The very first step in tapping into your potential is:
identifying what’s honestly inside of you...
identifying what’s honestly inside of you...
-Not what you think you should be
-Not what people around you are
-Not what anyone expects you to be
Just what is purely inside of your beautiful soul.
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Exploring your gifts, passions, and purpose can help you avoid tons of
confusion, comparison, jealousy, discontent & distraction when it comes to your life.
He placed certain one's in your spirit for a reason.
Part of this life’s journey is to recognize and nurture them.
The calling for any child of God is to share His love and hope.
But the how you will do it is determined through your gifts and passions.
I asked God to show me where to even start exploring what mine were one day
and over time I became more aware of how to identify the core of who He created me to be
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Understanding and learning that is an everyday adventure that is
constantly being revealed, but below are some basic ways to easily start to identify the unique blessings in you
Your gifts.
The things you LOVE naturally.
We all naturally fill certain roles in our life ( mom’s, wives, etc. )
but this is more about your own specific gifts.
Some people might even use the word hobbies or talents.
It’s the things you would do for free or the moment you had time because you naturally enjoy it and you have a naturally grace to do it.
It’s the things people would say to you “ wow, you were born to do _____”.
It could be anything.
Big or small.
Big or small.
For Example: My gifts.
Writing
Organizing/Facilitating
Entrepreneurship
Design
Photography
Photography
Fields of interest that excite you are usually related to your gifts and can also help you navigate what areas of society God might place you in to influence.
For Example: Fields of Interest
Empowerment for Women
Creativity/Fashion/Arts
Business
Education
Your Passions.
The cry of your heart, the things that you get excited or fired up about.
The things of this world that you would want to do something about the most in addition to seeing people come to know God and develop a relationship with Him.
Example: My Passions
-Empowering and equipping people to tap into their potential and follow their dreams
-Encouraging the creativity in others
-Uplifting people in their everyday life through love, making something easier for someone.
-Helping others navigate through distractions and clutter to create space for God and His plans in their life.
-Helping others navigate through distractions and clutter to create space for God and His plans in their life.
Your Purpose.
Your purpose is when you are using your gifts to help progress your passion.
Along the path of your passions progressing you can expect a muuuch deeper level of your spiritual gifts and anointings to become more clear to you, as well as what to do with them.
Don't ever try to be something you're not or like anyone else, you'll never feel peace on the inside and never achieve what you were meant to achieve.
That equals a wasted life.