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ATimemagazine cover article named Rick Warren the most influential spiritual leader in America and one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Tens of millions of copies of Pastor Rick’s books have been published in 200 languages. His best-known books,The Purpose Driven LifeandThe Purpose Driven Church,were named three times in national surveys of pastors (by Gallup, Barna, and Lifeway) as the two most helpful books in print.
Rick and his wife, Kay, founded Saddleback Church, the Purpose Driven Network, the PEACE Plan, and Hope for Mental Health. He is the cofounder of Celebrate Recovery with John Baker.
Pastor Rick has spoken in 165 nations. He has spoken at the United Nations, US Congress, numerous parliaments, the World Economic Forum, TED, Aspen Institute, and lectured at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and other universities.
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The Purpose Driven Life
What on earth am I here for?By Rick WarrenZONDERVAN
Copyright © 2012Rick WarrenAll right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-310-32906-0
Contents
A Journey with Purpose.................................................11A New Edition for a New Generation.....................................15My Covenant............................................................17DAY 1 It All Starts with God...........................................21DAY 2 You Are Not an Accident..........................................26DAY 3 What Drives Your Life?...........................................31DAY 4 Made to Last Forever.............................................39DAY 5 Seeing Life from God's View......................................44DAY 6 Life Is a Temporary Assignment...................................50DAY 7 The Reason for Everything........................................56DAY 8 Planned for God's Pleasure.......................................65DAY 9 What Makes God Smile?............................................71DAY 10 The Heart of Worship............................................79DAY 11 Becoming Best Friends with God..................................87DAY 12 Developing Your Friendship with God.............................94DAY 13 Worship That Pleases God........................................102DAY 14 When God Seems Distant..........................................109DAY 15 Formed for God's Family.........................................119DAY 16 What Matters Most...............................................125DAY 17 A Place to Belong...............................................132DAY 18 Experiencing Life Together......................................140DAY 19 Cultivating Community...........................................146DAY 20 Restoring Broken Fellowship.....................................153DAY 21 Protecting Your Church..........................................161DAY 22 Created to Become Like Christ...................................171DAY 23 How We Grow.....................................................179DAY 24 Transformed by Truth............................................184DAY 25 Transformed by Trouble..........................................192DAY 26 Growing through Temptation......................................200DAY 27 Defeating Temptation............................................208DAY 28 It Takes Time...................................................215DAY 29 Accepting Your Assignment.......................................225DAY 30 Shaped for Serving God..........................................232DAY 31 Understanding Your Shape........................................239DAY 32 Using What God Gave You.........................................247DAY 33 How Real Servants Act...........................................254DAY 34 Thinking Like a Servant.........................................262DAY 35 God's Power in Your Weakness....................................269DAY 36 Made for a Mission..............................................279DAY 37 Sharing Your Life Message.......................................287DAY 38 Becoming a World-Class Christian................................295DAY 39 Balancing Your Life.............................................303DAY 40 Living with Purpose.............................................310DAY 41 The Envy Trap...................................................319DAY 42 The People-Pleaser Trap.........................................328APPENDIX 1 Discussion Questions........................................339APPENDIX 2 Resources...................................................343APPENDIX 3 Why Use So Many Translations?...............................345Notes..................................................................347Chapter One
DAY 1It All Starts with God
For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible,... everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him.COLOSSIANS 1:16 (MSG)
Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless.BERTRAND RUSSELL, ATHEIST
It's not about you.
The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It's far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You were bornbyhis purpose andforhis purpose.
The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That's because we typically begin at the wrong starting point — ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What doIwant to be? What shouldIdo withmylife? What aremygoals,myambitions,mydreams formyfuture? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose. The Bible says,"It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone's life is in his power."
Contrary to what many popular books, movies, and seminars tell you, you won't discover your life's meaning by looking within yourself. You have probably tried that already. You didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for! If I handed you an invention you had never seen before, you wouldn't know its purpose, and the invention itself wouldn't be able to tell you either. Only the creator or the owner's manual could reveal its purpose.
I once got lost in the mountains. When I stopped to ask for directions to the campsite, I was told, "You can't get there from here.You must start from the other side of the mountain! "In the same way, you cannot arrive at your life's purpose by starting with a focus on yourself. You must begin with God, your Creator. You exist only because God wills that you exist. You were madebyGod andforGod — and until you understand that, life will never make sense. It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.
Many people try to use God for their own self-actualization, but that is a reversal of nature and is doomed to failure. You were made for God, not vice versa, and life is about letting God use you forhispurposes, not your using him for your own purpose. The Bible says,"Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life."
I have read many books that suggest ways to discover the purpose of my life. All of them could be classified as "self-help" books because they approach the subject from a self-centered viewpoint. Self-help books, even Christian ones, usually offer the same predictable steps to finding your life's purpose: Consider your dreams. Clarify your values. Set some goals. Figure out what you are good at. Aim high. Go for it! Be disciplined. Believe you can achieve your goals. Involve others. Never give up.
Of course, these recommendations often lead to great success. You can usually succeed in reaching a goal if you put your mind to it. But being successful and fulfilling your life's purpose arenot at allthe same issue! You could reach all your personal goals, becoming a raving success by the world's standard, andstillmiss the purposes for which God created you. You need more than self-help advice. The Bible says,"Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self."
This is not a self-help book. It is not about finding the right career, achieving your dreams, or planning your life. It is not about how to cram more activities into an overloaded schedule. Actually, it will teach you how to dolessin life — by focusing on what matters most. It is about becoming whatGodcreated you to be.
How, then, do you discover the purpose you were created for? You have only two options. Your first option isspeculation.This is what most people choose. They conjecture, they guess, they theorize. When people say, "I've always thought life is...," they mean, "This is the best guess I can come up with."
For thousands of years, brilliant philosophers have discussed and speculated about the meaning of life. Philosophy is an important subject and has its uses, but when it comes to determining the purpose of life, even the wisest philosophers are just guessing.
Dr. Hugh Moorhead, a philosophy professor at Northeastern Illinois University, once wrote to 250 of the best-known philosophers, scientists, writers, and intellectuals in the world, asking them, "What is the meaning of life?" He then published their responses in a book. Some offered their best guesses, some admitted that they just made up a purpose for life, and others were honest enough to say they were clueless. In fact, a number of famous intellectuals asked Professor Moorhead to write back and tell them if he discovered the purpose of life!
Fortunately, there is an alternative to speculation about the meaning and purpose of life. It'srevelation.We can turn to what God has revealed about life in his Word. The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life's purpose: Ask God.
God has not left us in the dark to wonder and guess. He has clearly revealed his five purposes for our lives through the Bible. It is our Owner's Manual, explaining why we are alive, how life works, what to avoid, and what to expect in the future. It explains what no self-help or philosophy book could know. The Bible says,"God's wisdom... goes deep into the interior of his purposes.... It's not the latest message, but more like the oldest — what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us."
God is not just the starting point of your life; he is thesourceof it. To discover your purpose in life you must turn to God's Word, not the world's wisdom. You must build your life on eternal truths, not pop psychology, success-motivation, or inspirational stories. The Bible says,"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."This verse gives us three insights into your purpose.
1. You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ. If you don't have such a relationship, I will later explain how to begin one.
2. God was thinking of you long before you ever thought about him. His purpose for your life predates your conception. He planned it before you existed,without your input!You may choose your career, your spouse, your hobbies, and many other parts of your life, but you don't get to choose your purpose.
3. The purpose of your life fits into a much larger, cosmic purpose that God has designed for eternity. That's what this book is about.
Andrei Bitov, a Russian novelist, grew up under an atheistic Communist regime. But God got his attention one dreary day. He recalls, "In my twenty-seventh year, while riding the metro in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) I was overcome with a despair so great that life seemed to stop at once, preempting the future entirely, let alone any meaning. Suddenly, all by itself, a phrase appeared:Without God life makes no sense.Repeating it in astonishment, I rode the phrase up like a moving staircase, got out of the metro and walked into God's light. "
You may have felt in the dark aboutyourpurpose in life. Congratulations, you're about to walk into the light.
DAY 1
Thinking about My Purpose
POINT TO PONDER: It's not about me.
VERSE TO REMEMBER:"Everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him."COLOSSIANS 1:16B?MSG?
QUESTION TO CONSIDER:In spite of all the advertising around me, how can I remind myself that life is really about living for God, not myself?
MESSAGE TO HEAR:purposedriven /day1
Chapter Two
You Are Not an AccidentI am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born.ISAIAH 44:2A (CEV)
God does not play dice.ALBERT EINSTEIN
You are not an accident.
Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it.
Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God. He thought of you first. It is not fate, nor chance, nor luck, nor coincidence that you are breathing at this very moment. You are alive because God wanted to create you! The Bible says,"The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me."
