Live With The Right Purpose

Colossians 4:2-6
2Devote yourselves to prayer,

keeping alert in it with an attitude
of thanksgiving; 3praying at the
same time for us as well, that God
will open up to us a door for the
word, so that we may speak forth
the mystery of Christ, for which I
have also been imprisoned;
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4thatI may make it clear in the way
I ought to speak. 5Conduct
yourselves with wisdom toward
outsiders, making the most of the
opportunity. 6Let your speech
always be with grace, as though
seasoned with salt, so that you will
know how you should respond to
each person.
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Live with the

Right Purpose
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Live with the Right Purpose
Have you asked God the reason
for your existence?
Or do we simply follow the crowd
oblivious of its destination?
“The greatest tragedy in life is not
death but a live without a purpose.”
- Dr. Miles Monroe
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“It is more tragic to be alive and not
know why, than to be dead and not
know life.” - Dr. Miles Monroe
Pro. 19:21 “Many are the plans in
the man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s
purpose that prevails.”
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“The worst tragedy in life is to live
a life with a wrong purpose.”
– Ptr. Peter Tanchi
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What will happen to us if there is
no purpose for living?
 We will struggle in search for the
meaning of our lives.
 Meaningless lives leads to
depression and anxiety.
 Our lives will wander in
wilderness of futility.
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What will happen to us if there is
no purpose for living?
 And when people struggle,
depressed and hopeless. . .
It leads to suicide…
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What does God says about our
purpose in life?
“For by Him, all things were created,
both in the heavens and on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones
or dominions or rulers or authorities,
all things have been created through
him and for Him.” – Colossians 1:16
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Until we understand the reality and
believe with all our hearts and minds
that we are created through Him
and for Him, life will be meaningless
If we know why we exists, then when
problems come our way, we can
survive and thrive.
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Since we are created through Him
and for Him, how then should we
live?
WE ARE TO LIVE A LIFE
PLEASING TO GOD.
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therefore is . . .
LIVING A LIFE PLEASING TO GOD
2Cor. 5:9 “So we make it our goal to
please Him, whether we are at home
in the body or away from it.” - NIV
2Cor. 5:9 “Therefore we also have
as our ambition, whether at home or
absent, to be pleasing to Him.”
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Live with the Right Purpose therefore is . . .
Rom. 14:7-8 “For none of us lives to
himself alone. If we live, we live to
the Lord; and if we die, we die to the
Lord. So, whether we live or die, we
belong to the Lord.” - NIV
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To be pleasing to God is the right
purpose for our lives and ought to be
our driving motivation.
Making it our top priority will simplify
our lives.
Leading us to use our time and
resources for what pleases God.
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Pleasing God will make our
decision-making clear and simple.
If we are driven by worldly
pleasures, we will tend to make
decisions based on pursuits that are
fleeting.
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The ONLY WAY to live a life pleasing
to GOD is to believe that we are
made by HIM and for HIM.
And there is no other way to LIVE
but by HIM.
Because without HIM we are
NOTHING.
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Phil. 1:20-21 “I eagerly expect and
hope that I will in no way be
ashamed, but will have sufficient
courage so that now as always Christ
will be exalted in my body, whether
by life or by death. For to me, to live
is Christ and to die is gain.”
Colossians 4:2-6 Live with the Right Purpose
HOW THEN SHOULD WE LIVE A
LIFE PLEASING TO GOD
1. Praying to Please God
2Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert
in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;
To devote means to give all energy
and attention with defined intention.
To please God therefore is having
undivided focus on God.
To please God is be alert in our
thanksgiving as an attitude.
Thanksgiving signify victory and/or
advance celebration with God.
Prayer brings intimacy with God and
reminds us of God’s purpose for our
lives.
Our prayer life is our spiritual life!
Prayer is an act of expressing our
faith in God and not telling God what
to do.
We can only ask but not to dictate
God, making us more wiser than HIM.
2 Cor. 12:8 Paul prayed to take away
the thorn in his flesh, but God’s answer
was “no”. Because God want him to be
humble and because God want to
show HIS power in Paul’s weaknesses.
For Paul, God’s grace is sufficient, and
God’s power is made perfect in his
weakness.
The very same thing for us to consider.
So, whenever we experience hardship,
its because God want us to experience
His truth.
That His Words and promises are
trustworthy!
We will never know that God is
sufficient until all we have is Him.
God allows problems to draw us closer
to Him, not to push us away.
So whenever we encounter problem,
run to Him without delay.
God wants intimacy with us more than
best friends or parents can do.
2. Making Disciples to Please God
3praying at the same time for us as well,
that God will open up to us a door for the
word, so that we may speak forth the
mystery of Christ, for which I have also
been imprisoned; 4that I may make it clear
in the way I ought to speak.
Paul’s plea is not for him to be
released but for God to open up
door for His word to others.
Acts 16:30-35 “… Sirs, what must I do to be
saved?” 31They replied, “Believe in the
Lord Jesus and you will be saved – you
and your household.” 32Then they spoke
the Word of the Lord to him and to all the
others in the house 33 … the jailer took
them and wash their wounds, … all his
household were baptized. 34 The jailer
brought them into his house.
35When it was daylight, the magistrates
sent their officers to the jailer with the
order: “Release those men.”
How then do we disciple others?
5Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward
opportunity. 6Let your speech always be
with grace, as though seasoned with salt,
so that you will know how you should
respond to each person.
5Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward
opportunity.
To please God, we should live our lives
with wisdom towards others. Not
wasting our time in hatred, jealousy
and prejudice.
6Letyour speech always be with grace, as
though seasoned with salt, so that you will
know how you should respond to each
person.
To please God, our words should
always filled with grace and seasoned
with salt.
Making disciples to please God
therefore is to live a life filled with
wisdom, with graceful words seasoned
with salt.
DISCIPLESHIP starts within us
through CHRIST that rule within us
CONCLUSION
2 Cor. 5:10 “For we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ, that
each one may receive what is due him
for the things done while in the body,
whether good or bad.”
We may not received the reward of
accomplishing the purpose of our
existence here on earth.
Don’t worry heaven is our HOME!
CONCLUSION
Living with the right purpose does not
guarantee earthly pleasure but it
assures the GREATEST gift that only
GOD can give.
Keep on living for the right

purpose even if the world
doesn’t agree.
CONCLUSION
BECAUSE,
living with the
right purpose
means
PLEASING
GOD not man.
HAVE A BLESSED SUNDAY

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Colossians 4:2-6

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