Identifying My Passions and Interests

While our personal interest is not the determining factor in exploring God’s unique design for our lives, our passions will help guide us on the road to finding our place in ministry.  Generally, we tend to focus our passion and interests within two basic categories.

  PEOPLE    - Oriented Passion

Our passion for ministry in this first category focuses primarily on helping people grow in the Lord or supporting them during times of crisis.  These individuals find great enjoyment in socially active ministry areas that place real value on nurturing personal relationships and helping others in need.

 TASK      - Oriented Passion

Some people find that their passions are found in things like problem-solving, systems development, organizing ministry resources and assessing the effectiveness of our ministry efforts.  These important God-given passions often help bring the clarity and direction necessary for effectiveness in the work of ministry.

Ask yourself is “When I am with people all day do I feel drained or energized?”  If this drains you, you are not a people person.

Based on the descriptions above,  where do your passions tend to fall on the scale below?  Answer the questions in the next session (Discovering My Passions).