20 Questions to Help You & Your Clients Find Your Purpose & Calling

20 Questions to Help You & Your Clients Find Your Purpose & Calling

by Julian Castellanos on August 16th, 2024

Scripture reminds us that God creates each of us uniquely (Psalm 139:14), He has a plan for us (Jeremiah 29:11), and He has given each of us gifts to fulfill His calling on our lives (Romans 12:6–8). Helping your clients uncover their God-given purpose can lead to a life of fulfillment, joy, and impactful service.

To aid you in this vital task, we’ve compiled a list of 20 practical questions that are valuable in helping clients explore and discern their purpose and calling. These questions are designed to spark introspection, encourage honest reflection, and ultimately guide individuals toward a clearer understanding of the path God has set before them.

20 Questions on Finding Your Purpose & Calling

1. What activities have been the most fulfilling to you – ones that brought you great joy and satisfaction?

2. When do you feel like you’re “in the zone” or “at your best”?

3. What has God clearly revealed to you in His Word about His purpose for you?

4. What would you like to spend more time doing?

5. What do you know should be a priority for you?

6. What is your greatest passion? (i.e. What do you love doing the most?)

7. What activities come naturally to you?

8. What activities/work have you been successful at accomplishing?

9. What have others noticed you’re good at doing?

10. What dreams, desires, or goals do you often think about?

11. What are your most important roles and responsibilities?

12. What are your God-given gifts and talents?

13. What current opportunities do you have?

14. What resources do you have at your disposal?

15. What do you really want out of life?

16. What problem in the world do you think needs to be solved?

17. What people do you have a heart for helping/praying for? (i.e. Who needs help?)

18. When have you felt like you’ve made a difference?

19. What would you like to be remembered for?

20. What do you want to accomplish before you die?

Helping Clients Find Their Purpose

Discovering one’s purpose and calling is a journey that requires patience, prayer, and purposeful reflection. By utilizing these 20 questions, you can help your clients delve deeper into their unique gifts, passions, and God-given talents. As Proverbs 19:21 reminds us, “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.”

Encourage your clients to seek God’s guidance through prayer and Scripture as they navigate these questions. As they gain clarity and direction, they’ll be empowered to live out their calling with confidence and joy, thereby making a meaningful impact in their sphere of influence. Remind them regularly that God has a unique plan for them, and that He will help them fulfill their purpose.

“The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.”

(Psalm 138:8 ESV)

Finding Your True Identity in Christ

Finding Your True Identity in Christ

by June Hunt on January 9th, 2024

The topic of identity reminds me of a tale about an eagle . . .

A little eaglet falls to the ground from its nest and is found by a family of turkeys. They take the helpless bird under their wings and teach him everything he needs to know to survive. But the more he grows, the less he looks like them.

He tries hard to be a good turkey, but he’s unhappy. On several occasions, he sees mature eagles soaring high in the sky. Crushed and defeated, the eaglet grows up without ever leaving the ground.

One day, a wise owl says to him, “Who are you? What are you doing?” The eagle replies, “I am a bad turkey. I try so hard, but I just can’t do anything right.” The owl says, “Your problem is that you don’t know who you are. You’re an eagle, and eagles are meant for the sky.”

The eagle’s eyes are opened. He sees who he really is . . . who he is meant to be. The eagle finds the courage to try something he’s never done before. He stretches out his wings and flaps to the top of a tree to see his way to the sky. Lifting his wings, he rises with the currents of the wind—and he never looks back. The eagle can now do what he is meant to do . . . because he knows who he really is.

This little tale reminds me that confusion about your identity can impact your destiny. The whole trajectory of your life can be affected when you don’t understand who God created you to be.

Defining Identity

If someone were to ask: “Who are you?” . . . What would you say? Most of us would state our name and then describe ourselves by what we do, by our profession: “I’m a teacher.” “I’m an accountant.” “I’m in sales.” But what happens if you can no longer teach or no longer work as an accountant or a salesperson? Is that really who you are?

Thankfully, name tags, professions, and pedigrees are never necessary with God. He has no need to ask who you are because He knows you even better than you know yourself. He formed your heart and fashioned you Himself.

Do you know the first thing God says about humanity—about you? It’s perhaps the most important truth to know about your identity and your worth: “God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness . . .’ So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:26–27).

You are made in God’s image—it’s the first thing God tells you . . . about you. This truth is foundational to your identity, self-image, and worth. The Bible describes God as infinitely beautiful, glorious, and majestic. There is nothing greater than God. And you are made in His image! You therefore have inherent, unchanging, and immeasurable worth.

When you are “found in him,” everything changes. The identity you receive in Christ far outweighs any other identity you may have. Your gender, your family, your age, race, culture, school, job, accomplishments, status, and hobbies may all reveal important aspects about you—but they are not where your ultimate identity is found. Your identity is to be rooted in Christ.

Your Identity in Christ

You are loved.
“God loves you and has chosen you to be his own people” (1 Thessalonians 1:4 NLT).

You are chosen.
“Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes” (Ephesians 1:4 NLT).

You are accepted.
“Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory” (Romans 15:7 NLT).

You are redeemed.
“But now, this is what the Lord says—he who created you . . . he who formed you . . . ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine’” (Isaiah 43:1).

You are precious.
“You are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you” (Isaiah 43:4 NLT).

You are forgiven.
“You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins” (Colossians 2:13 NLT).

You are cleansed.
“But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:11 NLT).

You are renewed.
“Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT).

You are empowered.
“His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness” (2 Peter 1:3).

You are gifted.
“In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well” (Romans 12:6 NLT).

You are useful.
“We are God’s handiwork created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10).

You are blessed.
“All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ” (Ephesians 1:3 NLT).

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ENCOURAGEMENT FOR COACHES

Consider how these biblical truths about our identity in Christ can be transformative for you and those you coach, mentor, disciple, and help. Remember, you can only give what you have received, so embrace these truths in your own life. Accept God’s grace, forgiveness, and love for you, and pray that He would give you His strength, wisdom, and kindness to share with others.



June Hunt, MA, is the Founder and Chief Servant Officer of Hope for the Heart, a worldwide counseling and caregiving ministry that offers Biblical hope and practical help in more than 60 countries and 36 languages. The Keys for Living Library provides the foundation for the ministry’s award-winning radio program, Hope in the Night, a live, one-hour, call-in counseling program. Her passion to help others through Biblical counsel is fueled by her joy in seeing a life changed through Christ. As an accomplished author, speaker, and musician, June has been a guest on various national television and radio programs, including the NBC Today show. She has toured overseas with the USO and has been a guest soloist with the Billy Graham Crusades. See more at: www.junehunt.org

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