Day 1: It all starts with God

“For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, everything got started in Him and finds it purpose in Him.” – Colossians 1:16 (MSG)

It’s taken me this long to really come to understand what this means.

Going to church and seeing friends was great for a long time, but it didn’t answer all those seemingly unanswerable questions.

I always thought I needed to do something, I needed to take on a new responsibility in church, I need to do something else. Maybe those will make me feel really good and close to God. But as the book says…

It’s not about me.

I need to be guided by God and follow Him. He knows all, and he wants what’s best for us all. So where else should we turn? He provides the Holy Spirit, the Bible and the Church to guide us along.

I think back on what Pastor Dave says so often, that the church must be a house of prayer. And prayer is the cornerstone of a realtionship with God, it’s our close communication with Him. We need to focus on it to build that realtionship with God.

It is a comforting feeling knowing that God has had everything in mind since before everything, and thought about me, but more on that tomorrow.

Sorry, posting to be delayed

Due to a miscalculation on my part, I started posting from Sunday the 9th.

I found out this is incorrect so will start making posts again on Sunday the 23rd, the official start of The Purpose Driven Life at GBC. The starting period is a time for prayer and fasting in preperation for the campaign.

Sorry for the confusion.

So, October 23rd = book day 1
October 24th = book day 2
etc.

If you missed the Simulcast, don’t miss the reshowings:
October 16th, 2:00pm – Coleman Hall
October 23rd, 2:00pm – Room 405

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Day 0: Getting the most from this book

Finding God’s purpose for your life.

It’s always striking when the focus is on God’s plan. I remember a time when I wondered what I sould do with my life. But the focus on myself resulted in no conclusions.

A turning point was realising that it’s God who is all-powerful and almightly, surely he doesn’t need me, and can do anything anyway. Of course he can do anything, but he wants us to join Him in that because he loves us, that’s his nature.

The next 40 days should transform your life. It’s a complete change in perspective that puts things in focus, and especially your relationship with God in focus.

Your thoughts are valuable, and can help others to feel comfort, either in knowing what they are feeling is not unique and they’re not alone, or that there is hope, through Christ, which can be shared by you.

So each day, please read the book and pray.

Pray, because its your communication with God.

Welcome

This website has been setup in hopes of getting those without too much time to be able to participate in the Purpose Driven Life Series at church.

The website does not replace the reading of the book, but hopefully will allow you to see what others thought and give your own thoughts and feelings on each days lessons.