The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 38
금요일, 3월 31, 2006

Becoming a World-class Christian

You can either be a 'WORLDLY' Christian or a 'World-class' Christian.

A worldly Christian looks to God for their own comfort; for what they can extract and gain from God. Whereas, a 'World-class' Christian knows that they have been saved by God and live to serve God and to carry out the Great Commission.

How to think like a World-class Christian;

Shift from self-centered thinking to other-centered thinking.

Shift from local thinking to global thinking.

Shift from 'here and now' thinking to eternal thinking.

Shift from thinking of excuses to thinking of creative ways to fulfill your commission.

"Only those who throw away their lives for My sake and for the sake of the Good News will ever know what it means to really live!"

Psalm 67:2; "Send us around the world with the news of Your saving power and Your eternal plan for all mankind."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 37
목요일, 3월 30, 2006

Sharing your life message

Your LIFE MESSAGE:

Your testimony: the story how you began your relationship with Jesus Christ.
Your life lessons: the most important lesson God has taught you.
Your Godly passion: the issues God shaped you to care about most.
The Good News: the message of salvation.

Shared stories build a relational bridge that Jesus can walk across from your heart to others.

It is wise to learn from experience, but it is WISER to learn from others' experience.

1Peter 3:15b-16; "Be ready at all times to answer anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you, but do it with gentleness and respect."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 36
수요일, 3월 29, 2006

You were made for a mission - Purpose 05

Your minsistry is to service the believers, and your mission is to serve the unbelievers. Our mission is to introduce Jesus to the world.

The importance of our mission are;

Your mission is a continuation of Jesus' mission on earth.

Your mission is a wonderful privilige.

Telling others how they can have eternal life is the greatest thing you can do for them.

Your misison has eternal significance.

Your mission gives your life a meaning.

God's timetable for history's conclusion is connected to the completion of our mission.

What it costs to fulfill your mission?
Abandoning your agenda and following God's. It is like handing a blank sheet of paper with your signature in the end, and handing it to God to fill in.

Matthew 28:19-20; "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 35
화요일, 3월 28, 2006

God's power in your weakness

A weakness is not a sin or a vice or a character defect that you can change, such as overeating or impatience. A weakness is a limitation that you inherited or have no power to change. This could be physical, emotional or even talent or intellectual limitation.

We need to;

Admit our weaknesses.

Be content with your weaknesses. Whenever we are weak, we are reminded to rely on God.

Honestly share your weaknesses.

Glory in your weaknesses.

2 Corinthians 12:9a; "My grace is sufficient for you, My power is made perfect in weakness."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 34
월요일, 3월 27, 2006

Thinking like a servant

Service starts in your mind. It is all about your attitude towards the task you do.

Servants think more about others than themselves.

Servants think more like stewards, rather than owners.

Servants think about their work, not what others are doing.

Servants base their identity in Christ.

Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not as an obligation.

Phillipians 2:5; "Your attitude should be the same as that of Jesus Christ."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 33
일요일, 3월 26, 2006

How real servants act

We serve God by serving others. To be like Jesus is to be a servant.

Your shape reveals your ministry, but your servant's heart will reveal your maturity.

Real servants make themselves available to serve.

Real servants pay attention to needs.

"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." - John Wesley.

Real servants do their best with what they have.

Real servants do every task with equal dedication.

"If you think you are too important to help someone in need, you are only fooling yourself. You are really a nobody."

Real servants are faithful to their ministry.

Real servants maintain a low profile.

"If as My representatives, you give even a cup of cold water to a little child, you will surely be rewarded."

Matthew 10:42; "If you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of My followers, you will surely be rewarded."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 32
토요일, 3월 25, 2006

Using what God gave you

"What you are is God's gift to you, what you do with yourself is you gift to God."

Begin by assessing your gifts and abilities.

Consider your heart and your personality.

Examine your experiences and extract the lessons you have learned.

After we have done this, we have to accept and enjoy our shape. This also means accepting our limitations too!

Avoid comparison, resist exaggeration, and seek only God's commendation.

"If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praise me; and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticize me." - John Bunyan.

Keep developing your shape. Take advantage of every training sessions and opportunitites to strengthen your skills and broaden your horizon. Know that God deserves our best!

2 Timothy 2:15; "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 31
금요일, 3월 24, 2006

Understanding your shape

APPLYING YOUR ABILITIES - We have to know that our abilities come from God; therefore have to be used for God's glory; and know that what you are able to do is what God wants you to do!

