This Week's WOW 4/13/11

Your Character Matters

By Pastor Donnie

In a discussion I had with someone recently about how to really live a life of integrity and actually step up to being a Christian man, we started to discuss the importance of accountability.  We started developing questions based out of a book titled Character Counts by Rod Hanley.  These questions we developed were personalized ones that would help us stay accountable to one another.  Often we believe that we can do this Christian walk alone – “It’s just Jesus and me” we tell ourselves but we were not meant to do this life alone.  We need others to sharpen us and to help us develop because we are not called to be mediocre Christians but rather we are supposed to be people of excellence in all that we do.  Here are a few of the questions that we developed that would help us live lives of excellence in every aspect of our lives, not just the “spiritual” ones.  They are simple questions but if they are followed, they can yield some amazing results in our lives.  I encourage you to talk to someone this week about holding you accountable.   –

            Are you setting aside time for God?  What did you get out of your time?

Have you done 100% at work?

Have you taken care of your body – exercise, eat right, sleep enough?

Has pride stopped you from succeeding this week?

Last week my pain was when _________

My growth from last week was __________

Growth I desire for next week is _____________