I almost cried. Everything you have said. I'm saying thats me! Truly me. This is it. This is my calling..

Love it! Soak yourself into God’s word and prayer. Stir, and the aroma will blow out of the pot!! Amazing!

15 years ago I asked the pastor of my church that same question on a Thursday night visitation meeting. He told me the same thing you're saying.

This is so helpful - I am wrestling with whether I am being called and this has given me new angles on this.

So much wisdom for anyone thinking about their calling. Not just for a pastoral calling!

Enlightening! Thank you pastor John!

God bless you pastor

Specific and powerful .Thank you..

Beautiful.....

I will pray for you Michael Patterson, That the KING of Kings and the LORD of lords be with you all of your days..that HE give you strength and wisdom upon all that you could imagine, and that HE lead your footsteps and direct your path..for HIS glory. AMEN!!

Wow this is deep!

Deep insight into the pastor's calling. Thank you Lord Jesus. Thank brother for sharing.

Good stuff! As a pastor myself, I heartily agree!

Thank you, Lord Jesus! Thank you pastor for sharing this important information. May this knowledge find those whose calling is to preach the word of God.

Very interesting subject

This was awesome

This was so rich! Thank you!

Now i know who i am ..It is indeed a call from God and now i kow what to do .Thanks

Prais the lord dear pastor thanks you so much i felt all these sign and i got experienced in my life. And i have been seen to the JESUS CHRIST in my dream ,and in other dream i saw lot of great pastor of God's they are praying in our house's room corner and One great pastor came from the purpet and catch my hand and take me on the purpet oh God😊🙏And One pastor met to me in sri lanka and catch my boths hand prayed for me and said my son you will serve the lord in the whole wolrd one day you will tell to the peoples this testimoney 🙏thanks God Now im preaching and shating the word of God in famlies and friends .Its my desire to become a pastor please keep me in your prayers all my sister and brother God bless you all all glory to the God❤🌹😊

Wow this is great

Thank you

its everything it is life!!! the second i gave my life to jesus and read the book and understood the word i want to cry, my heart weeps because i was raised in Virginia and now live in Cali and when i look around at all the people that forsaken God its so sad and all i want to do is take them with me...i have so much to preach God shows me tells me so much taught me so much i have so much information perspective love for God fear for God it pours out sometime i learn so much about the bible i dont care about work or money or tv or music only what God has to say....if i could wear a cloth around my body and just praise God ALLLLLLLLL the time i would...i mean no stopping to eat or drink or sleep....but i cant just praise and thank God i need to bring all EVERYONE to God away from Satan because i know so many people who are just misinformed or to busy to look up or to look within themselves ive talked to people before and when you say something to someone and the look comes over their face...the thousand yard stare...they are looking inward. and when i can get someone to do that with God and Jesus in their heart and mind than the rest will burn through their soul like a wildfire in the amazon during the fall season when all the leaves are dried up lol but yes i will become a vessel for God !!! i just dont know where to start!

Amen

I love Jesus and Martial Arts. Punching Pastor, Martial Arts Minister, And Boxing Bishop. I am so flawed, but I wish I could be a Pastor.

Interesting. I've trusted God and Jesus Christ as my savor a long time ago. I'm 50 years old now. I still hear this compelling call to teach and I have on different occasions. I've lead worship. I've taught different age groups. I've sung and I've stay in the word. I've have friends who are pastors who confide in me. Me? Really. they say to me I'm an encouragement to them. But I never took on a full time or even a part time leadership. In fact I'm not deeply involved in any church at the moment and I've been in many trials to this day. I want to teach again but nothing, no opportunities come. Years gone by and now that tug on my heart. Tug Tug Tug. I'm passionate about salvation and truth, I just don't know. Does God want me to pastor? A member at the church has recently said to me, I can see the light of Jesus in you. What does this mean for me?

This happened to me,I'm glad I searched for it,I would read passages and the holyspirit will give me a very very deep understanding,I love to teach and most importantly the burning desire to become a pastor,its very unshakable,thank u fr conforming his word to me

Like a fire in my bones!

Ok I'm 21 and I feel like I have felt this call.. I've had it for the better part of of six months.. I have helped a couple of my friends and witnessed to more than a few people who regularly attend church now... god is great.. he has worked through me.. I'm not baptised. I have sinned in almost every possible way I yet I feel blessed/confused that I feel being a pastor is my calling.. it doesn't makes sense to me... I keep having dreams of giving my testimony and mentoring under a local pastor... I believe god is giving me this but I'm such a sinner.. I don't know if anyone will really take me seriously...

Amen🕊️🦁✝️

This has been my whole life. Ughhhh. I know what I have to do. God seems to tell me I'm ready, I think. I just don't want to help people. I'm afraid I'm coming to a point where I can't ignore God anymore.

Please pray for me called Know what do I do

To be effective for the lord don't get ambitious in the world where your work and money start to take over your life focus on the gift the lord gives you and use it for his purposes only...

Pray for me :( I have been praying about this. I am currently on my 3rd Job, yes it is a blessing but that question what if my calling is to be a Pastor keeps on haunting me every now and then. I am a song leader at church though. Pray for me :(

im here because God keep on giving a sign that i should go in a bible school but i keep on thinking that i dont deserve to be a pastor, i have a lot of sins and im not qualified to be a pastor

My father is a pastor at a small church called Shannondale. I have had thoughts that I want to follow that path and take over our tiny church when he leaves. Due to family circumstances in another state, he is kind of being forced to leave our church and move away. I am 24 now and have basically started setting up my life in a small town about 20 minutes away from Shannondale and the church i was raised in. My brothe and I were raised in the parsonage. we ran around the church grounds and played every day. I want so much to take up the mantle so to speak and keep our little church going. I just feel that I am not passionate enough in my faith to teach others. I also feel that without a pastor ( my dad) our church will die. It is a historic church from the thirties. Granted we only have around 20 people in the flock, but they will have nowhere to go. I have prayed, but I feel like I am not hearing or feeling what I should do. Any advise?

