fulfilling your calling #2

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Praise God!! I know that our last time together we were discussing about fulfilling your caland time ran out. But praise God he is faithful to bring it back! Amen? And there are arein fulfilling our call that we have to have an understanding and we discussed some thinabout qualifications in fulfilling your call. And I just want to review them for a second becauthere are eight that we discussed and the first qualification was to successfully complete eaphase of testing. If you cannot complete the phase of testing, you get re-tested. If you capass that phase you will never fulfill the call that God has for you. You will sit and wat

everyone else do the things for God and you will be a little seed sower but you will nevfulfill the true calling of God in your life until you are willing to allow God to bring you to tplace of testing and pass those tests! Successfully completing each phase of testingyour life. The second thing we talked about is that we must know the caller. You must reaunderstand that you are called! And if you are called, you dont want to reject it! The ththing we talked about was to know your call and season. Listen, your call consists whatever God wants you to do right now. The calling is the call of God right now. I knmany people have been prophesied youre going to do this and youre going to do thThats wonderful. But God has not asked you to follow a prophesy. He has asked youfollow him NOW! Amen? Thats what moves people out of position. By not knowing their cand their season. Listen, its amazing how God will all of a sudden have you learn someth

for something specific. See if everybody is chasing prophesies and all other things and themotions and everything, then you are going to miss what God is trying to teach you rignow to fulfill your call. Does everybody understand that? So your call, and fulfilling your cis a process that you are in right now that you are serving God by even obeying him! even in the men and women that are in the discipleship house you are fulfilling the callGod! Why? Because you are learning how to become a disciple a warrior. You alearning, not only the truth that is going to set you free but free others. See too mapeople are moving out trying to do things. Without fulfilling their call, without going throuthe process. And one of the worst things that you and I can do is get ahead of God. Becauthat is not Gods will. What happens is that you try to get your inheritance in the flesh ait will hurt you instead of help you. Just like the prodigal son it didnt help him, did

Amen? So you must know your call and the season of your call. In other words, right nowyou know my wife came home today she was exercising a few days ago and was watchithe news and a commercial came on something about something and the Holy Spirit saywant you to go to this. So my wife says, Ive got to go to this. And I said, Alright Ive gpeace about it. Go ahead. So I came home today and she went to this And she came hoand she said, Honey Ive learned so much, its phenomenal! And I know what God is tryingdo in certain things and whatever and its about writing grants and all kinds of other stuff awhatever and certain things that are available to the body of Christ and so forth. And thoare things that, its like if you dont know how to play the game in certain areas, you dont git. Amen? Its like hidden treasures. That if you dont know the combination of certthings, you cant open the lock. And all of a sudden thats when the Holy Spirit said, Thawhat Ive called her for right now Im training her up to fulfill the rest of her call. And scame home to me, she said, Honey, Ive just got another full time job. I said, Halleluja[Pastor said that in an unenthusiastic manner. And then lots of Laughter.] But I knew in mSpirit the Holy Spirit said that to me. That this is a part of her training right now to continfulfilling her call. So things that you are going through even right now if you are dosomething thats according to the will of God, its fulfilling your call. If you are doisomething according to your flesh or your desires or your emotions, it is hindering your caAmen? So thats what Im talking about know your calling and your season. Oh, hallelujaThe fourth thing we talked about is that you must be completely sold out no matter whYou know most people arent completely sold out. I talked to a gentlemen today on t


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phone who was a crack addict. But he owns a business with his father to inherit a busineAnd he said its the most important thing in his life. I said, Too bad. And I said, So whhappens when you go to jail? Or you get sick and you go in the hospital. Or you die. Whgood are you to anyone then? And he said, Well Ive just come out of prison from being theover a year. And I thought, Man you havent learned it yet? So I explained all these thingshim but he wanted to be Hes in charge of three groups and so forth. I guess they construction and three crews hes in charge of and his father I said, So what about yofather, isnt he going to be supportive of you getting help? And he says, Well, I dont knowsaid, Well, man youve got to come out of pleasing man and start pleasing God. I said, Do

