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You were born by
his purpose and for his purpose.
Only the creator or the owner’s manual could reveal its purpose.
is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.
The Bible says, “Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life.” 2
The Bible says, “Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self.” 3
You were made by God and for God — and until you understand that, life will never make sense.
revelation.
The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life’s purpose: Ask God.
POINT TO PONDER: It’s not about me. VERSE TO REMEMBER: “Everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him.” COLOSSIANS 1:16B (MSG) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: In spite of all the advertising around me, how can I remind myself that life is really about living for God, not myself?
Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God.
We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.
Fear is a self-imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what God intends for you to be.
Your value is not determined by your valuables,
Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you — your relationship with God.
Unfortunately, those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.
You have just enough time to do God’s will. If you can’t get it all done, it means you’re trying to do more than God intended for you to do (or, possibly, that you’re watching too much television).
