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Finding Your Purpose in God

Is there a plan God has for me?


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F or I know the thoughtsand plans that I have for you, says the Lord,

thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and notfor evil, to give you hope inyour final outcome.

Jeremiah 29:11


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D oes God have a specificpurpose for our lives?


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T his question must first beanswered before we caneven start to consider findingour purpose.


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U nless we believe that Godhas a specific purpose for uswhy would we try to findone?


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T he first question I ever asked about God that wassincere and ultimately led tomy finding Him was, D o youthink there is a God and if

there is what does He haveto do with us?


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T he existence of God and His

relationship with usis the ultimatequestion of purpose.


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If there is no Godthere is nopurpose.


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T he Western faith inmaterialism has resulted insuch chaos that only therelics of a once heldChristian belief system has

kept it from completelydestroying itself.


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At the core of atheism is the denial

of any sense of purpose to humanlife.


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Without a faith in God thereis no basis for human worthor purpose. We are no moresignificant than the spiderswe crush to rid our homes of

them.


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T hat is why the mostruthless heart is one thatreally believes there is noGod.


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I believe anyone who looksat the world as it really is willcome to the conclusion thatthere had to have been adesigner who created the

world and ultimately us.


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B ut even that knowledgedoes not answer thequestion of purpose.


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K nowing that something or someone designed all of thisdoes not tell us that therewas a purpose in creating it.


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T he creator could have beenan alien from a dying racelike 2001 a Space Odysseypromotes.


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In that case the purpose of humanity is non specific.T here is a grand scheme butthe individuals have little or no purpose themselves.


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T he creator could have been just filling in time. Or he/she/it might no longer exist.


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T he understanding thathuman beings were createdby God with a purpose is

only found in believing thatGod is real and has a

personal relationship with us.


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T he more personal aninterest He has in us themore profound is the sense

of purpose.


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We have come tounderstand that God is socompletely interested in us

that He knows even thenumber of hairs that we

have.


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"A re not five sparrows sold for two

cents? Yet not one of them is forgottenbefore God. 7"Indeed, the very hairsof your head are all numbered. D o not

fear; you are more valuable than manysparrows

Luke 12:6-7


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K ing D avid fully expresses in a song

the intimacy he knew God had withhim in Psalm 139.


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K ing D avid fully expresses in a song

the intimacy he knew God had withhim. T he song is found in Psalm139.


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. . . O LOR D , you have searched me,

and known me. 2 You know mydownsitting and my uprising, youunderstand my thought afar off.

Psalm 139:1-2


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A s our Creator, God knows us

perfectly. He created our Spirit,Soul and B ody. He knowseverything about us..

EVERY T HING


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He is not just a far off creator that startedthe world and left it. He remainsintimately connected to His creations.He is perfectly involved in everything wedo, think, feel, believe.

EVERY T HING


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5 You have beset me behind and before,and laid your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

7 Whither shall I go from your spirit? or whither shall I flee from your presence?

Psalm 139


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T he picture D avid sings to us about is soclearly the experience of his life. God isso closely tied to His creation that itgoes beyond human capacity tocomprehend it yet it is able to be

discerned by the revelation of God. Heis always with us.


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8 If I ascend up into heaven, you arethere: if I make my bed in hell, behold,you are there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning, anddwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10 Even there shall your hand lead me,and your right hand shall hold me.

Psalm 139


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11 If I say, Surely the darkness shallcover me; even the night shall be lightabout me.

12 Yea, the darkness does not hide notfrom you; but the night shines as theday: the darkness and the light are bothalike to you.

Psalm 139


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D avid will not let us think for a momentthat God is even slightly distant. He istotally connected to His creation.T hough D avid did not know aboutatoms if he did he would have sung that

God is connected to us even on asubatomic level.


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Several centuries later Paul as

well reaffirms that Jesus is thevery force that keeps everythingin life from coming apart.


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F or by Him all things werecreated, both in the visible andinvisible, whether thrones of

dominions or rulers or authorities - all things havebeen created by Him and for

Him.Colossians 1:16


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T he him that Paul speaks of is

Gods only son Jesus who Hesent to give his life for us tobring us back to a full

relationship with God.


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A nd He is before all

things and in Himall things hold

together.Colossians 1:17


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Jesus is involved in eventhe sub atomic particlesin our being.


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We cannot possibly get a

message from the B ible of aCreator that is uninvolved.T he B ible tells us that our Creator continues to createin our lives.


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Now D avid moves us fromthe larger experience of Gods intimate connection

to us to the specifics of our creation.


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13 F or you formed my inward parts; Youwove me in my mothers womb.

Psalm 139


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14 I will give thanks to you; for I am14 I will give thanks to you; for I amfearfully and wonderfully made:fearfully and wonderfully made:

Wonderful are Your works; and my soulWonderful are Your works; and my soulknows it very well.knows it very well.Psalm 139Psalm 139


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15 My frame was not hidden from15 My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, You, when I was made in secret,and skillfully wrought in theand skillfully wrought in thedepths of the earth.depths of the earth.

Psalm 139Psalm 139


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16 your eyes have seen my unformed16 your eyes have seen my unformedsubstance; and in your book were allsubstance; and in your book were all

written The days that were ordainedwritten The days that were ordainedfor me, when as yet there was not for me, when as yet there was not one of them.one of them.

Psalm 139Psalm 139


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Jesus created us from the first cell.Jesus created us from the first cell.He created us very specifically.He created us very specifically.

Each aspect of our creation hasEach aspect of our creation haspurpose. They all relate to ourpurpose. They all relate to ourdestiny in God.destiny in God.


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When we understand that Jesus is

our creator us we also understandthat He created us, as He dideverything else He created,

Purposefully


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B EING CRE AT ED P U RPOSE FU LLY

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WE H A VE A P U RPOSE


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AUT OM AT IC A LLY FU LF ILLT H AT P U RPOSE.


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T O REJEC T JES U S A S O U RCRE AT OR IS T O

REJEC T OU RP U RPOSE.


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F or by Him all things were created, bothin the heavens and on earth, visible andinvisible, whether thrones or dominionsor rulers or authorities--all things havebeen created through Him

and for Him .Colossians 1:16


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T his is even morespecifically stated in thegreat anthem of praise

that resounded on the dayJohn the beloved whowrote the book of Revelation received hisprophetic vision.


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T he four and twenty elders fall

down before him that sat on thethrone, and worship him thatliveth for ever and ever, and

cast their crowns before thethrone, saying,

Revelation 4:10 ( K JS)


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T he N A S B translates the words

for thy pleasure,because of Your will


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T he NIV translates the words for

thy pleasure,by Your will


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A LL T HREE T R A NSL AT IONS

PIC K U P ON A SPEC T S O F T HE T RUT H CON TA INED INT HE GREE K WOR D

CONCERNING WHY A LLT HINGS WERE A ND A RECRE AT ED .


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thelema, thel'-ay-mah; from theprolonged form of Greek thelo; adetermination

(active) choice (special purpose, decree;abstract volition) or

(passive) inclination :- desire, pleasure,will.


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So then we are created:

1. B y the CHOICE of God(because of His will)

2. B y the D ECREE of God (byHis will)

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A LL T HREE A RERE A LLY A P A RT OF A NYT HING T H AT WE CRE AT E A S

WELL.


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T HE F IRS T T WO

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T HE L A S T IS T HE WH AT WE A RE CRE AT ED F OR:

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