you want to fulfill your call? Well, you know I didnt waste any more time. I told him whwas what and when he is ready to do whatever it takes to give me a call. Hallelujah. But syou have to be completely sold out. Nothing can be in your way. And anything thats in yoway, you are willing to move aside. Or you will never fulfill your call. And what a territhing to get in front of God you know because when we stand before him I mean its jugoing to be like a whrrrhhh! And you are going to see everything. When I was before tLord, I saw everything. Before you could even ask a question before the thought coueven be manifested in your mind, the answer was already given and you saw beyonWhen God speaks something to you, it isnt about present, its about eternity. Its like a widscreen tv comes on, it comes all the way around you, and you can see everything when says something. And it rips through your being. And his love radiates. And one of the wo

things we can do is stand before Him and see what we missed. I mean it wont last long. Bto see what we missed by not fulfilling our call. Amen? You must be willing to be mentoreIf you are not willing to be mentored, you will never fulfill your call! Because if you are nunder authority, you have none! And the devil knows and he will eat you up! He will destryou, your family, your businesses and everything it may be just a little bit at a time. Byoull be miserable because you can never fulfill your call. There is just something you knyou are supposed to do more. You will try and witness just to make yourself feel good. Youtry to give money here and give money there to try and feel good but it will only bemoment of feeling good about yourself. Because thats what the world does, doesnt it. gives a quick little fix thats why we used drugs and alcohol. We tried to drown those thinof torment. So you must be willing to be mentored. Amen? The sixth thing you must do

resist reasoning. Because reasoning will always move you off course. It will always move yoff course. Thats called the but ministry. Yeah but yeah but but, but, but, but. We athe head not the tail, right. You must also learn dominion. Jesus said something vepowerful. He said, All things I have given unto you. So everything he owns is yours aeverything you own is his. But the things that you now own, you must know dominionbecause you dont really own them but you have dominion Anything thats owned theredominion. We must learn dominion in the body!! We must learn dominion Listen, the bibsays that the heavenlies are taken by force! There are too many weenies in the bodyChrist! Too many woes mes too many! Too many people willing to give up and fall inthe hands of satan. Too many people not willing to give up their life for Christ. Wannabebut neverbees. Watching everyone else fulfill their call and sitting back in torment. Ymust learn dominion. And the eighth thing is you must learn to wait on God! You mlearn to wait on God. Those are eight qualifications and the number 8 means new beginninAmen? New beginnings. Praise God. Would you turn to the lets go somewhere. GoJohn 5. John 5. Oh hallelujah. Did you ever realize that the more you are out of fellowshthe worse you get? You can watch every Christian tv station you can listen to every tapeBut there is something different about fellowship! Fellowship. God ordains fellowshAmen? Dont get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with watching tv stations and so forBut you cant live off of those areas. They help feed your Spirit. But there is nothing greathan being together in unity where the anointing begins to break the yoke. Where you beto see yourself! UGHHHH!!! Amen? Why? Because to fulfill the call of God in your life, y


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must overcome self or you can never fulfill it. Is everybody with me? Is everybody okaBoy is it hot in here. Oh, its good to hear the pages turning on a Tuesday night!!!! Oh, ymissed that one! We will get to that. John 5:19, would you read it with me. Then Jesanswered and said to them, Most assuredly I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himselfNow isnt that powerful! I mean if Jesus said the Son could do nothing of himself, just thwhat it means for you and I! We can do nothing of ourselves!!! Thats why self must overcome. But what he sees the Father do: for whatever he does, the Son also does in lmanner. Wow!! For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that himself doeand he will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. See so there is an ar

where we must overcome self! Jesus said he could do nothing of himself. In other worfulfilling your calling has nothing to do with you. Fulfilling your calling has everything to with Him. If you are in it, then he is out of it. If youre out of it, hes in it. Is everybody wme? Because God does not associate with self. Oh, hallelujah. Go to Ephesians 4 pleaPraise God. Ephesians chapter 4. Bless your Holy Name. You know you may First of all me share something with you In fulfilling your call, it was prophesied in Isaiah, of courserepresented John who was going to come he said, Prepare the way of the Lord. Prepare tway of the Lord. You know its to prepare so that the way of the Lord can flow through y is fulfilling your call. See in everything that you and I are doing, theres preparation. Sofulfilling your call, there is the present and there is preparation at the same time. everybody with me? There is present and preparation at the same time. Preparing for t

