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How To Cultivate A Meaningful Life

Ben Stuart

4 Days

Who Are You?

Day 2

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It's day two, and we are continuing to talk about how we can cultivate a meaningful life. Last time, we discussed how God created a structure for life to flourish and created us in His image.

We are presented with the question: How can the eternal touchdown with the mundane?

In order to see how we can use our gifts more effectively and efficiently for the greater good, we are going to be looking at your titles, tasks, and time. In this session, we will be looking at your titles.

Your identity determines your activity. Who you are determines what you do. God has given us these identities.

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 12:24

Summary

What does it look like to cultivate and create every day?

How do you structure your time so you can flourish?

One of the best gifts you can give is you-fully alive.

Think about your titles, tasks, and time. This session focused on titles because it is important to identify exactly who you are. Your identity determines your activity. Who you are determines what you do.

Scripture has many titles for us. Beloved is one, which is appropriate since we are to love God. He also calls us saints. We are holy because of the work of Jesus, but we also are to live holy lives, making war against the sin that unravels creation.

Believe that you are the master of your schedule, not the victim of it. You are meant to cultivate in such a way that there is a flourishing to life.

What's Next?

Write out the titles you have under God (student, employee, parent, spouse, etc). What are the identities God has given you?

Scripture References

16For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.

27So God created mankind in his own image,

in the image of God he created them;

male and female he created them.

24Diligent hands will rule,

but laziness ends in forced labor.

35Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

36Simon and his companions went to look for him,

37and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”

38Jesus replied,

“Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”

3He did what was right in the eyes of the

Lord

, just as his father David had done.

4He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.)

5Hezekiah trusted in the

Lord

, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him.

6He held fast to the

Lord

and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the

Lord

had given Moses.

7And the

Lord

was with him; he was successful in whatever he undertook. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

Ben Stuart

Ben Stuart is the pastor of Passion City Church D.C. Prior to joining Passion City Church, Ben served as the executive director of Breakaway Ministries on the campus of Texas A&M. He also earned a master’s degree in historical theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Donna, live to inspire and equip people to walk with God for a lifetime.