PERSONALITIES & PRIORITIES

PERSONALITY AND PRIORITIES I. YOUR PERSONALITY IS WIRED INTO YOUR DNA, THE SAME AS YOUR EYE COLOR. A. 4 BASIC TEMPERAMENT TYPES: 1. CHOLERIC: ASSERTIVE, COMPETITIVE, AMBITIOUS, LEADER, EXTROVERT. 2. PHLEGMATIC: CALM, EASY GOING, CONTENT, PATIENT, PEACE-MAKER, AVOID CONFLICT, STRIVE FOR HARMONY. 3. SANGUINE: OUTGOING, SOCIAL, CHEERFUL, MAKES FRIENDS, OPTIMISTIC, ENTHUSIASTIC. 4. MELANCHOLY: INTROVERTED, REFLECTIVE, ANALYTICAL, DEEP THINKER, COMPASSIONATE, ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE. II. OUR PERSONALITY TYPE IS A GOD GIVEN TRAIT; MUST BE CAREFUL, WE CAN GET DISTRACTED FROM OUR GOD GIVEN PURPOSE. A. LET’S EXAMINE THE PERSONALITY TRAITS OF SISTERS: MARTHA AND MARY, AND THEIR FAMOUS BROTHER, LAZARUS. B. LUKE 10:38-42 C. WHICH TEMPERAMENT TYPE MIGHT MARTHA POSSESS? _______________ D. WHICH TEMPERAMENT MIGHT MARY POSSIBLY BE? ________________ E. JESUS DOESN’T SAY WHAT THE “ONE THING” MARY CHOSE, BUT WHAT WE PRIORIZE AS IMPORTANT, GETS OUR ATTENTION AND COMPLETED. III. WHICH SISTER DO YOU MOST RELATE TO? A. MARTHA HASN’T SINNED BY PREPARING THINGS JUST RIGHT: NEITHER IS MARY LAZY. B. MARY IS MORE INTERESTED IN LIVING IN THE “MOMENT.” IV. OUR TEMPERAMENT TRAITS THAT CAN DISTRACT US FROM EXPERIENCING IN THE MOMENT, WHAT IS IMPORTANT: OUR PRIORITIES THAT HELP US FIND DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE. A. QUESTION: “WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE?” B. OUR SCHEDULE CAN BE DEMANDING, WE NEED PRIORITIES TO KEEP US GROUNDED IN OUR FAITH. C. MATTHEW 20:28 D. THE BEST WAY TO DEMONSTRATE LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER, SERVE ONE ANOTHER.