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    1FULFILLING YOUR CALLING #1

    You are about to depart soon. Hallelujah. Oh to God be the glory! You know, we itsamazing! I mean think about it, we were born at this moment to be a part of this. You arthe generation to see the return of the Lord. Many people will go, Well Ive heard this befor Die. There are certain things that had to be fulfilled. First of all, Israel had to become anation and that happened in 1948. That was the generation Hello. Thats the generationfrom that point on he said that would see the return of the Lord. See Israel had to becom

    a nation. So we know that we are of that generation. We see that what the word talksabout wars and rumors of wars and so forth and well get a little bit more into it. We see athese things that are happening. We see that fear has escalated in the world. We see thatthe enemy has popped up his head worldwide, globally. We see more and more evil crimthan ever before. We see your struggle and your fight is harder than its ever been! AmenIs everybody with me? Come on, man! The last seven months have been rough! Wellthank God the number seven means complete and perfect so were getting through thathump! Were humping through! And in this area of where weve been coming from andgoing through you know I shared before, we are all connected to the wilderness. You areeither going in, in, or coming out. Thats just the way it is. And in this God is training hispeople. Everything right now thats why things are escalating because there is a quick

    preparation that needs to be done! So that when all hell breaks out, you wont be moved. everybody with me? There is something that weve got to get into our spirit because thebible tells us that many deceiving spirits will be released in the latter days. Many will fallfrom the faith, taking heed to deceiving, seducing, familiarspirits. Amen? Whats happeninis that God is trying to bring unity in the body of Christ. Hes setting up certain areas in thebody to fulfill a specific call. Let me give you an example. We have a discipleship house.Amen? Well, thats a specific call, isnt it. Not everybody in the nation is in that discipleshihouse. I mean, we believe everyone should be there! [Laughter.] But not everybodys thebecause theres a specific Listen, this ministry has a specific call! If you are under theanointing of this ministry, you are a part of that call to fulfill your call! Is everybody with mTheres something God is imparting in you! Imparting in you. So we want to fulfill our call,

    dont we. I want to talk about fulfilling your call. Go to Matthew 24. Oh, hallelujah. InMatthew 24. Wade, do you have that printout? Oh, hallelujah. Matthew 24. In verse 3. Anwe have read this before and Im going to read it again. Matthew 24:3, Now as he sat on thmount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these thingbe? and what shall be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age? Now we havetalked about this already the end of the age of grace. Its not the end of the world. Its thage of grace meaning favor, God holding back his judgment and co-labor. So the end of theage of grace means that Gods grace is going to depart, isnt it. That means the spirit ofgrace must depart. So when the age of grace departs, the spirit of grace must depart andthat means that you and I must depart! Amen? Because you and I are involved in the spiriof grace known as the Holy Spirit. And they said when is this going to happen and Jesussaid, Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, saying, I am aChristian and will deceive many. Hi, Im such and such, an evangelist Im a this and a thaIve got a word for you! Well, youve got to be careful! Yes, youre to go to Alaska and do aof these things. Good. Ill wait for God to tell me. Ill take that. If it comes to pass if theLord visits me in a dream or vision or gives me more confirmation. Thank you. Other thathat, Im not flying anywhere! He said, be careful And you will hear of what? Wars andrumors of wars: see that you are not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but tend of the age, the end of grace, is not yet. For nation will rise against nation And thisword nation here means ethnic group. Is everybody with me? It means ethnic group. Itmeans certain ethnic groups will rise against others. Amen? And nations will rise against

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    nations and kingdom against kingdom: and there will be what? Famines, and pestilence,and earthquakes, in various places. Let me share something with you here. Wade gave meprintout It talked about all in one day. There was a strong earthquake that jolted the islanof Anuta or Anutu [WADE: I have no clue how to spell what he is saying track 2 @about 3:33] in the South Pacific prompting tsunami warnings. Mayan volcano in thePhilippines. Six sharp explosions in the Mayan volcano, okay. An earthquake with themagnitude of a 5.8 on the richter [not sure of this spelling either] scale in the Japaneseislands. Another earthquake centered along the Afghanistan border killed at least 39 peopl

    and so forth. But these all happened in one day. One day. Things are happening moreand more. You think about it, let me tell you there are more earthquakes and stuff going onin one year than history. They are tallying up quickly. Quickly. Why? Because we are inspecific time. And the next verse will tell you it says, And these are the beginning of whaSorrows. So we are in the beginning of sorrows, arent we. He said something very powerfThen they will deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you (or attempt to kill you), and youwill be hated of all nations for my name's sake. Now hes talking about Israel. And thenmany will be offended, and will betray one another, and will hate one another. And manyfalse prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the lovof many will grow cold. You will notice lately that the spirit of hatred is intensifying. Youhave to prevent yourself, and cast it down from hating anyone. The bible says hate evil.

