04-02-22 What On Earth Am I Here For - Notes

WHAT ON EARTH AM I HERE FOR?

The Purpose Driven Life – Part 1

Sermon Outline Notes

LIFE’S 3 GREATEST QUESTIONS

1.  QUESTION OF EXISTENCE: WHY AM I ALIVE?

     “Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow,

      to end my life in disgrace?”                     Jeremiah 20:18 (TEV)

     “Why did you create us? For nothing?”    Psalm 89:47 (NCV)

      “The Lord has made everything for His own purpose.”

                                                                        Proverbs 16:4a (GW)

      “Long before He laid down earth's foundations, He had us in

      mind, and settled on us as the focus of His love, to be made

      whole and holy by His love.”                    Ephesians 1:4 (Msg)

GOD SAYS HE CREATED ME TO BE LOVED BY HIM!

2.            QUESTION OF SIGNIFICANCE:  DOES MY LIFE MATTER?

      “My work all seems so useless! I have spent my strength for

      nothing and for no purpose at all.”            Isaiah 49:4a (NLT)

      “I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were

      born.”                                                         Isaiah 44:2 (CEV)

      “You... scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your book!”

                                                                        Psalm 139:16 (LB)

“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s will. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”                                Matthew 10:29-31 (RSV)

      "His plans endure forever; his purposes last eternally."

                                                                        Psalm 33:11 (GN)

GOD SAYS MY LIFE MATTERS BECAUSE HE CREATED ME TO LAST FOREVER!

      “When this tent we live in—our body here on earth—is torn

      down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a home he himself has made, which will last forever.”                                                                             2 Corinthians 5:1 (TEV)

      “Leave your impoverished confusion and live!  Walk up the

      street to a life with meaning."                   Proverbs 9:6 (Msg)

3. QUESTION OF INTENTION:  WHAT IS MY PURPOSE?

      "Knowing God results in every other kind of understanding."

                                                                        Proverbs 9:10b (LB)

     “For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible…everything got started in him and finds its

      purpose in him.”                                   Colossians 1:16 (Msg)

      “It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for... part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything         and everyone.”                        Ephesians 1:11 (Msg)

GOD SAYS I FIND MY PURPOSE BY GETTING TO KNOW HIM!