PVBC: 40 Days Purpose Driven (Week 1) - Introduction

Friday, July 09, 2010
PVBC: Introduction to 40 days Purpose Driven Life

Each week, we will be talking about the 5 main purposes that God has for us:

1. Worship
2. Discipleship
3. Fellowship
4. Ministry
5. Evangelism
   

Memorize Verse:

Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s Workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advanced for us to do.”

Questions: What I am to do on Earth? What do you want God to do for you in the next 40 days?
Example answers: Discipline, Responsible, passionate, energize, lively, appreciated, respectful of my time & resources

Why do we exist?
Negative effects for not knowing why: (Ecclesiastes Chapter 1)

1. Tiresome (Ecclesiastes 1:5-8) – Autopilot, running on a treadmill
2. Unfulfilling (Ecclesiastes 1:8-9) – Moving to the next things, Flipping channels
3. Uncontrollable (Ecclesiastes 1:15) – Try to fit in, mold yourself into someone else to please the others, “trying too hard”

Two options (routes) for people who don’t know their purpose:
A. Make up their purpose – hobbies, sports, career, creating a legacy
B. Discover what God says is their purpose – Seek the Creator

Positive effects for knowing our purpose: (Philippians 3:12-14)

1. Focus – not be so distracted. Light focus --> Fire -->Laser --> cut through steel --> cure cancer.
2. Simplified – prioritized, where you should invest your life, your time and energy. Helps you be at the presence. Don’t get stuck in the past or be worried about the future
3. Motivation (Jeremiah 29:11) – Give us hope knowing that His plan is good for us. Develop perseverance.
4. Eternity (Ecclesiastes 3:11) – Life on Earth is a preparation for eternity. It is a trial run for us.

Two questions will be asked when your day come:
a. What do you do with my son Jesus Christ?
b. What do you do with what I gave you?

What does it means to be a follower of Jesus? – God if you there, & you care, let me know it, open up our minds to know you.