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Divine Dispatch
Discover, Develop and Deploy Your Kingdom Assignment
by LaJun Cole; Valora Cole
Pub Date 11 Oct 2022 | Archive Date 31 Oct 2022
Chosen, Chosen Books
Christian | Nonfiction (Adult) | Religion & Spirituality
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God sent people like Joseph, Deborah, David, Jesus and Paul to accomplish His purposes on the earth, throughout the Bible. You were born with a divine assignment and distinct assignment to make a difference. Yet most of us have trouble recognizing what that actually is--let alone living it out day-to-day.
This book is filled with practical insights and tangible takeaways, this book will help you discern how the Lord has uniquely equipped you--and for what purpose. You'll also learn how to master and maximize your gifts and discover how to joyfully carry out His call on your life each and every day.
We were created to become a force of change in the lives of others--to reform, transform, ignite hope, solve problems, and bring healing and deliverance. It's time to find and fulfill the reason you are here.
I give Divine Dispatch five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
Answering Your Call
LaJun Cole gives background information on his wife's calling into her ministry and her diagnosis with a brain tumor, which was causing her body to shut down. LaJun states that she was told there was nothing more they (the doctors) could do, and she was discharged with several medications to make her comfortable and not able to take care of herself. Basically, she was sent home to die. That was in 2007, fifteen years ago. God had great plans for her, which were to discover her ministry.
The authors state that there are diverse ways and times in which we discover our assignments and many different means of discovery. They list a few below:
• Discovery in dreams
• Discovery by direct announcement from God
• Discovery by prophecy
• Discovery by prayer
• Discovery by angelic visitation
For each mean of discovery listed above, the authors provide questions to ponder and a very heart-felt prayer.
The authors discuss "Divine Dispatch" and defines it as:
1. The word divine is defined as “relating to or coming from God or a god,”
2. The word dispatch is defined as “to send quickly for a purpose.”
They discuss the "Divine Dispatch" of several noteworthy figures in the Bible, to include Jesus. They, also, state that their are enemies to our divine dispatch, and there are two types of opposition: (1) Opposition that comes from the inside, and (2) Opposition that comes from the outside.
The authors write that both can be damaging to your assignment if not brought under control. Internal opposition is often self-inflicted, and we have areas in which we have caused ourselves harm. They list some of the things that can sidetrack us, which include:
• Greed and lust for money
• Pride and over-inflated or over-estimated self-image
• Perversion of gifts for self-gain
• Competition or comparison with others
• Vanity
• Anti-submissiveness
• Unteachable spirit
• Cynicism
• Callousness
• Rejection
• Abandonment
• Fear of failing again based on failures of the past
• Fear of man • Desire to prove our own worth
• Compromise
The authors state that we must get control of these, because we can control them. We do not have to allow them to control us. We must master ourselves and be like Paul the apostle when he said, “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway ” (1 Corinthians 9: 27).
Additionally, the authors state that not all of the opposition we will experience comes from inside. Some of the warfare will come from external factors, but we shouldn't worry about these because God has them under control. They provide the following list of some external oppositions:
• Spirits of religion in regions and territories
• Familial spirits
• Seducing spirits
• Jezebel spirits
• Absalom spirits
• Bewitchers
The authors provide the their "Sent One Creed", Declarations and Decrees, Confessions, and a Prayer of a Sent One.
They, further, state that although sent ones hate to encounter a controlling spirit, the truth is that these spirits will always be there in one form or another and we will always have to deal with them; however, the good news is that they were not successful against David, Paul, Elijah or Moses, and they will not prevail and succeed with us.
LaJun and Valora Cole state that they are glad the Word of God is on our side, for it declares:
“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper”
(Isaiah 54: 17)
Well, I must admit that this book was not what I expected, and I was dreading reading it. Yes, I did download it because I enjoyed reading the authors books. WOW, yes this is a "WOW" book. It exceeded my expectations 100%. I read it and re-read certain parts to fully understand it. It is full of referencing scripture, and this is something I treasure in a spiritual written book. Not to mention, the authors provide several prayers, and declarations and decrees. I Highly recommend this book.