Ep. 213 - What It Actually Means to Have Purpose in Life

The Living Waters Podcast

Living Waters

Evangelism, Apologetics, Jesus, Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Gospel, Creation, Religion & Spirituality, Salvation, Prolife, Faith, Witnessing, Theology

4.9 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The question of our purpose is perhaps one of the most commonly addressed concerns posed to mankind, and it’s important to get the answer right. Today Ray, E.Z., Mark, and Oscar examine common themes, personal experiences, and truths found in Scripture to answer this vital question. The guys observe that many of the answers given for the purpose of individual lives—including business, success, and happiness—are fundamentally flawed. As a result, most of humanity spend their entire lives doin...

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0:00.0	And look when you're living with God himself as your purpose, it allows you the ability to endure the unthinkable.
0:11.0	I mean think of Paul's heart, right? Again, driven not only to
0:13.7	nosemaker, be known by his maker, but make his maker known. Listen to what he
0:16.4	said to the Ephesians, to the Ephesian elders in acts 20, 22 to 24. He said,
0:22.3	and see now, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that
0:27.8	will happen to me there. Except, he's saying, I don't know what's gonna go on,
0:33.4	except I know this.
0:34.8	The Holy Spirit testifies in every city
0:38.2	saying that chains and tribulations await me.
0:42.1	So he didn't know what was gonna happen. I don't know about any
0:44.8	good stuff but I know this. I got chains coming, I got tribulation coming. And then he
0:49.8	says this, but none of these things move me. What a focus. I mean but that in and of
0:57.7	itself like we could spend an you know an hour and just talking on that none of these things move me because ultimately
1:05.2	that's what it comes down to right like what I said earlier staying our course not being
1:09.1	moved swayed by oh my car broke down oh I have this bill I got to pay, oh these people don't like me, oh they unfriended me.
1:17.0	None of these things move me, what things, that you're going to be persecuted, you got chains coming,
1:22.0	nor do I count my life dear to myself.
1:27.0	That's the key.
1:31.0	Welcome to the Living Waters Podcast, Name That Movie from That Line game,
1:38.0	where we try to name that movie from that line.
1:42.0	These are all clean movies I'm assuming. Yeah that's the
1:45.6	caveat friends. This is not endorsing any of these movies. Some of them we may have
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