future and fulfilling your call in the present. So in this there is preparation. He said prepathe way of the Lord. Well, let me tell you first of all, God came through a man, didnt hHe called himself Jesus. When the Lord exposed himself to Moses What did Moses TLord came down to Moses and said, Listen I have been hearing the cries of my people for 4years and Ive decided to come down. And he did. And he said now Im sending you. Galways used man. Why? Because he created him in his image and likeness. It was lost whsin entered in the fall of man. Now the Holy Spirit The regeneration of the Holy Spirit athrough the blood of the Lamb, God has restored you and I to his image and likeness. But tdevil does not want you to know that. So for fulfilling your call, self must have nothing to with it. Again, if you are in it God is not. If you are out of it, Gods in it. We must prepared to change at any time. And I dont mean your clothes. You must be prepared

change. Paul said, I became many things that many could be saved. I went to a bikoutreach this weekend. It was quite interesting. I was blessed. I began to weep I had tein my eyes. And I sat in this bar in the back called Fast Eddys. A biker bar. Of course thwerent serving booze or anything. They brought a Christian biker band in there. Anstepped back and I looked and I said, Lord look what you are doing!!! Look what you adoing!! And I saw these people come in hard core bikers that loved Jesus. Some of thegave their lives to the Lord. Some of them were freed up and some of them were still bou and the Lord said to me because my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge anbelieve thats why he brought us in there and made connection. And we made a connectwith them. And it was powerful. But you know, God said you must be willing to change. Ymust be willing to change at any time. You can be whatever he wants you to be. Evecharacter thats in that bible is you at every specific time and season! When its time to Moses, youre Moses! When its time to be David, youre David! When its time to be Ezyoure Ezra!! When its time you must be willing to change!!! Ive see in it my life abegan my walk with the Lord I began to become all parts of that bible in every areWhen its time to become Elijah, its Elijah! Why? Because you are being regenerated by tHoly Spirit! Thats why without the Holy Spirit in your life and fellowship in your life, ybecome religious!!! bound!!! to bondage of the letter!!!! And not able to change by tSpirit of God when he needs you the most! You must be willing to change in whatevetakes at any time. When its time to be a carpenter, you become a carpenter! HallelujaHallelujah. Now Ephesians 4, starting at verse 1. Would you read it with me please.


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therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to what? Walk worthy of the calling wwhich you were called. In other words, be faithful! Be faithful in what God has given yright now! Dont worry about tomorrow. And dont worry about whats your past! Hes tGod of now. Fulfill and be faithful right now. With what? Lowliness. Not haughtiness! Agentleness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love. In other words, putting with everyones garbage. Amen? Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bondpeace. There is one body, and one Spirit, which just as you were called in one hope of yocalling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, athrough all, and in you all. And in you all. If you are not willing to allow these changes

come and to be cooperative and submissive to the things of God to fulfill your calsomebody must pick it up. Does everybody understand that? Somebody else must pick it uWhy? Because it becomes a drag to the body of Christ. Thats like a net that has a hole inAnd many souls are escaping because somebodys not willing to fulfill their call. You muhave a desire to fulfill the call of God on your life. You must have a desire. Its not abobecoming acknowledged in your call. Acknowledgment has nothing to do with fulfilling yocall. You do not promote your call. Because first of all its not your call, its His! Thats all is doing is allowing His will to manifest through you!! Amen? Thats why the bible talks abothe gifts of the Spirit. It didnt say they were the gifts of you. It says they are the gifts of tSpirit. Oh, how people lose that! Then they take out of context what the gifts and calling a without reservations and stuff like that. Thats got nothing to do with that But they ta

that Oh, yeah the gifts Baloney!!!! Ive seen people lose their gifts because theybroken covenant with God! Why? Because the gifts are the gifts of the Spirit! Amen? Thare not the gifts of man! They are not guaranteed to you if youre unrighteous. Hello. NIve seen gifts manifested in an individual thats not right for a period of time but eventuait will lift. It will lift. Oh, hallelujah. Okay. Is everybody okay? So we must walk wortNow let me share a couple of hindrances. We want to talk about some hindrances besidself. Hallelujah. The first hindrance I want to share with you is called worldly alluremenThings that allure you. Like the love of money. Worldly things that draw you. Worldly. Tsecond thing I want to share with you is Lets go to I Samuel 17 to give you mounderstanding. I Samuel 17. Praise you Lord. To God be the glory! I Samuel 17, I belieits 39. Im not going to go to every single one of these or we would be here all nig

Worldly allurements and love of money is the first one. The second one is in 1 Samuel 17: Would you read it with me. So Saul clothed David with his armor and put on a bronhelmet on his head, he also clothed him with a coat of mail. David fastened his sword to armor and tried to walk He tried to what? Walk. For he had not tested them. And Davsaid to Saul, I cannot walk with these; for I have not tested them. So David took them oOne of the things we must be careful of is using worldly defenses. Worldly defenses aweapons that dont associate with your spiritual call. Is everybody with me? These ahindrances. Using worldly defenses and weapons that dont associate with your spiritcalling. David was trying to use something from somebody else, wasnt he. He was tryinguse something worldly to try and defeat something spiritually. Goliath was nothing butdemon! He was an offspring he was a giant. But God did not use the common weapodid he. In fact, David grabbed what? How many stones? Five. Five-fold ministry. Hello. Ahe took one of those and swung it around, which nobody had done before. Nobody triedapproach Goliath with a stone. Everyone came out screaming with a sword that they couldeven carry and they died. But there is something David came out with he said, You comout with a sword but I come out in the name of the Lord! See David took his spiritual weapand God turned that spiritual weapon into a stone. And that stone struck right between teyes right in the brain and killed him. Hindrances. The first one is allurements of tworld, especially with the love of money. Money is the number one ploy that the devil usesmanipulate individuals. The second with that is, of course, lust. But the second thing is usworldly defenses and weapons that do not associate with your spiritual calling. These a


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things that will hinder fulfilling your call. The third thing is discouragement. Man, do nhang around with people that do not have a desire to fulfill the call of God in their life. Doget near them! Why? Because those demons will bite you and bring you down. The bisays that bad company what? Corrupts good habits. Get away from individuals that do nwant to fulfill their call. They may be a wannabee but they are not a willing-to-do-bee. Tfourth thing, unbelief. Unbelief I just dont believe it! People dont realize that while thare being obedient in the present, they are fulfilling the call of God. Many people dobelieve that being obedient in the present is fulfilling the call of God. They are still lookingfulfill the call of God and they are actually missing the call of God because they are n

looking in the present! Is everybody with me? Yes, well Im going to do this and Im goto do that! You had better do what is right before your table right now. Thats why Paul sayou had better not worry about tomorrow, you had better do if the Lord wills. The fifth this worldly possessions. Those are hindrances to individuals. Worldly possessions peoare out there working and trying to make a living because they have so many possessiothat they are trying to maintain them and keep them. You must ask yourself, what would ydo if you did not have a job right now. What would be the first thing you would be willinggive up? Oh, are you kidding me? Id do everything to keep that. Is everybody with me? you understand this? Worldly possessions hinder people because they begin to work thget in debt let me tell you satans greatest weapon we know is deception and one of tgreatest deceptions he has is Hey! Ive got a loan for you!!! Interest free!! Come on, y

can write all the checks you want and I wont charge you anything for five months. And if yare faithful in writing all those checks, Ill increase your limit!!!!!!! And I would gladly put yin debt for eternity so you cant serve God so that worldly possessions are now yostumbling block because you have all of this stuff! Hello. Come on!!! Weve got understand these things! These are things that hinder the fulfilling of your call. I love thone where somebody goes out and buys a car tells me they have been blessed by GoPraise God!! Look what the Lord blessed me with!! Wonderful!!! Do you have apayments? Well yeah six grand a month! You know [Laughter]. Oh, thats a wonderblessing! Im glad I dont serve your God! Oh, hallelujah! People get themselves in debt athey cant serve God. They are too busy trying to pay off or keep their possessions. Whathe next one? One, two, three, four, five, SIX! Thank you. Six meaning what? Man! Fam

