Check urself b4 u wreck urself

Errol Vassell

Geraldine Vassell

Welcome and Introductions to facilitators

Seminar Objective

To understand God’s plan and purpose for your life

using check points for relationships and social behaviour for your success

Setting the scene

Why do you need to check yourself?

10% of 16 – 25 year olds think life has little or no purpose

50% of the 40,000 pregnancies in 2008 among girls under 18 ended in abortion

40% of unemployed young people said they were unhappy or depressed

34% of young people did not have a parent who they

considered a role model

There is greatness in YOU!

SELF EVALUATION

5 things that define who you are

SELF EVALUATION

5 things/experiences that have shaped you

SELF EVALUATION

5 things that move and motivate you

SELF EVALUATION

Me right now

God’s plan for your life

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What the Bible says about God’s plan for your life

To be in intimate relationship with Him.

To be in His image after His likeness and to have dominion (Gen 1:26).

Be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth and subdue it (Gen 1:28).

What the Bible says about God’s plan for your life

He ordained male and female relationships in marriage and therefore designed sex within the confinements of marriage (Gen. 2: 24).

For you to discover His purpose for your life – the ‘treasure’ within (2 Cor. 4:7).

What the Bible says about God’s plan for your life

Spread the Gospel of Hope (Mark 16:15)

To love others (John 15:17)

He wants to be glorified in our bodies

(1 Cor. 6:9)

What the Bible says about God’s plan for your life

Train up children in the way of the Lord (Prov. 22:6)

He wants you to prosper -the whole person- (3 John 1:2)

To choose Him above, self, world, satan.

(Exod. 20:3)

To have a worship, life, work balance.

Satan’s plan for your life

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Satan’s plan for your life

Counterfeit of God’s Plan!

3 E’s

God’s plan v Satan’s plan

St John 10 v 10

‘The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly’

Relationships

“Evil communication corrupts good manners”

1 Cor 15:33

Types of Relationships

Acquaintances

Friendships

Dating

Partners

Types of Love

Agape – God’s perfect love

Phileo – Brotherly love

Storge (maternal / paternal) – Family love

Eros – Romantic love

Group Activity

Split into two groups by gender Males Females Please discuss and answer the following

questions?

Group Exercise

Contrast the difference between male and female expectations in relationships

Life Plan

Child - nurturedTeens - discoveryYoung adults - choicesAdults – buildSeniors - legacy

Life Plan

Key Points:

Understand God’s purpose for your lifeWrite a visionAct on your visionDevelop your giftBuild a teamLeave a legacy

CHECKPOINTS TO SUCCESS

C = Christ’s Image / likeness H = HabitsE = EducationC = ChoicesK = Kingdom principlesU = Unplanned eventsR = Relationships S = Self controlE = Effects of pre-marital sex L = Love v LustF = Fresh start