The Purpose Driven Life - Part 6 - 10

March 28, 2007

As you know I am reading Rick Warren's book, The Purpose Driven Life.

Great book. I'm learning a lot about God, Jesus Christ and about myself.

Day 6: Life on Earth is a Temporary Assignment

Point To Ponder: This World is Not My Home

Verse To Remember: "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)

Question To Consider: How should the fact that life on earth is just a temporary assignment change the way I am living right now?

Day 7: The Reason For Everything - Bring Glory To God

Point To Ponder: It's All For Him

Verse To Remember: "For everything comes from God alone. Everything lives by his power, and everything is for his glory." Romans 11:36 (LB)

Question To Consider: Where in my daily routine can I become more aware of God's glory?

So this begs the question. How do your bring glory to God?

- We bring glory to God by worshipping him.

- We bring God glory by loving other believers.

- We bring God glory by becoming like Christ.

- We bring God glory by serving others with our gifts.

- We bring God glory by telling others about him.

Day 8: Planned for God's Pleasure

Point To Ponder: I was planned for God's pleasure

Verse To Remember: "The Lord takes pleasure in his people." Psalm 149:4a (TEV)

Question To Consider: What common task could I start doing as if I were doing it directly for Jesus?

Day 9: What Makes God Smile?

Point To Ponder: God smiles when I trust him

Verse To Remember: "The Lord is pleased with those who worship him and trust his love." Psalm 147:11 (CEV)

Question To Consider: Since God knows what is best, in what areas of my life do I need to trust him most?

Day 10: The Heart of Worship

Point To Ponder: The heart of worship is surrender.

Verse To Remember: "Surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes." Roman 6:13b (TEV)

Question To Consider: What are of my life am I holding back from God?

That's it for this week. But some pretty powerful observations. I especially enjoyed day 7. I have had question about worship and having this information has helped me.

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10 Steps In Writing A Mission Statement For Teams

March 26, 2007

Do you have a personal Mission Statement? Build your own right now!

A mission statement is a brief, concise statement that lends a sense of focus and direction to team efforts. The mission statement should be specific enough to serve as a benchmark for setting priorities and evaluating the value of a team's performance.

The key qualities of a mission statement are:

Its purpose is to liberate energy, mobilize, federate, ethuse, and make people think;
It should be satisfying, reasonable, equitable, ambitious, possible and consistant with corporate culture;
It should look beyond the foreseeable future;
It must be clearly expressed;
It must NOT be just an economic goal;
It must NOT be parachuted from above.

10 Steps In Writing a Mission Statement:

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Lose Fat Permanently without Losing Muscle

March 24, 2007

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Hillary Clinton Video

March 22, 2007

Ok, I was watching Fox News this morning (maybe yesterday) and all this drama was being mentioned about the video ad using Hillary's image in the old 1984 Apple commercial. So I found it on youtube.com

Really not sure what the big deal is…

Decide for yourself..