Purpose Ls: 5 (live)

Purpose (Series)  •  Sermon  •  Submitted   •  Presented   •  17:13
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Recap:
You were created to know and love God.
Worship, relationship, etc
God formed you for His family. You learn to love others.
fellowship, church family
Grow up spiritually and become more like Christ
discipleship
God SHAPEd you to serve him. We serve God when we serve others.

God made you for a mission

John 17:18 The Message
In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world.
God put you on this planet to make a unique contribution.
My job is to help prepare you and equip you. One day you will stand before God and give an account for your life.
Acts 20:24 NLT
But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
You have a unique message and life mission
Proverbs 19:21 NLT
You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.
Only God’s plan will prevail. Our dreams are too small.

Is “The Good Life” that good?

the biggest dream for most people: We just want to have the good life
looking good
feeling good
having the good stuff
Here’s the problem with the good life: It’s never good enough.
1000s of people with those things who still want more.
THERE IS MORE! There’s the better life.
2 Corinthians 5:15 The Message
He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his life, a resurrection life, a far better life than people ever lived on their own.
How do we get to the better life?
Psalm 34:8 The Message
Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see— how good God is. Blessed are you who run to him.
If someone tells me there is a better way to live, I’m going to run to it. Not just put it on my “check it out later” list.
Most important message:
open your eyes! Receive the love of God! No one will ever love you like God does. It makes no sense to go through life without this.
If someone was willing to die for you, wouldn’t you want to know about it? Wouldn’t you want to know them?
Someone did die for you, Jesus Christ.
He lived a perfect life and died to pay for your mistakes. So that you could live a new life of purpose.
You were created to know and love God.
Worship, relationship, etc
God formed you for His family. You learn to love others.
fellowship, church family
Grow up spiritually and become more like Christ
discipleship
God SHAPEd you to serve him. We serve God when we serve others.
You were made for a mission!

Don’t waste your life!

Don’t waste your life. Don’t waste this time.
Decide right now to give the best of your life to God. Don’t give it to your BF/GF, sports, school, future, give it God!
You weren’t put here for all of those things. You were put here for God’s purposes! If you ignore that, it would be a huge waste of your life.
God knows us. It’s no accident for us to hear this today. There’s a better way to life. Become who God made you to be.
Matthew 11:28–30 The Message
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
When we are following God with our lives, our lives are better. Not easier, not necessarily peachy-happy. But better, more fulfilling, more whole.
Prayer to read aloud together:
Dear God, everything You create has a purpose, including me. I don’t want to miss my purpose, or waste my life, or live it disconnected from You anymore. Instead, I want to become what You designed me to be. Starting today, I want to follow Your plan for my life, not my plan. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
I hope ALL of us can begin to see the purpose God has for us. Guys don’t waste your life. Get to know God, find his better life.
Putting all of this together, let me give you one more thought.

God’s purpose for YOUR life is that you’ll use your life to help OTHERS find God.

Think about the people you go to school with. There is so much aimlessness. So much wandering. People don’t have a good life.
They’re chasing the good life that will never be good enough.
They don’t know that someone loves them and died for them to give them a better life.
God put YOU in their life to help them find God.
pray for them.
Talk to them.
Show them how much God loves them.
Go To the “PURPOSE” SLIDE now
God made you for a mission.
All of this has life has purpose. God gives each one of us purpose.
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