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WHAT ON EARTH AM I HERE FOR? (Purpose) - WEEK ONE -

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1. What might be some conequences of not knowing your purpose in life? . . . ( I found 3) Note Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:5-8; 1:8b-9a; 1:15.

2. What are some benefits of knowing your purpose in life? . . . (I found 4)Note Scripture: Philippians 3:12b-14; Jeremiah 29:11; Eccl.3:11a

How are you now relating to Christ, having read all these Scriptures?

Your Book to Read is: The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren, Zondervan

READING SCHEDULE: Week 1
Day 1 - Chapter 1, It Starts With God
Day 2 - Chapter 2, You Are Not An Accident
Day 3 - Chapter 3, What Drives Your Life?
Day 4 - Chapter 4, Made To Last Forever
Day 5 - Chapter 5, Seeing Life From God's View
Day 6 - Chapter 6, Life is a Temporary Assignment
Day 7 - Chapter 7, The Reason for Everything

Is there anything new you have learned about God, Yourself or Others?

MEMORIZE: Ephesians 2:10

YOU WERE PLANNED FOR GOD'S PLEASURE (Worship) - WEEK TWO -

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A Reminder: "God did not need to create you, but He chose to create you for His own enjoyment. You exist for His benefit, His glory, His purpose, and His delight." - Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life, book.

1. How Do We Live A Life of Worship, A Life Pleasing to God?
Note Scripture: Romans 12:1-2. What do we do? What's this act called?
Read also: Proverbs 16:8,9

2. Can you find here three reasons why we should live for God's pleasure?
How does Romans 12:1 define worship?

Reading Schedule: Week 2
Day 8 - Chapter 8, Planned For God's Pleasure
Day 9 - Chapter 9, What Makes God Smile?
Day 10 - Chapter 10, The Heart of Worship
Day 11 - Chapter 11, Becoming Best Friends With God
Day 12 - Chapter 12, Developing Your Friendship with God
Day 12 - Chapter 13, Worship That Pleases God
Day 13 - Chapter 14, When God seems Distant

Memory Verse: Revelation 4:11

YOU WERE FORMED FOR GOD'S FAMILY (Fellowship) - WEEK THREE -

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Reading Schedule of Week 3 ~ You Were Formed For God's Family (Fellowship)

What are some Important Building Blocks for Fellowship?

What do you find to be the greatest building block challenge?

Day 15 - Chapter 15 - Formed for God's Family
Day 16 - Chapter 16 - What Matters Most
Day 17 - Chapter 17 - A Place to Belong
Day 18 - Chapter 18 - Experiencing Life Together
Day 19 - Chapter 19 - Cultivating Community
Day 20 - Chapter 20 - Restoring Broken Fellowship
Day 21 - Chapter 21 - Protecting Your Church

Verse to Memorize: Ephesians 2:19b

YOU WERE CREATED TO BECOME LIKE CHRIST (Discipleship) - WEEK FOUR -

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Reading Schedule of Week 4 ~ You Were Created To Become Like Christ (Discipleship)

What are some tools God uses to help make us like Jesus?

Waht are some choices that will help you become more like Jesus?

Day 22 - Chapter 22 - Created To Become Like Christ
Day 23 - Chapter 23 - How We Grow
Day 24 - Chapter 24 - Transformed by Truth
Day 25 - Chapter 25 - Transformed by Trouble
Day 26 - Chapter 26 - Growing Through Temptation
Day 27 - Chapter 27 - Defeating Temptation
Day 28 - Chapter 28 - It takes Time

YOU WERE SHAPED FOR SERVING GOD (Ministry) - WEEK FIVE -

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Reading Schedule of Week 5 ~ You Were Shaped for Serving God (Ministry)

What are some attitudes that people might have toward those in need?

What are some Steps to Serving People in Need, the Way Jesus Would?

Day 29 - Chapter 29 - Accepting Your Assignment
Day 30 - Chapter 30 - Shaped for Serving God
Day 31 - Chapter 31 - Understanding Your Shape
Day 32 - Chapter 32 - Using What God Gave You
Day 33 - Chapter 33 - How Real Servants Act
Day 34 - Chapter 34 - Thinking Like A Servant
Day 35 - Chapter 35 - God's Power In Your Weakness

YOU WERE MADE FOR A MISSION - WEEK SIX - this blogsite course Starts at the Bottom of page.

