Purpose

Proverbs 3:5-6

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”

Q: How is your purpose discovered according to this passage?

Proverbs 23:7a

“For as he thinks within himself, so he is.”

Q: Your mind is the most sophisticated computer ever built. Your brain is programmed by what it sees, hears, tastes, and touches, but mostly by what it thinks about. Successful people involved in sports, music, art, science or other endeavors think about goals, dreams, training and winning day and night.

If you think you are a loser, you will be a _________________________________________.

If you think about porn, you are _______________________________________________.

If you think you are angry and bitter, you become ____________ & _____________________.

If you think you deserve to always get what you want, you become ________________________.

If you think about God’s great calling on your life, you become __________________________.

If you think about His awesomeness, you become ___________________________________.

Proverbs 16:3

“Commit your works to the Lord and your plans will be established.”

Q: What is this passage saying to you about your purpose in life?

Psalm 1:2-3

“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers.”

Q: What is this passage saying to you about the paramount role of God’s Word in your pathway to success?

 

Picture

Luke 19:10

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which is lost.”

Matthew 20:28

“…just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

Q: What was Jesus’ purpose on earth? How do you compare your purpose to His?

 

Paul

Ephesians 2:10

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”

Q: What does this passage teach you about your purpose in life?

 

Peter

1 Peter 2:21-23

“For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously.”

Q: What is a true believer’s purpose according to this passage? When someone hurts you, how do you “follow in His steps?”

 

APPLICATION:

How do these passages relate to me today? What changes do they bring to my life?

LOCKER ROOM:

Is there anything this week that you have been enslaved to, and how we can help you?