Life’s 3 Greatest Questions

1. QUESTION OF EXISTENCE: WHY AM I ALIVE?

Jeremiah 20:18 TEV – “Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?”

Proverbs 16:4a GW – “The Lord has made everything for his own purpose.”

Ephesians 1:4 MSG – “Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, and settled on us as the focus of His love, to be made whole and holy by His love.”

GOD: I WAS CREATED…

2. QUESTION OF SIGNIFICANCE: DOES MY LIFE MATTER?

Isaiah 49:4a NLT – “My work all seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and for no purpose at all.”

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

Psalm 139:16 LB – “You… scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your book!”

Psalm 33:11 GN – “His plans endure forever; His purposes last eternally.”

GOD: I WAS MADE…

2 Corinthians 5:1 TEV – “When this tent we live in—our body here on earth—is torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a home he himself  has made, which will last forever.”

Proverbs 9:6 MSG – “Leave your impoverished confusion and live! Walk up the street to a life with meaning.”

3. QUESTION OF INTENTION: WHAT IS MY PURPOSE?

Psalm 89:47 NCV – “Why did you create us? For nothing?”

Proverbs 9:10b LB – “Knowing God results in every other kind of understanding.”

GOD: I FIND MY PURPOSE…

Colossians 1:16 MSG – “For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible… everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him.”

Ephesians 1:11 MSG – “It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for… part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.”

Acts 10:35 MSG – “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.”

Created to Be Like Christ

Romans 8:28 – “For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son.”

God didn’t save you just to get you into heaven. He saved you so heaven could get into you. Every circumstance is working toward one purpose : God is making you look like Jesus.

Faith Point #1 – Believe God’s Purpose Is Greater Than Your Problem

Romans 8:28-29 – “And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love Him… to be conformed to the image of His Son.”

Faith Declaration: My problem is temporary. God’s purpose is eternal.

Faith Point #2 – Faith Agrees With God Before It Sees The Results

2 Corinthians 5:7 – “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”

Faith Declaration: If God said it, I agree with it—even before I see it.

Faith Point #3 – Pressure Produces Something Valuable

James 1:2-4 – “The testing of your faith produces perseverance.”

Faith Declaration: Don’t ask, “Why is this happening?” Ask, “What is God producing?”

Faith Point #4 – Christlikeness Requires Daily Decisions

Luke 9:23 – “Take up your cross daily and follow Me.”

Faith Declaration: Choose daily to forgive, love, trust, obey, and walk by faith.

Faith Point #5 – Faith Sees The Finished Product

Philippians 1:6 – “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.”

Faith Declaration: God already sees who you are becoming.

Closing Declaration

I am God’s workmanship

I walk by faith and not by sight

Every challenge is developing me

Every promise belongs to me

I am becoming more like Christ every day

Amen