USING YOUR PERSONALITY - When you minister in a manner consistent with the personality God gave you, you experience fulfillment, satisfaction, and fruitfulness.

EMPLOYING YOUR EXPERIENCES - This includes Family experience, Educational experience, Vocational experience, Spiritual experience, Ministry experience, Painful experience.

God intentionally allows you to got through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others.
"He comforts us in troubles so that we can comfort others. When others are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us."

"Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you." - Aldous Huxley.

1 Peter 4:10; "God has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other, passing on to others God's many kinds of blessings."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 30
목요일, 3월 23, 2006

Shaped for serving God

God shapes each one of us differently according to His plan in our life.

Spiritual Gifts
Heart
Abilities
Personality
Experience

God gives us abilities not for just for ourselves; but it also is for others. Of course, when serving God with your given abilities requires your heart too, your enthusiasm!

"...Serve the Lord with all your heart."

"A simple life in the fear-of-God is better than a rich life with a ton of headaches."

We need to figure out what abilities has been given to us by God; and then find out what we like to do - then start doing these things for the glory of God!

1Corinthians 12:6; "God works through different men in different ways, but it is the same God who achieves His purposes through all of them."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 29
수요일, 3월 22, 2006

You were shaped for serving God - Purpose 04
Accepting your assignment


You were created to serve God.

You were saved to serve God.

You are called to serve God.

You are commanded to serve God.

"If I have no love for others, no desire to serve others, I should question whether Christ is really in my life."

Impression without expression causes depression.

Service is the pathway to real significance! As we serve in the body of Christ, we find our real and true identity in Him.

He will use you too, if you stop making excuses.

Ephesians 2:10; "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 28
화요일, 3월 21, 2006

It takes time

There are no shorcuts to maturity. It takes time for us to grow and to ripe.

There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss, and no loss without pain.

The best way to maturity in God is to cooperate with Him.
God is never in a hurry, but He is always on time!
A delay is not a denial from God.

Phillipians 1:6; "God began doing a good work in you, and I am sure He will continue it until Hit is finished when Jesus Christ comes again."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 27
월요일, 3월 20, 2006

Defeating temptation

God has promised never to allow more on you than He puts within you to handle it. He will not permit any temptation that you could not overcome.

When you are tempted, try to;

Refocus your mind on something else. The battle for sin is won or lost in your mind.

Reveal your struggle to a Godly friend or support group. The truth is whatever you can't talk about is already out of control in your life.

Resist the devil. "Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

Realize your vulnerability. Forget about self-confidence!

1 Corinthians 10:13b; " God is faithful. He will keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can't stand up against it. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you will never give in to it."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 26
일요일, 3월 19, 2006

Growing through temptation

"My temptation has been my master in divinity." - Martin Luther King.

Temptation is an opportunity to do good, as it provides us with a choice. Everytime you choose to do good instead of sin, you are growing in the character of Christ.

God develops the fruit of the Spirit by allowing you to experience circumstances in which you're tempted to express the exact opposite quality!

To overcome temptations;

Refuse to be intimidated.

Recognize the pattern of your temptation and be prepared for it.

Request God's help.

James 1:12; "God blesses the people who patiently endure testing. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 25
토요일, 3월 18, 2006

Transformed by trouble

Life is a series of problems. Not all are big, but they are significant in God's growth process for you.

It is when we are broken-hearted when we turn to God; and this is the time when He is closest to us. When we are in pain, we don't have the energy for superficial prayers.

"When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, with imitating Him and quoting Him and speaking of Him. But only in suffering will we know Jesus!" - Joni Eareckson Tada.

Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will be most likely be in your darkest days.

"We felt we were doomed to die and saw how powerless we were to help ourselves; but that was good, for then we put everything into the hands of God, who alone could save us."

You'll never know that God is all you need until God is all you've got!

Our problems are to shape us; to burn us until we are pure as gold or silver. It is when people see their reflection when the silver is pure - it is the same to us; it is when people see the reflection of Jesus when we are purest.

Romans 8:28; "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 24
금요일, 3월 17, 2006

Transformed by truth

The Spirit of God uses the Word of God to make us like the Son of God. We need to abide in His Word.

We must accept its authority.

We must assimilate its truth.

We must apply its principles.

