WHO AM I? WHERE DID I COME FROM? WHAT IS MY PURPOSE?
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GOT QUESTIONS SERIES SO FAR:
GREAT COMMISSION
WHAT IS CHURCH
SPIRITUAL GIFTS
WHO AM I?
WHO AM I?
MY IDENTITY DOES NOT LIE IN MY MISTAKES,STRUGGLES, MY EMBARASSING MOMENTS, THOSE DISCOURAGING NEGATIVE VOICES IN MY HEAD ETC...
SO I DECIDED TO GOOGLE WHO I AM
YES YOU CAN GOOGLE ANYTHING NOWADAYS AND PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE BY WHAT GOOGLE SAYS.
OK WELL LET ME TELL YOU WHO GOOGLE SAYS I AM:
INDEPENDANT- LIKE TO BE ALONE AND ONLY LET SELECT PEOPLE INTO MY CIRCLE CAUTIOUSLY
REALISTIC - PRACTICAL,LEARN FROM EXPERIENCES, LIKE HANDS ON ACTIVITIES WITH TANGIBLE RESULTS
CAPTAIN - AN INFLUENCIAL ACHIEVER, YOU’R ON THE TOP RUNG WHERE THOSE ON DECK CAN LOOK UP TO YOU.
WHERE DID I COME FROM?
WHERE DID I COME FROM?
IN THE BEGINING
GOD CREATED US FOR HIS PLEASURE - HE DELIGHTS IN US
SLIDE #1 SCRIPTURE
16 for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him.
5 “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
38 And my righteous ones will live by faith. But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”
WHAT IS MY PURPOSE?
WHAT IS MY PURPOSE?
IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU!____________
ITS GOD’S PURPOSE FOR YOU
WHAT HAS GOD PURPOSED YOUR LIFE FOR?
IN RICK WARRENS WORDS:
YOU ARE NOT AN ACCIDENT
YOUR BIRTH WAS NO MISTAKE OR MISHAP
AND YOUR LIFE IS NO FLUKE OF NATURE
PERHAPS YOU HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT YOU WERE NOT PLANNED - YES YOU WERE - GOD PLANNED FOR YOU TO BE BORN
SLIDE #2 SCRIPTURE
8 The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
SLIDE #3 SCRIPTURE
26 From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.
IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU!____________
THESE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IN ALL MY SEARCHING I DONT THINK I FOUND ANYONE WHO ARTICULATED THE ANSWERS BETTER THAN RICK WARREN
IF YOU DONT KNOW HIS BOOK THAT HE WROTE MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO CALLED THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE.
It has been translated into 137 languages and sold more than 50 million copies in multiple formats.
IT IS NOT A REPLACEMENT OF THE BIBLE IT IS A MAP FOR OUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS I WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO REMIND YOU OF A PERSON IN THE SCRIPTURES AND WE FIND HIM IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS:
THE STORY OF JOSEPH
SON OF JACOB
SOLD SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS INTO SLAVERY
BETRAYED BY POTIPHERS WIFE
ENDS UP IN PRISON
INTERPRETS A DREAM FOR PHAROAHS SUBJECTS
FINALLY GETS TO INTERPRET A DREAM FOR PHAROAH
GET ELEVATED TO A POSITION OF 2ND IN COMMAND TO PHAROAH
HE IS ABLE TO SAVE MANY PEOPLE FROM STARVATION AND TO INCREASE THE WEALTH OF HIS COUNTRY
THIS IS ALL WELL AND GOOD PASTOR CHARMAINE BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS:
HOW DO WE DO THIS?
IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU!____________
FIRST AND FOREMOST AS RICK WARREN REMINDS US WE HAVE TO LET GOD LOVE US!!
ACCEPTING GODS LOVE FOR US IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE JOURNEY.
TO KNOW GOD AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN
AS AN IMAGE OF GOD WE REFLECT GOD AS HIS CREATION
THINK OF A STATUE - IT REFLECTS THE PERSON THAT IT DEPICTS
SO IT IS WITH US, WE NEED TO GIVE GOD GLORY BY THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES.
GOD HAS GIVEN US GIFTS AND TALENTS AND EVEN MORE SO - HE IS INVITING US TO WORK WITH HIM.
WE ARE PART OF GODS PLAN - PARTNERS IN KINGDOM BUILDING.
THIS IS WHERE WE GET OUR HANDS DIRTY.
IT BEGINS WITH FIGURING OUT WHAT YOUR PASSION IS
TO IMAGE GOD AND RULE AND TAKE THE WORLD SOMEWHERE
PURPOSE
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT
LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, MIND AND SOUL
LOVE YOU NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF
THE GREAT COMMISSION
GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS, TEACH THEM ABOUT ME, BAPTISE THEM.
I AM NOT SURE IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE MOVIE THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY
IT IS A STORY ABOUT A COKE BOTTLE THAT FELL FROM HEAVEN AND THIS WORKER