ties. Woohoo we had better go to Luke 9. And that way it can be more identified. Luchapter 9. Oh, hallelujah. Luke 9, I think thats it. Well anyway well go there anywayLuke 9, oh here we go go to 59 go here oh, lets start at 57. Did you bring your HGhost eraser? I wouldnt want to miss that one! Arent you glad we are not religious? Nowhappened as they journeyed on the road, someone said to him, Lord, I will follow ywherever you go. Oh, hallelujah. Pastor, Im never leaving here! Are you kidding, Istaying here forever!! Im packing, Im going with you! And Jesus said to him, Foxes haholes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has not where to lay his heaThen he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and bury my fatheJesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go you and preach the kingdom of GoFamily ties what else did he say? He said, Listen if you want to be my disciple youve gothate your mother, your father, your sister, your brother, your wife, and your children. Yhave to be willing to leave them to follow me or you cannot be my disciple. It doesnt meyou throw your family away! Does everybody understand that? It doesnt mean you pathem up and send them to Jamaica or Alaska. Amen? It doesnt mean you send them onpermanent vacation. What he is saying is that he must be first! He must be first. God gaus families to be overseers and to raise them according to the will of God. Not for someoelse to. Amen? Now that you know the truth, God will begin to restore things. And as yare faithful, you will see your whole house saved. If you are not faithful, you will watch yohouse slowly diminish and be destroyed. Hallelujah. Number 7, burdens and weights asins will be a hindrance. Do you know how many people pick up each others burden N


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listen, the bible didnt say to carry that burden constantly. The representation of a burden ispick up your brothers burden, or your sisters is to help them! Not to be sucked up in tring with them as woe is me and everything else. Burdens of heaviness are associated wthe spirit of oppression. And the bible says that Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spiritrelieve people and heal them from the oppression of the devil. Amen? Weights and burdeand sins. And the eighth one where we want to start a new beginning again is faimagery are hindrances. Let me share this with you in the area where satans greateweapon is deception, he begins to give you you know the devil can give you a vision, yknow. The bible says that he comes as an angel of light. Do you know how many people g

down and worshiped the devil because he came Let me tell you about somebody. I hadguy in our discipleship program and he came in and this guy could not settle down. He counot stop prophesying to everybody! What was he doing? Promoting self. Man, Ive goword of the Lord for you Ive got a word of the Lord for you. Ive got a word of the Lord you! Anyways, I asked the Holy Spirit how he wanted I kept seeing him associating wthis familiar spirit and I would see this thing! In fact, this familiar spirit became a teddy beto him and he would hold it all the time. Now it wasnt physical. It was what I saw in tSpirit. And I said Lord, how do you want to go about this-- I dont want to lose him. He sabring him in the main room and let everyone share what they see. In other words, expressnot about beating down, but seeing fruits! The bible says judge by the fruits! So we wearound the room and some of the guys said, You know man I love you but youre alwa

talking that God is talking to you and trying to give me something and as a matter of fayou never stop talking. And we just went around the room and around the room about aGod gave me this and God gave me that and whatever. And you could see that all theguys they were pouring out love pouring out love to this man. And this guy kept havingkept saying, I see this and I see that. False imagery. One night then he began to shawith me and began to share with everyone he said, Listen the Lord woke me up the othnight and an angel appeared in my room and I came out into the living room and I beganworship him and he had a big star of David on his chest. Now why would an angel carrystar of David? No way. If it was an angel he would have said, Dont do that! So I know was granolad nutty and fruity! He was associating with familiar spirits. And what happeis they give you false imagery! False imagery! You know some people will prophesy in yo

