CWV 101 301 RS T7 T8Finding Your Purpose PDF

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Finding Your Purpose Name: KallyJo Wagner Course: CWV 101: Christian World View Date: 5/3/2021 Instructor: Ray Meadows Be sure you respond to all five prompts and complete the reference page in this document before submitting. Consider how what you have learned throughout the course will impact your future. Explain how to find your purpose by answering the following questions. Include citations and references from the topic study materials. 1. Summarize the concept of missio Dei (missional purpose). Your answer in 100-150 words: The definition of missio Dei means "mission of God" or "sending of God." God himself is a God of self-sending. He is a God of mission, who is not waiting for people to come to him or to rebuild the earth. God sent himself to the world through Jesus Christ to deliver his gospel, and Christ was empowered by the Holy Spirit to follow God’s mission of salvation and restoration of this world (Pasley, 2020). Christians fulfilling God’s mission of sending out his gospel and serving others is the main concept of mission Dei. 2. Summarize Buechner's concept of finding your purpose and explain how this aligns with the way you live out your worldview (missional purpose). Your answer in 100-150 words: Buechner’s concept for finding your purpose is to know what work God is calling you to do. You will know that you are doing the correct task if you find happiness and enjoyment in what you do while making an impact to the world. "The place where God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet" (Buechner, 1993, p. 119). The first thing to do is to think about how you can be a service of God and if that will bring you happiness. Then you can follow the necessary steps to achieve that purpose. This somewhat aligns with the way I live, because I think that I was meant to help people but I am still unsure in what capacity. I still have yet to find what truly makes me happy and what brings me joy. 3. Reflect on your beliefs about origins (creational purpose) and describe how those beliefs contribute to your understanding of human purpose. Your answer in 100-150 words:

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For me, I am still unsure what I believe as to how we were created. A part of me feels like bible may be the right way and other times I believe in evolution. I use to only believe in evolution until taking this class. It has opened my thought process to being able to think a little differently. Thinking that God created the heavens and the earth, the universe, and humankind and is still a little hard for me to understand. Believing that God gave us all of this knowledge to be able to create all of the technology that still has not been able to disprove things makes it easier to believe. 4. Describe how Jesus's statement of overarching purpose in the commandment to love God and love others as ourselves can be lived in and out of the workplace. Your answer in 100-150 words: The commandment to love God and love they neighbors is the greatest commandments. God wants us to love and treat each other the way we would love and treat ourselves. For Christians this is expected every day 24-hours a day. This can be done by being kind to your neighbors, if you see someone struggling with something try to help them out. It doesn’t have to be financially, it could be kind word or some good advice to help empower their spirits. This can be done at home, in your personal life, with your friends, and at your place of work. Being a service to your neighbors means each and every person because we are all children of God. Humanity in general is designed to live in a harmonious marriage (Topic 7 Overview) 5. Describe how your future career can be an opportunity to help others flourish, to be purposeful, and to do no harm. Your answer in 100-150 words: My future career is to be a therapist or a counselor. Not sure which but in my career I’m going to help my community flourish by being a listening ear, and an experienced and educated advisor to their needs. I hope to gain as much knowledge about the world and human behavior so that I can help others process difficult times, help with mental issues and encourage them to love God, themselves and everyone. To give others the tools they will need to be a success at whatever they’re goal is and to give insight of God’s love as often as appropriate, “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose” (ESV and Topic 7 Overview). This knowledge they can use to increase meaning and purpose in their lives. My hope is that they will live a better life and pass that knowledge around

References: Buechner, F. (1993). Wishful thinking: A seeker's ABC. New York, NY: Harper Collins Grand Canyon University. (2020). CWV-101 topic 7 overview [Class document]. LoudCloud. https://lms-ugrad.gcu.edu/learningPlatform/user/login.lc

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Pasley, M. (2020). Practical wisdom. In Grand Canyon University (Ed.), The beginning of wisdom: An introduction to Christian thought and life (3rd ed.). https://lc.gcumedia.com/cwv101/the-beginning-of-wisdom-an-introduction-to-christian-thoughtand-life/v3.1/#/chapter/10

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