Episode 0028 Season 3 Lance Johnson on Maintaining a Purposeful Life

Welcome to Episode 0028 Season 3 of the FOUR12 Canada Podcast!

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Lance has forty five years of ministry experience.  For fifteen years he served as the Regional Director of FEB Central where he oversaw all regional ministries and staff and was able to help churches fulfill their calling. Currently he remains active by mentoring young men in ministry, consulting with churches and more! On this episode, we chat about how to maintain a purposeful life.

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS

Finish With Purpose, Leaving a Legacy

• Not just your will, material things
• Godly character
• Being intentional
• MVP theme (Mission, Vision, Passion)
• Think through your strategies for your life

Creating An Acronym

• Loving God wholeheartedly
• Attending to relationships
• Nurturing wellbeing on a regular basis, spiritually, mentally, emotionally
• Cultivating skills
• Exercising virtues, the fruit of the spirit

Where It All Began

• John 1 -  grace and truth
• To be a person of grace and truth
• The need to maintain a pure heart
• Work on patience
• To be wise
• To have clarity when making decisions

"It's important to have a strategy for our lives."

Mentoring

• Began by someone reaching out to him to be mentored
• Be ready with a list of things to discuss
• Make sure others around you are on the same page
• Be open to mentoring relationships

 To Impact The Lives Around You 

• Start writing down some ideas of where you think God wants you to work
• It's important to write it down!

MVP Thought

• Needed to add an A for Action
• It's one thing to be intentional and have it in writing but another to implement it

Nurturing Relationships

• Find a strategy for how you will do that
• Emails, Zoom, phone calls
• Think of different ways to reach out and adapt to what's going on

Waiting On God

• Be quiet before the Lord and wait for him
• Wait for God's hand, be patient
• Trust in Him

2 Timothy 1:12 (NLT) "...But I am not ashamed of it, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return."

Ways to Encourage

• Leaders will say the number one asset in a church is volunteers
• Volunteers will say the number one asset in a church are leaders
• Deep respect for others
• Stay faithful and keep doing what God has equipped you for
• Be intentional
• Stay Passionate

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