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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?
POINT TO PONDER: I am not an accident. VERSE TO REMEMBER: “I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born.” ISAIAH 44:2 (CEV) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: I know that God uniquely created me. What areas of my personality, background, and physical appearance am I struggling to accept?
POINT TO PONDER: Living on purpose is the path to peace. VERSE TO REMEMBER: “You, LORD, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in
you.” ISAIAH 26:3 (TEV) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: What would my family and friends say is the driving force of my life? What do I want it to be?
POINT TO PONDER: There is more to life than just here and now. VERSE TO REMEMBER: “This world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever.” 1 JOHN 2:17 (NLT) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: Since I was made to last forever, what is the one thing I should stop doing and
the one thing I should start doing today? MESSAGE TO HEAR:
POINT TO PONDER: Life is a test and a
trust. VERSE TO REMEMBER: “Unless you are faithful in small matters, you won’t be faithful in large ones.” LUKE 16:10A (NLT) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: What has happened to me recently that I now realize was a test from God? What are the greatest matters God has entrusted to me?
POINT TO PONDER: This world is not my home. VERSE TO REMEMBER: “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 CORINTHIANS 4:18 (NIV) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: How should the fact that life on earth is just a
temporary assignment change the way I am living right now?
POINT TO PONDER: It’s all for him.
VERSE TO REMEMBER: “For everything comes from God alone. Everything lives by his power, and everything is for his glory.” ROMANS 11:36 (LB) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: Where in my daily routine can I become more aware of God’s glory?
God’s heart is not touched by tradition in worship, but by passion and commitment.
POINT TO PONDER: I was planned for
God’s pleasure. VERSE TO REMEMBER: “The LORD takes pleasure in his people.” PSALM 149:4A (TEV)
QUESTION TO CONSIDER: What common task could I start doing as if I were doing it directly for Jesus?
POINT TO PONDER: God smiles when I trust him. VERSE TO REMEMBER: “The Lord is pleased with those who worship him and trust his love.” PSALM 147:11 (CEV) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: Since God knows what is best, in what areas of my life do I need to trust him most?
POINT TO PONDER: The heart of worship is surrender. VERSE TO REMEMBER: “Surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes.” ROMANS 6:13B
(TEV) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: What area of my life am I holding back from God?
What is the Good News? “The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself — that it begins and ends with faith.”15 “For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others.”16 The Good News is that when we trust God’s grace to save us through what Jesus did, our sins are forgiven, we get a purpose for living, and we are promised a future home in heaven.
