This is a discussion guide I used at a Single's Conference at Christian Stronghold Church on May 23, 2009. Hope you find it helpful and please do contact me if you are interested in such workshops.
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Singles @ Csc Making Your Plan (For 狠狠撸 Share) 5 22 09
1. Making Your “Life
Mission” Plans
? Why Care About Life
Mission?
? 3 Pillars of Mission
? Talents of Delight
? Place & Setting of Appeal
? Purpose to Partner with
God & Others
? Assessing your Mission
? Next Steps
? Q&A
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2. Why Care About Life
Mission?
? God has plans for our life
? Jer. 29.11
? We are commanded to serve &
love: Matt. 22.36-40
? God
? Neighbor (Family,
Community, Society)
? Enemy
? More control of time & resources
than marrieds so don’t waste it
? Service in Area of Mission =
quality & quantity of life
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3. 3 Pillars of Life Mission
? Toexercise that talent
you most delight in
? In
the places and
settings which God has
caused to appeal to you
? For
the purposes God
most needs to have
done in the world
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4. Talent of Delight
? Talents
? Natural & spiritual gifts,
? cultivated skills,
? learned knowledge,
? of Delight
? naturalaptitude
? gives deep satisfaction
? near-perfect
performance
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5. Places & Settings of
Appeal
? Physical or mental work
? Indoor or outdoor work
? Climate: warm, temperate,
cold
? Single or multi-culture
? Variety & Change or not
? Making things or people
? Risk: hi or low
? Working alone or in groups
? starting or maintaining
(managing)
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6. Places & Settings of
Appeal (cont’d)
? Researching or
Implementing
? Details or on big picture
? Science or art focus
? Lots of interruptions or not
? Objective or subjective
measure of success
? Pace: fast or slow
? Work & Play: the same or
different
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7. Purposes & Needs
? God partners with people
to achieve His purposes
? Clues to Purpose
? personal trauma
? particularly offensive evil
? area of deep experience,
knowledge & interest
? issue that align with/
offends values
? point of resonant change
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8. Assessments for
Discovering Mission
? Who I am?
? Interests
? Personality (
? Values
? What I Think & Feel?
? Passion
? Priorities
? What I Can & Like Doing?
? Learning Styles
? Life Narratives
? Areas of Service
? Barriers
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9. Next Steps
? Recommit to service
? Adopt accountability partners
? Assess & observe the Pillars
of your Mission
? Live the priorities & values
that allow you to achieve your
mission
? Plan for overcoming barriers
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10. Further Reading
? 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People - Covey
? Getting Things Done - Allen
? The Power of Full
Engagement - Loehr
? What Color Is Your
Parachute? - Bolle
? www.wiseworking.com
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