Outline: LIVING WITH PURPOSE II
Download PDF format:
LIVING WITH PURPOSE
Part 2
“The Lord Will perfect that which concerns me”. (Psalms 138:8 NKJV)
—————————————————————————
STEP 1: ACHIEVED RESULTS
What specific action did you commit to doing last week? What was the results?
STEP 2: REFLECTIONS
Instructions:Take turns reading the following paragraphs with others. As you read, underline the ideas that stand out to you.
Passion
As the first characteristic of our purpose, passion is a mixture of what the person loves and hates, giving them the motivation to change their reality. How would you change your life if you could do something? Sometimes it’s the love for something that compels the individual to change the world; but sometimes, it’s what annoys or disappoints them about the world that compels them to perform deeds to change it. All great achievements are made and sustained by passion.
You have to burn with passion for an idea, a problem, or a mistake that you want to correct. Without passion you will never stay in the fight when life gets tough. It’s passion that keeps us standing in the face of apparent atrocities; and it’s the same passion that makes us reject failure no matter how painful the path to the top is.
Potential
The second characteristic of purpose is to discover our potential. What are our innate talents and abilities? We are all born unique. What skills can a person contribute to improve the world? You are a son of God, you were created to manifest the glory that exists in our being; And by letting our light shine, we give other people permission to do the same.
The great treasures on earth can be found in cemeteries all over the world. Well, in these cemeteries are buried the potential of the multitudes who were looking for a safe life. Could it be that daring to achieve greatness is meaningless and that’s why hardly anyone does it? Living in fear only shows that the person never reaches their potential; therefore, it never fulfills its purpose.
First whats important
To live a meaningful life a person must learn to focus their time on their purpose. Life is made of time, which is why time management is an elementary skill. If a person develops the skill of managing time without directing it towards its purpose, they are surely wasting their life. Well, even with good time management, most of the time you will be easily distracted by the little things, unless you have a well-established purpose and vision.
You would be very upset if a person accesses your bank account and steals all your money. However, most people are not bothered when some kind of evildoer enters their lives to steal their time.
For a person to live a meaningful life, they must learn to say no to the good, to have enough time to say yes to the great. The rich and the poor in America have 24 hours a day; but how they spend their time makes a difference.
Urgent matters are usually visible. They pressure us and insist on action; but many times they are not important. Importance, on the contrary, means results. If something is important, it contributes to your mission, your values and your most important goals.
Urgent matters must be attended to immediately; But the highest-priority issues, important as they are, are generally not urgent and require the discipline of planning to spend the time necessary to carry them out.
To achieve his purpose, it’s imperative that the person invests time and effort in tasks in which he is an expert.
————————————————————————–
Benefits of living with purpose.
- You will spend your days on things that have more meaning. Goodbye to empty and meaningless days! By having your purpose clear, you will no longer waste your days on meaningless activities, because you have already committed to something more important and meaningful in which to invest your energy and time.
- Managing our time is one of the most powerful multipliers of results. When a person starts working on the most important tasks first, prioritizing them from most to least important, they ensure that the key tasks (tasks in the direction of their purpose and vision) are taken care of first, spending less time on tasks that are not important. productive or waste of time.
———————————————————————————–
Steps to follow:
- Write down on a piece of paper what you are passionate for. That wiill help you find your purpose and you will be able to live with more meaning.
- Write what you know how to do best.
- Write what you can least stand.
- Write on a card the five most important tasks you have to do tomorrow and list them in order of importance. The next day you have to see that little card and start working on number one until it is complete, and then you have to do #2 and so on. Every day take time the day before to write down your five most important things for the next day.
LIVING WITH PURPOSE
Part 2
STEP 3: REFLECT AND RESPONSE
Choose something that you underlined as important to you. Take a minute to share with everyone what you chose and why it is important to you.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
STEP 4: AUTO EVALUATION
Respond the following section of self-evaluation:
On a scale of 1 to 10: How much of your time do you invest in your passion andpurpose? ___________
Why did you give yourself this score?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
What benefits would you obtain from improving your score?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
What people do you know that are a good example of this quality? What do you admire the most from this person?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
What specific action can you take immediately to improve your score?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
STEP 5: SHARE YOUR ACTION STEPS
Take a moment to share your responses from the self-evaluation section, include the action that you plan to take to improve in that area. We ask that everyone participates.
Instructions for the host:
- Make the calling:
“Lord Jesus, I recognize that I have sinned and that you died for me. Today I repent and ask for forgiveness. I give you my life and my heart so that you may be my Lord and personas Savior, amen”.
- Impartation: Pray and activate what you have learned today.
- Pray for the offering.