What On Earth Am I Here For

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What On Earth Am I Here For?

• 40 Days Of Purpose Week 1
• 9th March 2003

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3 Questions Of Life

• Question Of Existence Why am I alive?
• Question Of Significance Does My Life Matter?
• Question Of Meaning What Is My Lifes Purpose?

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Q1 Why Am I Alive?

• Jeremiah asked this question
• Jeremiah 2018
• Other approaches to answering the question
• Mystical Look within yourself
• Philosophical
• Survivalist Just to keep alive
• Naturalist To perpetuate the species
• Hedonist Living for pleasure
• Materialist You are what you own
• Self Help Invent your own purpose of life go
  for it!

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Q1 Why Am I Alive?

• The basic principle
• Life Is NOT all about ME!
• The true answer to this question is in God
• Proverbs 164
• The Lord has made ALL THINGS for HIMSELF
• Ephesians 14
• Long before he laid down the earths foundation,
  He had us in His mind and settle on us as the
  focus of His love to be made whole and holy by
  His love (The Message)
• 1 John 31
• How hreat is the love that the Father has
  lavished on us
• Romans 835
• Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

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Q1 Why Am I Alive?

• Because God Wanted you
• Because God Loves you
• He made YOU to love YOU!

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Q2 Does My Life Matter?

• Isaiah thought about this question
• Isaiah 494a
• But what about our memory verse this week?
• Ephesians 210
• 3 Levels to living life
• Survival Just getting through the day NO
  choices
• Success Getting on, freedom to choose, wealth
• Significance My life REALLY matters
• We can have this by
• Understanding why Im alive
• Realising how much I matter to God
• Realising that God has a purpose for me

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Q2 Does My Life Matter?

• Psalm 139 13-16
• My life DOES matter
• Because my life matters to God
• Because He loves me
• Because He has a Purpose for me
• My life matters FOR ETERNITY
• Psalm 3311
• 2 Corinthians 51

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Q3 What Is My Lifes Purpose?

• David asked this question
• Psalm 8947
• No God No Purpose To Life
• Back to the beginning
• Genesis 11 - It ALL starts with GOD!
• Proverbs 910 - We need to consult HIM
• Colossians 1 16-17 Everything finds its
  purpose IN HIM

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Conclusion

• Why Am I Alive?
• Because God wanted to love me
• Does My Life Matter?
• It does for all eternity
• What Is My Lifes Purpose?
• To love God and get to know Him better!