Living Forward
PURPOSE
Pastor Carl Toti
October 1-2, 2022
Acts 13:36
WORLDVIEW SEGMENT
“INFORMED TO PRAY
EMPOWERED TO ACT.”
1 Chronicles 12:32 (NKJV)
32 of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command;
“If matter is all that there is, then, nothing matters.”
—Eric Metaxas, (New York Times best-selling author)
Living Forward
PURPOSE
October 1-2, 2022
Acts 13:36
MAIN IDEA: Comes from an ancient quote: “Count No Man Happy Until The End Is Known.”
—Croesus (560-547 BC)
Acts 13:36 (NIV)
36 “For when David had served Gods purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his fathers and his body decayed.
1. PURPOSE GIVES MEANING TO YOUR LIFE
Psalm 138:8 (NIV)
8 The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.
Romans 8:28 (NKJV) 28
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
PURPOSE MAKES SENSE OUT OF NONSENSE.
"Man would rather have the void for his purpose than to be void of purpose."
— Friedrich Nietzsche, The Genealogy of Morals.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by a lack of meaning and purpose.
—Viktor Frankl
2. PURPOSE MAPS OUT YOUR LIFE
Philippians 3:14 (GW)
14 I run straight toward the goal to win the prize that God's heavenly call offers in Christ Jesus.
1 John 3:8 (NKJV)
8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
3. PURPOSE DEFINES WHAT MATTERS IN LIFE
Proverbs 19:21 (NIV84)
21 Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.
