Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

People everywhere are fascinated with royalty. We watch TV shows about the royal family and tune in to royal weddings.

In today's episode, Paul Tripp thinks he knows why. We are attracted to the monarchy

because secretly we would all like to be king. We wonder what it would be like if we ruled our

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Now, here's Paul with today's episode.

We live in the YouTube age.

We live in an age where everything is videoed all the time. We live in an age of the omnipresent video camera and the DVD. We live in a visual age. And everywhere you go, you see people with

video cameras and sometimes you see people with video cameras, videoing people with video cameras.

We're putting life on the DVD.

Now, if someone would sit down before their flat screen and watch the DVD of your life,

what would they conclude about you? What would they say you are living for? What would they say

is your mission in life? How would they view the way you interact with people? What would they say is your mission in life? How would they view the way you

interact with people? What would they say about the way you treat your family, the way you

respond to your friends, the kind of relationship you have with your neighbors? What would they say

that you are living for? Now turn the camera towards yourself. Pretend that you are videoing you. What are you really

living for? Whose dream are you after? Whose kingdom do your words serve? You see, your life has a mission.

Your life has a purpose.

Your life has direction.

There really is a reason for you doing everything you do.

You are in pursuit of some kind of kingdom and you may not even know it.

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