MOTIVATION

Tug sau:  Kxh. Ntxoov Yias

 

 

1.       What is motivation?
a.         Motivation is rooted in the core value 

          b.         Motivation is the desire to achieve or attain the core value

 

2.       Who are the motivated people?
a.         Motivated people have fantasies, dreams, idle thoughts, reflex on things and

                        events.

            b.         Motivated people have values.  They want to see the outcome of their value base

                        on their performances.

            c.         Motivated people want to achieve, have expectation, want recognition, want to

                        grow, want advancement and have ambition.

            d.         Motivated people are focus, determine and persistence.

            e.         Motivated people are enjoying doing something and find satisfaction with it.

            f.          Motivated people want to use their talents and skills

            g.         Motivated people want responsibility

 

2.       What motivations some companies in America used that have made

          them successful?  (Give example of “IBM” successful story)
            a.         Selective in hiring

            b.         Generous pay and benefit

            c.         Continue training, encouragement and long-term employment

            d.         Flexible implementation of policies

            e.         Cooperative or no union at all

            f.          Conscious of employees’ motives above all priorities

 

3.       What other factors help people to be motivated?
            a.         Good relationship

            b.         Emotional belonging

            c.         Communication

            d.         Support

            e.         Caring environment

 

4.       How to motivate difficult people?
            a.         Clean up your attitude about them

            b.         Respect them as they are

            c.         Do not stereotype and do not have low expectation

            d.         Let them know they can do it

            e.         When they do it, their interest will grow

 

 

 

 

5.       System of motivation
            a.         Are all cultures using the same principle of motivation?

b.         How does your culture motivates? 

HOW TO MOTIVATE POPLE TO BE ACTIVE IN GODS MISSION

 

 

1.         What is God’s mission? 

a.         It starts in the heart of God.  He desires to save all people from their sin, from the

                        power of the devil and from eternal death.  This is God’s core value.  (MT 18:14;

                        Lk 9:10)

b.         How did God achieves His core value?  He sent His Son Jesus Christ to be the

            sacrifice to substitute for all people.  (John 3:16) 

c.         How does God saves you and me?  By His grace through faith in Christ wrought

            by the Gospel in the working of the Holy Spirit.  (Eph. 2:8-9)

d.         How does God wants us to share His value with others?  He called us to be His

            ambassadors, witnesses, light and salt to the world so that all people can be saved. 

            God also gives us different gifts to serve Him in fulfilling His mission.  (Eph.

            6:20; 1 Thess. 2:10; MT 5:13-14)

 

2.         What is your mission as Christian? 

a.         The Christians’ mission is to use God’s gifts to strengthen the Christians and to

            bring the non-Christians to faith in Christ so that they can be saved from their sin,

            from the power of the devil and from eternal death.  (1 Cor. 12; MT 28)

b.         As baptized children of God, God’s core value is the Christians’ core value. 

            God’s mission is the Christians’ mission!  (MT 10:16; 23:34; JN 20:20)

 

3.         What gifts has God given you to do His mission?  

a.         He gives you strength, body, mind, time, talents and money.  (1 Cor. 12; MT 25:-

            14-30)

b.         The above are all gifts from God to be used for His mission.  (Eph. 2:11-22)

 

4.         Do you have God’s value in you? 

            a.         Do you want to use your gifts to do God’s mission? ______ Yes ______ No

b.         Do you want to have new people join your Church?  _______Yes _______No

c.         Do you want to help your Church in anyway? _____ Yes ______ No

d.         Do you want to see the LCMS Hmong ministry grow? ______ Yes ______ No

e.         Do you want the non-Christians to be saved? ______ Yes ______ No

f.          Do you want all Hmong people to believe in Jesus?  ______ Yes ______ No

 

5.         Discovering who are motivated people in your congregation:

a.         The answers from #4 will help you to determine who in your congregation are

            motivated to do God’s mission and who are not. 

b.         Only those who have God’s core value are motivated to do God’s mission and are  

            active in Church.  Those who do not have God’s core value are not active

            in Church. 

c.         Remember motivation is a desire to achieve or attain a certain core value. 

As motivator, your task is to help your members to achieve their core values. 

 

 

6.         How to help the members who are motivated to achieve their core values?
a.         C
ommit each member to a task in your Church.  Remember anyone has expressed

                        to have God’s core value and yet is not willing to get involve or to use their gifts

                        may not be telling the truth. 

b.            Come up with plans and trainings to help the members to achieve their core

                        values.  This is key!

c.             Do not involve the unmotivated people in the ministry.  They will only frustrate

                        the other team members.

 

7.         How to motivate the unmotivated people?
a.         Do not have low expectation of them.

            b.         Provide good Bible studies for these people so that God can instill His core value

                        in them.

            c.         Afterward, involve these people with training and get them ready to use their God

                        given gifts and to achieve their God given core value.

d.            Some one has said, “If a Christian who does not wish other to be saved, he

            himself has not yet been save.”