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4/40 Days: There is more to life than just here and now

By Sarah Lewis ⋅ September 14, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve been thinking about the eternity aspect of life a bit lately.
There’s something that Brian, our pastor, says about the word “believe” and the way we use it now versus the way Bible writers used it. I’m going from memory here, but the idea is that when we say we believe something, we mean [...]

3/40 Days: Thinking about my purpose

By Sarah Lewis ⋅ September 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Everyone has at least one driving force in their life, you know, the reason you do what you do. I’ve been trying to think objectively about what’s driving my life. On a day to day basis, it often comes down to deadlines: I choose what to work on based on what’s “due” next. [...]

2/40 Days: I am not an accident

By Sarah Lewis ⋅ September 12, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

One of the things I’ve long found interesting is the idea that God specifically chose the time and place for my life. I think people have always looked forward and backward in time and imagined themselves in a totally different environment, but the clear implication is that God didn’t want me to live during [...]

1/40 Days: It’s not about me

By Sarah Lewis ⋅ September 11, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

That’s a hard truth to accept most of the time! I want it to be about me, about my interests and desires and goals. But this chapter points out that my “personal development” and success are not the same as my purpose, and if I confuse the two, I’ll end up “successful” but [...]

40 Days and mixed-up motivations

By Sarah Lewis ⋅ September 11, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump;
a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.
Proverbs 11:28 (The Message)
We’re doing the 40 Days of Purpose (going through The Purpose Driven Life in groups and in the sermons) again at The Experience.
Even though I’ve been through it twice already, I’m looking forward to it. [...]

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