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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. How's it going, Pursuers? I just

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want to be honest with you guys right now. I'm

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a little overwhelmed. So it's been a little over

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a week since I made that transition from being

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a full -time employee to a full -time entrepreneur.

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And I think I said in the last week's episode,

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which I honestly recorded yesterday. Today is

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March 8th. I recorded the last week's episode

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yesterday on the 7th. Yesterday, I believe I

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said, or last week, I said that I had a client.

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And then today I got a text message saying that

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they weren't, there wasn't the right time. And

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that's something that like, I know I have to

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expect. But there's so many things happening

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at the same time that I'm like, even today as

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I was leaving church this morning, my brake line

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blew. And then I'm also packing to leave for

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Uganda. I'm like, my brain is all over the place.

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And there's just a lot happening all at the same

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time today. In this episode, I want to talk about

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not making your calling your God. So that is

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what we're going to do. Again, just like last

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episode, I don't really have much prepared because

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of everything. That's just how busy I've been

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in preparing for leaving for Uganda. But I still

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want to talk about this. I believe this is an

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important topic. I talk about calling, obviously,

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a lot on this podcast. And where the calling,

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I believe, is the lens that you see your life

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through for how you live out the Great Commission.

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How do you bring light to the world? And how

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do you bring light to the world? How do you spread

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the gospel? And I don't want to lose sight of

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that myself. Yes, it's disappointing that I...

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For now, it's not forever. No, that I did not

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have my first client, that guy, that person be

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my first client. And, but it's also okay. I'm

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just getting at peace over knowing that. And

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like, cause there is a lot, some overwhelmingness

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and I'm. It's peace knowing that it's okay and

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peace knowing that that's not going to be the

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last conversation I have with him or with somebody

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else about having a coaching session. It's not

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the last coaching session I'm ever going to have

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and it's not the last sales conversation I'm

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ever going to have. If you're not a business

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owner, that's okay. I'm giving this to you right

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now. I'm saying this to you right now because

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I think we're all in the danger of making what

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we believe God is calling us to do into our God.

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And we're focused more on what we are called

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to do than who gave us the calling in the first

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place. So today in this episode, I just want

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you to reflect. What is God calling you to do?

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Who is he calling you to be? What is the man

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that he is growing you into? And how has those

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things, how is the thing that he's calling you

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towards show him more of who he is? How has that

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shown his character more? Because if you're a

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Christian and you're following what Jesus taught

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and you're studying your Bible and you're reading

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your scripture, you're changing as a person.

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You're growing your spirit, becoming more sanctified.

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And you should be able to look back on your life

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and back on the last however long since you were

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saved till now and think, one, you're not the

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same person. that you were. And two, I bet during

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this time, what you thought you're meant to do

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with your life changed. And I know mine did.

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I know mine went from having a business and wanting

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to have a business so that I can make money and

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be free to do whatever I wanted in that turned

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into. Yes, I would love to make money. Yes, I

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would love to have the financial freedom. However,

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I want my focus to more be on the people I am

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called to serve and my God who places them in

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front of me because I wouldn't be able to do

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it without him. I wouldn't have left my job to

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pursue this. Without him. Without me having that

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relationship with him. So just sit back. Take

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a breath. I'm thinking of this to myself right

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now too. And just write down those things. Goals

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that you believe God is putting on your life,

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the vision you've been seeing but haven't really

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thought out. It's been a fleeting thought that

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you've had here or there as you fall asleep or

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as you're having your shower thoughts in the

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morning. The things that excite you whenever

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you think about them. You know, to succeed in

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this one area of life would mean everything to

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you because that would mean you would be able

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to do So much more for the kingdom. I want you

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to write those things down. What is God calling

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you to do? One. Who is he calling you to be?

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Two. Where is he calling you to go? Four. And

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who is he calling you to serve? I think that

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was five. I think. That might have been four.

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We're going to say it was five. You can count

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yourself. Don't make your calling your God because

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God already, because God, Yahweh, is the one

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who established the calling. Again, I'm telling

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you, I'm telling this to myself right now. I'm

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only a weekend. And now I'm heading to Uganda.

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Like you heard me in the last episode, right

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now when you're listening to this, the trip's

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almost over. It's the 17th, so it means we're

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coming home in two days. Man, I'm going to have

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so many stories to share. I can't wait to do

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it. I'm going to have to summarize it in probably

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one episode, but if you know me in person, you

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probably will get the earful. But anyway, again,

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I also want to apologize. I'm kind of tired,

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so sorry if I don't sound like my energetic.

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Self right now. I don't know if I always sound

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energetic, but I feel like I do. So apologies

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for that. But thank you for listening to this

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episode of the perceived calling podcast. If

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you got something out of this episode, let me

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know. Do you like these type of podcasts where

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I'm just kind of free forming it with just a

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topic outline? Let me know what you think about

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that in the comments, because I would love to

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know your feedback. I would love to. Know who

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I'm serving and know that I'm serving them, whether

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I'm serving them well or not, and how I can improve.

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Feedback is amazing. I love it. So please give

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me the feedback, whether it's good or bad, except

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if you're leaving a review on Spotify or Apple

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Podcasts. You can leave a five -star review.

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You can leave a four -star review. But a one

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-star? I don't know about that. You can give

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your one -star to yourself. But you can leave

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a comment just telling me why you would have

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left a one -star. Because then that would give

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me a good review and the algorithm would still

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stay happy. So, guys, thank you again. Thank

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you, pursuers, for joining me on this journey

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of pursuing my calling so I can also help you

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pursue yours. Pursue your calling well. Do it

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with excellence. Love you guys. All right. I'll

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see you.