ENCOUNTER WITH YOUR LIFE PURPOSE
Life Purpose statements “before”
- “To be a worship leader among other things.”
- “I want to become a physical therapist and show people the love of God and to worship God.”
- “Something to do with music/ministry/prophet. God has told me in my quiet time just yesterday that I am appointed. I didn’t even know about Jeremiah 1:5.”
- “In making musing to encourage this generation and to use my gift of prophesy.”
- “Technical production: spreading God’s truth through audio, video and lighting.”
- “To reach out to people, rise against cyber bullying, help the bullied, open safe homes for the abused, provide for the needy.”
- “Preaching; maybe missions trips.”
- “I think it might be graphic design; I am not completely sure but using it for God’s Kingdom.”
- “Showing God through movie makeup.”
- “I want to help others. I feel like my life purpose is to look beyond myself and allow God to use me to serve others.”
- “I think I would like to do journalism or some king of design. And I definitely have a heart for Africa.”
- “Music/dance/theater ministry of some sort with children and elderly people, most likely with the arts.”
- “Missions/drama; education for children.”
- “I am passionate about leading worship and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.”
- “To bring others into communion with God through hospitality.”
- “To bring glory to God and joy to people through performing arts.”
- “Being a sports broadcaster (baseball) or worship leader/singer.”
- “I know that I have a passion for worship and musing as well as helping others.”
- “Making a difference in people’s lives and in the world.”
- “Go into nursing and therapy; work with children.”
- “I’m going to be a nurse. Then maybe a doctor if I want to stay in school.”
- “Teaching dance and training horses.”
- “Something to do with working with animals.”
- “I see myself being a leader.”
- “Being a leader.”
- “I want to be a vet.”
Life Purpose statements “After”
- “My Life Purpose is to help people see their worth as a child of God.”
- “My Life Purpose is to be a voice for children with autism that are abused.”
- “My Life Purpose is to show Christ’s love and compassion to others through art and painting.”
- “To aid lost, lonely or starving children find a family and their eternal Father.”
- “To be a friend to the friendless and to let God’s love shine through me.”
- “To show people God through my testimony in the musical arts.”
- “To evangelize and make an impact on young adults and teenagers through my actions.”
- “I learned what my purpose is and why I’m here.”
Not completely sure but gained clarity
- “It helped me gain clarity in what my next step should be.”
- “It helped put words to what I was feeling and helped me describe what I was longing for.”
- “I’m not completely there. But it’s given me more clarity. Something to teach, exhort, empower people.”
- “Since I am passionate about helping and serving others I believe that is my Life Purpose, but I’m not 100% sure in which area.”
- “I am still unsure what my purpose is, but this class has helped me gain clarity.”
- “I got clarity in some places but it also has caused me to think about things that I had not thought of before.”
What impacted you the most
- “The explanation of what a life purpose is and how to identify the reason I am here. It helped me realize God made me with intent.”
- “I was able to think about what God’s plan is for me and tried to think about my life purpose.”
- “It helped me learn the difference between career and purpose.”
- “It helped me know the difference between a calling and my life purpose and focusing on that.”
- “The clarity between your life purpose and your career.”
- “It has really clarified what I am here for.”
- “All of the questions about myself and my gifts [in the handouts] helped push me and direct me toward my purpose.”
- “I learned about my life purpose and I know now that there’s a difference between purpose and career.”
- “I became able to find my life purpose and start focusing on how I can accomplish it.”
- “To find what my life purpose is.”
- “Finding my life purpose.”
- “Sorting out misconceptions and giving me motivation to seek out my life purpose.”
- “It helped me find clarity about my life purpose.”
- “It helped me discover my life purpose. It also helped me realize my career was not my life purpose.”
How the life purpose profile tool helped
Question:
How did the Life Purpose Profile help you clarify the relationship between your Life Purpose and your “inside” (your personality/natural gifts), “outside” (life experiences), and “above” (spiritual gifts, calling, and ministerial offices)?
Answers:
- “I now understand that my ‘gifts’ or ‘calling’ don’t determine my purpose, but complement it. They all go together and every part of me was made for a reason.”
- “Since I am still trying to find my life purpose through this class it made me think of a few.”
- “It helped me have a clearer understanding.”
- “Realizing that my career isn’t my life purpose; it has helped me connect my gifts and talents to my purpose.”
- “It makes me rethink what my life purpose should be and if I am on the right path.”
- “After explaining it in a way that I can understand I can begin to grasp what they are.”
- “This has showed me how everything works to complement each other – the inside, the outside and above – all enhance and bring a platform to share.”
- “I can use my ‘inside, outside and above’ to go toward my purpose.”
- “It helped me to figure out what my gifts are and how those gifts are not my life purpose.”
- “That they all are part of each other to live out your purpose.”
- “My motivational and spiritual gifts go together and go with my personality.”
- “It gave me a fantastic visual in how they all link together.”
- “I had some ideas but it helped me find it. The question about me in Jesus’ shoes helped me the most.”
- “It really made more things clear that I already had ideas about.”