Evaluating Your Mission

Generosity

• Imagine someone could learn about you only by looking at your budget or spending habits. What would they conclude you value most?

• Which of the following consumes more of your thoughts throughout the day:
• How you can invest in savings, retirement, or assets?
• How you can invest in the kingdom?

• Would you say that giving to God is more burdensome or exciting to you? Why?

• Do you look for opportunities to give to others, or do you tense up when you hear that someone has a financial or material need?

• Does your current habit of giving prioritize God’s mission? Are you giving regularly and sacrificially to the local church and making other investments in God’s kingdom?

Evangelism

• Can you articulate the gospel clearly in less than three minutes?
• If not, join up with another Christian and practice sharing together.

• Do you have any longtime non-Christian friends (known longer than two years) with whom you have not shared the gospel? What has kept you from sharing with them?

• Would you say that evangelism happens rarely, occasionally, or regularly in your life?
• What life habits have caused this pattern?

• Does the topic of evangelism stir up guilt, nervousness, or excitement in you? Why?

• Have you ever led anyone to Christ by sharing the gospel?
• If not, why? Is this more because of people’s response to your sharing or your failure to share?

Service

• Write down the natural skills, abilities, or passions God has given you.
• In what ways are you using these for God’s glory and mission?
• In what ways are you using these selfishly?

• Are able to identify your spiritual gifts?
• If so, what are they? How are you using these to build up the church?
• If not, ask the Christians closest to you what they think they are.

What would it look like for you to be a faithful steward of your gifts?