Purpose

The purpose of this exercise is to look through all the wants, desires, and dreams I have listed related to MY SPIRITUAL LIFE and find out “Which one is most important to me now?” That is the ONLY question I am to consider. Not “I have to do this first” or “I’ll want this in 10 years…” “Which one is most important to me now?” That’s it. Each round will take two wants and get a winner, and then those winners will face off, and so on until there is only one thing. Let’s see where this goes.

Round 1

1.       After becoming leader of an area in a church or organization, develop a leadership team that does the work of leading… TOGETHER. (Ethics and Beliefs Development)

2.       Be invited to the leadership or board of an influential ministry (8/3/10)

After becoming leader of an area in a church or organization, develop a leadership team that does the work of leading… TOGETHER.

3.       Be known as a man of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality to a point that I am sought out by and approachable to others. (7/23/10)

4.       Become a youth pastor or leader in a local church. (Ethics and Beliefs Development)

Be known as a man of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality to a point that I am sought out by and approachable to others.

5.       Become effective at developing leadership teams (Ethics and Beliefs Development)

6.       Create a once or twice a year youth outing / retreat with reflection, teambuilding, and the “big picture” story (9/9/10)

Create a once or twice a year youth outing / retreat with reflection, teambuilding, and the “big picture” story

7.       Develop a solution for a ministry that is core to their operation. (8/3/10)

8.       Develop leadership skills: Continue coaching experience past initial sales / personal life focus. (Ethics and Beliefs Development)

Develop leadership skills: Continue coaching experience past initial sales / personal life focus.

9.       Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing. (Ethics and Beliefs Development)

10.   Give an ever-increasing percentage of my income to church, ministries, and charities. (7/17/10)

Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing.

11.   Help someone else plant a church (9/9/10)

Help someone else plant a church (BYE)

12.   Help someone else share THEIR story in front of an auditorium full of people (8/17/10)

13.   Lead 100 people to know Jesus (7/17/10)

Help someone else share THEIR story in front of an auditorium full of people

14.   Lead an event for teens “into the wild” with horses, camping, life lessons, and spiritual discovery (7/16/10)

15.   Lead an overseas missions trip (7/17/10)

Lead an event for teens “into the wild” with horses, camping, life lessons, and spiritual discovery

16.   Lead and serve in an area I am passionate about (Ethics and Beliefs Development)

17.   Let someone develop ME. (Ethics and Beliefs Development)

Let someone develop ME.

18.   Never look at pornography again, and develop a habit of bouncing my eyes and impure thoughts (7/23/10)

19.   Open an after-school coffee shop to serve teens and provide adults a place to mentor them. (7/16/10)

Never look at pornography again, and develop a habit of bouncing my eyes and impure thoughts

20.   Participate in my children’s baptisms (7/17/10)

21.   Plant a church (9/9/10)

Participate in my children’s baptisms

22.   Pray with 1000 people (7/19/10)

23.   Provide counsel as a regular part of my day – teens, men, couples. Perhaps even as a professional “side job.” (9/9/10)

Pray with 1000 people

24.   Read a book on leadership of some sense each quarter. (Ethics and Beliefs Development)

25.   See each of my children come to know Jesus. (7/17/10)

Read a book on leadership of some sense each quarter.

26.   Serve in non-spiritual areas outside of my church: Expand mentoring ministry from local church to local school. (Ethics and Beliefs Development)

27.   Start a not-for-profit company to mentor and care for rural and suburban teens (8/9/10)

Serve in non-spiritual areas outside of my church: Expand mentoring ministry from local church to local school.

28.   Start, or find and participate in, a mentoring ministry for kids at my church and in local schools. (Ethics and Beliefs Development)

29.   Write a 1 year devotional book (7/18/10)

Start, or find and participate in, a mentoring ministry for kids at my church and in local schools.

Round 2

1.       After becoming leader of an area in a church or organization, develop a leadership team that does the work of leading… TOGETHER.

2.       Be known as a man of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality to a point that I am sought out by and approachable to others.

Be known as a man of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality to a point that I am sought out by and approachable to others.

3.       Create a once or twice a year youth outing / retreat with reflection, teambuilding, and the “big picture” story

4.       Develop leadership skills: Continue coaching experience past initial sales / personal life focus.

Develop leadership skills: Continue coaching experience past initial sales / personal life focus.

5.       Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing.

6.       Help someone else plant a church (BYE)

Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing.

7.       Help someone else share THEIR story in front of an auditorium full of people

Help someone else share THEIR story in front of an auditorium full of people (BYE)

8.       Lead an event for teens “into the wild” with horses, camping, life lessons, and spiritual discovery

9.       Let someone develop ME.

Let someone develop ME.

10.   Never look at pornography again, and develop a habit of bouncing my eyes and impure thoughts

11.   Participate in my children’s baptisms

Participate in my children’s baptisms

12.   Pray with 1000 people

13.   Read a book on leadership of some sense each quarter.

Pray with 1000 people

14.   Serve in non-spiritual areas outside of my church: Expand mentoring ministry from local church to local school.

15.   Start, or find and participate in, a mentoring ministry for kids at my church and in local schools.

Start, or find and participate in, a mentoring ministry for kids at my church and in local schools.

Round 3

1.       Be known as a man of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality to a point that I am sought out by and approachable to others.

2.       Develop leadership skills: Continue coaching experience past initial sales / personal life focus.

Be known as a man of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality to a point that I am sought out by and approachable to others.

3.       Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing.

4.       Help someone else share THEIR story in front of an auditorium full of people (BYE)

Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing.

5.       Let someone develop ME.

6.       Participate in my children’s baptisms

Let someone develop ME.

7.       Pray with 1000 people

8.       Start, or find and participate in, a mentoring ministry for kids at my church and in local schools.

Start, or find and participate in, a mentoring ministry for kids at my church and in local schools.

Round 4

1.       Be known as a man of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality to a point that I am sought out by and approachable to others.

2.       Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing.

Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing.

3.       Let someone develop ME.

4.       Start, or find and participate in, a mentoring ministry for kids at my church and in local schools.

Start, or find and participate in, a mentoring ministry for kids at my church and in local schools.

Final Round

·         Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing.

·         Start, or find and participate in, a mentoring ministry for kids at my church and in local schools.

Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing.