Personal Action Plan
As you work through the book and begin to develop goals and actions to live more
justly, it is helpful to write down your plan for action. Changing habits and creating
new ones are often difficult, so this chart is to serve as a helpful tool to keep you on
track and inspired. Below are sections in accordance with each practical session in
the book: advocacy, prayer, consumption, generosity, relationships, and creation
care. Once you have completed each session in the book, you can use the space
provided in the chart to establish goals for your actions that will address each facet
of life you have been inspired to live justly in. There is a place to write down specific
actions as well as time commitments, and then additional room to log details of how
you will carry out the action and track progress. Our hope and prayer is that this
action plan will not just simply function as a “to-do” list, but that it will be a
transformative resource as you pursue a more just lifestyle.
Download the last page of this document to create your own personal action guide.
Fill it out and upload it to www.livejust.ly/action-plan to help us keep you
accountable! Here are some examples of goals addressing each session found in the
book:
Action Commitment
Time Commitment
Advocacy
Write a letter to Congress on
a justice-related issue
Once a week, for
six months
Notes:
(i.e. find out who to send the letters to, research issues, etc.)
Prayer
Pray for peace in a country
torn by conflict (i.e. Sudan)
Notes:
(i.e. set a permanent alarm on phone for time of day to set
aside to pray, keep tabs on the condition of country
political/gov’t affairs)
Consumption
Commit to purchasing only
Sweatshop free clothing
Every day for five
minutes for one year
Anytime you shop
for clothes
Notes:
(i.e. find out what companies are sweatshop/slave labor free or
visit secondhand shops)
Generosity
Find an organization that
addresses the issues of poverty
and donate 10% of your money
and/or time to them
Notes:
(i.e research organizations that are involved with issues that
you specifically find yourself passionate about [advocacy,
hunger alleviation, gender equality, education] and find ways
to get involved)
Relationships
Befriend an immigrant
family in your community
Notes:
(i.e. ask your church if they know of a family, invite them to
dinner, etc.)
Creation Care
Commit to riding your
bike (or walking) to work
Notes:
(i.e. look up the best routes to work)
Once a month for
one year
Meet once a week
for as long as they
are in your area
Once a week for the
first month, increase
days after each
month
These are just a few examples of many goals that you can create. Our hope is that
your action plan will be developed through prayer,
intentionality, and guidance from the Holy Spirit. While it
might be best to keep a minimum of one goal for each session
so that you don’t feel overwhelmed, feel free to establish more
than one if you would like.
Live Justly Personal Action Plan
Action Commitment
Advocacy
Prayer
Consumption
Generosity
Relationships
Creation Care
Time Commitment
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