"It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” - Roy Disney
A follow up on the subject matter of direction we began to discuss about a month ago. Please recall first of all that it is essential to have a firm grip on importance of DIRECTION.
More so that instructions are a powerful provider of direction. But much more than that, if direction were to be a "high rise" building that we intend to construct, then we definitely need the right foundation with the capacity to carry and sustain what we want to build. That foundation is VALUES.
According to Jeannette Buller Slater, “Values answer the question: ‘Who are you?’ They are deeply held convictions, priorities, and underlying assumptions that influence your attitudes and behaviors. Core values describe the unique way people in an organization work and relate to one another.” For humans, some things have always been more important than others. That is why we value people, ideas, activities and objects according to their significance in our lives.
Values are often unwritten assumptions that guide our actions. Values demonstrate our convictions and priorities. Values are confirmed by our actions, not just our words. Values are not a doctrinal statement; they are convictions that determine how our church
