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For the last few days, about 70 participants and 30+ coaches, speakers, and leaders have been advancing their leadership, uncovering their calling, while discovering who God is shaping them to be. One of key verses has been Ephesians 2:10, "For we are God's masterpiece created in Christ to do the good works that he has prepared in advance for us to do." Now I love that truth that we are not what we do, we are what He is doing. We are God's masterpiece. He's shaping us to be like Jesus so that we can do the good works He's prepared in advance for
us to do. He's preparing us, uniquely shaping us. But he's also preparing good works for us to do. In other words, God is uniquely shaping us to make a unique difference in the world.

That unique shaping to make a unique difference is called "our calling." Each of us is called. I am called. But in this episode, I want to talk about our... FIRST CALLING. Our first calling is not just first in time, but first in priority, because it's the calling that reminds us that if there is a calling...there's a caller. And for us the caller is everything.

This episode is for anyone, but especially those who went through Leadership Advance with me this year. It's the talk that was in the books, that I didn't give.

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In this episode we will hear Jesus say, "If you abide in my word, you will know the truth and the truth will set you free." If you dwell in, and get connected to my word; if you let your soul saturate in my word, you are truly my disciples. You can’t be an apprentice of Jesus if you don’t live in his Word; the words of the WORD.

I don’t think I’ve noticed before how almost every chapter, John in his words or Jesus in his words and his example bring us back to the importance of the words of God. We need more than bread to thrive. We need every word that comes from the mouth of God. Right? We need to listen, learn and lean in. It starts with listening, but if that's where it ends, we're lost.

It's not enough to listen, we need to lean in!

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We live in a world filled with darkness. And into this world of darkness Jesus came. In John 8:12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life." Like the worship song sings, "There is a light, his name is Jesus. He's the light of the world. But here’s the amazing thing. Don’t miss this thing. Of all Jesus’ I am statements, six of them only apply to him. There’s only one "I am" statement where Jesus says, and so are you. He says, "I am the light of the world. And so are you."

Jesus is the light of the world, and so are you!