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• Current Read - Book by John Ortberg... must read...

  Wednesday, Jun 3, 2009 1:04PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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  Title - If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

  

  This is such a wonderful book, it's book on FAITH and CALLING.. revolves around the story of Peter walking on water ... John Ortberg is humourous, inspiring and a wonderful writer... learned a lot... want to share with some of you some of the exerpt that I found intriging in the current chapter I'm reading...
  
  DISCERNING THE CALL
  
  "You are on a mission from God... Others will come after you. But this is your day. If God's kingdom is to manifest itself right now, it will have to be through you. God himself will not come to take your place. You are on a mission from God."
  
  "A calling is something you discover, not something you choose"
  
  "Frederich Buechner - 'your calling is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's deep need."
  
  "If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them."
  
  "The kind of assignments God gives are always God-sized."
  
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  CAREER - threatens to become my God
  CALLING - something I do for God
  
  CAREER - something I choose for myself
  CALLING - something I receive
  
  CAREER - generally promises status, movey or power
  CALLING - generally promises difficutly and even some suffering.. but used greatly by God
  
  CAREER - end when you want it to (new career / retirement)
  CALLING - isn't over until the day you die
  
  CAREER - very visible but only temporary
  CALLING - significance lasts forever
  
  CAREER - can be disrupted by any number of events
  CALLING - can only be disrupted when we stop listening
  
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