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Chapter 39: Balancing Your Life
This chapter is why Rick Warren deserves to sell as many books as he has. He has kept the simplicity of God’s purpose in the Great Commandment and the Great Commission and with pastoral concern he teaches us to keep the five purposes in balance.
We work hard at Upper Dublin Lutheran Church on spiritual friendships. In the last few weeks, my Co-Pastor, Dyan Lawlor and I have come up with five questions for folks sharing a spiritual friendship. Over lunch or a cup of coffee, maybe after a work out at the gym, the could respond to each of these questions, taking turns, one at a time. I am listing them here in case they may be helpful to others. A little attempt to pass on what I am learning.
Five Questions for a Spiritual Friendship
(Checking in with each other)
What are you thanking God for today?
What is God doing in your life?
What questions about your life’s purpose are you asking?
What troubles you and what change would help?
What are you wishing and hoping for?
While having this conversation, there are five questions to support each other with as we seek to grow together in our walk of discipleship. Here they are:
Keeping the Faith
(Checking out a decision or problem)
How does scripture reveal God’s will for your life?
Are you praying about this?
How does your decision and behavior glorify God?
Does this allow you to build up the Body of Christ?
Is this a path to become more like Christ?
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