Make it personal [involving you], practical [something you can do] and provable [with a deadline to it]!

"The Bible was not given to increase our knowledge, but to change our lives." - D. L. Moody.

John 8:31-32; " If you continue in My Word, then you are My disciple indeed; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 23
목요일, 3월 16, 2006

How we grow

We become whatever we are commited to. When we are commited to God, the Spirit will work with us and help to transform us into a Christ-like being.

The first step is to change the way you think, because it determines the way you feel, and the way you feel influences the way you act.

Christianity is not a religion or a philosophy; it's a way of living, a relationship and a lifestyle!

Romans 12:2b; "Let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God - what is good and pleasing to Him and is prefect."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 22
수요일, 3월 15, 2006

Created to become like Christ - Purpose 03

This doesn't mean that we can be like God or become a god; this is about becoming Godly!
By this, is not transforming your personality, but your character.

We must let go of the old things.
We must change the way we think.
We must 'put on' the character of Christ by developing new, Godly habits.

Your character is essentially the sum of your habits; it is how you habitually act.

God is far more interested in what you are than in what you do.

2 Corinthians 3:18b; "As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like Him and reflect His glory even more."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 21
화요일, 3월 14, 2006

Protecting your church

Nothing on earth is more valuable to God than His church. Therefore, if you are a part of a conggregation, it is your responsibility, too, to keep the family in harmony.
"Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace."

We can do this by;

Focusing on our similiarities, not our differences.

Be realistic with your expectations.

Choose to encourage rather than criticize.

Refuse to listen to gossips.

Practice God's method for conflict resolution. [Private confrontation, brothers confrontation, church confrontation.]

Support your pastors and your leaders. [We protect the fellowship when we honour those woh serve us by leading.]

Romans 14:19; "Let us concentrate on the things which make for harmony and the growth of our fellowship together."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 20

Restoring broken fellowship

Paul taught us that to get along with others is a mark of spiritual maturity.
"If you've gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if His love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you ... Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends."

You have to learn how to be a PEACEMAKER! Peace-making is not avoiding conflict. It is not appeasement. It is a skill to stand up against evil.

The key to restore your relationship is to talk to God before talking to the person; then take the initiative to approach the person; listen to what they have to say - sympathize with their feelings. Make sure you confess your part of the conflict as confession is the most powerful tool to reconciliation.

Be sure to attack the problem - not the person! In resolving conflicts, how you say it is as important as what you say!

Emphasize reconciliation, not resolution! Reconciliation focuses on relationship, while resolution focuses on the problem.

Romans 12:18; "Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 19
일요일, 3월 12, 2006

Cultivating community

Cultivating community takes HONESTY. When conflict is handled correctly, we grow closer to each other. Until you care enough to confront and resolve the underlying barriers, you will never grow close to each other.
"In the end, people appreciate frankness more than flattery."

Cultivating community takes HUMILITY. Pride builds walls between people, humility builds bridges.
"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less."

Cultivating community takes COURTESY. The key is to discover where people come from; and to learn their history.

Cultivating community takes CONDIFENTIALITY. It doesn't mean that it should be kept silent; but it means to deal with it and NOT to gossip about whatever it is.

Cultivating community takes FREQUENCY. Community is not built on CONVENIENCE, but on CONVICTION that we need it for spiritual health. Fellowship requires an investment of time.

1 John 3:16; "We understand what love is when we realize that Christ gave His life for us. That means we must give our lives for other believers."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 18
토요일, 3월 11, 2006

Experiencing life together

Real fellowship happens when people get honest about who they are and what is happening in their life.

Everytime you understand and affirm someone's feelings, you build fellowship.

In real fellowship, people experience;
AUTHENTICITY
MUTUALITY
SYMPATHY
MERCY

You were created for community and you need others.

Galatians 6:2; " Share each other's troubles and problems, and in this way obey the Law of Christ."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 17
금요일, 3월 10, 2006

A place to belong

We discover our role in life through our relationship with others.

You belong to God, therefore you must be His 'bride' [His church]. God created church for you, so that you can have;
  1. A purpose to live for
  2. People to live with
  3. Principles to live by
  4. Profession to live out
  5. Power to live on
Worshp helps you FOCUS on God.
Fellowship helps you FACE LIFE'S PROBLEMS.
Discipleship help you FORTIFY YOUR FAITH.
Ministry helps FIND YOUR TALENTS.
Evangelism help FULFILL YOUR MISSION.

