1. Finding and Living your God-given Destiny

2. God has a dream of a different kind of world, but that world won't happen in a dramatic kind of weak moment. It will happen, because each of us has agreed that we want to help God realize God's dream. We really can make a difference, if we will stand for a little truth and a little goodness; and maybe...have zero tolerance for intolerance. God says, ‘I have no one except you - and I believe in you.’

3. Destiny in Movies

5. Find the I Have A Dream speech by Martin Luther King on YouTube.
Destiny in History

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10. David was anointed as king 30 years before it became a reality!

11. He is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before Gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel. (Acts 9:15)

12. General Purposes
Destiny in Believers

13. A Specific Task Destiny in Believers
Fulfilling the Great Commission in a way that is unique to the individual!
Destiny in Believers

14. My Destiny is the specific task that God has placed me on earth to accomplish:
* tailor made to my unique talents and gifts
* reflects my spiritual passion
* meet a need in society God cares about
* driven by a conviction to make a difference
Destiny Defined

15. Destiny is my response to this sentence: "God has put me on the earth to ______."

16. There is a deep-seated desire in all of us to want to count for something, to make a difference in some way or another. This desire is really about seeking after the purpose we were put here to accomplish, that one thing that will make our lives worthwhile and fulfilled.
Buhle Dlamini

17. Finding your God-given Destiny

18. Our voice lies at the intersection of
talent (your natural gifts and strengths),
passion (things that naturally energise, excite, motivate and inspire you),
need (including what the world needs enough to pay you for), and
conscience (that still voice within that assures you of what is right and prompt you to actually do it).

19. Talents
Conscience
Destiny
Passion
Need

20. 1. Talent My Talents: (your natural gifts and strengths)
What do you do that is effortless for you but difficult for others?
What are you really good at? What are your natural talents?
What are your spiritual gifts?
My Talents:

21. (things that naturally energise, excite, motivate and inspire you)
2. Passion
What activities do you do with enthusiasm?
What issue makes you pound the table and say: “Someone has to do something about that!”
What have been the five greatest achievements in your life?
What kind of things do you do that make you lose track of time?
In what area are you making, or do you want to make, a difference?
My Passion:

22. 3. Needs The Needs: (what the world needs enough to pay you for)
What have you felt concerned about in society in recent months?
What specific needs have you come across in your world in recent months?
If someone gave you a million Rand, how would you use it to meet needs around you?
The Needs:

23. 4. Convictions My Convictions:
(still voice that assures you of what is right and prompt you to do it)
4. Convictions
Think of a time when you felt, "I was born for this!" What you were doing, who you were with, and what does it say about how God has made you.
What do you believe that God wants you to do with your life?
By the time you turn 60, what do would you like to have accomplished with your life?
What would you be willing to die for?
My Convictions:

24. My God-Given Destiny Describe your Destiny in a few statements:
______________________________
God has put me on earth to…

25. Test Your Destiny A. How does it glorify God?
B. How does it edify others?

26. Living your God-given Destiny

27. "To every man there comes in his lifetime that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered a chance to do a very special thing, unique to him and fitted to his talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour."
Winston Churchill

28. "To every man there comes in his lifetime that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered a chance to do a very special thing, unique to him and fitted to his talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour."
What are these things?
Winston Churchill

29. Living your Destiny by Managing your Self

30. 5 Ways to Develop Integrity
A. Tell the Truth
Watch your thoughts; they become your words.
Watch your words; they become your actions.
Watch your actions; they become your habits.
Watch your habits; they become your character.
Watch your character for it will become your destiny.
Frank Outlaw

31. 5 Ways to Develop Integrity
B. Fulfill Responsibilities
Follow through on commitments
Assume responsibility
Be proactive
Be faithful in small things
"It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped" – Anthony Robbins

32. 5 Ways to Develop Integrity
C. Build Competence
Develop yourself in line with your destiny:
Read and study
Learn new skills
Practise new skills
"Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfil his destiny" – Paul Tillich

33. Developing Trust Through Deposits and Withdrawals:
5 Ways to Develop Integrity
D. Develop Trust
Initiative
Humility
Sacrifice
1. Seek first to understand
2. Keep promises
3. Be honest and open
4. Be kind and courteous
5. Practise win-win or no-deal
6. Clarify expectations
7. Be loyal to those absent
8. Apologise
9. Give “I” messages
10. Practise forgiveness
Developing Trust Through Deposits and Withdrawals:

34. 5 Ways to Develop Integrity
E. Balance your Life
Do family and friendships need to be sacrificed?
Live your destiny through all your life roles!