God prescribed every single detail of your body. He deliberately chose your race, the color of your skin, your hair, and every other feature. He custom-made your body just the way he wanted it. He also determined the natural talents you would possess and the uniqueness of your personality. The Bible says,"You 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."
Because God made you for a reason, he also decidedwhenyou would be born andhow longyou would live. He planned the days of your life in advance, choosing the exact time of your birth and death. The Bible says,"You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your Book!"
God also plannedwhereyou'd be born and where you'd live for his purpose. Your race and nationality are no accident. God left no detail to chance. He planned it all forhispurpose. The Bible says,"From one man he made every nation,... and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live."Nothing in your life is arbitrary. It's all for a purpose.
Most amazing, God decidedhowyou would be born. Regardless of the circumstances of your birth or who your parents are, God had a plan in creating you. It doesn't matter whether your parents were good, bad, or indifferent. God knew that those two individuals possessedexactlythe right genetic makeup to create the custom "you" he had in mind. They had the DNA God wanted to make you.
While there are illegitimate parents, there are no illegitimate children. Many children are unplanned by their parents, but they are not unplanned by God. God's purpose took into account human error, and even sin.
God never does anything accidentally, and he never makes mistakes. He has a reason for everything he creates. Every plant and every animal was planned by God, and every person was designed with a purpose in mind. God's motive for creating you was his love. The Bible says,"Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love."
God was thinking of you evenbeforehe made the world. In fact, that's why he created it! God designed this planet's environment just so we could live in it. We are the focus of his love and the most valuable of all his creation. The Bible says,"God decided to give us life through the word of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made."This is how much God loves and values you!
God is not haphazard; he planned it all with great precision. The more physicists, biologists, and other scientists learn about the universe, the better we understand how it is uniquely suited for our existence, custom-made with theexactspecifications that make human life possible.
Dr. Michael Denton, senior research fellow in human molecular genetics at the University of Otago in New Zealand, has concluded, "All the evidence available in the biological sciences supports the core proposition... that the cosmos is a specially designed whole with life and mankind as its fundamental goal and purpose, a whole in which all facets of reality have their meaning and explanation in this central fact." The Bible said the same thing thousands of years earlier:"God formed the earth.... He did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited."
Why did God do all this? Why did he bother to go to all the trouble of creating a universe for us? Because he is a God of love. This kind of love is difficult to fathom, but it's fundamentally reliable. You were created as a special object of God's love! God made you so he could love you. This is a truth to build your life on.
The Bible tells us,"God is love."It doesn't say Godhaslove. He is love! Love is the essence of God's character. There is perfect love in the fellowship of the Trinity, so God didn'tneedto create you. He wasn't lonely. But he wanted to make you in order to express his love. God says,"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."
If there was no God, we would all be "accidents," the result of astronomical random chance in the universe. You could stop reading this book, because life would have no purpose or meaning or significance. There would be no right or wrong, and no hope beyond your brief years here on earth.
But thereisa God who made you for a reason, and your life has profound meaning! We discover that meaning and purposeonlywhen we make God the reference point of our lives. The Message paraphrase of Romans 12:3 says,"The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us."
This poem by Russell Kelfer sums it up:
You are who you are for a reason.
You're part of an intricate plan.
You're a precious and perfect unique design,
Called God's special woman or man.
You look like you look for a reason.
Our God made no mistake.
He knit you together within the womb,
You'rejustwhat he wanted to make.
The parents you had were the ones he chose,
And no matter how you may feel,
They were custom-designed with God's plan in mind,
And they bear the Master's seal.
No, that trauma you faced was not easy.
And God wept that it hurt you so;
But it was allowed to shape your heart
So that into his likeness you'd grow.
You are who you are for a reason,
You've been formed by the Master's rod.
You are who you are, beloved,
Because there is a God!
DAY 2
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?
MESSAGE TO HEAR:purposedriven /day2
Chapter Three
DAY 3What Drives Your Life?
I observed that the basic motive for success is the driving force of envy and jealousy!ECCLESIASTES 4:4 (LB)
The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder — a waif, a nothing, a no man.THOMAS CARLYLE
Everyone's life is driven by something.
Most dictionaries define the verbdriveas "to guide, to control, or to direct." Whether you are driving a car, a nail, or a golf ball, you are guiding, controlling, and directing it at that moment. What is the driving force in your life?
