Our Purpose in Life
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Christian Purpose and Peace
To see life you must open your eyes to God.
All nature sings as round me rings the music of the spheres ... sometimes it is easier to find God in nature than it is in other people.
Don't give up!
Please take the time to read the articles on this lens. Hopefully some of them will be of spiritual inspiration.
The Key is Found in Belief
The presence of God fills the universe.The reality of Jesus Christ is all a round us.
When we reach out in the Spirit we will find these things to be truth.
When we find the truth, the truth will set us free.
A Purpose For Living
Spiritual Reality
All to often it is difficult to see where there is any real purpose in life. It is almost as if we are locked into a circle of work, struggle, work, struggle, and then die. When things have gotten to be like this, and all we have staring us in the face is our eventual death, life can become very depressing and even terrifying. In an attempt to maintain our sanity, we may try to offset the turmoil in our minds by focusing our energy on our work, a hobby, changing things, or even substance abuse. None of these things really make a permanent change. As soon as our mind is given a respite from our whirlwind of activity, or our running from life, the old feelings and emotions come rushing back: sometimes worse than they were before we ran. No matter what we do we cannot escape the fact that we are getting older and we are now struggling to find any purpose, or satisfaction, or peace in our life.Sometimes when life becomes a raging sea of emotions or endless doldrums we Christians will turn to the health, wealth and happiness sermons flooding the market today. Yet, in spite of what the warm & fuzzy preachers may claim, we human beings are destined to live our mortal lives here on earth; just like every other life-form on planet earth. To start with, our life cycle is like that of any other living organism. We are born, we consume food to live, we procreate, and we die. But, on the other hand, we human beings are much more than this. We have the capability to think and to question our existence. An animal, or a plant, lives each day by instinctively reacting to stimuli, or at best by acquired structured reactions to stimuli. Even at the height of training, the most intelligent animal still lacks creative thought, and they also lack the ability to question their existence. We humans, on the other hand, live each day with memories of yesterday, dreams of tomorrow, and the constant knowledge that we are approaching the great unknown: death. We possess the ability to think; and because we can think, most of us do care about the quality of life. The irony in all of this is that when we try to escape the reality of our human life we are escaping from the very things that make life worth living.
We can never change the fact that human life can be a raging sea of emotions and seemly endless doldrums. Lets face it, life is a process of getting old and feeble; and our earthly life will certainly end with the death of our mortal body. These things are the facts of life that cannot be altered no matter how hard you try or how far you run. This is the playing field God has put us on and we have got to learn to effectively function as a Christian in the only mortal life we will ever have. But, to play the game effectively we need a purpose and an understanding of the rules of play. When we are young our only purpose is to live and to experience life. When we were young, we also tried to make up our own rules and we just ignored the hard realities of life. But, this is not the way God intends for a Christian to live their life. No matter what we do we will remain on a playing field that is both a raging sea and boring doldrums; and even as we mature we still need a purpose in our life.
The reality of life is not something we should attempt to escape; instead we need to look at the storms and doldrums as opportunities for us to grow and excel as humans and as Christians. A good place to start is with finding God's purpose in our life. In 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Paul writes: "This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ's ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, "Come back to God!" " Now that is just about as straight forward as you can get; our purpose in life is to live in such a way that we are ambassadors for Christ. This does not mean that we all have to be preachers, or evangelists or missionaries. This does not mean that God wants us to be down-trodden and burdened with a bunch of manmade religious laws. The warm and fuzzy preachers are right when they quote Jesus' saying: "Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures. The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life," (John 10:9-10). Our purpose in life is not to suffer! Our purpose in life is to live in such a way that we constantly provide the people around us with spiritual fruit and to always be prepared tell the people in our life about Jesus.
