... MICHIGAN 49530 USA W W W. Z O N D E R V A N. C O M ZONDERVAN'" The Purpose-Driven° Life Copyright © 2002 by Rick Warren This title is also available as a Zondervan audio product. Visit www. zondervan.com/audiopages for more information. Requests for information should be addressed to: Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Warren, Richard, 1954 The purpose-driven life : what on earth am I here for? / Rick Warren. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN: 0-310-20571-9 1. Christian life. I. Title. BV4501.3 .W37 2002 248.4 - dc21 2002011471 CIP This edition printed on acid-free paper. The Scripture versions cited in this book are identified in appendix 3, which hereby becomes a part of this copyright page. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Illustrations by Michael Halbert, Copyright © 2002 Michael Halbert Interior design by Jim Dobbs, Mary Deschenes, Julie Head Printed in the United States of America This book is dedicated to you. Before you were born, God planned this moment in your life. It is no accident that you are holding this book. God longs for you to discover the life he created you to live-here on earth, and forever in eternity It's in Christ...
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... November11, 2014 English Language – Purpose Driven Essay The book “The Purpose Driven Life” written by Christian writer Rick Warren is one of the top selling Christian books of all time. This book impacted me in many ways. This book tells me that I was created for God’s family, fashioned to be like Christ, designed to serve and ordained for God’s mission. This book impacts me most when it reassures me that I was created to serve (ministry) and because of this I have a better understanding of my life and why it should be purpose driven. In chapter 3 the quote that really popped out to me was “Nothing matters more than knowing God’s purpose for your life, and nothing can compensate for not knowing them.” This quote brought me to the realization that when I know what God called me to do I will have a better appreciation for God and his purpose for my life. When I know my purpose in life I would have a drive to fulfill my purpose on earth and strive everyday to continually better myself. I never knew what my purpose in life was until I had a transforming experience that brought me to better knowledge of what my purpose in life was. All my life I had a passion for playing the drums. I started out at the tender age of five beating on pots and pans. Anything that made a sound I used it. My God mother and God-brother saw deep inside of me that my purpose in life was to play the drums for the ministry so they invested into my gift and bought...
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...period of stability. This modern family is more like the USA or Switzerland families which or of social reconstruction after the second world war (as for other European countries). The effect of adult learning in this modern family is the way that adult learning can alter the communities’ culture as a whole through instilling into individuals the purpose of learning, readiness of learning and the motivation to learn. I believe the foundation of every perfect and progressive society is the success story of the families that exist with in. Everyone has a specific purpose in life; everyone’s task is unique as is his specific opportunity to accomplish that very mission. Humans by nature have different interests and passions on diverse kind of paradigm that planet earth has offered. Purpose is the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. As we grew up, especially in developing countries, we never gave purpose a thought. It was by default that we went to school, hang with friends, watch movies, have fun and repeat the same life style over and over again. But when we reach adulthood we then realize that life is perfectly...
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...PURPOSEFUL CHRISTIAN LIFE Definition: Purposeful: having a useful purpose; acting with a clear aim and with determination. Christian Life: showing the qualities that are thought of as typical of a Christian, Christ like.. Some people say that we are just evolutionary result of the survival of the fittest Others think of reincarnation Most of our lives, we have been searching for a purpose for our lives, one that has a deeper meaning than just the basic action of existing on this planet. We felt that our lives were meant for something; and something meaningful and worthwhile that would give us a true reason to live. We searched for this purpose in things like relationships, a career, a job, a hobby, in school, and in many more things, only to find disappointment at every turn; because though these things could preoccupy us for a moment, they would ultimately fail at fulfilling our spiritual desire for a meaningful life. Then we find God, and we feel that we see our purpose clearly. We are full of excitement and hopeful to see what God will do with our lives. The overwhelming joy and excitement that drives us motivates us to share the good news with everyone around us, telling them of the great purpose that God has in store for our lives. We devote ourselves to learning more, growing more, and doing more for God. We surround ourselves with more and more people who call themselves Christians to glean as much as we can from them, astounded at the miraculous experiences...
