Productive living

By Okoronkwo Sunday (08068142697)

Presented at North 13, 2011, Youth Convention

Exercise 1 Get a piece of paper and

write down the following:• My walk with God:• My Service in His

Vineyard:• My family:• My career:• My Business:• My education: Beside each of these

sentences, write down your achievements in 2010 and Jan-June 2011.

What will you want to be remembered for?

Food for thought

Definitions: • To be productive is to bring forth

something abundantly and efficiently ( John 15:16, John 10:10)

• Living is a particular way of life/quality of life

• Productive living therefore is the efficient and effective utilization of your God give resources that will yield favourable results in every areas of your lives. (John 15:16, Gen 26:13, Gen 13:2)

Evidence of a Productive life

A productive life is one that is;• Fruitful in all things• Industrious enough to mass produce

desired output• Dynamic in all life issues• Fertile enough to replicate itself

(success) • Creative enough to amaze your world • Useful enough to be indispensible

Productivity factors• Efficiency: the judicious

management of your God given resources (input) to obtain desired results (output)

• Effectiveness: ensuring that the input of your God given resources meets the started desired result (started targets)

• Competence: ability acquired through trainings that ensures efficient and effective usage of resources for desired results. It is the effective deployment of your gifts/talents to produce desired outcomes

• Attitudes

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WHO AM I?WHAT IS IT THAT IS

YOUR: BEST FRIEND OR

GREATEST ENEMY? GREATEST HELPER OR

HEAVIEST BURDEN? PUSH YOU ONWARDS

OR DRAG YOU DOWN TO FAILURE?

COMPLETELY AT YOUR COMMAND?

SERVANT OF ALL GREAT MEN?

SERVANT OF ALL FAILURES?

FOR PROFIT OR RUIN?

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WHO AM I? (CONT’D)

I AM YOUR

HABITSASSIGNMENT

LIST ALL YOUR POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE HABITS

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Attitude isthe energy that fuels your thoughts, feelings & actions based upon your expectations & your perception

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TYPES OF ATTITUDE• SPECTATORS: They would

rather observe or support others than risk failure or mistake

• CRITICS: They perceive themselves as experts in the game of life and pride themselves on finding fault in others

• PLAYERS: They eagerly await an opportunity to learn something new both professionally & personally

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SPECTATORS CRITICS PLAYERS

THOUGHTS THINGS UNIMPORTANTOTHERS WILL SOLVE, CHANGE IS UNNECESSARY

EVERYTHING IS WRONG, OTHERS ARE PROBLEMS, MISTAKES ARE FAILURES

EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE, MISTAKES ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH

FEELINGS UNEMOTIONALTIRED, INDIFFERENT, DETACHED

ANGER, DOUBT, FRUSTRATION,PESSIMISM

CONTENTMENT, CONFIDENCE, OPTIMISM, MOTIVATION

LOOKS BLANK FROWN SMILES

WORDS MAYBE, I MIGHT, I DOUBT IT, I DON’T KNOW

I CAN’T, I WONT, NO WAY, YOU MADE ME

I CAN, IT’S POSSIBLE, LET’S TRY

DYNAMICS OF ATTITUDE

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Attitude is everything‘‘Your attitude/mind-set determines your actions,

and your actions determine your Accomplishment’’(John C. Maxwell)

Attitude is every thing, productive people have winning attitude, do you?

Productivity processInput • Your God given resources (Discover )

Process •Efficiently work your God given resources (combination of acquired Skills)•Put discovered talents, skills and acquired competence to work to produce desired result

Output •Harvest of desired results(Walk with God, Service in His vineyard, enviable Family, Finance, Career, school, health etc.)•Productive life i.e. purpose achieved , destiny attained

Gods Resources in you- your discovery:• Productive Mind (1 Cor. 2:16, II Tim

1:7)• Ability to produce (Phil. 4:13, Num

13:30 ) • Sufficient help to produce (John 14:26

But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby. AMP VER),

• Open cheque to draw with –(John 14:13-14, John 16: 23-24)

Productive process: Input Phase

Your part: Process Phase-1• Nothing you do will fail –

(Ps 1:3)• Diligence is required –

( Pro. 10:4, 12:24)• As a believer, ‘If’ not

permitted-(Mk 9:23, Jn 6:29)

• Winners don’t quit, quitters don’t win-(Lk 18:2-8)

• Expectation gives birth to experience-(Pro. 23:18; 24:14)

Your part: Process Phase-21. Re-Examine your life, the

following questions will be helpful;– Who are you?– Where are you?– Where are you going to?– What do you need to get there?

2. Know what you want3. Evaluate your

methods/methodologies4. Draw your action plan5. Acquire competence where

necessary

6. Efficiently implement improvement plans

7. Evaluate output; to know if it meets desired output

8. Celebrate/ reward yourself for meeting desired outputs

9. Stick to the system that works for you

10.Change system once it no longer gives desired output

11.Repeat cycle every time, for continuous improvement

Your part: Process Phase-2

Rewards :Output Phase• God’s approval –

(Matt 25:23)• Relevance- (Gen

41:37-44)• Accomplishments-(

2 Tim 4:7 )• Channel for

heaven’s releases- ( Gen 12:2)

• Reign with Him In Glory- ( John 15 :2)

Don’t Forget• You were created for

constant and continuous growth, improvement-(Pro. 4:18)

• God’s perfect will is for you to bear fruits (Desired results in all areas of life Endeavour), so as to bring Him glory, better your life, bless others and therefore fulfill your God given destiny. (Gen 1:28, Matt 5:13-16)

Conclusion

• We today remember our beloved…Mr. /Mrs.…………• He/she lived an exemplary life:• Of success, positive achievements, gave away

money in billions of dollars to the work of God and the needy, left inheritance for his/her family worth trillions of Naira, His/her family is an example of God perfect plan for families, etc.

• In summary he/she led a productive life; will this be said at your memorial service?

Q & A