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Rick Warren
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April 3 - April 14, 2020
Only the creator or the owner’s manual could reveal its purpose.
Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s 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.
You were made for God, not vice versa, and life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not your using him for your own purpose.
God is not just the starting point of your life; he is the source of it.
You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
God was thinking of you long before you ever thought about him. His purpose for your life predates your conception.
The purpose of your life fits into a much larger, cosmic purpose that God
has designed for eternity.
God prescribed every single detail of your body. He deliberately chose your race, the color of your skin, your hair, and every other feature.
He also determined the natural talents you would possess and the uniqueness of your personality.
God never does anything accidentally, and he never makes mistakes. He has a reason for everything he creates.
There are hundreds of circumstances, values, and emotions that can drive your life.
We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.
God’s purpose is not limited by your past.
Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent.
Fear is a self-imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what God intends for you to be.
Possessions only provide temporary happiness.
Being controlled by the opinions of others is a guaranteed way to miss God’s purposes for your life.
Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.
“Does this activity help me fulfill one of God’s purposes for my life?”
Without a clear purpose you have no foundation on which you base decisions, allocate your time, and use your resources.
human nature to get distracted by minor issues.
Never confuse activity with productivity.
will spend far more time on the other side of death — in eternity — than you will here.
Your relationship to God
on earth will determine your relationship to him in eternity.
When you fully comprehend that there is more to life than just here and now, and you realize that life is just preparation for eternity, you will begin to live differently.
Suddenly many activities, goals, and even problems that seemed so important will appear trivial, petty, and unworthy of your attention. The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.
In heaven we will be reunited with loved ones who are believers, released from all pain and suffering, rewarded for our faithfulness on earth, and reassigned to do work that we will enjoy doing.
