1. The document discusses balancing the five purposes in life that God intends for people: loving God, loving others, sharing God's message, being part of God's family, and becoming like Christ. 2. It recommends four things to achieve balance: discussing progress with a spiritual partner or group, regularly evaluating one's spiritual growth, keeping a journal, and passing knowledge on to others. 3. The ultimate goal of balance is to bring glory to God by continuing his work of helping people know and love him, and helping them mature and find their place of service.

1. Balancing your
Life
Section 39
Pages 305-311
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2. Eph 5:15 - So watch your step. Use
your head. Make the most of every
chance you get. These are desperate
times!
2 Pet 3:17 - Therefore, dear friends,
since you have been forewarned, be on
your guard so that you may not be
carried away by the error of the
lawless and fall from your secure
position.
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3. Blessed are the balanced:
they shall outlast everyone
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4. Your life is like a pentathlon - you
are intended to succeed in all 5
events not just 1 or 2. These 5
purposes are summed up in the
Great Commandment and Great
Commission of Jesus.
1. Love God with all your heart:
planned for God’s pleasure -
worship
2. Loving your neighbour as
yourself: serving others in love -
ministry
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5. 3. Go and make disciples:
mission of sharing God’s message
- evangelism
4. Baptise them into...: God’s
family - fellowship
5. Teach them to do all things:
becoming like Christ - discipleship
Combine the 2 great
commandments and you become
a great Christian
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6. Such balance is not easy -
we tend to overemphasise
one or two, but we can do it!
Try these 4 things:
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7. 1. Talk it through with a
spiritual partner or small group
Prov 27:17 -As iron sharpens iron, so one
person sharpens another
Form a PDL reading group to discuss
chapters on a weekly basis. Ask questions,
“so what?”, “what now?”, and do it
Php 4:9 -Whatever you have learned or received
or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into
practice.
1Thess 5:11 Therefore encourage one another
and build each other up, just as in fact you are
doing.
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8. And do your own Bible study
too - read the many Scriptures
quoted in this book in context.
Warrens own Book on Bible
study methods is an excellent
introduction to this subject.
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9. 2. Give yourself a regular
spiritual check-up
Evaluate yourself periodically.
Lam 3:40, 1Cor 11:28, 31, 13:5,
Gal 6:4 - a;; encourage this.
2 Cor 13:5 Examine yourselves to
see whether you are in the faith; test
yourselves. Do you not realize that
Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of
course, you fail the test?
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10. 3. Write down your progress in
a journal
Not a diary but a record of life
lessons you don’t want to forget
Heb 2:1 - We must pay the most
careful attention, therefore, to what
we have heard, so that we do not drift
away.
Dawson Trotman said,
“Thoughts disentangle
themselves when they pass
through your fingertips
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11. 4. Pass on what you know to
others
Passing on what you have
learned is a good way to keep
growing.
Prov 11:25 - A generous person will
prosper; whoever refreshes others will
be refreshed.
We need to pass on all the good
things God has done in us and
taught us - knowledge increases
responsibility
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12. It is all for God’s glory
We pass things on for the glory of
God and extension of his kingdom.
John 17:4 - I have brought you glory
on earth by finishing the work you gave
me to do.
This is before the cross, so what
was the work? Helping disciples
know and love God, discipling
them, sending them out and more of
what Jesus had done for 3 years
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13. It is all for God’s glory
We pass things on for the glory of
God and extension of his kingdom.
John 17:4 - I have brought you glory
on earth by finishing the work you gave
me to do.
This is before the cross, so what
was the work? Helping disciples
know and love God, discipling
them, sending them out and more of
what Jesus had done for 3 years
God calls you to continue
this same work - to
introduce people to
Christ, bring them to
fellowship, mature them,
help them find a place of
service and send them out
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14. Blessed are the balanced
Point to ponder
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15. Eph 5:15
Be very careful, then, how you
live—not as unwise but as wise
Verse to remember
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16. Which of the four activities
will I begin in order to stay
in track and balance God’s
five purposes for my life?
Question to consider
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