The Bible and the Holy Spirit are truly all we need to find purpose in our life; but it is sometimes helpful to have someone else to talk to. The other day my wife and I went out for breakfast and after the meal we sat drinking coffee and talking about God's role in our lives. As we talked, we came to realize that we personally find our greatest purpose in life to be our relationship with our friends and family. I do not believe that there is anyone who does not enjoy time spent with children and grand children, brothers and sisters, in-laws, friends and especially our church family. Of course, we will not find purpose and peace if we enter into these relationships seeking our own personal desires. Our relationships will bring the greatest purpose and peace when we are a positive force in the lives of other people. The only way to be a positive force in the life of another person is to bring spiritual fruit to the relationship. In Galatians 5:22-23 Paul writes: "But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!" It may be extremely difficult, at least for some of us, to always be thinking about the other person's feelings; but our concern for others is the true key to purpose and peace in life. John (12:25) records Jesus as having said: "Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity." Jesus makes is very clear that God does not want us to be inwardly focused %u2026 i.e. we should not be overly occupied with our own personal desires. If we want to enjoy God's blessings of peace and joy the secret is to become a source of spiritual fruit for those around us.
It may sound ridiculous, but the truth is that when you put more emphasis on what the other person needs than you do on your own needs, God will see to it that you are filled with an unbelievable peace and satisfaction. I personally wish that I did not have to become an old man to learn this simple secret to a wonderful and fulfilled existence here on earth. It should not have taken so long because the word of God is filled with the message of loving other with our mind, heart and soul. In Paul's letter to the Galatians (6:9-10) he said: "So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone-especially to those in the family of faith." When I was younger, I was blinded by the worldly belief that I had to be a hard worker and good provider first and then worry about emotional things. Making money, however is not doing what is good! Doing what is good is being an abundant source of spiritual fruit for those around you. It is only when we come to the understanding that God's purpose for us is to bear spiritual fruitful that God will be in a position to provide us with a peace that passes all understanding.
The requirement for producing spiritual fruit never goes away and the fact that we are getting older and closer to death is no excuse for not bearing spiritual fruit. Trying to escape from the realities of life means that we are passing up on the opportunities of life; and in so doing we have failed to find purpose and peace in our life. There is absolutely nothing, not warm and fuzzy sermons, or carrying legalistic burdens, or humanistic psychological nonsense that can replace the rewards for bearing spiritual fruit. Our search for purpose and peace rests solely in the relationships we build with our friends and family. To obtain purpose and peace in our life all we have to do is follow a very simple two-step process. First we must do what Jesus said, which is to die to our own self-interests and then we must follow Paul's advice to manifest spiritual fruit in our lives. When we do, this our relationship with friends and family will become the most important thing in our earthly existence. We will become a blessing to those who embrace our spiritual fruit; and in return God will provide us with a blessing. Those who reject our spiritual fruit we will just "pass and re-pass:" we will not cast our pearls before them. Our age counts for nothing, because there are no physical restrictions when it comes to bearing spiritual fruit. Our purpose in life is just as important at 90 years of age as it is at 30. When we become a source of spiritual fruit to others the storms and doldrums of life become opportunities for us to excel as Christians.
MATURING AS A CHRISTIAN
Being yourself as a Christian
I do not know how you feel about it; but, sometimes I get rather frustrate when people measure my Christianity against their own personal convictions and opinions. It may be hard for some folks to understand, but not all of us are polished and sophisticated mainline Christian stereotypes. Just because someone does not do exactly as you do, or does not refrain from all the things you avoid doing, it does not make them any less a Christian. Believe it or not: a true Christian can even wear bib-overalls to town, chew tobacco and be a red neck. On the other hand, a true Christian can have lots of money, wear fancy cloths, drive a foreign car and even live in the city. The point is; a Christian should think twice before expecting another person's life to be a mirror image of their own.There are two key scriptural points we need to recognize: one is the fact that we all do not share the same walk with Jesus and second is the fact that we are at different levels of Christian maturity. There is no place in scripture where it says that a person's walk with Christ has to be exactly like everyone else's walk with Christ. When Peter questioned Jesus about John, Jesus replied (John 21:22): "If I desire that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me." Jesus made it very clear that Peter needed to take care of his own walk and let John take care of John's walk. Paul told the Galatians (4:19): "Oh, my dear children! I feel as if I'm going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives." Paul seems to be implying that everyone is not a fully mature Christians, and that some of us might take a lot longer to mature than others. I believe that our opinion of other Christians would become more gentle and loving if we would take the time to realize that we are not all on the same walk with Jesus and that we are at different levels of Christian maturity.
