I share it with you to reflect on your year.
Year in Review
- What is the current condition of my heart?
- What am I, at my root layer, feeling, sensing, fearing, hoping?
- Am I worshipping more completely as a lifestyle than last year? Or two years ago?
- Marriage: Is there increased intimacy with my spouse – have we grown closer together, or added layers of scar tissue? Have I loved accurately? How have I love accurately?
- How is the Enemy nipping at my heels? / What has he lured me with? / What do I want to be set free from?
- What did this past Advent & Christmas season teach me about the nature of God/ others/ myself?
- How did God/ Jesus/ Spirit reveal their presence to me throughout the year? Draw or describe or list or create a poem of these encounters.
- What practices/ disciplines are currently nourishing my soul…moving me toward Kingdom action? Have I retreated well? …[Retreat means little when action is detached.]
- 3 Films – The ones that impacted my core/ challenged my identity or simply caused me to laugh: Characters I related with/ to & Why?
- Music that STIRRED (live shows/ top 3-5 discs/ songs/ lyrics) my blood or caused my toes to tap.
- Recall some of the elements that make me (us) come ALIVE??? “The glory of God is man fully Alive”
- List the areas/ experiences/ activities/ people that have poured Life into me and vice verse
- Timothy Relationships: Am I mentoring young Timothy’s who are in turn mentoring others?
- Am I investing into David-Jonathon/ ‘Philios’ relationships as if it were “ministry life insurance”?
- The specific items or times that sparked something inside me and others…
- ReDefinE ministry/ Church/ Kingdom after the experiences of this season.
- Most interesting individual(s) I met this year and why
- 3-5 books that Inspired/ Equipped/ Intrigued/ Humored
- My favorite sporting moment was…
- 2/3 Salt & Light Moments that marked this past year:
- Is my (our) lifestyle and ministry increasingly impacting the “least of these’? Have I loved accurately?
- Can I (we) share a recent story of someone walking into a faith pilgrimage with Christ?
- 1 or 2 areas where I just dropped the ball:
- Now think: Practical Implications for both of these areas (What can I do now to serve the community around me more accurately?)
- In a phrase or two, what was last years statement (what was this year’s most apparent life lesson/ principle)?
- Favorite Group Moments/ Community Encounter(s)
- What God given dream(s) am I nurturing?
- Try to recall the Highlights/ Lowlights of each month
- My most painful/ sorrowful moments were when… My most joyous occasions were when…
- What was I consumed with this past year? / What dominated my time?
- What does a more holistic schedule look like practically speaking?
- Where am I wasting time? / Where am I wasting other people’s time?
- Conclusions/ Realizations/ Implications based on reviews
- Assess strengths/ weaknesses/ where support needs to come from
- List just a few GOALS & action steps for the next year
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