    mean have you noticed lately that if something occurs quickly you want to jump intohatred. Because there has been a sweep of demonic activity through this country of hatredAnd it has been going on for about 4 or 5 months. But it has increased dramatically probabin the last 3 to 4 months I mean 3 to 4 weeks. 3 to 4 weeks. In this last 3 to 4 weeks it hbeen intensifying. But its about to lift. And because lawlessness will abound, the love ofmany will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of thekingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations; and then the end wcome. Last days he is talking about, isnt he. So we know that the gospel must be preacheto all nations, all over the world. Fulfilling your call as a servant of the Lord means that youare a deliverer of the gospel a message. The gospel message is delivered by your callingDoes everybody understand that? The gospel message is delivered by your calling. Thats

    exactly what he was saying here. He said, Listen youre going to go through all kinds of stu but all the stuff you are going to go through is going to give you an opportunity to bringthe message of the gospel. Amen? Let me share a couple of things about calling. So manypeople are so concerned about their calling that they lose sight that they are in it. Now,number one: God never interrupts himself. If theres a calling in your life Everybody knowthey are called? Amen. The word calledmeans invited. Amen? Youve been invited toparticipate in the kingdom of God to become a disciple of Jesus to fulfill the carrying of themessage of the truth. Thats everybodys calling, isnt it. It doesnt matter how you do it.Thats a part of your calling, isnt it. Amen? So many people are concerned and worried orfearful of what their calling is but they lose sight because the enemy is always going to trand bring you ahead, isnt he. Amen? Hes a pusher, not a leader. Does everybody get it?Hes a what? A pusher. Not a leader. Now one of the things the devil will always try and dis bring confusion. Now God never interrupts himself, now does he? Amen. So what he dois he puts us in a fellowship to be mentored. Amen? As we are becoming mentored intothe fellowship. Why? Because its not the pastor or whoever thats mentoring It is theSpirit of God thats mentoring you in a specific way through the anointing thats in thefellowship. Amen? What happens is many times many individuals go from one place toanother, and they get confused. Is everybody with me? When confusion comes it means yhave walked out of your call. Why? Because God never interrupts himself! Now if you knothat God sent you here, then you are willing to be mentored. Is everybody with me? Themen and women that are in the discipleship programs are submitting to a mentorship! Why

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    Because that is the discipleship so that they can receive the anointing from the Lord thathas been placed in this ministry to fulfill their calling! Does everybody get it? You knowthere are people that I know that come have come into the discipleship house, men orwomen and I know that they are not going to last. I know they wont last. Is everybodywith me? Because the Spirit reveals the heart, doesnt he. It says God knows the heart. Buman judges by the sight, doesnt he. Now there are those that I know that will come andgo. They will take what they can and come and go. Not all of them are because they are ncalled here. Some of them arent ready yet. They are not ready! See the word calledmea

    to be invited. They are not ready to take that invitation and say I accept that invitation athat call. And grab hold of it. Is everybody with me? Many will take that invitation and shoup to the party but not fellowship. Does everybody get it? So they take that invitation antry to fulfill something in the flesh but the call has nothing to do with the flesh, its all of thSpirit. And confusion comes. Frustration comes. Why? Because they are not willing to yieto the Spirit according to the calling that they have been called to. Is everybody with me?Thats why Jesus said deny yourself. Oh, hallelujah. 2 Timothy 3. Somebody can explain athis to me later? [Laughter.] Praise God! Thank you Lord! 2 Timothy 3. And you know one the things that I believe the Lord is trying to do is, in fulfilling your call, is bring usunderstanding and revelation so we dont go astray! How many times anybody ever gonearound the mountain? Hello. I wonder why we go around the mountain? And its not

