2. About Purpose
What is purpose?
Do you feel you have a purpose?
Do you ever wonder what’s the point?
Did you know that you have a purpose?
Did you know that you only need discover it?
3. We Have Innate Purpose
We were created to care for the world
We were created to procreate
We were created to love God
We were created to truly love others
We were created to enjoy our work
4. Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them,
“Be fruitful and increase in number;
fill the earth and subdue it.
Rule over the fish of the sea and
the birds of the air and over every
living creature that moves on the ground.”
5. Genesis 9:7
As for you,
be fruitful and increase in number;
multiply on the earth and increase upon it.
6. Matthew 22:37,39
Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and
with all your soul and
with all your mind.
Love your neighbor as yourself.
7. Eccelesiastes 3:22
So I saw that there is nothing better
for a man than to enjoy his work,
because that is his lot.
For who can bring him to see what
will happen after him?
8. Jeremiah 29:11
“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.”
9. Worldly Distortion
The world distorts our God-given purposes
We destroy our environment in trying to subdue
We don’t take care of the young and kill each other
We don’t treat sex with respect
We don’t truly love each other or God
We don’t think we have a purpose
10. Where there is no vision,
the people perish
– Proverbs 29:18
11. What Is Your Vision?
Do you have a vision for the world?
What are you called to do?
Do you have a game plan?
Are you making good decisions?
Are you making good friends and contacts?
12. Society Is Like A Body
Each part of your body has a purpose
Ask a medical professional about your body
God created redundancy and spare parts
Each of us fits into society in some way
Most of us are finding out how
God wants us to find our specific place
13. Daring To Dream
Judges 7 - Gideon versus the Midianites
He heard from God and obeyed
He did not rely on his strength
He wasn’t afraid of the enemy
He heard a dream and listened
14. Daring To Dream
He worshipped God
He took charge of the situation
He did a crazy thing on faith
He had the battle fought for him
He had fulfilled his purpose
15. How To Overcome
Listen to what God says and obey
Get rid of the dead weight in your life
Your friends
Your habits
Your addictions
Your strength
Your pride
16. How To Overcome
Don’t be afraid of your worldly weakness
Don’t rely on your worldly strength
Listen to the voice of God
Observe your enemies
Worship under trial
Have faith