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Reading Schedule of Week 5 ~ You Were Shaped for Serving God (Ministry)

What are some attitudes that people might have toward those in need?
What are some Steps to Serving People in Need, the Way Jesus Would?

Day 36 - Chapter 36 - Made For A Mission
Day 37 - Chapter 37 - Sharing Your Life Message
Day 38 - Chapter 38 - Becoming A World Class Christian
Day 39 - Chapter 39 - Balancing Your Life
Day 40 - Chapter 40 - Living with Purpose
Day 41 - Chapter - Review Chapters Important to You
Day 42 - Chapter - Journel Your Steps to Continued Growth in Christ

Online - 40 Day Spiritual Discovery

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The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
by Rick Warren

Reviews from Amazon

The spiritual premise in The Purpose-Driven Life is that there are no accidents---God planned everything and everyone. Therefore, every human has a divine purpose, according to God's master plan. Like a twist on John F. Kennedy's famous inaugural address, this book could be summed up like this: "So my fellow Christians, ask not what God can do for your life plan, ask what your life can do for God's plan." Those who are looking for advice on finding one's calling through career choice, creative expression, or any form of self-discovery should go elsewhere. This is not about self-exploration; it is about purposeful devotion to a Christian God. The book is set up to be a 40-day immersion plan, recognizing that the Bible favors the number 40 as a "spiritually significant time," according to author Rick Warren, the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, touted as one of the nation largest congregations. Warren's hope is that readers will "interact" with the 40 chapters, reading them one day at a time, with extensive underlining and writing in the margins. As an inspirational manifesto for creating a more worshipful, church-driven life, this book delivers. Every page is laden with references to scripture or dogma. But it does not do much to address the challenges of modern Christian living, with its competing material, professional, and financial distractions. Nonetheless, this is probably an excellent resource for devout Christians who crave a jumpstart back to worshipfulness. --Gail Hudson

From Publishers Weekly
Pastor of Saddleback Church, a Southern Baptist mega-church in southern California with weekly attendance of more than 15,000, Warren now applies his highly successful "purpose-driven" framework, developed in the best-seller The Purpose-Driven Church, to individual experience. The same principles Warren has taught to thousands of pastors to help churches be healthy and effective can also drive lives, he says. The book argues that discerning and living five God-ordained purposes-worship, community, discipleship, ministry and evangelism-is key to effective living. His 40 short chapters are intended to be read over 40 days' time, giving readers small pieces of his purpose-discovering program to chew on. Warren certainly knows his Bible. Of 800-plus footnotes, only 18 don't refer to Christian Scripture. He deliberately works with 15 different Bible translations, leaning heavily on contemporary translations and paraphrases, as an interesting way of plumbing biblical text. The almost exclusively biblical frame of reference stakes out the audience niche for this manual for Christian living. It's practical yet paradoxically abstract, lacking the kind of real-life examples and stories that life-application books usually provide in abundance. The book has flaws editing might have fixed. People are quoted without being identified, and subheads simply repeat lines of text, which tends to make the prose sound too simple. This book is not for all, but for those needing a certain kind of scriptural rock, it is solid. - Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Synopsis
This 40-day spiritual journey aims to help you understand why you are alive and God's amazing plan for you both now and for eternity.

From the Back Cover
You are not an accident. Even before the universe was created, God had you in mind, and he planned you for his purposes. These purposes will extend far beyond the few years you will spend on earth. You were made to last forever!

Self-help books often suggest that you try to discover the meaning and purpose of your life by looking within yourself, but Rick Warren says that is the wrong place to start. You must begin with God, your Creator, and his reasons for creating you. You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

This book will help you understand why you are alive and God’s amazing plan for you—both here and now, and for eternity. Rick Warren will guide you through a personal 40-day spiritual journey that will transform your answer to life’s most important question: What on earth am I here for? Knowing God’s purpose for creating you will reduce your stress, focus your energy, simplify your decisions, give meaning to your life, and, most importantly, prepare you for eternity.

The Purpose-Driven™ Life is a blueprint for Christian living in the 21st century—a lifestyle based on God’s eternal purposes, not cultural values. Using over 1,200 scriptural quotes and references, it challenges the conventional definitions of worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, and evangelism. In the tradition of Oswald Chambers, Rick Warren offers distilled wisdom on the essence of what life is all about.

This is a book of hope and challenge that you will read and re-read, and it will be a classic treasured by generations to come. Click here to purchase a copy at great discount!