    because hes coming [Pastor sings Hell be coming around the mountain....] [Laughter.]and there he goes around the third time! Vvrroom! And here comes Sparky! Or is thatSpanky? [More laughter.] Praise God. 2 Timothy 3:1. Now we have heard this verse overand over And I would like to hear it again! Come on, read it with me. But know this, thatthe last days perilous times will come. Im telling you, perilous times are here! And they argoing to get worse! They wont get better, they will get worse. For men will be lovers ofthemselves Hello. Lovers of money. Now listen, I want you ladies to understand this is nojust about men! This means mankind. Okay? Alright. Praise God. For mankind will belovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parent[and spiritual parents] unthankful, unholy, hey parents are parents unloving, unforgivingslanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty,

    lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God; having a form of Godliness but denying itspower and from such people turn away. For of this sort are those who creep into household[and ministries] and make captives gullible men and women loaded down with sins, and ledaway by various lusts, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the whaOf the truth. Let me share something perilous times means its going to be difficultbecause of the fight thats going to come against your calling. Thats what perilous times aI remember I shared something a while ago You carry the will of God. Amen? You carry twill of God. The will of God is inyou. The devil doesnt give a hoot about you. He wants toprevent the will of God from coming forth. And he will do everything he can to prevent thewill Now the will of God can only be manifested according to your calling. So if you are nofulfilling your calling, the will of God is not being fulfilled. Do you understand that? It is soimportant!!! Because it is one of satans great deceptions. If you are not fulfilling your callthe will of God is not being manifested. Amen? Okay good. Go to Matthew 22. Go toRevelation 2 first. Sorry, Revelation chapter 2. Well.... Lets go somewhere else. Do youhave your Holy Ghost eraser? Praise God. Lets go to 1 Timothy 4 so we can confirm. Ohhallelujah. Verse 1, read it with me. Now the Spirit expressly says, that in the latter timessome will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits, and what? Doctrines ofdemons. WhooHoo! Why? Let me share something with you they are falling from theirfaith do you know what they are falling from? Their call. Let me tell you something youknow when you are falling from your call. You know. You dont understand. Just becauseyou know something doesnt mean you understand it. There are a lot of people that know t

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    bible but dont understand it. You know but you dont understand things are different. Yoare not in unity. The flesh runs your life. There are entanglements in the world. Doeseveryone understand that? So many people are trying to fulfill a call in their life by what habeen prophesied on them. Thats not Gods calling. I have had many prophesies in my lifeaccording to all these prophesies I should have traveled the world about 20 times. I shouldhave been a gazillionaire by now. And owned half the country. Well, thats not been fulfilleWhat happens is, people chase prophesies instead of chasing the Lord. I mean there havebeen words of knowledge and so forth, words that I have given but I dont remember them

    I dont write them down. And then people come to me later and say, Yeah man that came tpass! this, that or whatever. Well praise God! I mean because it wasnt me anyway! Doyou know what Im saying? And Im sure not going to call somebody and say, Hey did thatcome to pass yet? Because thats not God. If Im concerned about something having tocome to pass, then thats not God. Thats my flesh! Amen? And Im sharing with you thattoo many individuals chase an emotional prophesy which is not their calling. Is everybodywith me? This is how deceiving, seducing, familiar spirits get involved. This is how people over the mixed anointing. Its called mixed anointing. Does somebody have a goodintention? Yes! Im telling you, Ive seen I have had people prophesy and so forth and thhad good intentions but they werent the will of God! I just felt the heat come up! WhewMy legs got hot! Is everybody with me? Good intentions have nothing to do with the will of

    God. Because you are going to find sometimes that the will of God doesnt feel good! HelloIt doesnt feel good. God isnt interested Hes not the God of feeling. Hes the God of truIts truth that sets you free, not your feelings. Amen? Too many people chase the feelingand get in bondage but they are not free yet. Amen? They are not free. Fulfilling your catakes discipline. Doesnt it? It takes discipline! You must be disciplined! Why do you haveto be disciplined? You must be disciplined not to be led by how you feel. You must bedisciplined to wait until you are sent. Amen? You must be disciplined. What happenedhere was that they departed from their calling because of doctrines of demons. Do youremember when Peter told Jesus, Hey listen nobody is going to get to you unless they first gthrough me! Far be it Lord! He had just told him he had to go get crucified. What did Jesustell him? satan get behind me! Why? Because he came with a doctrine of a demon. He sa

