Personal Values Prompts

Values are the guiding principles that shape our beliefs, decisions, actions, relationships… pretty much everything in our lives! We acquire values throughout life from family of origin, culture, experiences, media, and other sources. We each have many values but there will be a few that are the highest values that are the guiding forces in life.

Knowing our values helps us to examine and nurture our selves, our relationships, and our life’s works. Knowing our personal values and discerning others’ values also reduces conflict, judgement, and stress! Most of our interpersonal strains are based on people holding different values and not knowing how to honour and make space for each others’ differences.

Identifying our personal values is a like a treasure hunt. This list of Values Prompts is a resource to support your journey of identifying, exploring, and intentionally focusing on the values that guide your life. Some of these words will immediately resonate with you. Others will evoke negative thoughts or feelings and some will feel neutral or irrelevant. Take time to ponder each one. Even in the pondering of the negative or neutral words you will discover things about the values that guide you.

Use this resource however suits you and your season of life. There is no right or wrong way to do this. There are enough values to ponder one per day for a year.

Want some guiding questions? Select a value and consider:

• What does this word mean to me?

• Is my initial reaction to the word positive or negative?

• What is the dictionary definition of this word?

• Is this a value I already have in my life? If yes, why is it a value for me?

• Is this a value I don't have in my life? If not, why is it not a high value for me?

• What would someone’s life look like if this was one of their highest values?

• In this season, what does this word stir in my mind, heart, and gut?

• What does Yahweh say to me today as I pray about this word?

VALUES PROMPTS

Potential

Equip

Flourishing

Consistency

Diligence

Cooperation

Talent

Change

Dynamic

Strength

Discovery

Focus

Accepting

Valued

Lifegiving

Performance

Connection

Timeliness

Determination

Servanthood

Learning

Wisdom

Healing

Uniqueness

Success

Accomplish

Humility

Playfulness

Satisfaction

Fearlessness

Clarity

Kindness

Imperfect

Honour

Tranquil

Results-oriented

Transparency

Boundaries

Moderation

Purity

Thorough

Skill

Risk