Hello everybody and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. This is the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren.

Now today we're continuing into the new year and we're digging deeper into one of life's biggest questions.

Does my life really matter? In today's message, Rick's going to continue his powerful series,

Live Your Calling, What on Earth Am I Here For? In it, you'll discover how living out God's

purpose for your life brings real meaning, direction, and joy, no matter where you're starting

from. Okay, now, here's the final part of a message titled,

You Are Called to Become.

Number seven, if you're going to make it to the finish line and be the woman God wants you to be,

be the man God wants you to be, I must take every step with purpose. Take every step with purpose.

Now, I'll tell you, I didn't do this for a lot of years in my life, but I don't want to waste

any step anymore. I don't want to waste any energy anymore. I don't want to waste any word

anymore. I don't want to waste any word anymore. I don't want to waste any

breath, any step, because I don't know how many steps I have left. And you don't either.

You don't know if you're going to live a week, a month, a year, or what? You don't know.

So whatever steps you're going to take, you better do them on purpose.

And you need to be more disciplined.

And you need to be more self-controlled.

And you need to take every step and every moment in your life with purpose.

Now, if you're going to become the person God wants you to be, that's the third calling in life,

I'll be honest with it. There are some things you're going to have to deny yourself.

You're not going to get to do everything that everybody else does.

Because if you want to be God's woman, God's man, you want to be what you're created to be,

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