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What's going on, pursuers? Welcome to the Pursuit of Calling podcast, where my goal

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and purpose is to provide you with the tools you need to successfully discover and pursue

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your God-given calling. In this episode, we're talking about how to discover your purpose.

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I dive a lot into the Discover Your Calling planning guide, so you can go ahead and download

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that right now at pursuitofcalling.com. All right. I'll see you guys in there. How's it

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going, pursuers? So in this episode, we're going to be talking about how to discover

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your calling. Now, last episode, we talked about what purpose or what calling even is.

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We talked about the bees and how they have a purpose on their lives, and they will fulfill

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their purpose to the extent to work themselves to death to fulfill their purpose. And unlike

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the honeybee, our purpose isn't this pre-programmed set of instructions like the honeybees have.

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We each individually have our own set of instructions. We each individually have our own purpose

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in calling on our lives, and we don't know what that is right out of the womb. We don't

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know what that is whenever we get old enough. We have to discover it for ourselves. And

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again, I believe that this is a calling from God. Like I talk about on this podcast a lot,

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my calling is to provide people with the tools they need to successfully discover and pursue

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their God-given calling. That's just a phrasing I kind of use for that. But I want you, as

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we go through and after this episode, and maybe I'll write that down in my notes to

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reference that again. So I'm going to ask you guys what, I'll just write down that.

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And like, yeah, like what phrasing can you use to really put somebody to your calling?

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That whenever you're in every situation, you can think, does this align with my calling?

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Or how can this align with my calling even? So in what ways? So then there's, I'm going

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to be, I don't know if I said it already, but I'm going to be referring to the Discover

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Your Calling Planning Guide a lot in this episode. And you guys might already have it.

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If you don't, you can go to pursuitofcalling.com and go ahead and download your own right now

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so you can follow along with what I'm talking about. And yes, I have to go to pursuitofcalling.com

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right on the homepage. There's a quick little form, fill it out, and it gets written in

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your inbox like instantly. So that's pretty cool. So go ahead and get that. You can pause

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it, come back and let's dive in. So we're going to go through, there are a few different

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sections in this guide. There's Discover What Drives You, your Strengths Assessment, your

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Purpose Reflection, Values in Action, and Practical Steps. So I'm going to go, I'm not

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going to go through every question because like I said, you're going to have to go through,

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you're going to have to get the planning guide to go ahead and fill out yourself. And I want

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to keep this episode short for you guys. So there's, but I want to go a little bit out

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of each section so you guys can get a taste, even if you don't download the guide, even

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though you should. So let's dive into the Discover What Drives You section, the first

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section. So there's this last question here. It says, if time, money, or other limitations

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were an issue, what would you commit to wholeheartedly? That's like, that's reflection. That is a

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time of reflection. Like if money, if time, money, or limitations, or any other limitations

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were any, weren't an issue, what would you commit to wholeheartedly? So it, have you

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ever thought of a, have you ever thought of a non-profit idea? Or if you could, if there

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was something that you love to do, but you don't know how to make it into a income per

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se, what would those things be? Maybe you like to bake, but you couldn't fit, but you

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don't see how that could become a thriving business. And we really live in that calling.

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Now, of course, your calling goes with you wherever you go, but I don't want to get sucked

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into the whole that your calling is only a career or a business. However, that is a great

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way to live it out, but that's going to be in the next episode. But if none of these

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things, if money, if you don't have any restrictions, there's no restrictions and there's never

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will be, what would you do for the rest of your life? What would you commit to wholeheartedly?

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And now that's not going to tell you you're calling, that that's going to give you a hint,

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right? Because then you have, then you can dive into why, right? Why is that? Why did,

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why would I do that wholeheartedly? What pieces of that do I enjoy? So let's get into the

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strength assessment. So I remember, if you remember on John Stongy's episode, he, one

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of the questions he said, ask yourself is to help you discover your calling is what

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are the things that other people say that I'm good at? I'm going to say it again. What

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are the things that my friends, people that are close to me, what are they saying I'm

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good at? What are they saying you're good at? Um, so you can write down, there's the

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other skills, there's activities, uh, and like, or maybe like you just easily these

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things that you just think you intuitively understand. They could be how you relate to,

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how you relate to others, how you communicate, how maybe it's, maybe it is a skill. Maybe

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you're really good at sports. Like my roommate Silas, like it can pick up any sport at any

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time and just be great at it for whatever reason. And that's that, that's just, I believe

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that's part of, part of who he is, part of his calling. And like, that's not here nor

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there though. Like just think about those things that you have on your life. Think about

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those things that people say you're good at. That's, that's a hint. That's a massive hint

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to what you're, to what you can live, how you can live in your calling. That's the whole

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purpose of this podcast to help you live in your calling. It's not the pursuit of, not

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just the pursuit, but also living in it fully. So, and next, next after that, we have next

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list examples of how you're, you've used these strengths in various areas of life. So like

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this kind of, this ties in with the previous question. What are the things that they said

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that you're good at and what areas of life are you using those skills or activities?

