The Purpose Driven Life, Part 1

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The Purpose Driven Life, Part 1 What on
Earth Am I Here For?
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I. LIFES 3 GREATEST QUESTIONS
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• QUESTION OF EXISTENCE WHY AM I ALIVE?
• Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and
  sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?
• Jeremiah 2018 (TEV)
• The Lord has made everything for his own
  purpose.
• Proverbs 164a (GW)

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GOD I WAS CREATED TO BE LOVED BY
GOD. Long before he laid down earth's
foundations, he had us in mind, and settled on us
as the focus of his love, to be made whole and
holy by his love. Ephesians 14 (MSG)
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2. QUESTION OF SIGNIFICANCE DOES MY LIFE
MATTER? My work all seems so useless! I have
spent my strength for nothing and for no purpose
at all. Isaiah 494a (NLT) I am your Creator.
You were in my care even before you were born.
Isaiah 442 (CEV)
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You... scheduled each day of my life before I
began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your
book! Psalm 13916 (LB) "His plans endure
forever his purposes last eternally." Psalm
3311 (GN)
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GOD I WAS MADE TO LAST FOREVER. When this
tent we live in our body here on Earth is
torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us
to live in, a home he himself has made, which
will last forever. 2 Corinthians 51 (TEV)
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3. QUESTION OF INTENTION WHAT IS MY PURPOSE?
Why did you create us? For nothing? Psalm
8947 (NCV) "Knowing God results in every other
kind of understanding. Proverbs 910b (LB)
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GOD I FIND MY PURPOSE BY GETTING TO KNOW
GOD. For everything, absolutely everything,
above and below, visible and invisibleeverything
got started in him and finds its purpose in
him. Colossians 116 (MSG)
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It's in Christ that we find out who we are and
what we are living for... part of the overall
purpose he is working out in everything and
everyone. Ephesians 111 (MSG)
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II. IT ALL STARTS WITH GOD. For I know the plans
I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give
you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 2911
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1. Continually look to Him for REVELATION. the
Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of
wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be
enlightened, so that you may know Ephesians
117,18
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2. Understand that God created you
INTENTIONALLY. For Thou didst form my inward
parts Thou didst weave me in my mothers womb.
Psalm 13913 -Since I am not an accident what
areas of my personality, background and
appearance do I need to ACCEPT?
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3. View life from Gods PERSPECTIVE. Now we
have received, not the spirit of the world, but
the Spirit who is from God, that we might know
the things freely given to us by God But a
natural man does not accept the things of the
Spirit of God for they are foolishness to him,
and he cannot understand them, because they are
spiritually appraised. 1 Corinthians 212,14
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• A. Three METAPHORS describing life
• 1. Life on earth is a TRUST.
• 2. Life on earth is a TEMPORARY
• ASSIGNMENT.
• 3. Life on earth is a TEST.
• The crucible for silver and the furnace for
  gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
• Proverbs 173

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4. We exist to bring God GLORY.
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Believing that God created me for his purposes
and the best use of my life is to fulfill those
purposes, I commit the next 40 days to better
understanding Gods five purposes for me. I will
hear all seven messages in the series, The
Purpose Driven Life. I will read The Purpose
Driven Life book every day for the next 40
days. I will join a 40 Days of Purpose small
group.
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It makes no difference who you are or where
you're fromif you want God and are ready to do
as he says, the door is open. Acts 1035 (MSG)