Purpose driven life

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Angel-A

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I just so love that book that pardon me i have to put few words about it, to shear with anyone interested!
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1. What is the purpose of our life? Do we need to find it for ourselves?
The author didn’t think so – we all created by God, so only He knows how we work and what we should do. We need to find out – what God wants us to do in our life for his glory.
We need to get closer to Jesus and by that connection we will discover – what we should do.
The question – How can we remember that we live for God not for our needs.

2. God created you for a good reason and chose your family to help you grown. Even if you don’t see that – he knows what he is doing. You just have to find the way to see that.
Remember that he is your creator and have a big task for you – you not here for yourself but for him to full fill that task.

3. What drives you in life? Some people are driven by remembering past much too often and leave by it with negative feelings and worry day after day, some are driven by fear of future.
Many like material comfort and do anything to have that – because they believe they will mean something and feel safer – which is not truth. Some like to be liked by others by pleasing others and going to job only to be admired.
If life has sense – man can stand anything, if hasn’t – we can hardly stand anything. The biggest tragedy is not a death but life without sense. People who don’t know their purpose – they usually waste their time to do too much.
Purpose in life - make our life more simple and easy – because we concentrate only for things we know – we should do (with passion). You are not here to be remembered by others, but to serve people.

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4. Created to live for ever. If you learn to love and trust in Christ – you will stay with him in heaven for ever, is not – you go down.
The life is a preparation to live for ever – nothing else! The death doesn’t finish anything – it is rather starting something new. God’s plan will never pass – they will survive for ever.
‘Live’ like every day was your last day!

5. Look at your life from God’s point of view.
We don’t see people/things the way they are but the way we are. How would you describe – the meaning of your life? – being the best? – getting reach? – being somebody? – having perfect family? God will give us under the tests to see if he can trust us (changes, problems, criticism, tragedy, unlisten prays, loneliness). Nothing is unimportant in life – every moment is a test for our character and way to learn. Everything what is in the earth belongs to God – we are just someone who is responsible to manage things which have been lent it to us – nothing is ours. It is pointless to be too proud of having lots of things – none of it is ours.
 
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Ugly

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Sorry, Rick Warren has some really messed up teaching. I had a bad feeling in my spirit about that book. I tried to read it and couldn't get myself through the first chapter. He is a supporter of Muslims and Christians coming together. He supports one world unity. While i think psychology is ok to a degree, he is heavily involved in psychology in his church. Also, he's an Oprah Winfrey apostle, and she is pure new age philosophy.
 

zeroturbulence

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I loved that book. It was one of the things that led me to Christ, and from what I hear it has led a lot of other people to Christ too.

(and no Ugly, this is not a reply to your post)
 
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leelee

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I have it, its on my bookshelf. I have yet to read it.
 
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I've never read anything associated with Rick Warren anymore. He has become a huge promoter of Islams worshiping together with Christians. If he was a true Christian, he would understand that light should not mix with darkness.
 

leelee

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If we are to "go forth and make disciples" we have to mix with darkness. God wants us to change the world and while I haven't read the book I think that mixing with other religions could be a route to their salvation.
 

zeroturbulence

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If we are to "go forth and make disciples" we have to mix with darkness. God wants us to change the world and while I haven't read the book I think that mixing with other religions could be a route to their salvation.
Exactly. And believe it or not, the true muslim faith (not the extremist's version) believes in the old testament and also respects Jesus as a great prophet (but not as the son of God, just like the Jews). The difference is the that muslims believe that Mohammed received prophetic words from the angel Gabriel about 400 years after Christ, and those words are their Q'ran (Koran).
 
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nonicknametouse

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I did not know that about Rick Warren. How did you come about that info concerning him. I just read the book and liked it. I also could have been deceived which scares me. Why do you call yourself ugly. I am sensitive to that word because of my negative self-image.
 

zeroturbulence

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I did not know that about Rick Warren. How did you come about that info concerning him. I just read the book and liked it. I also could have been deceived which scares me. Why do you call yourself ugly. I am sensitive to that word because of my negative self-image.
I didn't know about it either until I came upon this thread. I do know that Pastor Warren reaches out to the gay community and I applaud him for that effort because he is just trying to convert them. Maybe that's what he's trying to do with muslims.
 
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leelee

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You know muslims have doubts too. my old corner shop man used to ask me to pray for him, in case he was wrong. I always told him about church and he thought it sounded great. The only reason he didn't come was he had to be in the shop. Aside from that he is a lovely man who actually cared for my welfare, he knew my parents were pretty far away and always asked after them and he worried about me if I looked tired or unwell. I do not consider knowing him as mixing with darkness at all as he is a genuinely nice person whether a christian or not
 
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nonicknametouse

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Why is it that Pastors are trying to get Muslims and Christians together to worship. How can Chritians worship with the unsaved.
 

leelee

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Every week we worship with the unsaved! Pastors don't stop folk at the door and demand proof of salvation! People get saved every week at my church which means before hand they were unsaved. "Go forth and make disciples"
 
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Tintin

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Rick Warren believes some non-biblical teachings, yes, but he also has many great things to say. You have to be discerning about these things and line them up against God's Word. He's closer to the truth than Rob Bell, that's for sure.