Your Highest Calling

Bill Hamon Dr.

Description

God has a glorious purpose for His people. And those who understand this will rule and reign with Jesus for eternity.God, in the eternal past, planned for mankind to live on the earth and fulfill a great purpose in the eternal future. Bishop Hamon, a pioneer of restoration in the Church, stands firmly on biblical truth as he explores that great purpose: being conformed to the likeness of Jesus. By tracking the eight major reasons God created human beings, Dr. Hamon tackles the hard issues believers face as the highest race in the universe--including the problem of pain. It is only as we understand the process through which God conforms us to the likeness of His Son that we accomplish our highest calling.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Pentecostalism

Informations

• Publié par: Baker Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 05 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781493425068
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Endorsements
“My father-in-law, Bishop Bill Hamon, has been in ministry for over 65 years and has experienced many challenging seasons, both personally and ministerially. In Your Highest Calling , he shares powerful keys for overcoming difficulties and living a life of success, fulfillment and victory. A must-read for every believer!”
Jane Hamon, co-apostle, Vision Church at Christian International
“Dr. Bill Hamon offers powerful insight into God’s highest calling for our lives while confronting the barriers that obstruct our path. A profound legacy message!”
Benny Hinn, pastor, Benny Hinn Ministries
“In a very real sense, this book will serve as a personal prophecy for each reader. It answers the question, What is God doing? Hamon explains both the highest and the lowest points of life. Courage and a new sense of purpose await behind each chapter heading. Enjoy the journey!”
Bishop Harry R. Jackson Jr., senior pastor, Hope Christian Church, Beltsville, Maryland
“Bishop Bill Hamon is one of the wisest people I know. He has lived the message of this book. Bishop Hamon is one of the great Church historians of today, but he also understands building the character of Christ in God’s people.”
Cindy Jacobs, president and co-founder, Generals International
“Dr. Hamon’s book, Your Highest Calling , defines the ultimate God-given destiny of mankind: to become like Jesus and co-labor with Him forever. Understanding this makes rejoicing in trials the only logical response, as the outcome is more glorious than we could have ever imagined. I highly recommend this book for every believer, young and old alike.”
Bill Johnson, senior leader, Bethel Church, Redding, California; author, The Way of Life and Raising Giant- Killers
“I have read every book written by Dr. Hamon. Each one is full of prophetic insight concerning the times and seasons of the Prophetic and Apostolic movements. In Your Highest Calling , he writes not only as a prophet and a teacher, but also as a Pentecostal theologian. This book brings the relationship between God and mankind to its highest level to fulfill the highest purpose unto God!”
Dr. John P. Kelly, international convenor, International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders
“I honor my spiritual father, Bishop Hamon. As the father of the modern Prophetic movement and a pioneer in the restoration of the Church, he is mightily anointed to bring transformative revelation. His latest book, Your Highest Calling , reveals our supreme purpose in life and ministry: to become like Jesus.”
Apostle Guillermo Maldonado, King Jesus International Ministry
“It doesn’t matter what the enemy has done to distort your identity in God. You can shake off the remnants of those tattered garments and be re-clothed! No matter what you go through, you can shout, ‘But God!’ He will show Himself faithful. He will restore, He will heal, and He will move you forward into new levels of prophetic fulfillment. Your Highest Calling will cause you to expect God to move on your behalf to accomplish His plan for you.”
Dr. Chuck D. Pierce, president, Global Spheres and Glory of Zion International Ministries
“Dr. Hamon’s legacy of pioneering the restoration of prophets and prophetic ministry has been so significant and far-reaching that only heaven can measure its full impact. In the pages of Your Highest Calling , you can now learn and apply many of the principles and truths that have made Bill Hamon the general that he is. Do yourself—and those you are destined to touch—a favor. Read and digest this book!”
Dr. Dutch Sheets, president, Dutch Sheets Ministries
