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  Chapter 26 — Terry’s church role as God’s placement: growth, deep satisfaction,
  and flying free into new opportunity instead of quitting.
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# Terry's God Placement and Flying Free

**Author:** Dean Rush  
**Book:** *Flying Free* · **Chapter 26:** Perfect Touchdown – Examples in Good Landings  
**Full book:** [deanrush.net/downloads/flyingfreebook.md](https://deanrush.net/downloads/flyingfreebook.md)

## Context for the Reader

Terry’s story closes with theological weight: placement by God, unmatched satisfaction, refusal to quit, and the book’s title image — flying free of encumbrance into new opportunity. This lesson holds that close only.

> Voice note: Everything under **Dean's excerpt** is Dean's original prose (lightly cleaned only). Sections marked **Biblical foundations**, **Scholar sidebar**, **Takeaways**, and **First-time learner** are enrichment for Asker / first readers — not Dean speaking.

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## Biblical foundations (preface)

Dean attributes Terry’s church effectiveness to God’s placement and links satisfaction to being where God wants him — a biblical pattern of calling, fruit, and freedom from old bonds.

| Dean's claim | Scriptural undercarriage |
| --- | --- |
| Appointment was placement by God | We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works (Ephesians 2:10) |
| Never such satisfaction; where God wants him | Delight yourself in the Lord… he will give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4) |
| Did not quit; flew free to new opportunity | It is for freedom that Christ has set us free (Galatians 5:1); forget what is behind (Philippians 3:13–14) |

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## Dean's excerpt

### Where God wants him

His appointment was absolutely a placement by God because the church has achieved fantastic growth that would have buried most without proper planning and maximum use of resources. Terry’s planning and oversight have been the foundation that provided a great church the ability to properly develop and move forward with its ministry. He is a great resource and he is the first to say that he has never had such satisfaction in his life, because now he knows he is where God wants him. He didn’t quit when most would have, but instead he has flown free of what was encumbering his life to a completely new opportunity.

> **Scholar sidebar — Placement and freedom**  
> Ephesians 2:10 roots good works in God’s preparation. Psalm 37:4 ties delight and desire. Galatians 5:1 and Philippians 3:13–14 name freedom and forward strain. Dean’s “flown free” is vocation under God, not escape from responsibility.

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## Takeaways

1. **God placement.** Growth that would bury others needed Terry’s planning.
2. **Foundation role.** Oversight enabled ministry development.
3. **Deepest satisfaction.** He says he has never had such satisfaction.
4. **Knows he is where God wants him.** Orientation is vertical, not only useful.
5. **Flew free.** Encumbrance released into completely new opportunity — without quitting life.

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## First-time learner

### What is Dean saying in one sentence?
Terry’s church CFO work was God’s placement — it underwrote growth, gave him unmatched satisfaction in knowing God’s will, and let him fly free into new opportunity instead of quitting.

### Why “flown free” here?
Because the book’s title lands in a life story: free of what encumbered him, not free of purpose.

### Key verses to read with this lesson
- **Ephesians 2:10** — Created for good works God prepared.
- **Psalm 37:4** — Delight in the Lord.
- **Galatians 5:1** — Freedom Christ gives.
- **Philippians 3:13–14** — Strain toward what is ahead.

### A simple practice
Pray: “Show me where You want me.” Write one next faithful step that uses a skill you already have.

### How this feeds Ask Dean
Seed material for: *What does Dean mean by God placement? How did Terry fly free? Why didn’t he quit?*