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What Goal Calling? · Arise Women of God

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  Have you ever had a thought or a goal that is so persistent it just won't leave you alone?
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  Maybe it's the whisper to start a business, write a letter, change your career, but you keep pushing the thought aside because you aren't sure if it's just your imagination.
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  Today we're answering the question, what goal is calling to you?
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  And by the end of today's episode, you will understand the difference between a good idea and a God calling.
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  And we're going to help you solve the pain of spiritual indecision by showing you how to test that calling against the spirit.
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  We're moving from maybe someday to thy will be done today.
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  Stay tuned.
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  Ordinary Women Extraordinary Faith When God calls, we say yes.
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  The Arise Women of God Podcast hello, and welcome to another episode of the Arise Women of God Podcast.
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  I'm your host, Tamara K.
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  Anderson, and joining me today are Carrie Ann Jaweerden, Tiffany Fletcher, and Amanda Powell of our Women warriors of Light Advisory Board.
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  And today we're diving deep into the anatomy of a calling something you're feeling deep within your bones.
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  First, we're going to talk about the persistent whisper and how God uses recurring thoughts to get our attention.
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  Second, we'll share real stories from our friends here today about the moment they felt called to do something way bigger than themselves.
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  Third, we'll discuss the humility pivot and why God often calls us to things that we honestly feel so unqualified to do.
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  And finally, we'll share the discernment checklist to help you verify that the goal you feel called to do is actually from the light.
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  Well, let's kick it off with that persistent whisper.
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  A goal calling is often what interrupts your thoughts when you're on autopilot.
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  For me, they often come in those early hours of the morning or when I have a moment of stillness.
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  It's the dream that keeps resurfacing in your prayers or that person that keeps coming to your mind.
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  Sometimes I think most of us are waiting for a burning bush like Moses.
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  But God usually sees speaks with a still, small voice of a recurring goal or idea.
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  The goal is calling because it's aligned with you and your divine mission.
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  One of our first tips is just to write down the ideas that you're getting.
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  And once you do that, take those ideas to God and ask him to help you see this dream or idea more clearly.
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  Carrie is now going to share the idea of how sometimes we may be wanting to build a cottage, but God sees a mansion in our future.
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  But my vision is a cottage, and God's vision is a mansion, and those are two very different blueprints.
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  If you're setting goals, if you're trying to do something, they're going to look vastly different.
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  So if my goals are taking me towards a cottage, I'm not helping God achieve his mansion.
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  So making sure he's the overseer, the CEO in things, is very helpful.
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  But making sure that I have the right blueprints, that I have the right pattern for me individually, what he wants for me, not what he wants for Tamara or for Tiffany, but what he wants for me.
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  And then following a map, having some structure to it, not just writing it down and saying, this is what I want to do, but having a structure, having it detailed, making sure that you will be successful in the
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  long run in our goal setting as well, just to make sure that we are taking out anything that is going to impede our progress.
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  When you realize you are building a mansion, the goal stops being about your to do list and starts being about your stewardship.
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  We've seen this happen time and time again in our Women warriors of Light group.
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  Tiffany is now going to share a goal calling she received from God that was the last thing she ever thought she would do.
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  I told Heavenly Father that I still had a lot of life left in me, and I asked him how he wanted to use me, started praying to Heavenly Father, ask him what that looked like beyond homeschooling and raising
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  kids.
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  And for me, he said, I want you to go back to school.
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  And I was like, what are you talking about?
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  You want me to go back to graduate school?
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  And he's like, yep.
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  So here I am.
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  I am in a master's program for clinical mental health counseling.
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  My mom had mental illness.
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  I swore that I was never going to go into mental illness.
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  And God's like, nope, your experience is exactly what is needed in the mental health counseling field.
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  So I need you to take this leap with me.
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  Like, when God asks you to do things, it's scary, but I love how Danny said God empowers us to do whatever it is he needs us to do, and he does work for us to do.
