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    Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential

    By Gordon T. Smith

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    God calls us first to himself, to know and follow him, and also to a specific life purpose, a particular reason for being. This second call or "vocation" has implications not only for our work or occupation, but also includes our giftedness, our weaknesses, our life in community and what we do day to day. In this book Gordon Smith invites you to discover your vocation by listening to God and becoming a coworker with him.

    • What is my calling?
    • How do I live it out in the midst of difficult relationships or moral challenges?
    • Will my vocation change as I enter a new stage of life?
    • With competing needs and demands, how can I craft a balanced way of living?

    Smith addresses these questions and many more in the pages of this book. This new edition has been revised and updated throughout with two expanded chapters and a new chapter on four specific areas of calling. Here is rich insight for all who long for the ears to hear and the courage to follow God's call.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIVP Books
    Release dateAug 2, 2011
    ISBN9780830869084
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    Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential
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    Gordon T. Smith

    Gordon T. Smith is the president of Ambrose University and Seminary in Calgary, Alberta, where he also serves as professor of systematic and spiritual theology. He is an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and a teaching fellow at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of many books, including Institutional Intelligence, Called to Be Saints, and Your Calling Here and Now.

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    • 5/5
      I really liked how the author gave a glimpse of his experiences and I was able relate my experiences as well. This book although it repeats its self throughout we can relate to it in our daily life and practices.
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      This book does a great job of covering the many different layers of calling. It's become a go-to as I train Christian leaders!