RICK WARREN
BestSellingAuthorof thePurposeDrivenLife
PURPOSE DRIVEN FAMILY LEGACY
TRANSFORMING
GENERATIONAL POTENTIAL
20 1: Overview | Understanding Your Family’s Unique Purpose
• Discovering collective family identity
• Aligning family values with divine calling
• Mapping generational potential
• Key Questions:
◊ Who are we as a family? ◊ What is our unique purpose?
How do we define success beyond financial metrics?
24 2: Connect | Deepening Family Relationships (Fellowship)
• Building intentional family communication
• Creating meaningful family rituals
• Developing emotional intelligence
• Healing generational wounds
• Strategies for:
◊ Family meetings
◊ Intentional quality time ◊ Multigenerational dialogue ◊ Conflict resolution
48 3: Grow | Spiritual and Personal Development (Discipleship)
• Individual and collective spiritual formation
• Lifelong learning approach
• Mentorship and coaching
• Character development
• Focus Areas: ◊ Faith cultivation
Personal skill development
Emotional and spiritual maturity
Continuous learning mindset
62 4: Serve | Engage Your Gifts, Calling, Passions, and Purpose for Living (Ministry)
• Transforming wealth into kingdom impact
• Developing a service-oriented family culture
• Strategic philanthropy
• Missional engagement
• Principles:
◊ Stewarding resources beyond personal benefit
◊ Creating systemic positive change
◊ Engaging in local and global missions
◊ Teaching generosity
76 5: Share | Passing Down Family Wisdom, Values, & Calling (Evangelism)
• Intentional knowledge transfer
• Creating family narratives
• Documenting family history
• Wisdom preservation strategies
• Includes:
◊ Family storytelling
◊ Documented family values
◊ Generational knowledge repositories
◊ Mentorship programs
90 6: Surrender | Your Whole Heart, Life, & Family as Worship
• ILetting go of control
• Embracing divine guidance
• Radical obedience as a family
• Spiritual discernment
• Key Practices:
◊ Collective prayer
◊ Spiritual listening
◊ Releasing individual and family agendas
◊ Trusting divine orchestration
SESSION 1
Overview
UNDERSTANDING YOUR FAMILY’S UNIQUE PURPOSE
“It is not good for the man to be alone.”
GENESIS 2:18
ICEBREAKER: RELATIONSHIP TIMELINE.
On your study guide, draw a simple timeline of your life. Mark 3-4 significant relationships that have shaped who you are today. In groups of 2-3, share one of these relationships and how it impacted you.
KEY TRUTH TO REMEMBER
You were made for relationships, not isolation.
CREATED FOR CONNECTION
The very first problem identified in the Bible wasn’t sin—it was solitude. Before the fall, before any moral failing, God looked at perfect, sinless Adam and declared, “It is not good for the man to be alone.”
This profound statement reveals a fundamental truth about how God designed us: We were created for connection. You were never meant to go through life by yourself. You were made for relationship, community, and deep, meaningful connection with God and with other people.
REFLECTION: What are three relationships for which you’re most thankful? How have they shaped your life?
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Use the notes space below to record key thoughts, questions, and insights you want to remember or follow up on.
THE C.O.N.N.E.C.T.
PRINCIPLE
To understand God’s design for our relationships, let’s explore the C.O.N.N.E.C.T. principle that reveals why we truly are better together:
C - CREATED IN GOD’S RELATIONAL IMAGE
“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27)
God is not a solitary being. From eternity past, God has existed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in perfect community. When he created humans in his image, he designed us to reflect this relational nature. Your need for connection isn’t a weakness or a flaw—it’s a reflection of God’s own nature stamped into your spiritual DNA.
PERSONAL CHECKUP: How has your view of relationships been shaped by seeing them as optional rather than essential to your design?
O - ORCHESTRATED FOR INTERDEPENDENCE
“The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I don’t need you!’ And the head cannot say to the feet, ‘I don’t need you!’” (1 Corinthians 12:21)
God deliberately designed us to need each other. Just as your physical body has many parts that must work together, the body of Christ functions through our interdependence. None of us has all the gifts, perspectives, or resources needed for a complete life or effective ministry.
Over the next week you will have an opportunity to reflect on and dive deeper into this topic of generosity. You can do so by meditating on the application questions, reading the daily devotions, praying, journaling, following the reading plan, and exploring what others have done in this area.
Close your meeting with prayer.
N - NEEDED BY EVERY HUMAN BEING
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.” (Ecclesiastes 4:910)
The need for relationships isn’t just for some personality types— it’s universal. Research consistently shows that meaningful human connection is as essential to health as proper nutrition and exercise. People with strong social ties live longer, recover from illness faster, and report higher levels of happiness and purpose.
PERSONAL CHECKUP: On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the quality of your current relationships?
N - NURTURED THROUGH INTENTIONAL EFFORT
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17)
Meaningful relationships don’t just happen automatically—they require intentional investment. Just as a garden needs regular attention to flourish, our connections with others need nurturing to grow deep and strong.
PERSONAL CHECKUP: What relationship in your life needs more intentional nurturing right now?
E - ESSENTIAL FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you
Daily Devotionsi
DAY 1
Read James 1:5
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”
REFLECT
How can you demonstrate wisdom in your use of money?
DAY 2
Read Matthew 7:24-27
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
REFLECT
What are you building on? Rocks or sand?
DAY 3
Read Proverbs 11:25
“Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.”
REFLECT
How many people are you impacting now?
DAILY DEVOTIONS
DAY 4
Read Psalm 37:4
“Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
REFLECT
How can you put a cap on your desires?
DAILY DEVOTIONS
DAY 5
Read Matthew 6:3-4
“But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”
REFLECT
How can you give in a way that calls attention to God and not to yourself?
DAY 6
Reflect
Reflect on the verses from this past week, and use the following space to write any thoughts God has put in your heart and mind from this session or during your Daily Devotions and Reading Plan.
Reading Plan
The Leverage: Using Temporal Wealth for Eternal Gain book is a great way to reinforce what you are learning in your small group time every week. The work you do on your own will greatly benefit you and your group time.
☐ DAY 1: Read pages 11-13.
☐ DAY 2: Explore generosity stories, best practices, and insights by scanning this QR Code or visit: leverageyourlegacy.org/session1
☐ DAY 3: Read pages 15-19.
☐ DAY 4: Explore generosity stories, best practices, and insights by scanning this QR Code or visit: leverageyourlegacy.org/session1
☐ DAY 5: Read pages 22-24.
☐ DAY 6: Reflect on the verses, devotions, and reading from this week.
A Legacy of Giving Through the Generations
How much is too much to give? Peggy and Charles McCreight have come to understand that you can never out-give God. Throughout his career, Charles was blessed with financial success he didn’t imagine he would receive. When the couple began experiencing this success, they met with a financial advisor who encouraged them to give.
The McCreights followed this advice, although it wasn’t always easy or natural. Over the years, they have given much of their income away. Their financial giving has undoubtedly made a huge impact on organizations across the country, but Charles and Peggy also live out generosity in other ways. Just as important as their financial giving are the ways the couple gave away their time, expertise, and energy to hundreds of people. Through volunteer efforts around South Carolina and providing wise counsel to younger generations, they have influenced their circles as godly mentors.
The greatest blessing for the couple is that this habit of generosity continues to be a family value. Their grandchildren and even greatgrandchildren show generosity through simple acts like lemonade stands to raise money for others. Generations of the McCreight family understand the joy of giving from the heart.
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