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I'm going to even add to it. This is a bonus for you. List areas where you could be adding

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these things, adding these skills. Maybe you don't use these skills. You don't use these

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strengths in your strengths in your career at your job. And you could be, you would make

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it, that would make it more enjoyable. What are those things? How could you do, how could

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you do that? How can your strengths and talents can achieve you to making a positive impact

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on others? There is no negative thing about a calling. So if there's any piece of you

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as you're on your discovery journey, that is telling you that when you're starting to

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get closer to achieving your calling or not even achieving, but to discovering your calling,

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you never achieve your calling. You like, how can you, how can this, I'm going to say,

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if you're ever hearing anything negative, that's the enemy. When I say the enemy, I

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mean the devil. And that's my personal belief. Or maybe it's just, you can say it's just

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these negative thoughts. So there may be this negative people that are telling you that

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you shouldn't be living in, living in this part of your life. It's like, maybe they don't,

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they don't see what you see out of the thing. And they don't feel the things you feel whenever

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you do certain things. So yeah, I just want to tell you like, there's nothing negative

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about calling, nothing negative about purpose. So at any point, anytime you're starting to

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feel that start to question it, start to question the negative thoughts. Cause I, I just want

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to, I just wanted to point that out. Um, but how can you, but how can you make use that

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as a pot, make a positive impact on others? Your calling is not just for you, it's for

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everybody around you. So how can these things be used to positively, positively influence

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those around you? And that might be easy because of the answers you've given previously, but

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maybe it's not. So maybe you actually have to think about this a little bit more intuitively.

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Let's jump into the next section. Purpose reflection. Reflect on a time when you felt

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deeply fulfilled or had a sense of purpose. What were you doing during that time? So you

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notice a lot of these things talk about things that you're doing. I'm going to keep repeating

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that you're calling. Is it something that you do? You're calling is something that you

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live. And this is just identifying these things that the, where you're calling shined.

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So reflect on a time when you felt deeply fulfilled or had a sense of purpose.

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And then you look up, you can look at why you had that sense of purpose.

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Where did that, why did you feel, um, let me give you an example. So whenever I, I told

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you this before, whenever I first read or heard about Nick and McKeen ethics, just about

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understanding how people think and getting to know that more, that sparked my interest

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more than anything in a really long time. I didn't really know why I wasn't really thinking

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about it at the time. And now looking back on it, and now that I've actually finished

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that book and it was interesting the whole way through, um, I realize the reason that that

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that sparked my interest is because I just find people interesting and I find people

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interesting in this way to understand how wanting to understand why, understand why

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people do the things that they do. Why do people think the way that they think?

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Because I want them to, I want people to live in their calling. I want people to live in

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the purpose that God has for their lives. And so cause that's not just why do you think

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people do the good things that they do? It's like, why do people do the bad things that they do?

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Why do people do things that actually hurt them? That's, those are like, for me, that's

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like, that's where my purpose resides. And that's why I found that particular thing

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interesting. All the people who read that book for a completely different reason. I don't

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know what those reasons are, but like that align, that could align with that person's purpose.

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So why do you do so? Like we said, purpose is the why behind all the things that you do.

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Right? It's the why behind why you find something interesting. It's why you feel fulfilled when you

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do certain things like we were mentioning. So, you know, reflect on a time when you felt deeply

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fulfilled. What were you doing? Why was it fulfilling? Let's jump into the next section.

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Values in action. So, let's look at the next section. Values in action.

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Values in action. So, let's three core values that you hold. Maybe this is easy. Maybe you're

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a Christian like me and your values are rooted in Christ. And you can just think of, okay, well,

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my values rooted in Christ is to love, for me, is love others, love others, serve, love others,

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serve. I just off the top of my head, love others, serve and always, always pursue my calling.

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That's my, that those are my values is to always look for ways to pursue my calling.

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And I believe that all of those kind of, like all those kind of things kind of things fall into

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each other. It's love others, serve others, serve others and find ways to pursue my calling.

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In a more excellent manner. I that's the other thing. It's either your values. If you don't

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understand that, if you're not sure what that means, it's just aspects of your life that you value.

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Above all else. So, it could be, I value my friend. I value my values fall into my friend,

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maybe in your friendships above all else. And that can maybe, and why did it fall into

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your friendships? Maybe because you love other, maybe because you value having other people close

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to you. And then you have to maybe dive even deeper into that. Why you value having people

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close to you. There's a whole thing you can do, but you write down, will you write down your

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three values the way you would interpret them on there? And then the next question after that,

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is reflect on how these values influence your decisions. How can they can help you,

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how they can guide you toward your life's calling. So it's going back all the way to all the other

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questions and being like, and telling you why you value, why do you value these things? Why do you

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value these things? Why do you, why do you get fulfillment from the things that you do?

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When you do the things that you find fulfillment from, they're going to tie back to your values

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and all this stuff together. It's mixing the pot. It's going to come out with your calling.

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And then practical, practical steps finally is identify three simple steps you can complete

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in the next seven days to bring you closer to your calling. Three practical steps. I'm going

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to give you one right now. Fill out this guide. Fill out this guide. We listen to this, re-listen

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to this episode and write down, maybe it's get better at time, not just get better time management,

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but create a to-do list. It's starting to, and it's starting to dive in the to-do list of the

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things that you can do to maybe do more of the things that you love to do, more of the things

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that you feel fulfilled at. Maybe it's starting to figure out how you can get paid to actually

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live in your calling. That actually sounds really exciting, right? So sorry, I got a little bit of

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a cough now. My throat's getting a little dry. But yeah, identify three simple steps you can complete

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in the next seven days to bring you closer to your calling. I'm going to leave you with that. And

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finally, I want to go back and say, what phrase, what phrase can you apply to your calling to give

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it somebody like mine, providing people with the tools they need to successfully discover and pursue

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their God-given calling? What phrase can you add to your calling so that want something that goes

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with you wherever you go? I'm going to leave you with that, pursuers. All right. If you really like

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