Right now you may be driven by a problem, a pressure, or a deadline. You may be driven by a painful memory, a haunting fear, or an unconscious belief. There are hundreds of circumstances, values, and emotions that can drive your life. Here are five of the most common ones:
Many people are driven by guilt.They spend their entire lives running from regrets and hiding their shame. Guilt-driven people are manipulated by memories. They allow their past to control their future. They often unconsciously punish themselves by sabotaging their own success. When Cain sinned, his guilt disconnected him from God's presence, and God said,"You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."That describes most people today — wandering through life without a purpose.
We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it. God's purpose is not limited by your past. He turned a murderer named Moses into a leader and a coward named Gideon into a courageous hero, and he can do amazing things with the rest of your life, too. God specializes in giving people a fresh start. The Bible says,"What happiness for those whose guilt has been forgiven!... What relief for those who have confessed their sins and God has cleared their record."
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- Publisher : Zondervan; Spl Anv edition (November 21, 2012)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 368 pages
- ISBN-10 : 031032906X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0310329060
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.35 x 1.2 x 9.4 inches
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Rick Warren is often called "America's most influential spiritual leader." He and his wife, Kay, founded Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, which is now one of the largest and best-known churches in the world. He also wrote the #1 all-time bestselling hardcover book, The Purpose Driven Life.
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Customers find the book skillfully elevates the meaning of life into God's terms. They also describe the book as an easy read that simplifies ideas we over complicate. Opinions are mixed on the content, with some finding it interactive and packed with scripture, while others say it doesn't teach the Gospel as covered in the Holy Bible.
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Customers find the book really nice, engaging, superb, and inspiring. They say it offers the basics and provides easy instruction of your purpose. They also say it simplifies ideas we over complicate and dives deep into those we overlook.
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Customers find the book skillfully elevates the meaning of life into God's terms. They say it has revealed many biblical truths, and has dramatically changed their mindset. Readers also say it connects them to the vine, and that self-examination is integral for all of us. They mention that the book is totally secular and totally secular.
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Customers are mixed about the content. Some find the book interactive, packed with scripture, and easily understood. They appreciate the great references and helpful questions for each chapter. However, some readers feel the book does not teach the Gospel as covered in the Holy Bible, and is extremely hypocritical. They also find the inconsistency in his overall ministry deeply problematic. Overall, readers mention that the book muddles their understanding and places too much emphasis on evangelizing.
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The Men We Need by Brant Hansen (4.9/799). I bought this book for my 18yr old son, and HE READ IT (Wow!)
The Reason For God by Tim Keller (4.7/5898)
Your Path of Best Existence by Glenn Wollman (4.9/59)
The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren (4.8/15823)
God in my Everything by Ken Shegematsu (4.7/366)
Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown (4.7/ 3454)
Obviously these books have a Christian slant, but Wollman’s book is about healthy living, totally secular, and Brown’s book is a history book, regarding the heroism of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Simply put, buy them, read them, you’ll be glad you did.
The following review applies to several books, and I intend to copy and paste this review for each book. It has been a banner year for being introduced to hall-of-fame caliber books. The following list is chronological, the order in which I read the books or are reading the books. All these books are life changing. I’m not the only one who feels this way. Check out the Amazon (average rating, number of ratings for each book, as of March 29, 2024).
The Men We Need by Brant Hansen (4.9/799). I bought this book for my 18yr old son, and HE READ IT (Wow!)
The Reason For God by Tim Keller (4.7/5898)
Your Path of Best Existence by Glenn Wollman (4.9/59)
The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren (4.8/15823)
God in my Everything by Ken Shegematsu (4.7/366)
Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown (4.7/ 3454)
Obviously these books have a Christian slant, but Wollman’s book is about healthy living, totally secular, and Brown’s book is a history book, regarding the heroism of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Simply put, buy them, read them, you’ll be glad you did.
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If you have nothing to do with church, this book is for you. If you’re in church and you think something is off, this book is for you. God has used this man to make changes in my life.
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This really helped a colleague to establish his belief in Jesus as God, He’s now a born again believer.
As with any Christian literature this is a good tool but I encourage you to pray and ask God to reveal Himself to you that’s how you’ll really get to know Him.
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Yes, this book is about the life in believing Jesus Christ, so some people may assume this book is about Christianity.
But it is not.
As God is beyond religion, Jesus Christ is also beyond religion.
To live a purpose driven life, you really need a Divine connection and that is possible through Jesus Christ and His teachings.
And, if you disagree, fine, find some other book.
For me this book is a pure gold🔥