13. And I think the Lord knew right away. I need to tell her right away. I need to tell29:52 her we have a friendship, we have fellowship, This is a personal relationship and she's experienced some people leaving her life. But I wanna let her know right away. We're gonna have an eternal friendship here. I will30:03 never leave you. I will never forsake you. I've never forgotten that. Like, I have fellowship with God. And so do you. If you can go check, you're called. You're confirming your30:15 calling. You're making sure you're making some effort here to go, Yep. Check. Check. Check. I mean, I'm not I'm not doing all of these perfectly. That's for sure. But I can say check. I can say, yes. Jesus is the lord of30:27 my life. I'm saved. I wanna live a life to please the lord. I want I want fellowship with god. I'm coming out. I've come out of the darkness and I'm in the light. If you can say30:39 yes to all that, yay. Mission accomplished today. You can rest and have peace. We'll get into your specific calling in weeks to come but if you're here and you're like, I can't say yes. I can say maybe.30:50 I can say, I don't know. I can say, I hope. Then then I've got good news. We're gonna pray. We're gonna close it out with prayer. And we're gonna ask Jesus to come into31:02 your life. Have you heard heaven's call today? Did you hear God calling you? Do you hear God knocking on the door of your heart? Do you hear him saying, look, I love you, but I'm not gonna play games. I love you and31:14 I'll forgive all of your sins and we'll get a a fresh start in life and and I'll write your name in the lamb's book of life, but I am not gonna play pretend Christianity. I'm not gonna keep letting you come week after31:25 week and pretend. But we're done with that. Today's the day of salvation. Today's the day you answer the call. You don't look at the caller ID and go, I think I'll send it to voice mail. I'll31:37 get committed someday. I'll surrender someday. Nope. You look at the caller ID and you go, god, you're calling me. You're calling me today. And I'm going to answer. I'm going to pick it up31:49 and I'm going to say yes. Yes, Jesus. Come into my life. Come into my heart. I surrender. I don't want to just pray some little prayer that means nothing. I don't want to just say some little32:01 prayer and get a book but it means nothing. I mean it today. I'm serious about this today. And God, I don't even know what their future looks like. I don't even care. What I care about is that I32:12 confirm my calling today. In Jesus' name. And all the people said, amen. Let's pray. Father, thank you so32:24 much. God, I I'm stirred in my heart and I and I know this because you are stirred and you are reaching out to people and you are calling people today with mercy and with grace,32:36 with a seriousness, with a soberness. And I thank you, God, that people are hearing your call. And right now, father, we say yes. Right now, everybody listening to the32:48 sound of my voice that has never said yes before and really meant it, really crossed the line. God, right now they're saying, yes, God. Yes. I answered the call. Jesus, come into my life.33:01 Say this with me. Say say, God, I do say yes. Jesus, I do say yes. I hear your calling. And I say, yes, come33:13 into my life. I surrender my life. I'm done playing games. I'm done pretending. God, today, I wanna confirm my calling with you. I don't care what33:25 my friends think. I don't care what my family thinks. You are calling me alone to go forth and to come towards you no matter what people think, no matter what the price will be.33:38 I am answering your calling today. Jesus be the lord of my life. Mark it in heaven. Put my name in the book. Today is my day.33:49 Jesus Christ is now the lord of my life. In Jesus name, I decree it, and I thank you for it, God. Amen.34:01 And all the people said, amen. Thank you so much for listening to today's message. I really hope you were encouraged. And if you were, I would love to hear from you.34:13 Please email us to let us know what the Lord is doing in your life. And don't forget to get your free copy of the 7 basics book by clicking the free book34:25 button on the Pray dot com app. Also, if these messages are encouraging you, would you like to help us help more people learn the Bible34:37 basics? You can. By making a donation of any amount, you will partner with us and help us keep these programs going to people around the34:48 world. It's easy to become a partner. Just click the give button on the Pray dot com app or go to the basics with beth dot com to make a donation.35:00 Together, we can continue to help people learn the bible basics. So thanks again for tuning in today. I can't wait to see you35:11 right here on pray dot com next time.
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