This means that you have to have a commitment; a commitment to God and to fellow Christians as well.

Romans 12:5; "In Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all others."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 16
목요일, 3월 09, 2006

What matters most

Live a life of love!

"Your strong love for each other will prove to the world that you are my disciples."

Through relationship, we can learn three important truths.

  1. The best use of life is LOVE: Life is worthless without love. After we learn how to love God, we have to learn how to love each other. We must know that love is eternal!
"It's not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters." - Mother Teresa.

2. The best expression of love is TIME: The greatest gift you can give to someone is your TIME! You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving!

3. The best time to love is NOW: Tomorrow is so uncertain, so start loving now!

The best use of life is to LOVE. The best expression of love is TIME. The best time to love is NOW!

Galatians 5:14; "The entire law summed up in a single command: 'Love your neighbour as yourself.' "

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 15
수요일, 3월 08, 2006

You were formed for God's family - PURPOSE 02

Every human being was created by God, but not everyone is a child of God.

The invitation to become a part of God's family is universal, but there is one condition: FAITH in Jesus! "You are all children of God through the faith in Christ Jesus."

The benefit of being His child is that, "Since you are His child, everything He has belongs to you."

Baptism is an identification that you are a part of His family. It does not make you a part of the family; it SHOWS that you are a part of the family.

Ephesians 1:5a; "His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 14
화요일, 3월 07, 2006

When God seems distant

"Any relationship involves times of closeness and times of distance, and in a relationship with God, no matter how intimate, the pendulum will swing from one side to the other." - Philip Yancey.

God admits that sometimes He hides His face from us.

"I go east, but He is not there. I go west, but I cannot find Him. I do not see Him in the north, for He is hidden. I turn to the south, but I cannot find Him. But He knows where I am going. And when He has tested me like gold in fire, he will pronounce me innocent."

When God seems to be distant, it is NOT because of our sins. Sins do not separate us from God!
It is simply a test of faith. Will you continue to love, trust, obey, and worship God, even when you have no sense of His presence or visible evidence of His work in your life?

The most common mistake Christian makes in worship today is seeking an experience rather than seeking God.

When you feel that God is distant; you need to:

TELL GOD HOW YOU FEEL - Pour out your heart to Him. This is also an act of Faith!

FOCUS ON WHO GOD IS - HIS UNCHANGING NATURE - "Never doubt in the dark what God told you in the light."

TRUST GOD TO KEEP HIS PROMISES - You need to trust Him and ignore your immediate human feelings.

REMEMBER WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY DONE FOR YOU - "Christ was without sin, but fir our sake God made Him share our sin in order that in union with Hm we might share the righteousness of God."

Jesus gave up everything so you could have everything. That 'alone' is worthy of your continual praise and thanks. Never again should you wonder what you have to be thankful for.

Hebrew 13:5; "For God has said, 'I will never leave you; I will never abandon you.' "

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 13
월요일, 3월 06, 2006

Worship that pleases God

God requires ALL of you; not only parts of you!

God is pleased when our worship is;

ACCURATE - is to worship Him as the way He is revealed in the Bible, not as to our imagination.

AUTHENTIC - is when we worship deeply emotional and deeply doctrinal. We use both our heart and head. The best style of worship is one that most authentically represents your love for God.

You don't bring glory to God by trying to be someone He never intended you to be.
"That's the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before Him in their worship."

THOUGHTFUL - when our worship is specific. Use different phrases and call Him with His various names.

PRACTICAL - Real worship costs. Real worship is rooted in the Word. One thing worship costs us is our self-centeredness. You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.

Worship is more than a song!

- SONG -
I'll bring You more than a song,
because the song in itself is not what You have required.
You search much deeper within
than the way things appear.
You're looking into my heart.

The heart of the matter is the matter of the heart.

Mark 12:30; "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 12
일요일, 3월 05, 2006

Developing your friendship with God

You must be honest to God. God does not expect you to be perfect, but He expects you to be honest.

To be God's friends, you must be honest to God, sharing your true feeling, not what you think tou ought to feel or say.

Bitterness is the greatest barrier to friendship with God.

Expressing doubts is sometimes the first step toward the next level of intimacy with God.

You must obey God in faith. "I have loved you as the Father has loved Me. Remain in My love. When you obey Me, you remain in My love, just as I obey My Father and remain in His love. I have told you this so that you will be filled with My joy. Yes, your joy will overflow."