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  And if we are willing to accept it and not kick against the pricks, which I'm really good about, like, kicking against those pricks, like, I don't want to do it.
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  Heavenly Father, please.
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  I.
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  I kind of just wanted to enjoy my grandchildren at 50.
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  And heavenly Father's like, oh, you can do both.
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  So when we are willing to put God first, he will definitely use us.
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  She didn't Want to do it, ladies?
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  This is the hallmark of a divine goal.
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  Calling.
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  It stretches you so that you have to rely on him.
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  Amanda Powell experienced the same thing.
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  Her curriculum.
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  She had a gift.
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  She had a goal.
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  But she had to wait for the strategic prompting to finally act.
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  Just this year, in December.
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  Well, I guess it was into last year, December, A prompting comes.
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  Contact this charter school.
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  You're struggling with reader reading scores.
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  You can help them get in there and get teaching them your curriculum.
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  And I was like, what?
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  So I schedule a meeting.
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  It happens, right?
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  The principal is like, I'm all in.
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  I'm all in.
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  Let's start in two weeks.
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  In two weeks.
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  And I'm like, well, I don't think I'm ready in two weeks, right?
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  So I start to feel myself going backwards.
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  And I'm like, no, I'm committed.
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  This is an opportunity.
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  I felt prompted.
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  I'm moving forward.
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  I have been prepared enough.
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  I know what I am doing.
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  So I get going with this.
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  I'm feeling pretty confident about it.
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  She sees some of the difference as she comes in.
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  She's watching me teach these.
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  These struggling readers, and she calls me back in for another meeting and says, I want all my teachers to do it.
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  I just met with the teachers yesterday, and they were giving pushback.
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  But you know what is amazing to me?
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  It's amazing to me.
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  This is when you know you are aligned with God.
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  Because even with their pushback and even with my little bit of, I was able to say a prayer in my heart and the things that came out of my mouth, like, nobody knew in that room that I was
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  having a moment of like, oh, my gosh, what am I doing?
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  What if it's not perfect enough, Right?
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  No, it's working.
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  And every concern that they had, I knew how to answer that concern, right?
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  I was able to do that.
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  And then, of course, I went back through all my curriculum, and I was like, what if.
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  Ah.
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  Because I have dyslexia, right?
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  What if I spelled the word wrong and I didn't catch it?
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  And neither did.
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  Neither did the spell check, right?
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  But you know what?
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  No, it's okay.
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  And what I said to them is, I said, you guys were piloting this.
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  You guys are my piloters.
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  We're piloting this out here.
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  I want you to give me your feedback.
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  If you find something I've spelled wrong, please make a note of it.
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  If you think that something else is missing from this curriculum, let me know.
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  What I want is the same thing that you want.
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  A program that actually closes gaps it is published.
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  It is out there.
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  It is being piloted so how do you know if the goal calling you is actually from God?
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  I'm now going to share with you several questions you can ask that I call the Discernment Checklist.
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  First Question does it bring peace?
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  Even if this goal or calling is scary, does the thought of finishing it bring peace to your soul?
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  Question number two does it serve others?
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  A divine calling often ripples out to bless someone else.
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  Question 3 Does it require growth?
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  If you can do it perfectly on your own strength, it might just be a good idea.
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  If it requires a lot of faith and stretching to act, it is likely a goal calling.
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  Question 4 Is it a persistent thought?
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  Does it keep coming back again and again and again, even though you may be trying to ignore it?
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  If so, there's a good chance it's from God.
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  If that goal is still calling to you after today, stop pushing it aside.
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  Go download our free A Guide to Goal Setting for Christian Women.
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  It features the sacred brainstorm that will help you filter out your thoughts until only the God given assignment remains.
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  And if you need a mentor to help you navigate the scary stretch of your calling, come join us in our Women Warriors Accountability Group.
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  We'll help you turn that whisper into a roar.
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  The links are in the description below.
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  Go answer that call today, my friends, and until next time, may you arise.
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  Do it God's way.
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  God strong.