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...“The Purpose Driven Life” In life, we often ask ourselves trivial questions such as “What should I wear to that party?” but the most important question we must ask ourselves is ‘What is God’s purpose for my life?”. The “Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren aids us in finding the answer. This book is based on five principles that Warren expounds on which are used as stepping stones in finding our purpose. The first section of the book focuses on the question “What am I here for?”. People frequently fail to realize that God is not living for us but rather we are living for God. This indicates that we ought not to figure out our purpose for ourselves but ask God to show us his purpose for our lives. The bible states everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. We don’t genuinely start living until we figure out God’s purpose for us. Moreover, humans are very self-conscious creatures; we often think “my nose is too big:” or “my lips are too small”. We repeatedly forget that God has custom made us. We are original Designs! We are NOT accidents! God loves us so much that he made us in His image. Hope is the seed which grows into having a purpose. When a person has found their purpose life becomes ten times easier. Without a purpose people take on more tasks than they can handle. This results in a life filled with stress. In the book “A life without purpose is worse than death” is often mentioned. This emphasizes how important it is to live a purpose driven life. Purpose...
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... I chose the topic rebuilding Christian faith because I have forgotten about who God is and what he can do to help me and change who I am today. This is important to me because my parents didn’t give me along with my siblings the foundation of being Christians like other people. As for right now I still question about my religion if I truly am a Christian since I was in middle school. This topic affects many parts of my life like trusting in him, being successful, being smart, being aggressive, getting a very subsidized lifestyle, and being honest to yourself. The most defined part of my life that impacts my purpose to my project is being honest to your self because I’ve been a liar to everyone including God for everything that’s important for me. I lied to my family that I would do better in school but the results are always clear because of my grades which tell them that I’ve been do something else other than studying. Watching things that are bad for me like pornography is an insult to God which is another thing that I lied to my parents on quitting an addiction, and when I lie to them then I lie to God. Being a liar affects my goal on rebuilding God’s faith on me because I’m a guy who has dreams like other people with determination. What...
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...Worldview? A worldview is the perspective from which we, as mankind, view everything in life. It is considered the foundation of our thinking process about all things, such as family, money, culture, faith, relationship and morals. Our worldview is shaped by the things that we see, experience, and are taught from the beginning of life. It is the influence by which we think and make decisions about every aspect of our life. (Words: 71) What is a Christian Worldview A Christian Worldview is formulated through the teachings of the Bible. There are five important questions that are addressed when identifying our worldview. The questions include our origin, identity, meaning and purpose, morality, and destiny. Christians have a definite and absolute answer for each of these questions that can be supported by the bible. These truths will inspire our perspective and provide us with reliable answers to carry out the purpose for our life. The first question in the Christian worldview concerns origin. How did life begin and how did mankind come into existence? Christians believe that God spoke the world into existence, and creation began from nothing. (Weider & Gutierrez, 2014) In six days, God created everything (including mankind), and He created man in His image. (Genesis 1:27) Creation of man began with Adam. God created him from the dust of the earth. He breathed the breath of life in his nostrils, and Adam became alive. (Genesis 2:7) Mankind is unique and special...
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...Notes Chapter Four: Conveying Your Purpose and Leading by Example * Leadership separates a purpose-driven youth ministry from an event-and-activity-driven youth ministry. How a Leader Conveys His Purpose * The more people that rally behind our purpose statement the healthier our ministry will become. * We must take on 3 responsibilities to make God’s purpose known within your youth ministry: 1. Communicate the purposes 2. Repeat the purposes 3. Make sure that key people memorize the purpose statement A Leader Communicates the Purposes * Your purpose cannot become a common purpose until people know about it. * To aid students, volunteers, parents, and church leaders in retaining your purpose statement, you will need to continually communicate it. A Leader Repeats the Purposes * A good leader will constantly communicate the purposes and remind people of the importance of knowing them. * No one will know the purposes or value them as much as the point person of the ministry. The Leader Makes Sure Key People Memorize the Purpose Statement * Even after you convey your purpose statement and repeat it you will find that some of your key people need to be nudged to memorize it. What to Do After Your Purpose Statement Is Known * Monitor your purpose statement * Manage your tie by the purposes * Modelling the purposes in your life * Creating programmes to fulfil the purposes Our youth ministry exists to REACH...