“I have loved and highly respected Bishop Bill Hamon since my initial meeting with him in 1987. He’s down-to-earth, relational, fatherly and even fun. Yet great knowledge and wisdom continually gush out of this seemingly ordinary man. To me this book is the story of how he’s come to be the great man of God that he is—a man conformed to the image of Christ! And he’s shared the story with us so that we can also become conformed to the image of Christ!”
Barbara J. Yoder, lead apostle, Shekinah Regional Apostolic Center and Breakthrough Apostolic Ministries Network
Title Page
Copyright Page
© 2019 by Bill Hamon
Published by Chosen Books
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Bloomington, Minnesota 55438
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Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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ISBN 978-1-4934-2506-8
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Personal stories of individuals in this book are used by permission.
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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my loving and faithful wife of 59 years. She and I went through many Processes of Conformity in our journey to fulfill God’s predestined purpose of us being conformed to Christlikeness. One of my greatest trials was when God put me through a process of having to die to being an active ordained minister. God could not answer my questions and problems for He was my teacher giving me the test, and teachers cannot give you answers when you are taking their tests. But my wonderful wife continually encouraged and reassured me that I would yet fulfill my ministerial calling. She was faithful and true until she went home to be with the Lord September 22, 2014. Her reward will be great.
Contents
Cover 1
Presentation Page 2
Endorsements 3
Title Page 5
Copyright Page 6
Dedication 7
Foreword by Jennifer LeClaire 15
Introduction 18
1. God’s Purpose for His Greatest Creation 23
Before Man Came into Being
At the Right Time, a New Race
Our Goal: To Understand the Process
Trials and Rewards in the Process
Your Own Journey Begins
2. What Is Man? 30
The Biblical Record of Man on Planet Earth
The Physical Body of Man
God’s Commission to Adam
Adam’s Need That He Could Not Meet
The Garden: A Little Bit of Heaven
God’s Judgment on Man’s Disobedience
Preparing Earth for Habitation
Why Noah and an Ark?
God Declares Bankruptcy
3. God’s Highest Desire and Purpose in Creating Man 42
The Kind of Human Creature God Wanted
Awakened by a False Challenge
The Holy Spirit Steps In
Birthing of the Revelation
The Power to Think and Live Independently
The Called-Out Church Race
Foundations in Ministry
Family Leaders and Board of Governors
My Vision Challenged to Increase and Expand
The Third and Final Church Reformation
Fulfilling Our Individual Highest Calling
Jesus Experienced the Human Life
Requirements to Head This New Race
Making Disciples into Apostles
Jesus Demonstrated True Manhood
4. God’s Inheritance in the Saints 65
Inheritance—of the Saints and the Father
Our Confirmation of Christlikeness
Jesus Suffered to Make Christlike Sons
Strange Is Standard for God’s Chosen Ones
Jesus Learned Obedience through Suffering
We Reign with Jesus Only if We Suffer with Him
Eight Reasons for Fulfilling God’s Highest Calling
5. The Higher the Calling, the Greater the Testing Process 76
Great Suffering Brings Great Rewards
Experiences That Expand
Our Majors and Minors in Ministry
Paul and the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation
Some of Paul’s Challenges
The Apostle of Our Text
Beginning to Learn in the Process
Two Vital Verses for Our Understanding
Tested Like Gold, Tried by Fire
Why No More “Why”?
Abraham’s Seventh Major Test—and Mine
It Is Best to Leave Things to God
It Works for All, in All Kinds of Situations
6. How the Process Works! 95
Requirements for Working
Pressing toward the Goal
Being Processed by My “Friends”
A Lesson from Personal Experience
God Tests His Righteous Children
The Lesson from the Seasons
God’s Tests Are Positive
Tests Are Easier for the Prepared
The Requirements of a Higher Calling
Being Tested through Pastoring
My “Employees” Working for Me
What Is Your Pleasure?
I Pay My “Employees”
7. Major Examples of the Conforming Process 117
The Illuminating Illustration: The Human Hand
Beginning to Understand Why
The Background of Our Conforming Process
The Three-Week Major Process Begins
Transition to the Wedding
Progressing to the Funeral
“I Cannot Take One Thing More!”
God’s Purpose for the Process
Steel Rails: Forging Quality and Dependability
We Went through the Steel-Rail Test
Why