Preparing for Purpose
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Series Intro - Which way
Series Intro - Which way
Finding your purpose
we want be significant, secure,
To find fulfillment, find your call
To find fulfillment, find your call
To retain young workers, employers must help them achieve personal fulfillment; dissatisfaction with work, leave in 2 years; why?
not valued or recognized; don’t feel a part of a team; not about the work;
apostle paul, following his call
To find fulfillment, find your purpose, your call
To find fulfillment, find your call
To find fulfillment, find your call
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
transition: You will not find fulfillment in here:
transition: You will not find fulfillment in here:
stay in a room long enough and you will see the flaws;
Sermon Intro: Prepared for Purpose
Sermon Intro: Prepared for Purpose
yes: healing; space for prayer, learning, fellowship; service opportunities; gift discovery; transformed by worship and the word
College degrees don’t always prepare applicants for a job. Employers demand them anyway. - Washington Post
also: disappointment; conflict
yes: healing; space for prayer, learning, fellowship; service opportunities
transformed by worship, etc.
A leading cause of high student loans is “requiring a bachelor’s degree for jobs that really don’t require one,”
not equql fulflillment: stay inside a building long enough you will see the flaws and be dissatsified.
why dissatisfied? making the church something it was never intended to be;
why dissatisfied? not doing what you were created to do
Easy application: take a class; or prepare mentally (not prepared for what you know is coming; but how you respond
organic church - 2nd and 3rd shift church (singing, preaching, food, offering; fulfilled w/o building
Subtitle: Purpose of the Building? - preparation for mission
Subtitle: Purpose of the Building? - preparation for mission
preparation for mission
not learning is here, mission is out there: our purpose for here is to equip us for out there
we are living our purpose here, but the ultimate on is out there
what prepares us for worship
Paul: Preparing for purpose
Paul: Preparing for purpose
bigger purpose was planting churches all over the empire -10,000 miles
He doesn’t fulfill his ultimate purpose right away: he goes through a season of preparation:
Not a technical school; not an apprenticeship
e.g. parenting? skills?
preparing for mission / purpose requires change;
God
Not a technical school; not an apprentoiceship
Rob has shown us that Paul’s preparation for his missionary journeys included three key com- ponents: time, place, and spiritual practices.
Changing Your Mind
Changing Your Mind
Changing Your Mind
Confronting Your Bias - takes awhile
Ridding reputation - takes awhile
Bible changes beliefs about God;
Encountering people changes bias, or removes distance
For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
Galatians 11:13
what does it take for you to change your mind?
Change my view website - not active, but you can still read posts
But what about the world beyond internet forums? What about trying to change Uncle George’s mind at the family dinner this weekend? It turns out there is a personal aspect in persuasion as well. The concept of self-affirmation – that people need to feel a personal sense of identity and worth – is an important factor in persuading someone.
Research shows that by challenging Uncle George’s political beliefs, you are questioning his personal judgment. But if you can say something nice first – either pay Uncle George a compliment or point out one part of his views that you agree with – he’ll be more likely to consider your perspective.
changed through information, but relationship first
God wants to change your mind - relationship + information
Change your habits
Change your habits
Galatians 1:
I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus. Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus. Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
prayer - just asking for help?
prayer - just asking for help?
Galatians 1:1
study - yes
practices - habits - including on the job learning
living in community
Learning to listen
College degrees don’t always prepare applicants for a job. Employers demand them anyway. - Washington Post
A leading cause of high student loans is “requiring a bachelor’s degree for jobs that really don’t require one,”
“Companies that insist only on a college degree deny themselves the untapped potential of eager to work young adults as well as experienced, older workers as pools of affordable talent.”
Of course, there are jobs where an advanced degree and specific training are necessary. But think about how you learned to do your job. Experience may have mattered more than the philosophy or biology class you took in college.
Easy application: take a class; or prepare mentally (not prepared for what you know is coming; but how you respond
parenting: patience; self lessness - practice before birth
“what to do if someone tries to kill you” “attacked by an angry mob”
chained in a prison - what to do v. how you can respond
Do you agree that we are already living out our pur- poses when we pray, study, listen, and grow?
challenge: pray, learn, serve
Change Your Priorities
Change Your Priorities
But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”
Acts 9:
Final Challenge: - Your personal Arabia; place of preparation; serving Christ now, preparing for a greater mission
Final Challenge: - Your personal Arabia; place of preparation; serving Christ now, preparing for a greater mission
(Sunday School now, teaching children in an unchurched neighborhood later; private prayer now; public prayer later; serving a fellowship meal now, serving a meal at a shelter, a hungry neighborhood
can’t grow without change;
ultimate purpose: prepare for mission in the world
prepare?
change mind: allowing your mind to be challenged: learn; encounter different people
learn;
daily habits: pray, serve
pray