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What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit

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of Calling, the podcast that provides you with

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the strategies and tools needed to successfully

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discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's

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through inspiring stories, thought -provoking

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interviews, or quick, insightful episodes on

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personal growth and development, we've got you

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covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy

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the episode. You can only take people as far

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as you've gone yourself. This is something I've

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been thinking about for the last, I don't know,

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a little over a week now. If you listened to

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my last episode, you know that I was thinking

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about making a big life decision. Yeah, and that

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was, I was starting to question my future. I

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wasn't sure what was next. And it's not in a

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way that it's a life crisis. We're not uncertain

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about my future because of a life crisis, but

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because this is the decision I was making, the

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decision I made, is the biggest decision that

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I've ever made in my entire life. And what I've

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decided is that at the end of February, on February

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27th, I'm leaving my job as a full -time web

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and app developer. I'm pursuing my coaching business,

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my life coaching business full time. So let's

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talk about that. This was not an easy decision

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and I had to plan. I had a plan to play it safe.

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That's me. I'm not a risk taker. I don't do that.

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That's not me. However, when last Friday came

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around and then, you know, it was rough last

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week. I talked about it last Friday was probably

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the roughest. And. Kind of hit a breaking point.

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Not that I hate my job or the fact that. I don't

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have my job and it's because last week was hard

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and I didn't want to quit because my job was

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hard. So I sought good counsel. I talked with.

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multiple members members members mentors and

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friends to make sure that one i'm not crazy and

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two to make sure that like i'm going on the right

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path i want to so i talked with my dad i talked

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with my spiritual mentor jim fink i talked with

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alan miyake some of these people maybe you're

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maybe you know them but i talked with my friends

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andrew ian matt and no one told me i was crazy

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no one said thomas you shouldn't go and quit

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your job what are you going to do and i and like

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no one said like maybe you should rethink this

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and i'm i was like utterly surprised like i was

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like what do you mean like nobody like like every

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time somebody uh it sounded like somebody was

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it sounded like somebody was starting to lead

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in to telling me to rethink this and then they

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say the exact opposite And I was talking with

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Jim Fink and he said, something I'm going to

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remember for a long time. He said, Thomas, if

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this was the first time that you told me this,

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I would tell you to rethink it. I would say,

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go ahead, see if it gets better at your job.

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But this isn't the first time. It's not. You've

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been talking about this for years. You've been

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talking about this with me for at least the last

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year. you know i think he goes no i think it's

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time i think you should do this i'm like what

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you do i was like i was like i was i was surprised

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because usually whenever people make a decision

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like that i'm a person who's like i'm more conservative

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i'm like now you shouldn't i would have told

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me not to do it if i was asking me advice like

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if i was if i heard that for the first time from

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somebody and like i would have told me no i would

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have said are you sure if somebody who's been

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talking about it for a long time and i knew they

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wanted to do it i still would be feel like man

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are you sure you sure are you sure that's what

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you want to do that's really risky and and what

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i got from them it wasn't just confirmation i

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wasn't crazy but i was also seeking confirmation

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from god And I believe God puts people in our

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lives so that we can seek good counsel. He puts

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good counsel in front of us. And it's up to us

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whether we're going to seek that good counsel

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out and ask them for the advice and ask them

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for counsel. I prayed and I fasted over a weekend

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and I fully believe in the verse, seeking the

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kingdom first so that all else will be added.

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I just... I just want to do what Jesus wants

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me to do. I just want to pursue the calling that

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he's put on my life. To serve people in the way

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he wants me to serve them. And I believe, at

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least for right now, it's to guide people to

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live in the calling that he's calling them to.

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To pursue the goals that he's put on their lives.

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I truly believe that coaching is the best way

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to do that. I believe God lined me up for this.

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I believe that he lined me up for this position,

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for this time, for February 27th to be the perfect

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time to leave my job because of my savings, the

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money I wanted to have in my savings, because

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of how the logistics are working with projects

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right now. It was probably the best time during

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the year for me to be the most honorable, for

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me to... be honorable to my boss and my coworkers.

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I knew I didn't want to leave, start the next

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project because I wouldn't want to leave in the

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middle of it. So I would have, I would have tried,

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I would have wanted to stay until the end of

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the project. And it's like that, those projects

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were going to keep coming and they haven't started

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yet. So I was like, okay, I need to, I need to,

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I need to stop now. Sorry, I'm rambling. I know

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that, but I said already, I'm not a risk taker

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now, a risk taker by nature. I play it safe because

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then at least I know more about what's coming

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next. I play it safe because I can have more

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certainty. I want to show people that pursuing

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your calling isn't an easy thing and it can be

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scary. Even though I don't know what the future

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holds, I know that what I'm going to do, what

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I'm doing is going to grow me in ways that I

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don't even know yet. What I do know is that even

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though my circumstances are not going to be constant,

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I don't know what my circumstances are going

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to be even a week from now. I'll still be at

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my job, but a month from now, two months from

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now, I don't know what's going to happen. Those

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might not be constant. I'm going from having

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jobs and not having a job. My circumstances are

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changing, but my God is constant. I know I can

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look to him. And I just got some really good

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advice from a friend who's in a very similar

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position to me. He said something that his counselor

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told him was that if this is the wrong decision

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and Jesus isn't telling you to do this, then

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you know he's going to redeem it. He's going

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to redeem whatever. He's going to get the glory.

