In continuing my journey through The Purpose Driven Life we are coming to the end of the book and are now finishing up Chapter 37. In this chapter I learned a lot how God can use the things we have gone through in life for His glory and His honor. Being a believer does not [...]
Archive for February, 2011
The Purpose Driven Life, Your Life Message
Posted in Be all you can be, being successful, Bible, Bible Study, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, Giving your Testimony, God, God's Will, Inspiration, Missons, Our Attitude, Religion, Salvation, satisfaction, The Purpose Driven Life, Who do you aspire to be, Word of God, tagged God's glory, God's grace, Jesus Christ, our gifts, Our passions, the Good News, We need to model God's character, What can I do gor God on February 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Purpose Driven Life, Are you balanced or off balanced?
Posted in Be all you can be, being successful, Bible, Bible Study, Christianity, Defining Love, Encouragement, Faith, Family, Fellowship, God, God's Will, Our Attitude, Scripture Promises, The Purpose Driven Life, Uncategorized, Who do you aspire to be, Word of God, worship, tagged fellowship with other believers, go and make disciples, growing to maturity, love your neighbor, Loving God with all of our heart on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love that question - Are you balanced or off balanced? We could probably answer yes to both depending upon where we are in our lives spiritually. I am ashamed to say that when I was off balanced - I fell. Now this question pertains to the spiritual but can be applicable to other areas [...]
The Purpose Driven Life, Good Habits to Develop
Posted in Be all you can be, being successful, Bible, Bible Study, Blessings, Christianity, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, God, God's Will, Our Attitude, satisfaction, Scripture Promises, The Purpose Driven Life, tagged how are you doing, journaling, pass on what you know to others, talk with others, tell others on February 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Rick Warren gives four important activities for purpose-driven living. A scripture he uses in this chapter is Proverbs 27:17: “As iron sharpens iron, so people can improve each other. 1) Talk it through with a spiritual partner or small group. In I Thessalonian Paul writes: “Encourage each other and give each other strength.” I have [...]
Purpose Driven Life, Life’s Five Greatest Questions
Posted in Be all you can be, being successful, Bible, Bible Study, Christianity, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, Friends, Giving your Testimony, God, God's Will, Happiness, Healing, Our Attitude, Religion, The Purpose Driven Life, tagged Fellowship, How can I be involved in missions, How can I make my character centered around Christ, how can I serve God, how can I use my abilities?, How can I use my personality and experience to serve Go, What will be the center of my llife? on February 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
On the last post we discussed doing a Life Purpose Statement. On this post we will look at the five greatest questions that Rick Warren wrote in The Purpose Driven Life. “When God’s at the center of your life, you worship. When he is not, you worry.” I found this statement to be true in [...]
Christine
Posted in Children, Faith, Now What?, Unwed Mother on February 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Christine. In 1968, I gave this name to my daughter. Admittedly it was not my first choice of names. I loved the name Deborah Lynn. Well meaning friends talked me out of that name. In 1968 you stayed in the hospital three days, if you had no complications, after giving birth. Hours before being discharged the nurses [...]
The Purpose Driven Life, Living with Purpose, Chapter 40
Posted in Bible Study, Blessings, Christianity, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, God, God's Will, Inspiration, Our Attitude, Religion, The Purpose Driven Life, Uncategorized, tagged The Purpose Driven Life on February 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
We use contracts and agreements for a lot of daily transactions. Most of the times, in years past, all you needed was a hand shake. I understand that in some of the third world countries a hand shake is still binding. Now we are going to discuss a Life Purpose Statement. There is a lot [...]
Purpose Driven Life – Writing your Life Statement
Posted in Be all you can be, being successful, Bible, Bible Study, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, Family, Fellowship, Giving your Testimony, God, God's Will, Happiness, Inspiration, Jesus, Love, Love and Conflict, New Life in Christ, Our Attitude, Promises, Religion, Scripture Promises, Teaching Material, The Purpose Driven Life, tagged how can I know God's purpose for my life?, I don't know how to make choices, my life seems empty, The Purpose Driven Life, the purpose of my life, what am I to do?, where can I go but to the Lord on February 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »
When I prepare my Life Statement, I must look inward to see myself much as God sees me. He sees my weak areas, my strengths, my pain, my depression and He sees my hope in Christ. God knows He is the most important, constant strength in my life. Consistency? That has always been a problem [...]
What to do….
Posted in Encouragement, Getting to know me, Getting to know you, Goals, God's Will, Happiness, How do you?, Our Attitude, Uncategorized, You Believe That! on February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In all the work you are doing, work the best you can. Be wise in the way you act with people. Make the most of every opportunity. When talking, always be kind and pleasant. Keep alert and always be thankful. Look for opportunites to help others and use your talents. Happy!
The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren
Posted in Be all you can be, being successful, Bible, Bible Study, Blessings, Christianity, Devotion, Encouragement, Faith, freedom, Giving your Testimony, God, God's Will, Happiness, Hope, Inspiration, Jesus, Our Attitude, Scripture Promises, The Purpose Driven Life, Using Gifts From God, Who do you aspire to be, Word of God, tagged doing what we shoud in our generation, enjoy your life, live with a purpose, where are you going? on February 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Since June I have been blogging about my journey through the book, The Purpose Driven Life, by Rick Warren. There is so much packed into the book that I simply cannot digest it all. I’ve read it twice and before long I know I will read it a third time. I hope since you have had [...]