    satan get behind me! He knew that wasnt the call in his life. He knew he wasnt supposedto get behind Peter and have Peter protect him. And what did Jesus say? He said, Yourpurpose and your desire is not of the will of God, but of the will of man. Amen? Well Petergot all puffed up and said, Man I feel good! Thats my Lord! Man Im going to go and kickbutt! Not for him. He forgot he was God! Hello. Hallelujah! Go to Revelation 2. Thank yoMaster. Fulfilling your call. Revelation 2. Oh, to God be the glory! And he writes to the iverse 1. To the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things says he who holds theseven stars in his right hand, and who walks in the midst of the seven golden lamp-stands; know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and that you can not bear those that aevil: and you have tested those who say they are apostles, and are not, and have found theliars I am a believer! Well the word believe means to what? Follow. Hmm. So if they arenot followers they are liars. And you have persevered and have had patience and havelabored for my names sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless I mean you wouldthink this is a beautiful church! Man, praise God!!! This sounds wonderful!! It sounds likethey are all doing their call and the will of God. He says, Nevertheless I have this against yothat you have left you have left your first love or your first what? Call. Watch. Remembetherefore from where you are fallen, and repent, and do the what? First works or your caFulfill your calling. Or else I will come to you quickly, and will remove your lamp-stand fromits place, unless you what? Repent. Whats he saying? Return to fulfill your call! Whathappened? They fell out of their call. Listen, everybodyis called to feed somebody!Everybodyis called to share the gospel if youre a believer. Everybodyis called to tithe!

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    and laugh at and you find Ugh! Conviction. Whew! You are beginning to toss things awathat you thought were okay. Because it is getting narrow. And narrow. Pretty soon you widisappear! Praise God. Oh, hallelujah. Now okay, lets go on. In verse 8, Then he said tohis servants, the wedding is ready but those were invited were not worthy. Therefore go inthe highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding. So those servants went outinto the highways, and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good: and thewedding was filled with guests. But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a manthere that did not have on a wedding garment: so he said to him, Friend, how did you come

    here without a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to theservants, Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, wherethere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen. Youknow, I really I love this part because this sounds check this out, in verse 11 when theking comes in and sees the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a weddinggarment and he said to him, Lucifer what are you doing in here? You thought you had aplace here? Does everybody see this? Who else did he call friend? Judas. Remember?What are you doing in here? Where are your garments? Why? They are the garments ofrighteousness, arent they! They are the garments of righteousness that allows us in thewedding!! And that garment of righteousness is only granted to you with relationship withthe King! And many will say, Well I know you Lord!!! And he will say, I dont know you! Is

    everybody with me? Because they have fallen from their call. Remember something veryimportant you dont have a life. You gave your life to Jesus, so you dont have a life. If yoare trying to fulfill your life, you are not fulfilling the call. You were bought with a price. Thprice still is there for you and I. It never leaves. For many are called but what? Few arechosen. Those that were called forsook their calling and became unworthy. Then we wereinvited and called. But those that are playing the game of servant but really not fulfillingtheir call will be considered unworthy also. Is everybody with me? There are a lot ofwannabees but not many willing to die-bees. Go to Jeremiah 35. Oh, hallelujah! So this iswhere you have to ask yourself and I guess its better to ask the Lord and then yourself.But you have to test yourself! Do you really believe that its Gods perfect will for you to behere? Does everybody understand? If you know that its Gods perfect will for you to be

    here, then you are fulfilling the call! Does everybody get it? So that when the enemy beginto hit you in all kinds of directions to chase a feeling or prophesies, or anything else ywill know youll know that it is not a part of your calling. Amen? Does everybodyunderstand that? Okay, Jeremiah 35. Is everybody there? Lets try somewhere go to ver15. I have also sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them,saying, Turn now everyone from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go afterother gods to serve them, then you will dwell in the land which I have given you and yourfathers: but you have not inclined your what? Ear, or what? Obeyed me. See there is a plawhere you and I must incline our ear. We must be willing to listen. We have so manytendencies to want to speak that we need to shut up and listen! Hello. Must incline your eato hear and not to serve other gods. In other words we are to deny ourselves now, arent wDid you ever get with someone who cant be quiet? They are trying to convince themselveThemselves! You know I have shared many times somebody who cant be quiet their liblind them! Their lips are moving so fast, it blinds them and they cant see. Why? Becauseyou and I must come to a place where we are willing to listen. There is a time to giveAmen? But there is always the time to receive. What did Jesus do with his disciples? Hegave what did his disciples do? Received. Amen? Thats what they did. They sat aroundthe feet of Jesus and listened. He brought them out the multitudes but he always broughtthem back and ministered to them. They sat around and they listened. What were theydoing? Learning. And then he would take them out and he would test them to see whatthey had learned. Remember when he did all the bread and the fish? And then he tested