life and its not the Holy Spirit! Its a familiar spirit to bring you off course with false imageAnd thats why you must know it by your walk and taking time with God! Or you will flowing off with every wind of doctrine. Amen? False imagery is a hindrance. And when ylearn how to overcome that and wait on God, you will find that new beginnings beginmanifest. Is everybody with me? Those are hindrances. You know the Lord says you haveHoly calling. You have a heavenly calling. He chose you! You didnt choose Him. Ohallelujah! Go to I Corinthians 7. Oh, hallelujah! In verse 17. Is everybody there? But God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And ordain I in all churches. Was anyone called while circumcised? let him not becomuncircumcised. Was any called while uncircumcised? let him not be circumciseCircumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandmentsGod is what matters! Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called. Ywere called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it. but if you can be made free, rathuse it. For he who is called in the Lord, while a slave, is the Lord's free man: likewise he wis called, while free, is Christ's slave. You were bought with a price; do not become slaveswhat? Men! Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called. thats just like saying, So listen remain in that state in which you were called until thafulfilled and then go on to the next. Then you to go the next. Never try to fulfill someoelses calling. Never fulfill someone elses calling. You fulfill the calling of God in your lRemember the final result is the same purpose expand the kingdom of God and bring homas many souls as possible. Amen? But there is an area I want to share something ve


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powerful. Callings are also passed down. Callings are passed down. Jesus was the priperson in the natural realm who was fulfilling the call of God. What did he do? He passeddown. How was it passed down? By the Holy Spirit. Now that why he said something vepowerful, he said, And you will do greater things than I. Why? Callings that are passed doshould be improved. Any of my successors are individuals that have received the inheritanthat God has passed down to me that they received from this office should improve mcalling. Does everybody understand that? So all you men in the discipleship house awomen and so forth that are serving in this ministry and you are going to stay and servethis ministry then that inheritance and calling is passed down to you in Gods perfect timi

and then you should be able to improve that call. Does everybody understand that? Ohallelujah. So these things are passed down, arent they. In other words, no desire to seror to call then you are not called! If there is not a desire in you to serve the Lord, thyoure not called. There are people who will call and say, Yeah I need a place to stay. Ayou interested in serving the Lord? Well I really, you know I Hes not called. See ya! Inot a mission. This is a place for training. This is a place for Holy Ghost boot camp. WhWell then maybe you could open a mission. Amen? If thats part of your calling then whyouve done is youve gained all of this training. The anointing has been passed what ayou going to do? You are going to expand and improve the calling. Something that I coulddo here. Does everybody understand that? Oh, hallelujah. Many people are in positions tharent called to. And they become religious. Because they are out of their position of th

calling. Oh, hallelujah! I want to use an example of Peter. Peter. Peter was powerful. I lohow God dealt with Peter. Think about Peters calling? What was Peter? He was a fishermaThen he became a fisher of men. Amen? We are going to go through this. I think this will good for us. Hallelujah. Go to John 1. John chapter 1. Callings! There are specific areas lweve said callings and seasons. Alright? And if you follow Peters life you will see how calling began to change. But in true reality he was fulfilling his calling. And in the natusight you may think well his calling changed No it improved! It grew more and more amore. In John 1:40. One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was AndreSimon Peter's brother. He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, We have fouthe Messiah, which is translated, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jeslooked at him, he said, You are Simon the son of Jonah: you shall be called Cephas, which

translated, A stone. The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and he found Philip, asaid to him, Follow me. Now we see Simon and Peters brother all of these were fiwhat? Called. They were called. What were they called to be? Disciples. He said follow mAmen? Look at Matthew chapter 10. You first must be what? Called. The word calledmeainvited. You must have an understanding and a desire to not only fulfill your call butrealize you have been called. Matthew 10. Is everybody there? Verse 1. And when he whaCalled his twelve disciples to him, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast theout, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. What did he do? He calthem, he said, Listen you are my disciples, here it is there isnt anything they had to do! said, man Ive given you power already! The problem is that most believers dont know thhave it!! Isnt that what the devil wants you to know is that you dont know! Thats whthe devil wants. Thats why people are still preaching the baptism of John and not tbaptism of the Holy Ghost! What its doing? Its preventing the power of Christ to flthrough individuals to cast out devils, lay hands on the sick and raise the dead! Ohallelujah. They were called an apostle an apostle. An apostle is one that is what? SeAmen? It says that he called his twelve disciples and he gave them power. What are ydoing with the power? This is where youve got to sit back man when was the last time ycast out a devil? Out of yourself? Come one youve go to get those devils out of you! Ypick them up daily! People tell me, Well I got up on the wrong side of the bed. No you got and shook hands with a devil! You invited him in, you both had tea and he took you ovYou became desert! Oh, hallelujah. Now look at this is powerful with Peter. Hes call


