1. How to Know the Call of God

2. God calls you to follow Jesus!
Romans 1:6 And you also are among those
Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
Called
By the grace of Christ (Galatians 1:6)
To one hope (Ephesians 4:4)
To eternal life (1 Timothy 6:12)
Into his kingdom and glory (1 Thessalonians 2:12)
Out of darkness into his wonderful light (1 Peter 2:9)
Into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord (1 Corinthians 1:9)
To his eternal glory in Christ (1 Peter 5:10)
To inherit a blessing (1 Peter 3:9)
To be free (Galatians 5:13)
To share in the heavenly calling (Hebrews 3:1)
To live a holy life (1 Thessalonians 4:7)
To live in peace (1 Corinthians 7:15)
To share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Thessalonians 2:14)

3. God calls you to a life mission!

4. Different Kinds of Calls

5. 1. The Damascus Road Call – some dramatic experience!
Acts 9:3-6 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” 5 “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. 6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

6. 1. The Damascus Road Call – some dramatic experience!
Isaiah 6:8-9 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” 9 He said, “Go and tell this people:

7. 2. The Progressive Call – like the dawning of a new day or like falling in love!
Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.

8. 3. The Call from Birth – you always knew this was it!
Jeremiah 1:4-5 4 The word of the LORD came to me, saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

9. 4. The Set Apart by the Church Call – coached by godly Christians!
Acts 13:2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

10. Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
5. The Open Door Call – guided by the awareness of a need, and the capacity to meet that need!
Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,

11. 6. The Current Life Situation or Job as God’s Call – bloom where you’re planted!
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,

12. How can you make your maximum impact for God through who you are and what you do?
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