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DISCOVERING
A GUIDE FOR WRITING YOUR PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT AND CREATING SHORT TERM GOALS FOR LIVING OUT THE LIFE GOD AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED
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care for the lonely in short be a servant to everyone. All the while were to love God more than anything else and worship him and him only. Thats the purpose for your life. Believe it or not, when you lose yourself in God and for God you will experience the pleasure and love of God in a way you never have before. Thats the abundant life God wants for you. The purpose of this guide is to help you discover and fulfill your unique role in his plan. He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor. (Proverbs 21:21)
MY JOURNEY
I have been a Christian all my life. Christian schools, church twice on Sunday, serving on committees. I believed Jesus was the Son of God, the Bible was absolutely true the works. Then at age 31, after experiencing a crisis of faith, I repented of my religious Christianity and chose instead to become a follower of Jesus. That became the purpose of my life. It is a role that supersedes that of a husband, father, employer, church-goer, but it changed and improved my performance and enjoyment in each of these other roles. I started devouring the Bible, got two spiritual mentors, and jumped feet first into lay ministry, primarily introducing businessmen like myself to Jesus. God blessed all of it. So much so that in 1984,
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