What You Were Made to Do | Kylen Perry

The Porch

Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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What do you want more of this year? Whether we acknowledge it or not, our issue doesn't usually start with a lack of wanting; it's what we use to satisfy that desire. This week, Kylen Perry leads us through Genesis 2 to show what God had in mind as He carefully crafted and commissioned humanity.

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0:00.0	Let me ask you a question.
0:18.6	Let me ask you a question.
0:23.1	What do you want more of this year?
0:28.0	There's not a single person in this room tonight that has entered into this new year
0:32.8	that is not wanting for more of something.
0:36.6	I genuinely believe it. There's no one here that's like, I'll take a little bit less of that. No, everyone wants for more of something. I genuinely believe it. There's no one here that's like,
0:38.7	I'll take a little bit less of that. No, everyone wants for more. I don't know what the more is for
0:42.7	you. Maybe it's more money in the bank account. Maybe it's more margin on your calendar. Maybe it's
0:47.7	more success at work, a corner office perhaps. Maybe you want a little bit of romance, perhaps even
0:53.1	a relationship. Maybe you want more time with the boys. Maybe you want to be able to take that trip that you've been planning for for so long and maybe bring a couple of friends along with you. I don't know what it is you're wanting for more of this year, but everyone is wanting for more of something. That is not the question, nor is wanting more the issue.
1:11.3	The issue is not, what do I want more of?
1:17.6	The issue is not do I want more of something.
1:22.6	The issue is what do I want more of?
1:27.3	Because not everything we want more of in this life will actually lead to more in this life.
1:34.6	Like a promotion may lead to a bigger paycheck, but it's also going to lead to bigger problems.
1:40.8	A relationship might often offer us love, but frequently it delivers in heartache.
1:48.2	You may want to find friends, but I've known people that have lost themselves in the process.
1:53.8	And even that vacation you want to take, that you want to escape from reality will not allow you to escape from reality forever because you will have to return at some point just because you seek more
2:06.0	does not mean you'll find more in fact what it leads to is often less i believe and i full
2:12.3	heartedly believe it that there's one thing you can want more of that will actually lead to more
2:19.8	that will ultimately result in your satisfaction and it's God. It's not achieving your weight
2:25.6	loss goal in 2026. It's not scratching off your reading schedule and racking up 10 books
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