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What on earth am I here for?

Why am I alive? Does my life matter? Is there a purpose for my life? Join Pastor Rick as he examines life’s most fundamental questions and uncovers God’s answers to them.

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<h1 class="title" style="text-align:center">WHAT ON EARTH AM I HERE FOR?</h1>
<p class="pastor" style="text-align:center">Rick Warren</p>
<h5 class="sectiontitle" style="text-align:center; margin: 30px 0 25px;">LIFE’S 3 GREATEST QUESTIONS</h5>
<p><strong>1.  QUESTION OF EXISTENCE: WHY AM I ALIVE?</strong></p>
<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">JEREMIAH: “Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?”</span><span class="reference">Jeremiah 20:18 (TEV)</span></div>
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<div><em><span class="textbeforeblank" style="float:left;">I WAS CREATED  </span></em></p>
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<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">“Love comes from God… for <u>God IS love</u>. God showed how much he loved us by sending His only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him.”</span><span class="reference">1 John 4:7-9 (NLT) </span></div>
<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">“Long before God laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, and settled on us as <u>the focus of His love</u>, to be made whole and holy by His love.”</span><span class="reference">Ephesians 1:4 (Msg)</span></div>
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<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">“I have loved you with an everlasting love!”</span><span class="reference">Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)</span></div>
<p><strong>2.  QUESTION OF SIGNIFICANCE: DOES MY LIFE MATTER?</strong></p>
<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">DAVID: “I remember how short my life is. Why did you create us? For nothing?”</span><span class="reference">Psalm 89:47 (NCV) </span></div>
<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">JOB: “Why should I work so hard for nothing?”</span><span class="reference">Job 9:29 (GW) </span></div>
<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">SOLOMON: “Laughing and having fun is crazy. What good does it do?”</span><span class="reference">Ecclesiastes 2:2 (CEV) </span></div>
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<div><em><span class="textbeforeblank" style="float:left;">HE CARES ABOUT  </span></em></p>
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<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">“Not even a sparrow, can fall to the ground without your Heavenly Father knowing it. The very hairs on your head are all numbered! So don’t be afraid; you are <u>far more valuable</u> to Him than a whole flock of sparrows.”</span><span class="reference">Matthew 10:29-31 (NLT) </span></div>
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<div><em><span class="textbeforeblank" style="float:left;">HE </span></em></p>
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<p><em style="text-align:left; width:100%">BEFORE MY BIRTH.</em>
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<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">“You… scheduled each day of my life <u>before I began to breathe</u>. Every day was recorded in Your book!”</span><span class="reference">Psalm 139:16 (LB) </span></div>
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<div><em><span class="textbeforeblank" style="float:left;">HE MADE ME</span></em></p>
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<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">“God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has <u>planted eternity in the human heart</u>, but people can’t see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.”</span><span class="reference">Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT) </span></div>
<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">“The world and everything in it is passing away; but those who do the will of God <u>will live forever</u>.”</span><span class="reference">1 John 2:17 (TEV)</span></div>
<p><strong>3.  INTENTION: <em>IS THERE A PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE?</em> </strong></p>
<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">ISAIAH: “My work all seems so <u>useless</u>! I have spent my strength for nothing and for no <u>purpose at all</u>.”</span><span class="reference">Isa. 49:4a (NLT) </span></div>
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<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">“The Lord has made everything for <u>His own purposes</u>.”</span><span class="reference">Prov. 16:4a (NTL)</span></div>
<h5 class="sectiontitle" style="text-align:center; margin: 35px 0 15px; font-size: 16px;">How do I discover my purpose in life?</h5>
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<div class="versecontainer" style="margin-top: 22px;"><span class="verse">“Everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible …everything <u>got started in Him</u> and <u>finds its purpose in Him</u>.”</span><span class="reference">Col 1:16 (Msg)</span></div>
<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">“Knowing God results in every other kind of understanding.”</span><span class="reference">Pr. 9:10b (LB)</span></div>
<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">“It’s in Christ that we find out <u>who we are</u> and <u>what we are living for</u>… part of the <u>overall purpose</u> He is working out in everything and everyone.”</span><span class="reference">Eph. 1:11-12 (Msg)</span></div>
<div class="versecontainer"><span class="verse">“It makes no difference who you are or where you’re from—if you want God and are ready to do as He says, the door is open.”</span><span class="reference">Acts 10:35 (Msg)</span></div>

Chapter Summary

THINKING ABOUT MY PURPOSE

POINT TO PONDER:

I am not an accident.

VERSE TO REMEMBER:

“I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born.”
ISAIAH 44:2 (CEV)

QUESTION TO CONSIDER:

I know that God uniquely created me. What areas of my personality, background, and physical appearance am I struggling to accept?

TODAY'S MESSAGE

What on earth am I here for?

MESSAGE NOTES

Chapter Summary

THINKING ABOUT MY PURPOSE

POINT TO PONDER:

VERSE TO REMEMBER:

QUESTION TO CONSIDER:

PASTOR RICK'S MONTHLY RESOURCE UPDATES

Learn My Purpose

Purpose Driven Life
Chapter Resources:

What On Earth Am I Here For?
Study Guide Resources:

TODAY'S MESSAGE

What on earth am I here for?

MESSAGE NOTES

Chapter Summary

THINKING ABOUT MY PURPOSE

POINT TO PONDER:

VERSE TO REMEMBER:

QUESTION TO CONSIDER:

PASTOR RICK'S MONTHLY RESOURCE UPDATES

Learn My Purpose

Purpose Driven Life Chapter Resources:

What On Earth Am I Here For?Study Guide Resources:

Purpose Driven Life
Chapter Resources:

What On Earth Am I Here For?
Study Guide Resources: