Do you ever wonder if your life really matters?

Pastor Rick says, God has a good plan and purpose for your life.

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Today we continue in our series called Live Your Calling,

One on Earth Am I Here For? In these lessons, you'll discover that real meaning and

significance come from understanding and fulfilling God's purpose for you here on Earth.

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Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with part three of a message called, Why God Made You?

The Bible says in Philippians chapter 2 verse 5, In your lives, you must think and act like Christ

Jesus. This is the third purpose for your life. You must learn to think and act like Christ Jesus.

So if I was just to think and act like Christ Jesus, what is Jesus like?

I've told you this before that the perfect picture Jesus in the Bible is Galatians 5, 22 and 23.

It's often called the fruit of the Spirit and it lists nine qualities. It says in Galatians,

the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness,

self-control, nine qualities. What is that? That's a perfect picture of Jesus. God wants you to

love like Jesus, to be at peace like Jesus, to be patient like Jesus. God wants you to be faithful

like Jesus. God wants you to have self-control like Jesus had self-control. Now, here's the question,

how does God teach us the fruit of the Spirit? How does God make us like Jesus? Like, for instance,

if God wants to turn me into a great loving person, a real lover, what am I doing? I'm just

going to walk him down the street, walk him down the street, and I'll say, zap, I'm zapped with love. And I

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