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    them. I think it was Peter who was willing to go to the 7-Eleven because they ran out offood. Jesus said, Whats the matter? Dont you remember Dont you remember whathappened? Oh. Hello. Praise God. We must incline our ears not to serve other gods. Wemust be willing to sit be still and listen. The bible says be still and know that he is what?God. Go to Luke 16. Oh, hallelujah. Praise God. Luke 16:10. He who is faithful in what isleast is faithful also in much. And he who is unjust in what is least is also what? Unjust inmuch. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commto your trust the true riches? Now Im talking about things Im not just talking about mon

    here. Im talking about things that God has revealed to you! Those pearls. The bible saysdont cast your pearls before swine. These special things that God has revealed to you. Ifyoure not faithful You know how many times you get a revelation. Man!! Thats a pearlfrom God!!!! What you do with that determines whether you are faithful or not! Therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust thetrue riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who will giveyou that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate theone, and love the other; or else he will be loyal to the one, and despise the other. You cannoserve God and mammon. Thats called serving other gods. Amen? Thats considered servother gods. Thats why the bible tells us we are to labor unto the Lord. In everything that wdo, we are to labor unto the Lord. Listen in all of your there may be jobs and so forth that

    you are in and whatever. God is utilizing all of these things and what you are going throughto train you. Most of the time we get uncomfortable because we are being exposed. And whave a tendency to blame it on everything else but self. Why? Because youre gettingpruned. For what? To bear more fruit! If the first word out of your mouth is feel, youbetter repent! Hello. You just shook hands with self, Hey man how you doing? Feel good?Yeah. I feel good youre disobedient! Thats what self will tell you. Hello. Serving othergods. If youre serving yourself you are serving another god, arent you. Go to Joshua 24.Oh, to God be the glory! Joshua 24. Hallelujah! Fulfilling your call. It doesnt always feelgood. But the end result is wonderful! Thats why you must be led and not misled. Joshua24. Now Joshua was a powerful man of God who served under Moses, didnt he. And heinherited everything that Moses had, didnt he. Do you know why? Because he was fulfillin

    his call. The first part of fulfilling your call is to serve. Serve what? Serve where you areunder. Does everybody get it? Why? So you can learn. The bible says serve one another.Submit to one another. The first part of someones call is to be a servant. If you cant servone another, you cant serve God. If you cant minister to the Lord you have no rightministering to someone else! Oh, hallelujah. In verse 15. Joshua was apowerful man of GoIn fact, he was him and another brother they were the only ones who made it into thepromised land. Right? Caleb. They led many people into the promised land but they werethe only two originals. Because they were what? Faithful servants fulfilling their call!Hallelujah! In verse 15, And if it seem evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselvesthis day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on theother side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for meand my house, we will serve the LORD. And we have to make that choice and come to thatconclusion that no matter what it takes, you are willing to fulfill your call. No matter how itfeels. No matter what it seems. No matter what people have said. Amen? You are willing fulfill your call. You cannot give up! Never give up to fulfill your call! Once the enemyknows you have given up, he will pull you into another call. And then you will be calling forhelp. Isaiah 66. Oh, praise you Lord. Isaiah 66:1-4, would you read it with me? Thus saidthe LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house thatyou will build me? Whats he talking about here? Listen if youre not fulfilling your call apart of fulfilling your call is what? Building the house of God. And where is the place of myrest? For all those things my hand has made, and all those things exist, says the LORD: but

