Purpose Driven Life Day 39

Balancing your life.

Blessed are the blanced; they shall outlast everyone.

One of the events in the summer olympics is the pentathlon. It is composed of five events: pistol shooting, fencing, horseback riding, running and swimming. The pentathlete's goal is to succeed in al lfive areas, not just one or two.

Your life is a pentathlon of five purposes, which you must keep in blance. These purposes were practiced by the first Christians in Acts 2, explained by Paul in Ephesians 4, and modeled by Jesus in John 17, but they are summarized in the Great Commandment and the Great Commissions of Jesus. These two statements sum up what this books is all about-God's five purposes for your life:

1. "Love God with all your heart"

2. "Love your neighbor as yourself"

3. "Go and make disciples"

4. "Baptize them into..."

5. "Teach them to do all things..."

Talk it through with a spiritual partner or small group. The best way to internalize the principes in this book is to discuss them with others in a small-group setting.

Give yourself a regular spiritual check-up. The best way to balance the five purposes in your live if to evaluate yourself periodically. God places a high value on the habit of self-evaluation.

Write down your progress in a journal. The best way to reinforce your progress in fulfilling God's purposes for your life is to keep a spiritual journal. This is not a diary of events, buta record of the life lessons you don't want to forget.

Pass on what you know to others. If you want to keep growing, the best way to learn more is to pass on what you have already learned.

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point to ponder: Blessed are the balanced

verse to remember: :"Live life with a due sense of responsiblity, not as those who do not know the meaning of life but as those who do." Ephesians 5:15

question to consider: Which of the four activites will I begin in order to stay on track and blance God's five purposes for my life?

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