September 15th

                                                   God’s Purpose

Pr.Silvana

Psalm 138.8

^“The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me;
your love, o Lord, endures forever — do not abandon the works of your hands.”

• God has a purpose for me (for each one of us). His purpose is perfect.
• What’s  “purpose”?:
• - reason, intent, intention, plan, aim, goal, cause, meaning, project, target, objective...
•  God’s purpose can be…

- general  (salvation; the Kingdom of God; the Church, the body of Christ; all that has to do with God’s plan to reconcile mankind with Himself, the Creator).

- specific (a personal calling, to do a specific task in the Kingdom of God).

• The Lord will fulfill His purpose FOR ME…” =  “The Lord will work out His plans for my life; The Lord you will do everything He has planned for me.”
• “To fulfill a purpose” means “to do what is intended to do; what is supposed to be done.”
• “Living on purpose is the only way to really live. Everything else is just existing.” (Rick Warren - The Purpose Driven Life)
• When you realize, find out God’s purpose for your life, everything changes. Your life changes. The way you see things changes. You don’t care about  what people say against you…
• Don’t be a “4 S BELIEVER”: Saved, Seated, Satisfied, Sleepy   (by Pr Rodrigo)
•  Find out what is God’s purpose for your life. How?
•  - Pray. But don’t pray only. Go further. Beyond praying, start serving God and people. Do something to serve in the Kingdom of God. Then, soon, God will put you in the right place planned only for you.
• ž It will be the motivation of your life; it will make you happy; it will bring you pleasure; it will take most of your concerns; your life will turn around it.
• žBE CAREFUL!!!  The enemy will try to distract you, to take you out of God’s purpose. Be focused. First things first. (Matthew 6.33)
• ž Ephesians 4:11-16

“It was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be            evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.”

• ž Acts 13:36a

“For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, 

he fell asleep…”

We were born and were called with a purpose. Let’s serve God’s purpose for our life, in this present generation.

Listen to this song and sing along as a prayer… “This is my desire… to be used by You, Lord!”