What do you think?
Rate this book
Connect to Your Calling
Empower yourself and deepen your faith when you learn to listen to your God-given instincts.
Each of us has innate instincts that drive our actions, our feelings, and our desires. Learning to recognize, understand, and act on those instincts can help each of us reach for the opportunities and step into the purpose for which God has called us.
In Connect to Your Calling, a digest based on the 2014 New York Times bestseller Instinct , New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes helps readers identity and understand the longings and interests at the core of who we are. He them guides readers to use those passions to uncover their goals, intentions, and purpose.
The profound but easy-to-apply lessons in this short book will help you evaluate your gifts and talents, uncover your purpose, and walk boldly into your calling and a life of purpose.
Each of us has innate instincts that drive our actions, our feelings, and our desires. Learning to recognize, understand, and act on those instincts can help each of us reach for the opportunities and step into the purpose for which God has called us.
In Connect to Your Calling, a digest based on the 2014 New York Times bestseller Instinct , New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes helps readers identity and understand the longings and interests at the core of who we are. He them guides readers to use those passions to uncover their goals, intentions, and purpose.
The profound but easy-to-apply lessons in this short book will help you evaluate your gifts and talents, uncover your purpose, and walk boldly into your calling and a life of purpose.
128 pages, Hardcover
Published June 4, 2024
13 people are currently reading
18 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
June 2, 2024
Connect to Your Calling by T. D. Jakes Book Review
In Connect to Your Calling, T.D. Jakes. He share the hidden truth that each of us hold the key to our own calling, purpose, and sense of fulfillment. Instinct is the key. He explained how he has met many people are unfulfilled and how they hate going into work every day. They don’t know their calling. He looked at instinct and how our creativity, resourcefulness, knowledge all work together to provide us fulfillment. He encouraged us to take inventory of what’s inside us first. He used a lot of animal references throughout the book to get his message across. He explained the role of cages and how they still choose to lock the cages at the zoo. It’s mainly because animals are drawn to the wild even though their needs and food is provided for them and they have it made inside the cage. He compared this to a role of an entrepreneur. He shared how he had to choose to move to Dallas and how God instructed him to move their and buy a church property and built a church. He admitted how he hasn’t ever regretted moving to Dallas. He discovered his calling.
One of my favorite stories was about what he witnessed when he toured Nike’s headquarters. One of the displays had a tennis show stuck in a waffle iron. Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman teamed up and created a new sole for better running and it was inspired by a waffle iron and they were able to follow their instincts. They were able to come up with a concept for a brand new shoe. This story was very inspiring.
I would recommend this awesome book about our calling to anyone who is questioning their path. This book will provide readers with the tools to search out what God has for them. This book is a small compact book to make it easier for readers to study the principles.
In Connect to Your Calling, T.D. Jakes. He share the hidden truth that each of us hold the key to our own calling, purpose, and sense of fulfillment. Instinct is the key. He explained how he has met many people are unfulfilled and how they hate going into work every day. They don’t know their calling. He looked at instinct and how our creativity, resourcefulness, knowledge all work together to provide us fulfillment. He encouraged us to take inventory of what’s inside us first. He used a lot of animal references throughout the book to get his message across. He explained the role of cages and how they still choose to lock the cages at the zoo. It’s mainly because animals are drawn to the wild even though their needs and food is provided for them and they have it made inside the cage. He compared this to a role of an entrepreneur. He shared how he had to choose to move to Dallas and how God instructed him to move their and buy a church property and built a church. He admitted how he hasn’t ever regretted moving to Dallas. He discovered his calling.
One of my favorite stories was about what he witnessed when he toured Nike’s headquarters. One of the displays had a tennis show stuck in a waffle iron. Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman teamed up and created a new sole for better running and it was inspired by a waffle iron and they were able to follow their instincts. They were able to come up with a concept for a brand new shoe. This story was very inspiring.
I would recommend this awesome book about our calling to anyone who is questioning their path. This book will provide readers with the tools to search out what God has for them. This book is a small compact book to make it easier for readers to study the principles.
March 31, 2024
I requested this book because Pastor Jakes has always in the past shared nuggets in his work, but this one was a disappointment. There was nothing original in this title with regards to finding God’s calling in my life.
The one the pages felt like they were taken from the Bible but shared in a secular format, for example the Bible says the Holy Spirit will lead us and guide us. This book mentioned it’s our innate instincts that drive our action. Reading that section again I’m hoping he’s referencing the Holy Spirit within each of us.
I wanted more of a spiritual aspect from this title or more on the analogy of the giraffes in the chapter titled Taste the Treetops. ( eat at eye level). It’s ok I didn’t get either but I’m glad I had the opportunity to read this book.
In exchange for my honest review I received a copy of this galley.
The one the pages felt like they were taken from the Bible but shared in a secular format, for example the Bible says the Holy Spirit will lead us and guide us. This book mentioned it’s our innate instincts that drive our action. Reading that section again I’m hoping he’s referencing the Holy Spirit within each of us.
I wanted more of a spiritual aspect from this title or more on the analogy of the giraffes in the chapter titled Taste the Treetops. ( eat at eye level). It’s ok I didn’t get either but I’m glad I had the opportunity to read this book.
In exchange for my honest review I received a copy of this galley.
June 2, 2024
Meh. 🤷🏾♀️
I like the fact this book was a quick read. I honestly was surprised T. D. Jakes is the author. Based on the title and who he is, I expected this book to encourage/ instruct readers in how to Connect to your calling in life with God as your guide. I was wrong.
I won’t spoil the book for those who desire to read it. There were some good nuggets of motivation, but again not at all what I expected. This is my honest opinion.
Thank you NetGalley and Faithwords for the opportunity to read this ARC.
I like the fact this book was a quick read. I honestly was surprised T. D. Jakes is the author. Based on the title and who he is, I expected this book to encourage/ instruct readers in how to Connect to your calling in life with God as your guide. I was wrong.
I won’t spoil the book for those who desire to read it. There were some good nuggets of motivation, but again not at all what I expected. This is my honest opinion.
Thank you NetGalley and Faithwords for the opportunity to read this ARC.
August 6, 2024
I really wanted to like this book I did. I saw the cover of it and instantly picked it up at my local bookstore. Maybe it was just me but I found it hard to follow along. I felt like nothing was making sense and things were just jumbled around. At time I forgot it was a Christian book seeing as how little he talks about God. Usually when I read a book it syncs in and I understand it, but this one just had me confused and at times I would ask, what is going on? Maybe other people could get good stuff from this book, I cannot even though I really and truly wanted too and tried.
April 3, 2024
I enjoyed this book. I love reading book by T.D. Jakes, because they are always inspirational. I even used to watch him on TV and online. I need to watch him again. I'm grateful that netgalley and the publishers let me read this in exchange for an honest review.
September 29, 2024
Informative but I’m not a fan of how all over-the-place this book was and the wording was uninformed.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews