It all starts with God/you are not an Accident
You didn't create yourself, so there is no way...
what is: you can tell yourself what you were created for (lesson 1, pg. 5)
When people are driven by this, they allow expectations to control their lives, are driven by peer pressure, and still try to earn the approval of unpleasable people.
What is The Need for Approval
The ultimate goal of the universe is to...
If you picture you life, the image that comes to your mind is this.
What is your life metaphor (pg 34)
What is life described as in the Bible
What is a mist, a fast runner, a breath, and a wisp of smoke (pg. 42)
Being successful and fulfilling your life's purpose...
What is: are not at all the same issue (lesson 1, pg 7)
When people are driven by this, they clam up or blow up when they get angry, and they don't forgive past hurt.
What is resentment
What verse says, "You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created everything."
What is Revelation 4:11 (pg 50)
You don't know all the tests God will give you, but some of the ones you can predict based on the Bible are
What is tested by major changes, by delayed promises, by impossible problems, by unanswered prayers, by undeserved criticism, and by senseless tragedies. (pg. 36)
The Bible says, "You're cheating on God if all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way."
What is James 4:4 (pg. 43)
What verse says "You (God) know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something."
What is Psalm 139:15 (lesson 2, pg 12)
Many people are driven by the desire to always get more because they think it will make them happier, more important, and more secure
What is Materialism
Because of this person, we are no longer in the dark about what God is really like.
Who is Jesus
To fulfill the purpose God made for you, you'll have to...
God warns us to not do this
This is the essence of God's character
What is love (lesson 2, pg. 15)
This drives people to let their past control their lives and they often unconsciously punish themselves by sabotaging their own success.
What is Guilt
When this happens, it brings glory to God
What is: When anything fulfills its purpose. (pg. 51)
What is our time, energy, intelligence opportunities, relationships, and resources. (pg. 38)
What is: to assume that God's goal for your life is material prosperity or popular success. (pg. 46)
We discover our purpose and meaning only when we...
what is: make God the reference point of our lives
What is Fear
In this verse, Jesus says, "I brought glory to you here on earth by doing everything you told me."
What is John 17:4
The Bible says, "The world and all that is in it belong to the Lord; the earth and all who live on it are His."
What is: "All these great people died in faith. They did not get the things that God promised his people, but they saw them coming far in the future and were glad. -Hebrews 11:13 (pg. 47)