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Hes called to be an apostle. He gets Jesus tells him, Listen the power is yours man!! ThJesus brings him through some testing, doesnt he. Go to Matthew 14. Now were jfollowing the life of Peter here. Matthew 14:28. Now you know this is where Jesus comwalking on the water. And Peter and the crew are out there on the middle of the lake, or tsea wherever they were. Yeah, the sea. And everythings happening. They ran out of gAnd there was no lunch left. Nothing to eat and there were surfing waves all over the plaand all the surfers boogied because they were too big. These guys thought they wegoing to die! In fact, they saw a ghost. And the ghost spoke and said, Be of good couraits me! Dont be afraid. And Peter said something very profound. And Peter answered h

and said, Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water. Oh man, Petegrowing. And Jesus said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the boat, he walkon the water, to go to Jesus. He did not walk on the water to go to the shore. He was ntrying to escape the storm. He was not trying to escape the sinking of the ship. He wwalking to Jesus. If there was any other intention, he would have drown. What was he doinFulfilling his call. And of course when he saw the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; abeginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth hand, and caught him, and rebuked him. Oh, you little bonehead! You have little faith, wdid you doubt me? But youve got to give Peter credit man Hey he walked on water evfor a little bit. Amen? While he was fulfilling his call! First of all he was called he wcalled to be an apostle he realized he had power and then the next thing hes walking

water!! Hes growing! Isnt he. All of these instances are happening Oh look at thisMatthew 16, while we are here. Matthew 16:15. And Jesus said to his disciples, But who you say you that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Sonthe living God. And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: for fleand blood has not revealed it to you, but my Father which is in heaven. Man, now hhearing God! Hes hearing from the father! We are seeing growth. Whats he doing? Hfulfilling his call. Jesus was training him up! Peter was coming to a place where he wantedbecome like Jesus! See thats part of fulfilling your call, to want to be like Jesus. Andcourse now in Matthew 17, what happens here is that he goes up on the mount transfiguration. Now look at the progression of what God is doing with Peter. Called to bedisciple. Becomes an apostle. Walks on water. Confesses Christ as deity. Then he witness

the transfiguration. Man, you dont think God was preparing him for something? Amen was. Now after six days, starting at verse 1, Jesus took Peter, James and John his brother, them up on a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them: and face shown like the sun, and his clothes were as white as the light. Whoa. He got to sheaven on earth. He got to see the most glorious miracle that could be. Better thsomeones leg growing back or something else. The King transfigured and who he is. He gto see Jesus who he is!!! Does everybody understand that? Man! Then what happenWell ... he denies him three times. Hallelujah!! Go to Matthew 26. Hey listen, youre goto go through dry seasons! You are going to go through the wilderness. You are going to through areas where you think God has left you! But it is actually you who left him. Ohallelujah! Matthew 26:65. Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, He has spokblasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Look now you have heard blasphemy. What think you? They answered and said, He is deserving of death. Then thspat in his face, and beat him; and others struck him with the palms of their hands, SayinProphesy to us, Christ, Who is the one who struck you? Now Peter sat outside in tcourtyard; and a servant girl came to him, saying, You also were with Jesus of Galilee. But denied before them all, saying, I know not what you are saying. And when he had gone othe gateway, another girl saw him, and said to those who were there, This fellow was alwith Jesus of Nazareth. And again he denied with an oath he swore that he did not knJesus. And a little later, those who stood by came up and said to Peter, Surely you also aone of them; for your speech betrays you. Then began he to curse and to swear, saying


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know not the man. And immediately a rooster crowed. Because the Lord told him that would deny him three times and then the rooster would crow. That changed somethingPeter. That right then and there Peter realized he had to work out his own salvation. Doeverybody understand that? He needed to work it out. He needed to come through. He wdevastated. He was tormented. Thats why when Jesus appeared he said, Make sure you tPeter. Make sure you tell Peter Have him come. Amen? Now, Peter denies Jesus thrtimes. Now go to John 21. Oh, hallelujah. And Jesus appears to them all and he wcooking fish on the shore. And they came together and ate breakfast. In verse 14, thisnow the third time Jesus showed himself to his disciples after he was raised from the dea

