3. Understanding the will of
God Peace
Wisdom of
Kairos
Kingdom
Language
Fellowship
Self-knowledge
Holy Spirit
Word of God
Surrender
4. The Primary Call: Love
Relationships
Love the Lord God with all
and your neighbour
as yourself
5. Calling:
”The thing is to understand myself, to
see what God really wants me to do;
the thing is to find the truth which is
true for me, to find the idea for which I
can live and die!
6. 3 aspects of Calling:
Nehemiah
Focus on especially Nehemiah 1 and
look at the 3 aspects to Nehemiah’s
calling:
2. What he sees/knows about God
3.What he sees/knows about himself
4.What he learns about the context
Or Abraham (Gen 12:1-9), Gideon (Judges 6:11-23), Paul (Acts
9:1-18)
7. Passions
Gifts
Style Me
Core values
Aspirations/dreams
Regrets/mistakes/hurts.
Imprints:principles,people.
Decisions
Where
When Calling
Context God
8. People
Infants Children Youth
Teen moms Single parents College
Students
Divorced Widowed Singles
Career women Young married Refugees
Parents Empty nesters Homeless
Unemployed Elderly Disabled
Prisoners Poor Hospitalized
Others…………..
9. Issues
Environment Child care
Homosexuality
Discipleship AIDS Politics
Violence Injustice Racism
Education Addictions International
Economic Reaching the lost Technology
Health care Poverty Family
Abortion Hunger Literacy
Church Sport Arts………….
10. Gifts
Administration Apostleship
Hand skills Creative Communication
Discernment Encouragement
Evangelism Faith
Sharing Service
Hospitality Intersession
Knowledge Leadership
Compassion Prophesy
Shepherd Training
Wisdom Sport
12. Needs/challenges:
What HIV/Aids
does Poverty
Violence
the Ethnic strife
Sexism
context Crime
Disrupted families
call for? Corruption
13. Opportunities/Strengths:
What
Transformation Prayer
does Church structures
the Leadership development
Agriculture
context Keenness to learn
Tourism
call for? Sport
14. Where do you want to build
the Kingdom?
1. Services
2. Housing
3. Technology
4. Sport and recreation
5. Families
6. Science
7. Arts
8. Communication
9. Management
10. Justice
11. Ecology
12. Social Sciences
13. Education
14. Health
15. Religion
16. Economy
17. Agriculture
15. Mission Statement:
• God wants…
…………………………………………….
• My Context calls me to…
…………………………………………….
• I have a Passion for…
…………………………………………….
• My Gifts are…
…………………………………………….
• My Style is…
………………………………………………
• Marker people/events/decisions remind me that …
………………………………………………
16. Mission Statement:
• Get your specific target group!
• Formulate your desired outcome!
• Choose the verb that encapsulates
your preferred action with them.
• Decide on the vehicle with which
you want to reach your destination.
17. Verb:
• Train
• Facilitate
• Motivate
• Build
• Energize
• Cultivate
• Be a tree for..
• Be a crutch for..
• Care for
• Comfort
• Empower
• …………
18. Callings to:
• Relationship with God + others
• Life purpose (Life Mission Statement)
• Small moments of each day
• Stewardship
• Obedience
• Even sometimes without logic (a person
who stutters becoming a diplomat?!)
19. George Bernard Shaw:
This is the true joy of life:
…being used for a purpose..a mighty one!
My life belongs to the whole community.
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die!
Life is a sort of splendid torch…..I want to
make it burn as brightly as possible
before handing it on to future
generations!!!!!!
Hinweis der Redaktion
One of the most pertinent questions people normally ask when you state that you have found your calling by listening to God’s voice is: “How do you understand the will of God?” This slide says that 8 factors should be aligned before you can say, “This is the will of God.” The factors are stated in sequence on the slide. Surrender: Most important of all is to surrender yourself totally to whatever God asks. Word of God: We have to be deeply rooted in the Word of God before we understand His way of thinking. Holy Spirit: As the Holy Spirit communicates with our spirit, it gives us a sense of understanding deeper than superficial knowledge. Self-knowledge: You have to understand your talents and possible contributions within the Kingdom of God, but also understand what in yourself are the biggest hurdles to overcome in fulfilling God’s will. Fellowship: The fellowship of the believers should be used trusted much more in our decision-making process. Kingdom language: Understanding the uniqueness of the Kingdom of God and how it operates is a prerequisite in understanding God’s will. Wisdom of Kairos: God has a certain timing in which He does/prefers things. Discovering the golden Kingdom opportunities and what God carries in His own heart for a specific time helps us a lot in knowing His will. Peace: Only after making your initial decision in obeying God’s will, you will find peace of mind. Stating that you do have peace, before going through the 7 previous steps, and moving forward is often a dangerous approach in fulfilling God’s will. We have to distinguish between peace of spirit and peace in our emotions. Often God’s will disturb our own emotions but creates a deep peace in spirit. On this we often say, “I know what to do even if it will not be pleasant.”