A guy who told me to try to get out of it. And he said the more you try get out if it the more you can tell if Jesus is calling u to preach because he said u don't want to do it. I talked about what how to become a preacher

l have 13age l like to be became a pastor

EVERYONE WHO HAS ACCEPTED Christ, SHOULD WITNESS Daily, A Pastor cannnot do it all.

hey guys what was the very LAST line he said at the end of this video?? ".....stir the pot............?"

If you are a woman you are not! "That women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety....... 10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 1 Timothy 2:9-14 (KJV)

I got one ? If want to become a pastor but you cannot read that way how would you be able to do it I know they have Bibles I know they have CDs audio how would you be able to preach to people would you be able to use to use the audio CD's and show them

It's a personal thing I was just commanded to witness Bibles are available Most can read!

If you have to ask, then God isn't the one doing the calling. If you believe God is calling you and you think that means you need to head to seminary, God isn't the one calling you.

I need help

If God is "calling" is that not out side revelation?

Event that i have been experience ,strange or miracle which I wrote in many sites, I am an Arab from State of Qatar this is not my name for personal reasons in the second half of April 2016 , I woken suddenly to witness this this phenomenon I saw on the ceiling of my room clearly and for period a few seconds,it was sufficient the image of the Christ the face clear, as i remembered , i think hinted that his hands back and appearance is very natural without the presence of things out of the ordinary, the face white and a little long, the beard is normal and the hair of the head lays on top of his shoulders the eyes with beauty and sharp looking and features are wonderful resembles from the Middle East Caucasians people , image impressed me with complete clarity . I thought at first that he looked like one of my friends to a slight degree, but quickly I felt inspiration jumped to my mind. He is Christ, I realize and know that all or the majority will not believe I understand , the importance here of what has happened is an ultimate truth. to me about the event using google as assistance to translate Arabic to English ---ظاهرة عجيبة كتبتها بمواقع كثيرة لو كنت بشك. لما دونت حرف واحد وانا مواطن قطري صاحب تعليم وثقافة واؤمن كثيرا بالفكر المادي الحسي ليس هذا اسمي لأسباب خاصة في النصف الثاني لشهر أبريل 2016م وبكامل حواسي ومستيقظ وصاحي كنت نائم فجأة نهضت وكأن اريد لي أن أشهد هذا رأيت على سقف غرفتي بصورة واضحة ولمدة لا اعرف ممكن ثواني لكنها كافية صورة السيد المسيح الوجه واضح وكأني لمحت ان يديه إلى الخلف ومظهره طبيعي جدا بدون وجود أشياء خارجة عن المألوف وجهه شكله طويل قليلا اللحية خفيفة وشعر الرأس يتدلى على بداية كتفيه تقريبا وعيون بها جمال ونظرات وملامح رائعة وابيض اللون وشكله يشبه شعوب الشرق الأوسط و الغرفة بها اضاءة خفيفة والذي أبهرني الوضوح التام للصورة وقد اعتقدت بداية انه يشبه أحد الأصدقاء بدرجة بسيطة لكن بسرعة احسست او إلهام راودني هذا هو المسيح هذه شهادة واوصل كلمتي وهي امانة احس لابد من قولها لا اسعى او ابغي الأموال والشهرة أدرك واعرف ان الكل او الاغلبيه لن تصدق أعذرهم

People Say the same thing about false prophets to

Is every Christian supposed to make sharing the gospel as their job? I want to be a Professional Basketball player..

You also dont need to feel called. You dont see feeling called to be a pastor in none of the times it talks about becoming an overseer or deacon.

Are you a good liar?? If so u will make a statement excellent preacher.

Jesus never used the word pastor even 1 time blood and flesh cannot reveal Me Pastors that add to Jesus Christ are really confused.

But, what if you tell the truth, according to Christ, and are still treated as offensive? Now, we're talking being called. What if I should preach the gospel, according to Christ, and the vast majority of Christianity, preaches a gospel ABOUT, Christ? Now, we're talking about being called. I've resisted, over 35 years. I thank God, I am ordained by him. I will never be ordained by Christianity, as we know it.

the volume of his voice is much to low

Well said but not all necessarily true.

Stir the pot of bible and pray lol. Can I add salt? 😂

I do not want to be a pastor nor do I see myself as one. During a prophecy, I was told I was going to be a pastor. My wife also had a dream that I became a pastor.....The desire is not in my heart. Being a pastor is too much to deal with.

Frankly I'm shocked the this Pastor left out the most important thing. Requirements and Qualifications! I'll say it again, Requirements and Qualifications! A man (and I do mean men, not women) can have all those prerequisites that he just explained and be single, or divorced , and his wife is still living, to name two examples, and he does NOT qualify for Pastoral office. Period! I don't care how much he thinks he's qualified. This is shocking to me that he didn't say these things FIRST!

I'm just saying 666 likes.....

Learn about Islam and revert.

I have criminal charges (cannabis before it was legal)... Can I become a pastor, or will god disallow it?

Thank you

Amen