I would love to invite you to stand at your local life search location if you're able to.

And what I want to do is I want to talk to you with a little bit of a different tone today.

I want to have a little different vibe. This isn't pastor to church member. This is someone who's

been called by God to people who are called by God. And I want you to feel the weight of this

message. As followers of Christ, you have been chosen by God, set apart, gifted, enabled,

and empowered to fulfill a very unique calling. You are called by God. Last week we built a

foundation of what it means to be called. And we looked at the very powerful, very personal verse

of the Apostle Paul writing from the Roman prison in 61 AD or so. When he said in Ephesians 4, he said

therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, begged you to read a life worthy of your calling

for you have been called by God. Let that create a moment, a holy pause that God wants you

to live a life worthy of his calling. You're set apart. You're chosen. Church isn't just some place

that we go. It's not an add-on to our lives. You are the church, the called out ones, to go into

this world and to share the goodness and the grace and the love of Jesus Christ. You're called by

God to do that. You're his church. But what I know about some of you right now, especially in this

incredibly complicated and painful current cultural environment, some of you you're just worn down.

You're physically drained, emotionally depleted, spiritually exhausted or discouraged. Because I

know that if a devil can't destroy you, he'll just try to discourage you. And that's where some of

you are right now. I had someone ask me, Craig, how do you overcome the discouragement? How do you

stay above it? How do you not find yourself exhausted and battling with self-doubts in the

spiritual opposition? How do you keep your passion month over month and year over year?

And the only answer that I can give you is that I'm called to this. I'm called to it.

This is my calling. This is your calling. The title of today's message is

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