"LORD, WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS SUFFERING?"
An Interview with Rick Warren (REMEMBER HE WROTE 'PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE')
You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having 'wealth' from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren,
'Purpose Driven Life ' author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California
In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:
People ask me, What is the purpose of life?
And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity..
We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one..
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort; God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.
We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.
Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.
No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.
And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.
You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems:
If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, which is my problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her- It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.
Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.
It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.
So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit.. We made no major purchases.
Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.
Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.
We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?
Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.
That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
B-day Reflection
I savor my birthday (on the 4th Dec). Each year brings me to a realization of why the Lord died for me and saved me. Because, I cannot save my self. He has to rule my life, because if left on my own I will simply ruin it. Praise the Lord He salvage what is left of it when I accepted Him as Savior and Lord. He has since then gave me the privilege to become His child. I call Him Father, and I feel His touch and hear His voice "yes my child" He hand to me life everlasting, unspeakable joy, and peace that passes all understanding. He redefined earthly existence, service and love.. . . And why does the Lord have to go through this trouble Forgive my bragging, its because He loves me - plain and simple. My name is Rey and it is clear to me I am a Christian.
Shaping Our Visions to Reality
Vision Statement
A vision is a statement about what your organization wants to become. It gives shape and direction to the organization’s future. A vision should stretch the organization’s capabilities and image of itself. It should resonate with all members of the organization and help them feel proud, excited, and part of something much bigger than themselves.
(From the book of RGHalili)
A vision is a statement about what your organization wants to become. It gives shape and direction to the organization’s future. A vision should stretch the organization’s capabilities and image of itself. It should resonate with all members of the organization and help them feel proud, excited, and part of something much bigger than themselves.
Mission or Purpose
A precise description of what an organization does. It should describe the business or ministry the organization is in. It is a definition of “why” the organization exists currently. Each member of an organization should be able to verbally express this mission.
A precise description of what an organization does. It should describe the business or ministry the organization is in. It is a definition of “why” the organization exists currently. Each member of an organization should be able to verbally express this mission.
Core Values
Value statements are grounded in values and define how people want to behave with each other in the organization. They are statements about how the organization will value its target group, constituencies, and suppliers. Value statements describe actions which are the living enactment of the fundamental values held by most individuals within the organization.
Value statements are grounded in values and define how people want to behave with each other in the organization. They are statements about how the organization will value its target group, constituencies, and suppliers. Value statements describe actions which are the living enactment of the fundamental values held by most individuals within the organization.
Book on Vision in the Making
What the proposed book is all about:
Shaping Vision to Reality
by Rey G. Halili
Josil Gonzales
Met Castillo
Moises Cuaresma
Redd Mateo
It is said that the Philippines as a whole suffers from a lack of vision. We are afraid that this applies to ourselves as individuals, as a Bible believing community and as a nation in desperate struggle for survival.
by Rey G. Halili
Josil Gonzales
Met Castillo
Moises Cuaresma
Redd Mateo
It is said that the Philippines as a whole suffers from a lack of vision. We are afraid that this applies to ourselves as individuals, as a Bible believing community and as a nation in desperate struggle for survival.
This book uses techniques of scenario planning and organizational learning to guide the reader through the complex structure of changing reality. Introduces a new approach to mapping a strategic change process, based on the experiences and learning on the National Strategic Planning Process for the year 2020.
The authors, who have established a proven track record for over 50 years share, the insight, experiences, and recent researches on this most critical aspect of shaping and influencing the future. Their combined experiences in working and leading in the corporate world as well as in non-profit organizations, churches and ministries and their lucid and practical insights and doable action plans, makes thinking futures exciting, easy and rewarding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Chapters
1. Vision distilled our dreams and give shapes to our aspiration
2. Visioning – a dance process of many steps
3. Really what is a vision and what does it do to us
4. Shaping vision to doable realities
5. The power of vision processed and shared
6. A force in people’s heart
7. Leaders personified – a product of vision
8. Organizational Renewal – Prologue to Visioning
9. Vision Casting Process
10. Developing Mission Statement
11. From Vision to Strategic Thinking
12. Strategic Plans to Action Planning
13. Visions Afresh and Enflesh
14. Some difficulties to anticipate
Glossary and index
Guidelines, Worksheets and Forms
Diagrams and Flowcharts
References
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Chapters
1. Vision distilled our dreams and give shapes to our aspiration
2. Visioning – a dance process of many steps
3. Really what is a vision and what does it do to us
4. Shaping vision to doable realities
5. The power of vision processed and shared
6. A force in people’s heart
7. Leaders personified – a product of vision
8. Organizational Renewal – Prologue to Visioning
9. Vision Casting Process
10. Developing Mission Statement
11. From Vision to Strategic Thinking
12. Strategic Plans to Action Planning
13. Visions Afresh and Enflesh
14. Some difficulties to anticipate
Glossary and index
Guidelines, Worksheets and Forms
Diagrams and Flowcharts
References
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