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Then, early one morning I was out walking, when the Lord gave me a vision unlike anything I've received before or since. I saw myself looking up at the foot of the Cross. Blood from Jesus' feet dripped onto my head. The Lord spoke to my heart and said, I'm washing the memories away. That blood reached my heart, and the Lord said, I'm the Healer of the brokenhearted. Blood flowed down to my feet, and the Lord said, The residue of sin is gone from you. Then a big hand reached down from heaven, and handed me a clipboard and a set of old-fashioned keys. God said: This is your assignment. These are the keys to the kingdom of heaven to help you fulfill your assignment. Everything you need to fulfill your assignment can be found with these keys. It was revolutionary! My whole outlook changed that day. Not only were the guilt and shame gone, but I also began to imagine each of us holding a clipboard with our name, and our assignment from God, written on it. That vision caused John 17:4, The Message, to come alive to me in a special way. It says, "I glorified you on earth by completing down to the last detail what you assigned me to do." Let me share with you some important keys that will help you fulfill your assignment. Key #1: Listen Up I could fill a library with all I learned from my dad about fulfilling an assignment from God, but everything I learned started in one place— getting quiet before the Lord. My dad once told me, "Anytime you go into your prayer time with the Lord, always take two things—a journal and a pen. Practice hearing the voice of God." God told Jeremiah the same thing when he said for him to "write…all the words that I have spoken to you" (Jeremiah 30:2, New King James Version). It can be easy to forget what the Lord tells us during our quiet times. Research shows that ideas not captured in writing within 37 seconds are likely never to be recalled again. In seven minutes, they are gone forever. That's why it's important to write down what we hear the Lord speaking to us. I started practicing this in short, five-minute sessions. I grabbed a journal and a pen and recorded what I heard the Lord saying. Five things came to mind the first time I did it: TV, books, conferences with a theme, helping troubled teenage girls and France. None of those were anything I would have come up with on my own. And every single one has become part of my ministry. Some people say, "Don't just sit there. Do something." I say, "Don't just do something. Sit there, listen up and write down whatever you hear." Key #2: Clean Up The first thing I ever heard the Lord tell me to do was to clean my house. Sounds too simple, doesn't it? Surely, it couldn't have been God. Oh, but I was wrong. In Jesus' parable of the three servants, the master of the story rewarded his servant for doubling his money. He said, "Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things" (Matthew 25:23). What a powerful lesson! There is a link between organization and success. The way we do anything is the way we do everything. Getting things cleaned up and in order is preparation for something greater. Before the military trains its soldiers to fight, it first teaches them how to make a bed. O£cers know that if a soldier is sloppy with making their bed, they'll be sloppy with loading their weapon. So they start with something basic to establish a standard of excellence. For me, within nine months of cleaning my house, I was promoted to CEO of Jerry Savelle Ministries, where I oversaw eight o£ces worldwide. It became clear that I needed to adopt a standard of excellence in my own life before I could expect excellence from my team. Key #3: Grow Up When I graduated from college, I made one of the dumbest statements of my life. I said, "I will never study again." I was sure I'd never pick up another book. And for 11 years, I didn't. B V O V : 1 9 Some people say, 'Don't just sit there. Do something.' I say, 'Don't just do something. Sit there, listen up and write down whatever you hear.' by Terri Savelle Foy

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