VOCATION                   MISSION                                CALL

Vocation is:______________________________________

Mission is:_______________________________________

Present call is:______________________________________________


My vocation is:______________________________________________

My mission is:______________________________________________

My present call is:______________________________________________

THE TWELVE MARKS OF MISSION

1.  Mission comes as Good News, energizing, life-giving and creating. It is not dominated by a sense of oughtness.

2.  Mission carries a sense of the transcendent. That is the awe of God and the possibilities raised by it.

3.  Mission is true to your basic nature, your inner love and inner life.

4.  Mission usually seems impossible to accomplish by your own abilities. There is a felt need for grace.

5.  Mission persists over a period of time.

6.  Mission is counter-cultural. It goes against the norms of culture in addressing the problems of culture.

7.  Mission is risky. It could be a success or failure. Persecution is a possibility. It is measured by faithfulness, not success.

8.  Mission is costly. It involves giving up:__________________________________________

9.  Mission is evolutionary. It develops as you move into it.

10. Mission finds a point of specific focus.

11. Mission comes from a deep empathy.

12. Mission requires identification, development and exercise of your gifts.


Which of the marks of mission stuck with you, or seemed to give you new insight into your mission?
____________________________________________

Do you disagree with any of the marks of mission?
____________________________________________

My mission is:__________________________________________

06-13-04
Purpose Driven Life (Book by Rick Warren) 
Teacher:  R. Todd Bouldin


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