IT IS NOT ABOUT US

IT IS ABOUT GOD
 

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Consider the following, and write out what has conflicted with God's will.  

1)    The overall focus of your life in the past few years. (Example: getting rich). _____________

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2)    The focus of your life now. ___________________________________________________

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3)    Recent decisions. (Example: lying) _____________________________________________

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4)    What do you hope to gain by fulfilling your own will if it is in conflict with God's? __________

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5)    What change can you make in your perspective to have an ongoing attitude consistent with Luke 22:42?  _____________________________________________________________________

LOOKING AT YOUR LIFE

 

1)    Look at this line representing human history and note the dot.

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2)    That dot compared to a line showing 5000 years of human history is your life. Seeing that dot as your life may help give perspective to understanding that your life is a mist. Write a couple of sentences that describe how you see your life when you picture it is so short compared to even human history, much less eternity. ________________________________________________

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Think about the illustration of the bride and pleasing her. Take a moment to visualize yourself giving 20 minutes of completely selfless time to do what pleases God. What does that look like? _________________________________________________________________________

3)    Write out what keeps you from making that an hour, or a day or a full week or longer? _________________________________________________________________________

4)    What are some significant differences between living your life for yourself and living it for God? _________________________________________________________________________

5)    List different aspects of your life below. They could include work, taking care of possessions and spending time with others.

6)    Rate each of them on a scale from 1 to 10 for 10 for how hard you work at them. 

7)    Write out what keeps you from working harder at each of them.

8)    Next to each item put a number that prioritizes the importance you place on each item.

9)    Place a number next to each of them, and put them in order of the priority you believe God would have you placed on them and circle that number

#7 - #11                                      (1-10)       Why not work                 (1-10)           (1-10) 

Aspects of Life                        Hard Work        Harder                   Importance  God’s View

______________________    _______     ________________       _______     _______

______________________    _______     ________________       _______     _______

______________________    _______     ________________       _______     _______

______________________    _______     ________________       _______     _______

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______________________    _______     ________________       _______     _______

10) For the tasks, where there is a difference, note what reason you have for having a different priority than God has. _________________________________________________________

11) What is going on differently in your head if you are picturing doing each of those tasks for the Lord.    ______________________________________________________________

12) Read Matt 22:37-39 How often during the day are these two commands foremost in your mind?  _______________________________________________________________

13) On a scale from 1 to 10 how much is it in your mind to be a witness to unbelievers by your actions?    _______

14) On a scale from 1 to 10 how much are your actions a witness of God's love to unbelievers.     _______

15) Choose three activities you spend a fair amount of time on for leisure or entertainment. If you were living your whole life for God, what would you be doing differently with all or part of that time?

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16) Think about a day that you'd typically have. Visualize this day being given entirely to God's glory, and living each moment for Him. Write down 10 or 15 things that you might do throughout that day. It might look like the list below, which are only meant to be some common examples to help spur your thoughts.

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  • Wake up, thank the Lord for another day. 
  • Pray, 
  • Read and meditate on the Bible
  • Eating and performing self-care
  • Thinking about what God might have in store for you and asking him to provide you opportunities to share his love.
  • On the way to work, pray, asking the Lord to show you who you might be able to call while driving and encourage them.
  • Before you call (using hands free of course, Jesus never held a phone while driving) you ask the Lord to give you the words to say. 
  • As you're walking into work. ask the Lord to make your life a witness and to help you show love to your work mate.
  • Your focus is working for the Lord, not for your boss or for yourself. 
  • As you're working, you might get tempted to slack off a bit.  You might think, Lord I'm doing this for you, and I'm going to do my best. I remember the Son of Man had no place to lay his head. Working hard for you is the least I can do in this comfortable environment. 
  • You ask God to help you appreciate the things you might otherwise grumble about. 
  • On the way home, you might pray about your interactions with your family when you get home or if you're single again the Lord to bring to mind someone you might be able to call or visit to encourage or help. 
  • If you memorize scripture, it's not a bad time to say, when I am weak, then I am strong.
  • If you walk in the door and things are not the way you'd want them, remember again that the Son of man had no place to lay his head.
  • You might spend the evening in service and fellowship with those around you.
  • You fall asleep thanking God for another day.

 

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