MY CALLING AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION
 
The One Who Calls You Is Faithful; He Will Also Do It
 
When I was a new Christian, the God of Abraham spoke prophetically to me. It was the first prophecy I had ever received. It described what I was going on in my life, what I was struggling with, what I was longing to know, giving me purpose and hope, all of which indicated that the God of the universe knew me and knew the potential growing inside of me. I don’t think it is an overstatement to say that the gift of prophecy has impacted my life more than anything else and continues to be a major source of inspiration to me all these years later. 
 
I recount in these pages how God called me to the ministry and guided my spiritual formation. You will notice how He always spoke to me at different junctures along the way. This not only gave me the encouragement I needed at the time, but it gave me the grace to actually do what He had called me to do. This is what I call the word of His grace. It became my life message.
 
When the apostle Paul was saying goodbye to the pastors on the beach near Ephesus in Acts 20:23, knowing that he would never to see them again, he commended them to God and to the word of His grace, which he knew was sufficient to see them through, doing in them all that needed to be done right to the end. Here is what he said, as taken from The Message:
“Now I'm turning you over to God, our marvelous God whose gracious Word can make you into what he wants you to be and give you everything you could possibly need in this community of holy friends.”
 
That is my experience as well, and my ongoing testimony, and I trust my story will awaken in you an expectation for Him to do the same in your life.