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But being successful and fulfilling your life's purpose are not at all the same issue!
You could reach all your personal goals, becoming a raving success by the world's standard, and still miss the purposes for which God created you. You need more than self-help advice. Jesus Christ once said, "Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self." Mat 16:25 Msg
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"It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. Eph 1:11 Msg This verse gives us three insights into your purpose
Additional excerpts from WHAT ON EARTH AM I HERE FOR? excerpted form Rick Warren's PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE:
PERHAPS, Gamecock, you'd be kind enough to let us know which of these Scriptures which Rick is sharing with us--which of these Scriptures are "all fluff, no stuff?"
And, I'm curious, do you have a plan for persuading God to remove them from the Canon because in your lofty judgment they are "all fluff, no stuff?"
Could you particularly explain how such Scriptures would be "all fluff, no stuff" to folks still caught in the despairs of sin and separation from God?
Are these phrases, lines, verses particularly "all fluff, no stuff?"
"What happiness for those who's guilt has been forgiven. . . what relief for those who have confessed their sins and God has cleared their record." Psalm 32:1
"Jesus said, "No one can serve two masters." Mat 6:24
"Remember each of us will stand personally before the judgment seat of God . . . Yes, each of us will have to give a personal acocunt to God." Rom 14:10b, 12
"Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God." Rom 12:2
"YOu're cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way." James 4:4
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Rom 3:23
"Some people have missed the most important thing in life--they don't know God." I Tim 6:21
"To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12
Are those the Rick Warren chosen Scriptures which you MOST consider "fluff, no stuff" or are they only half "fluff, no stuff?"
p12 "The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me" Psalm 138:8 NIV
You [God] know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something." Ps 139:15 MSG.
P15 "I have carried you since you were born; I have taken care of you from your birth. Even when you are old, I will be the same. Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you. I made you and will take care of you." Is 46:3-4 NCV
P16 "The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us." Romans 12:3 MSG
p18 "What happiness for those whos guilt has been forgiven . . . What relief for those who have confessed their sins and God has cleared their record." Psalm 32:1 LB
p18 "To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do." Job 5:2 TEV
p19 "Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life--fear of death, fear of judgment--is one not yet fully formed in love." I John 4:18 MSG
p20 "Jesus said, "No one can serve two masters." Matt 6:24 NLT
p21 Isaiah complained, "I have labored to no purpose; I have spent my strength in vain and for nothing." Isaiah 49:4 NIV
p21 Job said, "My life drags by--day after hopeless day" Job 7:6 LB and "I give up; I am tired of living. Leave me alone. My life makes no sense." Job 7:16 TEV
p24 "I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead." Phil 3:13 NLT
p26 "Remember each of us will stand personally before the judgment seat of God . . . . Yes, each of us will have to give a personal account to God." Romans 14:10b, 12 NLT
p26 "I am the way and the truth and the live. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6 NIV
p28 "God has planted eternity in the human heart." Ecc 3:11 NLT
p29 "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." 2 Cor 5:1 TEV
P30 "I once thought all these things were so very important, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done." Phil 3:7 NLT
p31 "No mere man has ever seen heard or even imagined what wonderful things God has ready for those who love the Lord." I Cor 2:9 LB
p31 "One day Jesus will say "Come, you who are blessed by my Father, take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world." Matt 25:34 NIV
p33 "This world is not our home; we are looking forward to our everlasting home in heaven." Heb 13:14 LB
p35 "Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God." Rom 12:2 TEV
p. 37 "God withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test him and to see what was really in his heart." 2 Chr 32:31 NLT
p 37 "God keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out." I Cor 10:13 TEV
p38 "Blessed are those who endure when they are tested. When they pass the test, they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him." James 1:12 GWT
p38 "The world and all that is in it belong to the Lord; the earth and all who live on it are his." Ps 24:1 TEV
p39 "What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?" I Cor 4:7 NLT
p39 "Those who are trusted with something valuable must show they are worthy of that trust." I Cor 4:2 NCV
p39, 40 "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness." Matt 25:21 NIV
p40 "If you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the tru riches of heaven?" Luk 16:11 NLT
p41 "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." Luk 12:48 NIV
p42 "Lord help me to realize how brief my time on earth will be. Help me to know that I am here for but a moment more." Ps 39:4 LB
P42 "If you call God your Father, live your time as temporary residents on earth." 1 Peter 1:17 GWT
p43 "You're cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way." James 4:4 MSG
p44 "Friends, this world is not your home, so don't make yourselves cozy in it. Don't indulge your ego at the expense of your soul." I Peter 2:11
p45 "The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever." 2 Cor 4:18 MSG
P49 "In the pasxt God spoke through the prophets many times and in many different ways. But now . . . has spoken to us through his Son . . . The Son reflects the glory of God and shows exactly what God is like." Heb 1:1-3 NCV
p50 "The Word became human and lived among us and we saw his glory . . . a glory full of grace and truth." John 1:14 GWT
p50 "You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created everything." Rev 4:11 NLT
p51 "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Rom 3:23 NIV
p52 "Some people have missed the most important thing in life--they don't know God." I Tim 6:21 LB
p52 "Use your whole body as a tool to do what is right for the glory of God." rOM 6:13 NLT
P53 "Our love for each other proves that we have gone from death to life," I John 3:14 CEV
p53 "Accept each other just as Christ has accepted you; then God will be glorified." Rom 15:7 NLT
p53 "As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." John 13:34-35 NIV
p53 "As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more." 2 Cor 3:18 NLT
p56 "Anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life.But if you let it go . . . you'll have it forever, real and eternal." John 12:25 MSG
P57 "To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12 NIV
p57 "Whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets in on everything, life complete and forever." John 3:36 MSG