As we near the end of our week on grace, today we're going to explore how God's grace

brings us purpose. As we begin, where do you need more purpose today? Where are you feeling aimless

or lacking passion in life? May God fill us all with a deeper sense of purpose today,

and may our days be more fulfilling and more impactful

as we experience God's grace right now.

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The Our scripture for today comes from 2 Timothy 1 verse 9.

Scripture says, God saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works,

but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.

One of the greatest gifts we've been given by God is purpose.

From the time of Adam, God has always made clear the purposes we were created for.

In Genesis 128, God says, be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdueue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth. Throughout time,

our purposes have changed, but God has made it clear that we all are to have lives that are valuable and effective.

Have you lived days where you're simply going through the motions?

Have you had days where you feel as if what you do doesn't matter?

Those days in my life are my absolute worst.

I would rather go through trial and persecution with purpose

than live a meaningless day.

It's in purpose we find satisfaction.

In purpose, we find out our lives matter.

And in purpose, we discover the reason we were created.

2 Timothy 1 9 says,

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