I want to think about what is important in life. If you are a sport’s fan, think about that. If your work is your life, think about that. If you are a small business owner, think about that. For me sport’s is easy to think about.

Imagine a winning team. Imagine a team that doesn’t just win, but they win regularly. You know they will be in the running for the pennant ever year. They will not finish with the regular season but will continue on in the playoffs year after year. If it is college football they will consistently be ranked. they will be in a bowl game, and will win a national championship more than others.

What drives a winning team? Is it passion? Many would agree with this. Is it luck? From time to time maybe this is the answer, but you can never count on luck consistently.

What drives success on and off the field? If you look at winning teams, you will find 100% of the time a coach that is PURPOSEFUL. Not some of the time, not most of the time, but ALL the time. This constant drive of purpose flows down through the assistant coaches, onto the players, and it floods the fans.

A winning team is purposeful in everything they do with everyone in the organization. If you want to be successful with your wife or husband, kids, work, finances, church, or anything you have to find this purposefulness.

Finding purpose is being intentional in what you do. In your marriage you have to choose to love your spouse EVERY day. You have to be intentional to prove that love everyday with your kids. At work, at church, and in all relationships you have to be intentional.

If you want a better life you must be intentional.

Why is this drive to be purposeful important? Well I will say this. Being intentionally purposeful can have a huge impact on those around you.

If you are not intentional you will hurt your kids. You will not only hurt them today, you will hurt them for all of life. If you show them what it means to have a life of purpose you will not only impact your kids today but you will instill in them what it takes to have a better life. You will create a lifestyle of success. Success that will help eliminate divorces, pain, suffering and will replace this with wonderful marriages, success at work, and a good life all-around.

Friends, this is important. Be purposeful with your life because your kids will reap the results.