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For we are God’s , created in Christ Jesus to do , which God prepared in for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10
God designed all of us to have these primary purposes in our life:
PURPOSE #1:
PURPOSE #2: Christlikeness
PURPOSE #3:
PURPOSE #4: The Common Good
PURPOSE #5: The Great
1. – TRY STUFF.
2. YOURSELF TO REAL NEEDS.
3. YOUR GIFTS, TALENTS AND SKILLS TO YOUR PURPOSE.
4. EVALUATE YOUR PAST
“Remember the days of old. Consider the years of all generations. Ask your father, and he will inform you. Your elders, and they will tell you.”
Deuteronomy 32:7
Rick Warren, in his bestselling book The Purpose Driven Life, lists these (5) experiences we should examine and learn from:
experiences:
What did you learn growing up in your family?
experiences:
What were your favourite subjects in school?
experiences:
What jobs have you been most effective in and enjoyed most?
experiences:
How have you served God in the past?
experiences:
“The very experiences that you have resented or regretted most in life—the ones you’ve wanted to hide and forget — are the experiences God wants to use to help others. They are your ministry! God never a ! In fact, your greatest ministry will most likely come out of your greatest hurt. Who could better minister to the parents of a Down syndrome child than another couple who have a child afflicted in the same way? Or help an alcoholic recover than someone who fought that demon and found freedom? Or comfort a wife whose husband has left her for an affair than a woman who went through that agony herself?”
Rick Warren
God is the Father of all compassion who comforts in all our troubles, so that can comfort in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
2 Corinthians 1:4
5. WITH OTHERS
“The fastest way to gain wisdom is to learn from . Read good books. Talk to people who have done it. Soak up the lessons of the past.
Learn from the experiments history has already run and you can start the race halfway finished …”
James Clear
1. inspire us by their example.
2. guide us with their wisdom.
“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who to counsel.”
Proverbs 12:15
Only make all of their own mistakes.
Two guidelines for finding mentors:
1) Seek out , just one wise person.
2) Do not outsource for your life to these people.
Two are one, because they have a good return for their labour.
Ecclesiastes 4:9
Walk with the and wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
Proverbs 13:20
Guideline: 2 Corinthians 6:14 warns us against partnerships with people who .
“Encourage and build each other up.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11