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    on this one will I look, on him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at myword. He who kills a bull is as if he slays a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks adogs neck; he who offers a grain offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burnsincense, as if he blesses an idol. Just as they have chosen their own ways, and their souldelights in their abominations, so will I what? Choose their delusions, and will bring theirfears on them; because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they did not hear: buthey did evil before my eyes, and chose that which I do not delight. See you and I are calleto building his house or his kingdom. That is the basis of the foundation in our call. Its

    expanding his kingdom, isnt it. But you see here that delusions can come to individuals whbegin to move out of their calling. Come on, we used to have those many times. We wouldspend all night partying and talk about all the great things and we would wake up with nopennies or nickels to rub together. That delusion puffed away. Amen? Oh we had greatplans. But they werent ours. They were the enemies and they were all delusions. Oh praiGod. Go to Titus 1. Fulfilling your call. Titus 1, starting at verse 5. Is everybody there? Fothis reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, andappoint elders in every city, as I commanded you. If a man is blameless, the husband of onwife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation. Or what? Insubordination. For abishop must be blameless, as a steward of God; not self-willed, not quick tempered, not givto drugs or alcohol, not violent, not greedy for money but hospitable. A lover of what is goo

    sober-minded, holy, self-controlled; Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, thhe may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and convict those who contradict. Whatshe talking about? Fulfilling your call. And one of the things about fulfilling your call is to sethings in divine order. Everything of God is in divine order. When you begin to stray fromdivine order, you begin to open yourself up to familiar spirits, seducing and deceiving spiritsEverything is divine order with God he never interrupts himself! Never. Hes the God ofdivine order, isnt he. So in fulfilling your call what you are doing is setting things in divineorder. When you are not fulfilling your call you are moving things out of divine order. Andwhat you do is going to affect others also. Because it will not progress the kingdom of Chris and will not put you in position in Gods timing that is predestined for you. Amen?Because everyone here is to replace someone of some position at some time. And if you

    have fallen to the lusts of the world and not fulfilled your call you will miss that divineposition that is predestined for you. And you will have to wait until he prepares you foranother place. Amen? Oh, hallelujah. Is everybody okay? Go to 1 Timothy 3. And startingat verse 1, This is a faithful saying, If a person desires the position of leadership or office inthe body of Christ, he desires a good thing. Its a good thing. A person must then beblameless, the husband or wife of one. Hello. Temperate, sober minded, of good behavior,hospitable, able to teach; not given to drugs again and stuff, wine. Not violent, not greedy money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; one who rules his own house well, havinhis children in submission with all reverence; (For if a man does not know how to rule his owhouse, how will he take care of the church of God?) Not being a what? Novice, lest beingpuffed up with pride he or she fall into the same condemnation as the devil. Moreover he oshe must have a good testimony among those, among those, among those, among thosewho are outside; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. Now let me sharesomething with you. These are qualifications, arent they. Hes saying, first of all you mustnot be a novice. Must not be a novice. That is someone that is self-positioned instead ofChrist-positioned. When an individual is self-positioned, familiar spirits linger in that positioIs everybody with me? And it may seem good at first but it brings bondage. And I have seeit over and over. Because they are novice. They are self-positioned individuals, notpositioned by the Lord. And it makes a difference. And there are qualifications in fulfillingyour call that you and I must go through. Number 1, are you ready? Successfully completeeach phase of testing. Fulfilling your call qualification for fulfilling your call is to

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    successfully complete each phase of testing. So when you fail you do it again! Doeseverybody understand that? Number 2, you must know the caller. Number 3, know your caand season. Now let me share this with you because a part of in fulfilling your call, theris a season where God is going to reveal to you or make a transition in your life. Let meshare something with you Paul said something very powerful, he said, I became manythings so I could save many souls. In the Spirit you are not trying to fulfill somebody elsescalling. Your not this may sound strange and it may sound like a contradiction but you arnot trying to fulfill your call. You are trying to fulfill the call of the Lord. That means that yo

    must be whatever he wants you to be! Where and when he wants you to be it! Notaccording to how I want it to be. Amen? There are times that he wants me to be a biker.And there are times he wants me to be a whatever. Im not going to all those placestonight. But we must be willing to be whoever he wants us to be to rescue someone.Amen? You dont know what it is. The next thing you know, youre sewing tents togetherlike Paul did. Hey man, he sewed tents together and had a revival!! He didnt even knowwhy he was sewing the tent together. Hopefully they used it. You know but he was in a plaworking for over a year, laboring. What was he doing? God had placed him in that positionBelieve me sometimes you wonder, What are you doing Lord??!! You know why am I hereworking like this? You know so many people go, Well thats not my call.... Your call is whatGod is asking you to do right now, today! Hes the God of now! Thats what moves people

