There are a multitude of self-help books and seminars promising a better life, but few focus on a biblical perspective. Pastor Rob Morgan has addressed ten patterns for productive people—based on mastering God’s Word for daily living. After three decades of preaching, teaching, and studying the Bible, Rob offers biblical strategies for a lifetime of purpose in his new book . Rob Morgan returns with life lessons from the Bible on this latest edition of Connecting Faith. Here’s where our conversation takes us.
These are the ten patterns Rob points to:
1. Listen to a twelve year old. Be about your father’s business.
2. Redeem the time. Wasted hours can never be regained.
3. Clear the decks. God isn’t disorganized. Why should we be?
4. Maximize the morning. Schedule a standing appointment with God.
5. Pull off at rest stops. Routinely replenish your inner resources.
6. Operate on yourself. Diagnose and treat yourself spiritually.
7. Live “as if”. Act by faith even when your emotions aren’t ready.
8. Bathe in the Dead Sea. Experience the buoyancy of biblical joy.
9. Practice the power of plodding. Persistently work in small increments.
10. Remember there are two of you. It’s Christ in you that’s achieving significance.
Is the title of Pastor Rob’s book meant to apply some pressure to our efforts to determine our purpose for living?
Is “why am I here?” still one of the most commonly asked questions Robert hears?
Do most of us just try to get through life or get by day by day rather than try to “master” life? Can we “be about our Father’s business” without living a well-regulated life?
Did Rob’s “mastery” of his schedule come over time or has he been wired that way from an early age? And what tips does he have for those attempting to do the same?