How many times? Third time. So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Peter, Simoson of Jonas, Do you love me more than these? And he said to him, Yes, Lord; you know thalove you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. And he said to him again a second time, Simoson of Jonas, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He saidhim, Tend my sheep. Then a third time he said, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Pewas grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to hiLord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep. Nlisten Peter had just gone through all of these things. And then he gets commissioned to feGods sheep. That was an honor. What was he doing? Fulfilling his call, wasnt he. But had to go through things, didnt he. In every area. Then look at in Acts 1, what does do? He leads disciples, doesnt he. He speaks. Go to Acts 1:15. And in those days Pe

stood up in the midst of the disciples, and all that gathered the number of names togethwere about a hundred and twenty, and said, Men and brethren, the scripture had to fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David spoke before concerniJudas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was numbered with us, ahad obtained part of this ministry. Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquiand falling headlong, he burst open in the middle, and all his entrails gushed out. Ohallelujah. So we see here that Peter begins to what? Speak. Publically. Amen? He begto speak about the resurrection, about the baptism, about all kinds of things of Jesus. So begins to lead the disciples now. Then he preaches at Pentecost. Now this is the guy wdenied Jesus three times. This was a fisherman with a bad attitude. And then in Acts 3 begins to perform miracles. Oh, hallelujah. Then he was called to minister in Acts 10. Wh

was he doing? He was fulfilling his call, wasnt he. He didnt ask the Lord anymore what was supposed to do. He was led by the Spirit. Led. Not misled. Now the bible says thayou commit your works to the Lord he will establish your thoughts. If you acknowledge himall your ways, he will establish your steps. You know too many people move without knowinIts a terrible way to live as a believer. Moving without knowing. Amen? Oh, hallelujah. to I Corinthians 1. Is everybody okay? Look at all the callings Peter went through. The firesult was he was called to be a minister of the gospel. I Corinthians 1. Is everybody therVerse something. Oooo yes. Verse 26. For you see your calling, brethren, how that nmany wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hchosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise; and God has chosen tweak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; And base things of tworld, and things which are despised, God has chosen, and things which are not, to bringnothing the things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. Amen? But of hyou are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness, asanctification, and redemption: That, as it is written, He who glories, let him glory in the LoYou are called For Gods glory!! You are fulfilling the call of the Lord for Gods glory!!! everybody with me? And I want to close at this scripture, Romans 8. Romans 8 fulfillyour call. In verse 27. Romans 8:27, would you read it with me? Now he that searches thearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because he makes intercession for the sainaccording to the will of God. Now wait a minute if he is making intercession for the sain(thats praying in tongues) according to the will of God, that means you are mak


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intercession not only for yourself but for someone else to fulfill their call. Does everybody git? See thats why it is so important about praying in tongues. How many people would ypray for to fulfill their call in the natural? Come on youre too busy asking God for yoown needs! So by praying in tongues you are actually interceding for others to fulfill thcalling of God! Now, verse 28, And we know that all things work together for good to thowho love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose. So things are goingwork to the good no matter what! As long as you have a desire to fulfill the calling of GoFor whom he foreknew, he also did predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, thhe might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he predestined, these

also called: and whom he called, these he also justified: and whom he justified, these he aglorified. Why? Your glory is in Him!!! Everything thats why every blessing is glory Him. Everything that comes is glory to Him. Fulfilling your call is the ultimate goal of yobirth!! You were brought into this world to fulfill the call of God. Thats why youre aliThats why youre still here. Thats why you are rescued and thats why you are in this rooAmen? Desire. Be willing to do whatever it takes. Deny yourself, pick up your cross afollow Him to fulfill your call. The reward is awesome! Amen? Thank you Father for yoword tonight. And Lord in every area of our lives where we have fallen short of our calliwe repent! And we ask Lord that you would put us back on track that we would not bedrag to the body of Christ, but that we would be an asset to the body of Christ according your will andyour way, Lord. Lord help us to know our season and calling. Not by reason

but by trust in you! Again, Master, I apply the Blood of the Lamb on these seeds that habeen imparted. Let them grow and bear fruit for your glory. Keep us positioned to fulfill yocall in our lives. In Jesus name. And everybody said? AMEN!!!

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