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No matter what. i've heard people say the saying

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you probably heard the saying too before like

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they whenever you're scared to make a change

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you're scared to do something scared to do something

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good in your life they say you're scared do it

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anyway do it scared and to be honest with you

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i know most people don't even listen to that

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because whenever you just say it to somebody

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it's like telling somebody not to take uh not

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like as i saying somebody not to be sick It's

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like just saying, telling somebody do it anyway,

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do it, just do it scared. Like I get, I get what

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it is. I get what the phrase is saying. I get

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what it means. I get that it's what I'm doing

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now. I'm doing this scared because I'm terrified.

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I'm terrified of making this up. I'm like, I

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said, I'm not a risk taker, but I want to show

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people that pursuing your calling is worth it.

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I want to show people that like pursuing what

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you believe God's putting on your life is worth

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taking the risk. And I get like, saying not to

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be scared. They're not saying not to be scared

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when people say, do it scared anyway. But they're

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saying, is it wrong? But most people just won't

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do the thing because people don't want to do

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the thing because how scary it is to do it. Like

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this situation that I'm in right here, if I knew

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I didn't want to get to the end of my life. And

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never make the decision to make the scary choice.

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I also didn't want to make the scary choice because

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I'm scared and I'm terrified of making that decision

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because I don't take risks. And I was kind of

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in a catch -22 of like, I don't want to be that

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person anymore. I don't want to, I don't want

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to, I don't want to not be a risk taker. I want

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to do it scared. So I'm starting an intentional

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season of unknowns. I'm not going to know how

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much money I'm going to make. And like, sign

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me up, right? Sign me up for that. No, that's

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not me. In Matthew chapter 6, verses 31 to 33,

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it says, For after all, these are the things

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that the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father

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knows that you need all these things. But seek

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first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,

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and all these things shall be added to you. As

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Christians, we know that we can pursue our callings

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here because we know that we have a God who,

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if we seek him first, everything that we need,

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We'll follow. We know that if we seek God first,

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seek his kingdom and his righteousness, that

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everything we need is going to be added. Because

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he's the provider. I'm scared. I'm going to do

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it anyway. I'm going to pursue my calling. So

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what is your calling and how are you going to

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pursue it today? How are you going to pursue

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your calling? Doesn't mean you have to make some

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crazy life change like I'm doing, but sometimes

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it does. What's the goal that you believe that

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God has put on your heart? And I believe these

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goals are not small goals. They're not, I don't

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believe, I believe God can put small goals on

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our heart, but I believe he, whenever. Our goals

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are our goals for our reason. I don't believe

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whenever we are truly aligned with Christ, that

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whenever we have goals, and if we're truly aligned

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with Christ, our goals, I believe, are holy and

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righteous. I believe that if we pursue those

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goals, God will get the glory, whether you're

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right or not. And it is, I believe, it's our

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duty as Christians to pursue the goals that God

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has established on our hearts. I know that everybody

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has a God -given calling. On their lives, and

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it's my life mission to help as many people as

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possible pursue their callings with excellence.

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So I want you to write down what your calling

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is and how you're going to pursue it today. I

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have other episodes about how you define your

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calling, how you write it down, how you even

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know what your calling is. I have other episodes

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where I talk about that, and you can go find

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those. I want you to write down your calling

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and how you're going to pursue it today. You

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can just do a small thing. There's something

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small that you can do. You can plan. You can

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set up some action. You can make a to -do list

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of items that you can do to pursue. You can set

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up a to -do list of items, things to figure it

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out. What is your why? Why? Like, what is your

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why? Sorry, I was just talking about this earlier.

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You might love doing something, but why do you

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love it? What gives you that fire that burns

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inside of you? What comes to you naturally? All

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these things are hints at your calling. So now

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I want to challenge you now. What's something

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this week that you can do scared? And maybe it's

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talk to somebody new. I'm not saying it has to

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be 100 % to your calling. I believe that when

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we do something hard intentionally, it helps

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us out in other areas of our life. So what's

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something you can do this week scared? What can

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you do scared this week? Do it anyway. Do it

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scared. Okay. And guys, if... You're somebody

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that wants to pursue your calling with excellence.

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I have a gift for you. I offer a free one -hour

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discovery coaching call. It's a discovery calling

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coaching call so that you can get to know me

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as a coach and so that I can help you for free

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to set up an action plan to how you're going

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to pursue your calling with excellence. So if

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you're interested in that, the link for that

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intro call is in the show notes. And guys, Thank

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you for listening to this episode of the Pursuit

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of Calling podcast. If you enjoyed it, you know,

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rate it, give it five stars, share it with your

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friends, Instagram, Facebook, all the places,

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all the things. Thank you. Facebook. Oh yeah.

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Facebook on YouTube. Give it a like. Smash that

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like button. Hey guys, I'll see you next time.

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Keep pursuing your calling. Do it well. Do it

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with excellence. Peace.