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Summit Life with J.D. Greear

Does My Life Have a Purpose?

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Everyone wants to feel that their life has a bigger purpose. We try to find meaning in our careers, our families, charity work, or special talents. But at the end of the day, none of that is going to last into eternity. So where is the true meaning found? Pastor J.D. explains how to start living out your ultimate purpose as he continues our series, “Question Everything.”

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0:00.0

Today on Summit Life, Pastor JD Greer talks about why God created us.

0:04.7

He wanted a creation that was centered in love so he gave us the brush and said,

0:09.0

you put in the center of this creation.

0:10.8

And so we took the brush and we painted in not God, we painted in ourselves.

0:16.8

We said, well, I'm going to be the center. I'm going to be the boss. I'm going to be the point.

0:20.7

I'm going to be in charge. That's what we now call sin.

0:30.6

Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor and author JD Greer. As always, I'm your host Molly

0:38.9

Vittavitch. You know, if there's one thing that everyone wants, it's to feel like we have a

0:43.9

bigger purpose in life. Like we're part of something important and something beyond ourselves.

0:48.9

We try to find it in our careers or our families, charity work, or special talents.

0:53.9

But at the end of the day, is any of that stuff really going to last beyond our lifetime?

0:58.4

Does any of it truly make a difference? Today, Pastor JD explains what we're really created to do

1:04.6

and how to bring meaning to our lives as we find this ultimate purpose. So grab your pen and Bible

1:10.1

and join Pastor JD now in a message he titled, Does My Life Have a Purpose?

1:17.2

Here in our fourth and final week, our question is, does God have a purpose for my life?

1:23.6

I want you to try to think about that question in a very personal sense. Not, you know,

1:28.6

does God have a purpose for the world? But does God have a purpose for you specifically for your life?

1:34.0

And if so, how do you figure out exactly what that purpose is and know that you are accomplishing it?

1:40.7

You see, few things in life are as important as you find in your purpose. Because when you understand

1:46.4

something's purpose, you can put up with all kinds of pain and inconvenience and pursuit of it.

1:53.0

For example, say your boss asked you to come in one weekend on a Saturday morning to open up a

1:59.9

bunch of envelopes, 10,000 envelopes. He wants you to open up and sort through the contents.

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