“iPurpose helped me realize that each of our lives is a ministry. We set business plans in our careers—why not a Life Ministry Plan for God?”
Don B., Engineer, Product Manager
“iPurpose gave me a great awareness of all of God’s unique and special Gifts that resided in me and the ability and purpose to use those Gifts to be a disciple for Jesus Christ.”
Thomas G., Consulting Business Owner
“iPurpose helped me see that God will give me direction and has a purpose for me.”
Jim V., Engineer, Business Owner
“It created an environment for spiritual and personal growth. It provided a weekly opportunity to study God’s Word and to develop meaningful relationships with others who were also on their spiritual journey.”
David K., International Sales Manager
“iPurpose helped me realize my unique heart for loving others and my strengths for serving the Lord. It gave me a desire to keep listening and staying open to God’s will for me.”
Judy S., Social Worker
“iPurpose was invaluable for several reasons that remain entrenched in my professional attitudes and behaviors to this day. Three of these that are especially transformative are:(a) It’s not about me. It’s about Him and prayerfully seeking His guidance to implement His plans through me. (b) People He places in my sphere of influence are intentional, and it is my privilege to encourage, inspire or mentor them in ways that bring honor and glory to Him. (c) What I humanly see as distractions, interruptions or delays could be opportunities to interact with the very colleagues or even strangers that He has brought to my attention. Admittedly, this is challenging in a world of deadlines and time limitations, and I am not always successful in recognizing those needs. But if I can remember to send up a quick arrow prayer, it tends to clarify next steps.”
Linda VH., Professor of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University
“iPurpose was the 1st true calling from God to help discern His planted Gifts and talents within me – this process was life-changing in how I viewed my Christian walk, work-life, and family. It redefined and shifted my paradigm in my everyday life then, and now, as the Life Ministry Plan serves as a tangible reminder of this discovery and of our group’s time together. Without this experience, my life would not have been so challenging, rich, and blessed.”
Todd S., Sales Consultant
“For me, iPurpose was a great experience. As I worked through it, I became keenly aware of God’s two purposes for my life. God’s earthly purpose for me is to glorify Him in all that I do. His eternal purpose is for me to be with Him forever. It helped me understand my life ministry is not about me; it’s about my relationship with God. I still review the Life Ministry Plan that I wrote almost 20 years ago.”
Joe M., National Sales Manager
“Pursuing purpose with others led me to a life-changing time of spiritual growth. It helped me to recognize more clearly the Lord’s caring presence in my daily life, and to identify and use my spiritual gifts to share His message of saving grace.”
Marilyn N., Journalist
“iPurpose transformed my life and provided a practical application to my faith walk. The foundational message that every moment of life is sacred for those who love Him was driven deep into my heart. God blessed me with outcomes I could not have imagined, simply because I took the first step in dedicating time to seek my purpose solely for His glory.”
Ellie M., Business Owner
“Before I created my Life Ministry Plan, I was not purposeful in thinking about my life as a method of discipleship. Creating the Life Ministry Plan forced me to identify my Gifts, confront my lack of planning on how to use my God-given gifts to further His work, and HAVE a real plan on how that might happen. It changed how I interfaced with business associates and friends.”
John L., National Sales Manager
“iPurpose helped me understand and integrate my faith walk with my roles as husband, father, worker, and friend. The process of prayerfully developing and periodically updating my Life Ministry Plan is truly a life-changing experience that endures long after the course is completed.”
Phil P., Attorney, Law Firm Partner
“iPurpose showed me that it is not the nature of my work that makes it holy, i.e., pastor or missionary. But the nature of my relationship with God that makes everything I do holy. We spend a lot of time at work. The ministry showed me how to watch for God working there and jump in with him. It helped me to grow my faith but also use my faith to witness, pray, and love my fellow workers. Now instead of saying each morning “God this is what I am going to do, please bless it,” I say this from the paradigm shift I learned in the ministry program “God show me what you want me to do for you today.” Now the business takes care of itself, and he brings me someone to talk to about him each day!”
Chip H., National Sales Manager
“iPurpose helped to cement a very important lesson: God loves me exactly where I am. God desires to make me into a woman after His own heart, and for that to happen, I must be willing, teachable, and obedient. God wants all of me, not just the parts I am willing to give Him. I learned that my status as a child of God should define and shape all areas of my life.”
Rosemary L., Mission Team Leader
“I found it very valuable to meet weekly with other Christians and to share experiences of using our faith, particularly in the workplace. We discussed our challenges, struggles and successes. We prayed for each other. And I took the time to think about and develop my own Life Ministry Plan. This helped me to create a personal, God-focused plan for all areas of my life.”
Ann K.
“iPurpose challenged me to evaluate how my faith, my role as husband/father, and my career fit together. Though I was committed to and pursued them individually, they weren’t integrated within any sense of God’s plan for me. My primary focus would shift from one to the other based on the situational urgency. Though I was active at church and serving in ministries, I wasn’t actively listening to God. He usually had to knock me down to get my attention. iPurpose helped me to recognize how God had shaped my life and make a more God-centered plan. It set me on a path of trying to hear his direction amidst all the noise.”
Bruce B., VP Sales & Marketing, Consultant, Business Owner
“This ministry encouraged me and equipped me to move forward in a vibrant partnership with God in all aspects of my life. It was a time of spiritual growth and renewal for me within an incredible community of encouragement and support. I learned how my God-given Gifts and talents could be deployed to be His hands and feet each day, led by His voice in living for the sake of others.”
Shari K., Graphic Designer, and now Children’s Ministry Assistant
“iPurpose guided me to get closer to God through His Word, prayer and fellowship in a community of believers. iPurpose edified and encouraged us to be accountable to each other and to the God who created us for His purpose.”
Myoung K., MD, Physiatrist
“This ministry was a turning point in my spiritual walk with Christ at work. Sharing the successes and failures of others every week as we all tried to live our faith walk, was invaluable. I received permission to, rather than beating the bushes to “evangelize” at work (many people’s sweet spot), to be more sensitive to seeing the many opportunities sent my way and being moved into action to be part of God’s agenda.”
Jack S., Orthopedic Surgeon
“iPurpose encouraged me to reflect on my purpose in both my secular work and my teaching ministry in the church. It challenged me to study God’s word and to be able to live into a lifestyle that is consistent with the commands of Scripture. As a result of meeting with other believers, I was encouraged to reflect on how God had used them in his ministry and how God might use me in my particular ministry. Not only was I encouraged by the lives and struggles of others in my group, but I was also challenged to be a source of encouragement and blessing to others that I might meet as I lived each new day. This ministry enabled me to both reflect on the Gifts and talents that God had given me, and to seek ways to encourage others to reflect and develop the Gifts and talents that God had given them. I would encourage anyone who has the desire for spiritual growth to seriously consider this ministry as a way to allow God not only to bless them, but also to allow them to be a blessing to others.”
Roger H., Computer Programmer/Analyst
“My eyes (and heart) were truly opened to the ways God has been present in my life and how He has been working on, in and thru me. The ministry guided me in identifying my gifts, talents, life’s turning points, etc. to help find, and continue to find, my purpose(s) in life.”
Susan, Executive Assistant