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calling of god

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    God Had a Plan for My Life

    An Original Work / May 29, 2022 God formed me in the womb of my mother He planned I would serve Him and no other He spoke to me one day through a sermon He wanted me, wanted me to hear Him I sat on that hard bench in pavilion At camp which is stationed in Vermillion I left sin and Satan’s life...
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    If Only I May Finish My/His Course

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Acts 20:17-21 ESV “Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves...
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    The Calling to Which We Have Been Called

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Ephesians 4:1-3 ESV “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and...
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    Woe is Me! For I am Lost

    From my quiet time of devotions with my Lord, for your encouragement. Sue Love Isaiah 6:1-8 ESV “In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two...
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    Why and How I Do What I Do

    My testimony of God’s calling on my life March 20, 2022 When I was growing up in the gatherings of the church we used to have missionaries come to our church, at least once a year to share with us what they were doing overseas. In the old days they would give slide presentations showing what...
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    God Chooses not as Man Chooses

    1 Corinthians 1:26-31 ESV “For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong...
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    Your Word to Me

    Luke 1:26-38 NIV In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly...
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    Seventeen Years Ago

    Seventeen years ago this month my husband and I were training to be church planters with the Christian & Missionary Alliance (The Alliance). Rick was going for his ordination, and I was going for my consecration. There was a district conference we both planned to attend, but Rick hurt his back...
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    All Because of God's Grace

    1 Corinthians 1:26-31 NIV “Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the...
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    The Risks of Following Jesus

    Summary Luke 1:26-45 Mary believed in God, and she believed God and what he said to her. She accepted God’s calling on her life, although it surely would mean much rejection and many false accusations against her, and even death as a strong possibility. For who would believe her that she was...
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    Give Testimony to Christ

    Paul (formerly called Saul) was under arrest for preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. He had been in prison several years and now he was going to go to Rome, for he had appealed to Caesar. King Agrippa was in town, and he wanted to hear Paul, so now Paul was giving his defense to the king. So...
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    How Did You Learn Christ?

    In a Manner Worthy Ephesians 4:1-3 ESV “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the...
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    No Cause to Boast

    1 Corinthians 1:18-19 ESV “For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “’I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.’” So, why is the word (logos) or...
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    What God Said to Me At...

    In the year 2004, my husband and I were church planters. He was going for his ordination, and I was going for my consecration with the C&MA (Christian & Missionary Alliance). In September of that year, we were both to attend our district’s Prayer Conference, I believe it was called. All who...
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    Called of God

    Some of what I am going to share with you here will be in the form of testimony to God’s grace in my own life, but the principles that are being spoken of here apply to all those who follow Jesus Christ with their lives. “We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in...
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    Oddballs for Christ?

    With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth. In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches. Psalm 119:13-14 ESV Fifteen years ago this month my life changed forever. For six years my husband and I had been ministering to college age adults out of our home once...