The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?

The Bible says, “Be ready at all times to answer anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you, but do it with gentleness and respect.”6 The best way to “be ready” is to write out your testimony and then memorize the main points. Divide it into four parts: 1. What my life was like before I met Jesus 2. How I realized I needed Jesus 3. How

One of the most profound examples of serving from a secure self-image is Jesus’ washing the feet of his disciples. Washing feet was the equivalent of being a shoeshine boy, a job devoid of status. But Jesus knew who he was, so the task didn’t threaten his self-image.

Every time you try to block a thought out of your mind, you drive it deeper into your memory. By resisting it, you actually reinforce it.

Paul urges us to fully surrender our lives to God in worship: “So then, my friends, because of God’s great mercy to us … offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to his service and pleasing to him. This is the true worship that you should offer.”2 True worship — bringing God pleasure — happens when you give yourself completely to Go

Jesus came “to serve” and “to give” — and those two verbs should define your life on earth, too.

Repeatedly the Bible compares life on earth to temporarily living in a foreign country. This is not your permanent home or final destination. You’re just passing through, just visiting earth. The Bible uses terms like alien, pilgrim, foreigner, stranger, visitor, and traveler to describe our brief stay on earth. David said, “I am but a foreigner he

These seven steps are simple, but they are not easy. It takes a lot of effort to restore a relationship. That’s why Peter urged, “Work hard at living in peace with others.”26 But when you work for peace, you are doing what God would do. That’s why God calls peacemakers his children.27

Recognize your pattern of temptation and be prepared for it.

Much confusion in the Christian life comes from ignoring the simple truth that God is far more interested in building your character than he is anything else. We worry when God seems silent on specific issues such as “What career should I choose?” The truth is, there are many different careers that could be in God’s will for your life. What God car