Notes:
Drive ... Guide, control, direct ..... Everyone influenced by something ... Hundreds of circumstances, values and emotions... 5 common ones:
Guilt .. Regrets, shame .. Past controls future .. We are products of our past, not prisoners
Resentment and anger... Clam up or blow up .. Need to practice forgiveness
Fear ... Afraid to venture out, play it safe, miss opportunities .. A self imposed prison
Materialism...self worth and net worth are not the same thing
Need for approval .. Expectations of spouses, parents, children .. Key to failure is to try and please everyone
Benefits of purpose driven life:
Gives meaning
Simplifies your life ... If you can't get it all done you are doing more than God intended
Focuses your life .. Effort and energy on what is important
Motivates your life .. Purpose produces passion
Knowing purpose prepares you for eternity .. Don't focus on earthly legacy
The big questions .......
What did you do with my Son Jesus Christ?
What did you do with what I gave you?
Thoughts:
My life is one rush, juggling demands of work and family with little time to contemplate and being too tired to think at the day's end. There is very little time for anything else in my life, but where do you go from here? Can I step out of this ... Is that realistic? I keep thinking life will get a bit easier, but then another truck (challenge, problem, issue, crisis, etc) comes around the corner!
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