    out of position, because they are so bound up by religion that they cant humble themselveIm a pastor, I cant wash any toilets. Hello. Come on, thats not my call. Do you know howmany people say those things. As I am laying tile Im thinking, Lord is this my call?[Laughter.] Die Guy! Okay. Praise God. Hes faithful. Im telling you! It doesnt matterwhats what! You do what he is asking you to do thats a part of your calling thatsfulfilling your call. See resistance in what he is asking you to do is rebellion and then pridcomes in because you dont think that you deserve that. You deserve something better.Because you have labored so hard and prayed so hard! And you have read the bible for somany hours. And youve witnessed to so many people and planted so many seeds and youa faithful tither! And the Lord says, go to the church and clean toilets today because I lovyou! And hes waiting for you to say, Yes Lord because I loveyou! Does everybody

    understand that? Whats he doing? Youre fulfilling your call! It may not feel good. But heknows whats best. And you would be in there washing that toilet! Praise God! Rememberhes not calling you to walk on water in there! And the next thing you know is somebody wcome in, or you will meet somebody or something and youll go, Man now I know why hehad me doing this! Or maybe he just wanted to humble you. Or maybe he wanted to testyou to see if you were truly laboring unto him. Let me tell you, he tests you to see if you arlaboring unto him or yourself! Hallelujah. Number 4, you must be completely sold out.Number 5, you must be willing to be mentored. Do you know how many people dont want be mentored. They want to be tutored. But not mentored. Are you ready for number 6? Ymust resist reasoning! Its not the butt ministry its the head ministry! Number 7, you muslearn dominion! Fulfilling your call is a place where you have dominion! Dominion meansauthority! You must learn you must know your authority in your call. Jesus didnt take angarbage from any devil! He knew what he was called to do! And he knew his seasons. Hewas a child that grew up Amen? When it came to a point after the Baptism of the HolyGhost, he knew then. Back when they were at the wedding, what did his mother do shecame up to him and said they ran out of wine. He said, What do you want? What has this tdo with me what do you want me to do about this, woman! What did he do She realized man, thats not my son! What was he doing? Fulfilling his call. What did she do? She rato everyone and said, Listen whatever he asks you to do, do it!!! And quickly!!! She knew.She knew her sons call. It was revealed to her. We must learn dominion. They wereamazed at his authority! And how he spoke! Not pridefully, but with dominion! And numbe

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    8, are you ready for this one? You must learn to wait. Oh, hallelujah. You must learn towhat? Wait! Yes. Praise God! Ah man Praise God. Hallelujah! Praise God. Hallelujah.Fulfilling your call Part 2. [Lots of laughter!] Praise God. You must overcome your fears anyour past to fulfill your call. Amen? And we will talk more about fulfilling your call Tuesdaynext week. Because I cant Theres no way I can get this all in here in 30 seconds.Everybody pray in the Spirit and we can interpret it. [Lots more laughter.] [Pastor prays in tSpirit.] Fulfilling your call is very important and we must come to the realization, and thereality, of the things that God is requesting us to do. That keeps us qualified in fulfilling our

    call. Amen? See you have to understand something. In dominion remember I said youhave to learn dominion. You can say fulfillingyourcall now when you learn dominion. Sebecause without learning dominion, fulfilling your call will become prideful. But withdominion, fulfilling your call is fulfilling His call! Because with dominion, everything that hehas is yours. And everything you have is his! Thats why when Jesus came he said if you seme, you see the Father. Why? Because he said we were one. And the Lord wants you to bone with him in fulfilling your call. Because your call is His call! Does everybody have it?Thats learning dominion. And we will talk about this Tuesday! Father we thank you for youword. We thank you Master. Lord grant revelation and impartation. Lord bring us to thatplace where understanding will be manifested. Open our ears, eyes, and heart to continue hear what your Spirit is saying. And bring us to that place of rest for you said be still and

    know that I am God. Lord we wantto fulfill the call you have for us. So Lord please continuto open doors and shut doors. Guide us in your path, snare our enemies in their own netsallowing us to escape safely and visit us in dreams and visions and continue to help us die tself. In Jesus name. And everybody said? AMEN!