35. Living your Destiny by Managing your Time

36. How Can I Control Time?

37. How Can I Control Time? Go back in time
Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future
Go back in time

38. How Can I Control Time?
Neo in Matrix
Slow time down

39. How Can I Control Time? Find a secret time device
Lara Croft in Tomb Raider
Find a secret time device

40. How Can I Control Time? Bad news! You can’t change time!
More time would not help!
A problem of priorities
The tyranny of the urgent
Jesus’ example:
Mark 1:35; John 11:1-11

41. A. Set Your Priorities

42. Two factors define an activity:
Urgent and Important
Urgency: Urgent activities require immediate attention (they act on you)
Importance: Important activities require initiative or proactivity (you must act on them)

43. Importance
Urgency

44. Crisis Quality Deception Waste
Procrastination or lack of planning
Activities don’t demand attention
Urgent
Important
Not Urgent Important
Crisis
Quality Q3 Q4
Mistaking urgent things as important
Not survival but deterioration
Urgent
Not Important
Not Urgent
Not Important
Deception
Waste

45. Crises Pressing problems Deadline projects Prevention Relationships
Urgent
Not Urgent
Crises
Pressing problems
Deadline projects
Prevention
Relationships
Forward planning
Empowerment
True re-creation
Important
Interruptions
Some phone calls
Some mail
Some meetings
Irrelevant mail
Some phone calls
Time wasters
Escape activities
Excessive TV
Not
Important

46. Stress, Burnout, Deeper crises Spend less time in Q1 Q1 Q2
Result:
Stress, Burnout, Deeper crises
Spend less time in
Q2 and you’ll increase size of Q1
Decrease time in Quadrant 2 and you’ll increase the size of Quadrant 1 Q3 Q4

47. Q2 Q1 Q1 Spend more time in Q2 to decrease time spent in Q1 Q3 Q4
Increase time in Quadrant 2 and you decrease the size of Quadrant 1 Q3 Q4

48. Where do you find time for Q2 Say NO! to Q3 and Q4 activities

49. This is the result of Q2 living!

50. Q2 Q1 Q1 Q2
What one thing can I do on a regular basis that will make a great difference in my life? Q3 Q4 Q3 Q4
It is a Q2 Activity!!!

51. 1 2 3 4 % of Time Where do you spend most of your time? Urgent
Not Urgent 1 2
Important
% of Time
Where do
you spend
most of
your time?
Not
Important 3 4

52. B. Define Your Mission

53. Personal Mission Statement
1. What do you want to be?
Lifetime Noun
2. What will you do?
Impact Verbs
3. Who do you want to impact?
People Groups
4. Why do you want to live this life?
End Product

54. Personal Mission Statement
lifetime noun
verbs of impact
people groups to impact
end-product of impact

55. C. Plan Your Week

56. (1) Review your Mission
C. Plan Your Week

57. Fill in your Mission

58. (1) Review your Mission
(2) Identify your Roles
C. Plan Your Week

59. Fill in your Roles

60. C. Plan Your Week (1) Review your Mission (2) Identify your Roles
(3) Create your Goals
C. Plan Your Week

61. Fill in your Goals

62. C. Plan Your Week (1) Review your Mission (2) Identify your Roles
(3) Create your Goals
(4) Schedule your Activities
C. Plan Your Week

63. Schedule your Activities

64. Schedule the ‘Big Rocks’
Warning!!!
Schedule the ‘Big Rocks’

66. C. Plan Your Week (1) Review your Mission (2) Identify your Roles
(3) Create your Goals
(4) Schedule your Activities
(5) Adapt your Schedule
C. Plan Your Week

67. Focus on your Priorities:
Preview your day
Prioritise your activities
Reschedule your activities

68. C. Plan Your Week (1) Review your Mission (2) Identify your Roles
(3) Create your Goals
(4) Schedule your Activities
(5) Adapt your Schedule
(6) Evaluate your Progress
C. Plan Your Week

69. Weekly Evaluation:
What goals did I achieve?
What goals did I not reach?
What kept me from reaching them?
What challenges did I encounter?
Did I protect my priorities?
How much time spent in each quadrant?
What can I learn from this week?
Monthly Evaluation:
What patterns of success/failure?
Am I setting realistic/challenging goals?
Am I creating unrealistic expectations?
If so, can I modify my expectations?

70. Living your Destiny by Making it Happen

71. Making it Happen Practical Steps To Get Started: Pray
Develop Prayer Partners
Find Ministry Partners
Manage the Project
Take the First Step
Overcome Obstacles

72. You are significant
You are special
You can make a difference
You can fulfil your destiny
You have weaknesses…admit them
Look for opportunities to grow!
Find where God is working and join Him!!!

73. "To every man there comes in his lifetime that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered a chance to do a very special thing, unique to him and fitted to his talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour."
Winston Churchill