The criticism of judgmental Christians use to really bother me; that is, until I came to realize that being "born again" does not mean we are automatically born into the Body of Christ as a mature Christian. In Ephesians 3:14-19 Paul said: "When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God." Paul is praying to God that the Ephesians will draw close to Christ so that they will grow spiritually and become mature Christians. Paul did not chastise the Ephesians for not being as mature as he was: instead Paul loved them and prayed for them. In this same letter (Ephesians 4:11-13), Paul explains the importance of Christian fellowship in developing mature Christians: "Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ." Paul not only loved and prayed for the Ephesians; he also reminded the Ephesians that God has a plan for helping us mature as Christians. In all of his letters, it is evident that Paul understands the difference between arrogant criticism and loving edification. For those who are still growing in Christ, I recommend that we turn a deaf ear to the judgmental critics; and instead, carefully listen to the loving advice of those God has chosen to be a source of edification in the Body of Christ.
Please understand, if you are a mature Christian, I am not saying you should not try to be a source of Christian edification and support for fellow Christians. What I am trying to say is that we must be very careful about taking our own personal convictions, regarding the things we do and the things we resist doing, and putting these convictions on the backs of others. We must also resist taking our personal inductions, deductions and interpretations of scripture and turning them into doctrine we expect everyone else to follow. Personal convictions are wonderful, assuming they are the product of our relationship with Christ; but all too often they fall into the realm of opinion %u2026 not doctrine. Yes, we do need to remain steadfast in the essentials of Christianity, but in all other areas we need to share our opinions in the spirit of love and gentleness. Remember, James said (3:1): "Dear brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers in the church, for we who teach will be judged more strictly." No one can deny that we all should boldly proclaim the essentials of the gospel; for in the message of Christ's deity there can be no wavering. But, in matters of personal Christian observances and abstaining we must teach in a spirit of love and understanding. Paul told the Romans (14:4-10): "Who are you to condemn someone else's servants? They are responsible to the Lord, so let him judge whether they are right or wrong. And with the Lord's help, they will do what is right and will receive his approval. %u2026 So why do you condemn another believer? Why do you look down on another believer? Remember, we will all stand before the judgment seat of God." If you are a mature Christian and seek to be edification to those less mature: do so in a spirit of loving gentleness and focus on gospel essentials instead of "disputable matters."
To those who cannot resist measuring us by their own personal Christian opinions, I simply ask that they pray for us more than they criticize us. When Paul prayed for the Ephesians he said (1:16-18): "I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called-his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance." Brow beating and criticizing are not the best methods for helping others. Remember, each and every one of us has to: " work out our own salvation with fear and trembling," (Philippians 2:12). Our individual walks with Christ are just as personal as John's walk was or Peter's walk was. Therefore, look first at my love for Christ and my dedication to serve Him before you examine my hair cut, my cloths or my life style.
Christian Basketball
Face the Challenge
Sin, our opponent, is the result of our ignorance when it comes to the will of God; or it can, in some cases, be our conscious rejection of God's will. In any event, sin blocks and intercepts our handling of Christian love and service to God. We sin because we are too shiftless to learn how to play the game and to lazy to train our minds and spirits in handling the ball. It takes tremendous spirit-mind coordination if you are going to become skilled at handling the Christian basketball of love and service. Christians who sit on the bench are a lazy, rebellious and ignorant lot. Also, way too many Christians are poor players because they have no self discipline; they are poor players because they won't obey the coach's instructions; and they are poor players because they have a weak spirit. The poor player, because of his or her own slothfulness, is not equipped to face sin on the court of life: slothful Christians let down their team and endanger their soul.
Instinctive Faith
Dealing with hard times
We have faith in Jesus as our savior because we have heard the word of God and, as a new creation in Christ; we have embraced the gospel message. Now as a Christian, we must listen to the word of God to understand His will; and we must have the faith to believe that God will be there to help us live a Christian life. This is not a faith of logic or human reasoning. This must be an instinctive faith: a strong and steadfast belief that God will be with you at all times and under all conditions. We need to have a faith in God that is automatically there when we need it and not something that we have to search for or generate through a frenzy of religious activity. For example, have you ever watched a basketball player dribble the ball? If the player has properly trained their mind and body they will instinctively handle the ball, leaving their mind open to determine the next move they will make. A seasoned basketball player will not have to concentrate on how to handle the ball: ball handling will have become an instinctive reaction. It is the same way with our daily Christian faith. We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God and that He sacrificed His life for our salvation. Our faith in the salvation power of Jesus is good but we also need to have faith that God is with us at all times and under all conditions. Our faith in God needs to be so strong and so steady that our Christian reaction to life is controlled by an instinctive faith in God: at all times and even in the hard times.
Instinctive faith does not just happen; instinctive faith is the result of our relationship with God. That is why we must not confuse faith with knowledge and belief. For example: in a confidence course we are sometimes tasked with crossing over a rope bridge. I see the bridge and thus I know that it is there. I see the size of the rope and I truly believe that it will hold my weight. Still I am hesitant, because I cannot help but question the rope's capability for really holding me up. The only way I can ever get the faith to cross the bridge is to just go ahead and do it. And, that probably will not happen unless I have a good coach to help me calm my nerves and build up my confidence. Once I have crossed the bridge I will have changed. Crossing the bridge helps me transform knowledge and belief into faith. Each subsequent time I cross the rope bridge it will get easier. Eventually I will be so focused on developing my bridge crossing skills that there will be absolutely no fear in the bridge failing: my faith in the bridge has become strong and steady. It is the same way with Christian faith. We can know all about God and we can truly believe all that we know; but without developing a living relationship with God we will never have instinctive faith in God.
To develop instinctive faith in God we must learn what God expects from our relationship with Him and then we must step out in faith and live that relationship. In Romans 10:17 Paul told the Romans: "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." In 1 Corinthians 2:5 he told the people that: "your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." The only way to build instinctive faith is to know the word of God and then to apply faith in living our lives according to our knowledge of the word of God. Every day we must live life with our minds and hearts focused on letting our relationship with God control how we react to the things that life brings our way.
Maintaining a faithful and loving relationship with God is easy when things are going good; it is not so easy to walk in faith when the going gets tough. The psalmist said that he did not fear the valley of the shadow of death because God was with him. He did not say that he prayed for God to be with him or that he hoped God would be with him, he said: "for thou art with me!" In the good times, and in the bad times, David's faith in God did not waver. In fact, James said: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance (James 1:2-3)." If we are to have an attitude that can rejoice in the face of trials we need to have already developed a relationship of instinctive faith with God. Every waking moment of our lives we need to be practicing James 4:7-8 "Therefore submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you." If we truly know God, and if we have a Christian relationship with God, our faith will be instinctive and it will not waver: even in the bad times.
God's Plan
Order out of Chaos
They say that 84 percent of the people in the United States believe there is a God. Most also believe God created the universe or at least that He is in charge of nature. This makes sense, when you take man out of the picture nature is very well ordered and almost perfect. Thus, it would seem logical for the God who created all of this to be very well ordered and perfect. If this is the case, and I am convinced that it is, then there is no reason to believe God would create mankind and then leave us to struggle through life without any communication from Him. The fact is that God has given us His complete plan for mankind to include what He expects from us. What is even more important is the fact that His plan does not call for our being left here on earth to live and die like a tomato plant. The existence of God is truth and we can take comfort in the realization that He has a plan for us.
How do you find true peace and purpose for your life? The best way is to learn what God's plan is for mankind and see just exactly how you fit into this plan. To start with, we are all born into this world as the product of a female and male union. Scripture reveals that we humans are made up of three main components: Physical Body, Soul and Spirit. There is also reference to the human mind but it's role as a separate human component is not exactly clear. The human mind seems to be caught up somewhere between the body and the soul and the spirit.
Thessalonians 5:23 - I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow (body), and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (mind).
Mark 12:30 - And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.
As we are growing up we rapidly learn that the needs and desires of our body dominate our thinking. There will come a time, however, in each persons life when they will be moved in their spirit to seek out God. According to God's plan, we will have the opportunity to accept or reject the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; and to take His Son Jesus the Christ as our Lord and Savior (Milestone 1 in the illustration). If our decision is to accept Jesus (yes) then we experience a spiritual rebirth and we receive the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 5:17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
John 3:5 Jesus replied, "I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.
Acts 2:38 Peter replied, "Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
After our initial spiritual encounter we will have the opportunity to live life as a Christian or to return to the world from whence we came. Our life will bring us to the second milestone in God's plan: the death of our bodies. We are made up of inert physical material and this physical material will return to its original inert state.
Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return."
Ecclesiastes 3:20 Both go to the same place-they came from dust and they return to dust.
Our bodies will die and return to their elemental components, but our Spirit and soul does not die. Upon death the spirit and soul of man will either go to be with Jesus in Heaven or they will end up in a place we call Hell. One of the best scripture references to this is found in the book of Luke.
Luke 16:19-30 Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.
Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. 'And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'
And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house-- for I have five brothers -- in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'
Our time in Heaven or Hell will be spent waiting for the final return of Jesus and the Great White Thrown Judgment, which is milestone number 3.
Matthew 25:31-33 But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.
Revelation 20:12 I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God's throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.
For those who have failed to take Jesus as their Lord and Savior; all that awaits them is eternal separation from God in the 'Lake of Fire.' Those who have taken Jesus as their Lord and Savior will have their Christian works on earth judged. If you have labored diligently for Jesus you have multiple rewards ahead of you; but if you have not labored for Jesus you have no rewards waiting for you in the eternal kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 3:10-15 Because of God's grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have-Jesus Christ.
Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials-gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw. But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person's work has any value. If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward. But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.
Scriptures tells us that we will not all receive the same thing. Eternity is not sitting on a cloud and playing a harp. Some of the things that we can look forward to are:
a. Positions of responsibility - In Jesus' parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30) He spoke of rewarding those who had been faithful by putting them "in charge of many things" in His kingdom
b. Positions of authority - In Jesus' parable of the 10 minas (Luke 19:12-26) He spoke of putting some people in places of authority over cities in His kingdom based on how well they had served Him.
c. Kingdom Thrones - In Luke 22:28-30 Jesus promised to place those who had stood by Him in His earthly trials on kingdom thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
d. Nearness to Jesus - In Luke 22:28-30 Jesus tells of those who will sit at His table and in Matthew 20:20-21 Jesus acknowledges the existence of seats to His left and right.
e. Different amounts of treasure - In Matthew 6:19-20 Jesus instructs us to lay up treasures in Heaven. The more we work for Jesus in this life the greater our treasures will be in heaven; i.e. we do not all have the same treasure room in heaven.
Then there are the crowns, which some folk will receive. It is impossible to say just exactly what these crown signify, but we do know that you could receive:
a. The Crown of Righteousness;
b. The Imperishable Crown;
c. The Crown of Life;
d. The Crown of Rejoicing; or
e. The Crown of Glory.
CONCLUSION:
A very significant reason people do not find peace and purpose in a fellowship of Christians is our failure to really understand God's plan. In John 10:10 Jesus is recorded as having said: "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." It is part of God's plan for our life here on earth to be good, especially if we walk with Jesus. God not only has a plan to bless us in this life, but He also plans on rewarding us in our eternal life with Him. Paul told the Colossians in chapter three verses one and two: "If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. Be mindful of things above, not on things on the earth." The things above are the things in the kingdom of God. Our eternal rewards are part of these things! Remember, life here on earth is only a very small part of God's plan for us %u2026 the best part of the plan is eternity in the Kingdom of God. That is why it is so important for us to know God's plan for us.
by rsickler
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