Stop just going through the motions and trying to fill the emptiness of life with material things and/or the approval of others. Discover your purpose and live into your God-given calling!
When you know and live out your purpose you’ll:
- experience true significance,
- make a meaningful impact in the world around you,
- feel passionately engaged in your daily life.
Discoveries Awaiting You in This Episode:
- How our worldview impacts the way we define and approach discovering our purpose. [4:24]
Purpose vs Goal
- The difference between a purpose and a goal.Get this wrong and you’ll exert a lot of effort, think your achieving something of significance, only to discover you’ve been traveling in the wrong direction. [7:14]
Why Know Your Purpose?
- There are at least three compelling reasons for discovering and living out your purpose. Which one motivates you the most? [7:43]
Your Primary and Secondary Calling
- Do you know the difference between your primary purpose or calling and your secondary calling? You will after you listen to the podcast! This is an important distinction. Get these switched and you’re in for some frustrating heartache.[8:50]
- Learn how to overcome the 5 common obstacles that tend to keep people from responding to God’s call. [11:54]
- Five (well, kinda six) strategies can help you discern your secondary calling. Also, I’ll share how to know if you need to make a course correction. [20:41]
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lINKS & rESOURCES mENTIONED
Quotes and Citations
- Quote from psychologist Martin Seligman, PhD is from a press release by the American Psychological Association. http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2009/08/positive-educate.aspx
- Statistics from The American Journal of Psychiatry related to the increasing rate of depression in the US over the past 50 years. https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.12.2141
Additional Resources
- Episode 12: Discover Your Purpose - Part One. If you missed Part One, you’ll want to listen to that first before listening to this episode.
- The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life by Os Guinness. This is one of my favorite books of all time (besides the Bible, of course.) It’s available from Amazon.com and if you purchase through my link, a few cents will go to support the Agape SoulSpa ministry.
- If you struggle with an attitude of insignificance, you’ll benefit from hearing the Scriptures I’ve gathered into an audio download. Click here to access this free 5-part series of very brief but highly impactful Scripture meditations.
Scripture Passages
- Here are a couple of Scripture passages to look at if you struggle with an attitude of arrogance: Isaiah 6: 1-7 and 1 Corinthians 1:26-31. Read the Scriptures and look specifically at God’s character. Humility is likely to result.
- I also mentioned the importance of focusing on God’s abilities and rather than your inability. The examples of Moses in the book of Exodus and Gideon in the book of Judges, chapters 6-8 come to mind. And as promised here is a link to one of my favorite verses: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 which highlights how God uses difficult life experiences to equip us to help others.
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