Surpassing the Stumbling Blocks
Living a Meaningful and Purpose-oriented Life
In this Halftime webinar John remembers how he was able to thoroughly share the meaning of living in a struggling life, meeting a significant stumbling block, and surpassing such hindrances to living a better experience. Life may not have been easy for him at first, but his determination to move forward brought him to where he is today.
“If God is my true north, I started drifting away into really focusing on me, myself.”
People tend to be complacent with the value of God as the true north. We tend to become too confident that for as long as there is God, then it would be a comfortable life for us. The truth is, God is there to be with us, but we also have to work with other people around us to live a life that we would like to have. When we tend to focus on ourselves alone, then we lose sight of what is essential.
“We have to understand our passions. These things come from our hearts, these give us our whys, and it gives us our direction, our purpose, our calling.”
John emphasized that we have to know what makes us happy and intrinsically motivated truly. By doing so, we discover our real purpose in this life. At times, we feel that it is impossible to be satisfied with whatever we have right now. This is because we tend to work and move without considering our real passion. Once we get to know our love and our calling, then we are a step closer to our dreams.
“Do I re-engineer how I show up in my mission?”
There is an urgent need for us to consistently and continuously check on our passion. What might kept us alive and burning back then may have changed at the moment. What might have been following us awake back then may have been gone. So, re-engineering and recalibrating our views about our mission in life is necessary to get a clearer and better perspective of life.
What You Will Learn
- Discovering one’s purpose in life
- Surpassing the stumbling blocks
- Journeying towards success happily
- Working with others toward a common goal
- Living up to the expectation we set for ourselves
BIO 
John Ramstead has been married for 25 years to his best friend and together they have three incredible boys. It has been seven years since a near fatal accident changed the trajectory of his life. Without the incredible support of God, his family and amazing friends he wouldn’t be the person he is today.
As he recovered he sought direction on why God saved him and what He now wants John to do. He led him to a new calling: take the life He’s given him and pour it into other leaders to equip and inspire them to work in His Kingdom.
His twenty-five years as a Navy fighter pilot, entrepreneur, Fortune 500 management team member and board chair has led him to serve others towards extraordinary lives,
