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Explore the connection between spirituality and self-motivation. Discover how seeking spiritual growth can positively impact your drive and commitment towards personal development and achieving goals. Learn to nurture your inner motivation through connecting with higher purposes and values. Find inspiration to lead a purpose-driven life filled with self-motivation and spiritual fulfillment.
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Are You Self-Motivated Spiritually? www.turnbacktogod.com
What is Your “Motivation Quotient?” www.turnbacktogod.com
Needed: Spiritual “Rudys” www.turnbacktogod.com
Job Description • Must be able to work independently. • Must be able to work well with others. www.turnbacktogod.com
The Rich Young Ruler • He was self-motivated. • He was self-directed instead of God directed! www.turnbacktogod.com
Our Desire Only Works Through God’s Power ! www.turnbacktogod.com
Psalm 42:1-2 (NIV) • “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” www.turnbacktogod.com
Psalm 63:1 (NIV) • 1 “O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” www.turnbacktogod.com
Matthew 5:6 (NIV) Jesus says: “ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” www.turnbacktogod.com
Colossians 3:1-2 (NIV) • 3 “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” www.turnbacktogod.com
Colossians 3:1-2 (KJV) • “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth. “ www.turnbacktogod.com
Matthew 6:21 (NIV) • 21 “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” www.turnbacktogod.com
Matthew 6:33 (NIV) • 33 “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” www.turnbacktogod.com
Signs of the Spiritually Self-Motivated Individual • Interest in spiritual matters • Seeks out or readily accepts chances for growth. • Volunteers to teach so that he or she might learn rather than waiting to be asked. www.turnbacktogod.com
Signs of the Spiritually Self-Motivated Individual • Reads and Studies • Attends and Participates • Desires Development and Growth • Willing to Devote Resources (time—energy--money) to Spiritual Things. www.turnbacktogod.com
Who Motivates the Motivator?Paul Meyer Success Motivation Institute • 1 Crystallize your thinking. Set a dynamic goal. • 2 Develop a plan to reach that goal and give yourself a deadline on its accomplishment. www.turnbacktogod.com
Who Motivates the Motivator?Paul Meyer Success Motivation Institute. • 3 Develop a burning desire to reach that goal. It must become an obsession with you. • 4 Develop an unshakable faith in yourself to accomplish it. • 5 Create a force of iron will determination. Let nothing keep you from reaching your goal. www.turnbacktogod.com
Suggestions • We can cultivate desire! • Don’t wait for others to motivate you—accept responsibility yourself. • Desire to be like God and Christ. www.turnbacktogod.com