This message is taught by Amos Johnson Jr, PhD. He leads and pastors Church for Entrepreneurs. God has given him a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it.
Message summary & scripture references
When you receive an assignment from God, it is critical to know if the assignment is for provision or purpose. An assignment for provision is usually temporary and is designed to take care of an immediate financial need, whereas an assignment for purpose is long term and is the reason why you were born. Knowing the difference helps you have the appropriate mindset to implement the assignment and positions you for success in the assignment. Listen to today’s Daily Word to learn more about this idea.
2 Kings 4:1 NIV
[1] The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”
1 Kings 17:1-7 ESV
[1] Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe[a] in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
[2] And the word of the Lord came to him:
[3] “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
[4] You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
[5] So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan.
[6] And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
[7] And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Luke 4:18-19 KJV
[18] The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
[19] To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Matthew 17:27 NIV
[27] “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”
Acts 18:1-3 KJV
[1] After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
[2] And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
[3] And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
1 Corinthians 1:1 KJV
[1] Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
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