God is more pleased when we do small things for Him out of loving obedience.

You must value what God values. The more you become God's friends, the more you care about the things He cares about.

You must desire a friendship with God more than anything else.
"My determined purpose is that I may know Him - that I may progressively become more deeply and intimate acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly."

You are as close to God as you choose to be; and don't be surprised when God allows pain in your life.

Pain is the fuel of passion - it energizes us with an intensity to change that we don't normally possess.
C. S. Lewis said, "Pain is God's megaphone." It is His way of arousing us from spiritual lethargy.

Your problems are not punishment, they are wake-up calls from a loving God. He is not mad at you, He is mad about you and He will do whatever it takes to bring you back into the fellowship with Him. But there is an easy way to re-ignite your fellowship - it is by ASKING Him for a new relationship bond again.
"When you get serious about finding Me and want it more than anything else, I'll make sure you won't be disappointed."

There is nothing more important than a relationship with God!
"Some of these people have missed the most important thing in life - they don't know God."

James 4:8a; "Draw close to God, and He will draw close to you."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 11
토요일, 3월 04, 2006

Becoming best friends with God

Through constant conversation. Everything you do can be spending time with God; if He is invited to be a part of it and you stay aware of His presence.
The key to friendship with God is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do.

We don't praise God to feel good, but to do good. Your goal is not a feeling, but a continual awareness of the reality that God is always present.

Through continual meditation. You can't love God without knowing Him; and you can't know Him unless you know His Word.
Meditation is simply focused thinking - a skill anyone can use anytime anywhere.

When you think about a problem over and over, that's called WORRY. If you already know how to worry, then you already know how to meditate.

Prayer lets you speak to God. Meditation lets God speak to you.

Psalm 25:14a; "Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence Him."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 10
금요일, 3월 03, 2006

The heart of Worship

The heart of worship is surrendering. Surrendering to God is the heart of worship.

True worship is when you bring yourself to God completely; thus surrendering yourself.
You know you are surrendering to God when you rely on God to work things out instead of trying to manipulate others, force your agenda, and control the situation.

There are three barriers in life that keep us from surrendering; FEAR, PRIDE and CONFUSION.

First, we need to trust Him; and the more we know that He loves us, the less fear we will have.
"Love casts away all fear."

After doing this, we need to admit our limitation and therefore break down our pride.
A. W. Tozer said, "The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfering with God's work within us."

"The greatness of a man's power is in the measure of his surrender." - William Booth.

Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.

When you decided to live a totally surrendered life, that decision will be tested. Sometimes it will mean doing inconvenient, unpopular, costly, or seemingly impossible tasks. It will often m
ean doing the opposite of what you feel like doing.

Romans 6:13b; "Surrender your whole being to Him to be used for righteous purposes."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 09
목요일, 3월 02, 2006

What makes God smile?

The smile of God is the goal of your life. We need to find out how to do this.

God smiles when we love Him supremely. He wants to have a relationship to us.
"I don't want your sacrifices, I want your love; I don't want your offerings - I want you to know Me."

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment."

God smiles when we trust Him completely. "He takes pleasure in those that honour Him; in those who trust His constant love."
Just as parents are pleased when children trust their love and wisdom, your faith makes God happy. "Without faith it is impossible to please God."

God smiles when we obey Him wholeheartedly. This means doing something God asks without reservation or hesitation. It is an instant obedience; and this means that you love Him.
"If you love me, you will obey my commandments."

God smiles when we thank and praise Him constantly.

God smiles when we use our abilities.

Psalm 147: 11; "The Lord is pleased with those who worship Him and trust His love."

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The Purpose Driven Life - My Journey Day 08
수요일, 3월 01, 2006

Planned for God's pleasure - PURPOSE 01

One of the greatest gifts God has given you is the ability to enjoy pleasures.

Anything you do that brings pleasure to God is an act of worship. Worship is a lifestyle; it is more than music. Worship is not a part of your life; it is your life. This means that you can worship when you are eating, drinking, sleeping or working.

Work becomes a worship when you dedicate it to God and perform it with an awareness of His presence.

Worship is like when you fall in love with a girl or a boy. You constantly think of them no matter what you are doing. This is what real worship is all about - falling in love with Jesus Christ!

Psalm 149:4a; "The Lord takes pleasure in His people."

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