purpose

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40 Days of Purpose: Day 19 Cultivating Community.
40 Days of Purpose: Day 19 Cultivating Community. 150 150 Bevan Russell

Community requires commitment. I recently came across a definition of community that resonates with me. Community is a group of people leading a common life according to a common rule. A group who have chosen to live united around something that is common and by a guideline that helps them stay true to that commonality.…

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40 Days of Purpose: Day 16 Love Matters Most
40 Days of Purpose: Day 16 Love Matters Most 150 150 Bevan Russell

“So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.”1 Corinthians 13:3 MSG Life is all about love. Rick Warren writes, “Because God is love, the most important lesson he wants you to learn on earth is how to love.” Love is the foundation from which every command…

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40 Days of Purpose: Day 15 Made for family
40 Days of Purpose: Day 15 Made for family 150 150 Bevan Russell

“God wants a family, and he created you to be a part of it.”Rick Warren This is the second major purpose for our life. God is building a family and he is inviting us to be a part of it. God is love and he values relationship. He is by very nature, relational. God didn’t…

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40 Days of Purpose: Day 13 Going all in.
40 Days of Purpose: Day 13 Going all in. 150 150 Bevan Russell

God wants all of you. That might send shockwaves through your body, the thought of God having everything, knowing everything of you. We have a reluctance to offer all of who we are because who we are may not be good enough. But God loves us just as we are. Going all in is about…

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40 Days of Purpose: Day 12 Developing the friendship.
40 Days of Purpose: Day 12 Developing the friendship. 150 150 Bevan Russell

Who makes the first move? Here’s a crazy thought by Rick Warren in ‘The Purpose Driven Life’ book, “You are as close to God as you choose to be.” Think about our natural friendships. We know this to be true in those relationships, it’s no different with God. Any friendship takes intention. Friendships don’t build…

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40 Days of Purpose: Day 11 Friendship with God.
40 Days of Purpose: Day 11 Friendship with God. 150 150 Bevan Russell

Can we actually be friends with God? When I’ve spoken about the possibility of friendship with God there’s always an interesting response from people. Some embrace this idea wholeheartedly while others are hesitant. This is God, right?! We’re not just talking about our mate down the road. “For since our friendship with God was restored…

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40 Days of Purpose: Day 10 The Heart of Worship
40 Days of Purpose: Day 10 The Heart of Worship 150 150 Bevan Russell

The heart of worship is surrender. When you think about worship do you equate that to surrender? The word surrender is probably right up there in popularity with other words like submission or obey. We seem to associate surrender with losing, with quitting or giving up. In our hyper competitive, super performance oriented society these…

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40 Days of Purpose: Day 9 Making God Smile.
40 Days of Purpose: Day 9 Making God Smile. 150 150 Bevan Russell

The smile of God is the goal of your life. Pastor Rick Warren states this, “Pleasing God is our first purpose”. Im in agreement with this. I want to make God smile. Since this is the case, our most important task is to discover how to do that. Have you heard of the biblical figure,…

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40 Days of Purpose: Day 8 Pleasing God.
40 Days of Purpose: Day 8 Pleasing God. 150 150 Bevan Russell

Your life, His delight. The moment you came into existence, God had a smile upon his face. He wanted you alive and for such a time as this. He didn’t need to create you but chose to create you. “God delights in his people.”Psalm 149:4 MSG We are looking at purpose, the reason for our life.…

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40 Days of Purpose: Day 6 It’s all temporary
40 Days of Purpose: Day 6 It’s all temporary 150 150 Bevan Russell

In yesterdays thought we touched on the metaphors of life and also on the temporary nature of life here on this planet. We are transients, moving through this space and time with our home in eternity. “Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.Remind me that my days are numbered—how fleeting my…

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