Story Starters

1. If money were no object, what would you do for the rest of your life?
[The answer to this question is your greatest life goal – what you were put on this earth for.]

2. Now ask yourself the same question, keeping in mind what God had in mind for you at the moment of your birth – what would you do with the rest of your life? How would you invest your core values and passions, you key gifts and abilities, and your significant life experiences to make a lasting difference to this world?

Your core values and passions: make a list of what really matters to you. Is there something you wish you could change? Something that bothers you, keeps you awake at night? What awakens righteous anger in your heart? What is it you care deeply about?

Your key gifts and abilities: look at the things you do exceptionally well, that you are good with or a natural at. When you exercise these gifts, you feel more fully alive.

Your significant life experiences: look at key occurrences in your past (both good and bad) that have shaped who you are today. Positive experiences that built deep confidence in certain areas of your life. Desperately painful encounters that give you empathy for others who are hurt in this way.

3. Now look for ways these intersect in your life. Where do the three seem to combine with exceptional potential? Where they overlap may be where God is leading you.