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...Martina 2012303147 13011202 Views of E-education What is the purpose of education? For me, it is very hard to make it clear though I has been being educated for many years, but from some celebrities, we may get some ideas about it. In ancient Greece, Socrates, a great philosopher, argued that education was about drawing out what was already within the student. Also, according to Martin Luther King, the leader of African-American Civil Rights Movement, education has a two-fold function to perform in the life of man and in society. The one is culture and the other is utility. Apart from these, there still have some different ideas about education. Some argue that it should meet social requirements at the first place. Others, however, believe that the main purpose of education is to accomplish individual aspiration. From these we can see that education plays an important role in our life, but these opinions are towards to the traditional education, and how about the new form of education--e-education? Is it true education or just a commercially driven fad? From my point of view, e-education is not only the true education but also is a commercially driven fad. Why is e-education the true education? Well, personally, e-education is just another form of education which provides a big stage for traditional one. Since the limitation of teaching facilities and resources, traditional education can’t provide all the things that students need, such as...
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... Wiedenbach asked questions like what do nurses do and why they do it? (Wylie, 2010) It was from questions like this her theory was developed. Wiedenbach’s theory is based on identifying a patient’s need-for-help through nursing interaction. Wiedenbach (1963) defines her theory as follows, “Nursing is a helping art - a deliberate blending of thoughts, feelings, and overt actions. It is practiced in relation to an individual who is in need of help, is rooted in an explicit philosophy, and is directed towards fulfillment of a specific purpose” (p. 54). Wiedenbach believed there were four components to clinical nursing: philosophy, purpose, practice, and art. Wiedenbach felt that the each individual nurse is responsible for identifying their own philosophy based on their own values and life experience. Purpose is the goal the nurse hopes to achieve through the nurse-patient relationship. Wiedenbach believed that nursing was goal-driven. Practice is the actions the nurse takes to help the patient achieve the set goal. Wiedenbach spent much of her time explaining this component of clinical nursing because she felt nursing “is a practice discipline that involves action.” (Wiedenbach, 1970, p. 1057) She further outlined three steps of the nursing...
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...The meaning of life For 27 years Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was imprisoned for his belief in a free society. With courage he stood up for what he thought was right, despite the challenges he know he would face. He put his neck on the line for others and didn’t care about the naysayers. Nelson has lived his life for others rather than a pay check. He is a man of many achievements and successes. Once released from prison, Nelson continued his campaign to end apartheid. His hard work and life long effort paid off when all races were allowed to vote in the 1994 election. Nelson Mandela won the election and became president of South Africa. Coming to presidency was a huge achievement for Mandela. The greatest lesson we can learn from his life is to live a purposeful and fulfilling life. What is the meaning of life? We are asked this question many times throughout our adult life. For many the meaning of life is to have the “American dream”: material prosperity. The more money you have, the you with happier you are. As college students we are told to pick the best career. The best meaning one that provides for us economically in the long run. We are ultimately driven to get an education for money. People are so wrapped up in this daily life style of living for money and material things. It’s a no wonder we contently ask ourselves, “is this what life’s all about?” In my opinion life is more than about money. The meaning of life is about figuring...
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...The author of my primary source is by Alexander Toponce. What was purpose of the document? Is to inform people about Alexander Toponce life and what was going on in his life while he was growing up. It starts out by giving some background information about Alexander Toponce. Then it starts to talk about Corinne and Blue Creek and what kind places and what kind of people lived there. They liked to call the toughest place that had the toughest people “Dead Fall”. It had the worst kind of people one would not want to be around. But it was seen as normal to have tough drunk and violent people who gambled. He then starts to talk about the Gold Spike and how it affected the people living there at the time. When the spike was driven all of the construction was stopped and Blue Creek was gone. But they were able to survive and pick right back up to normal as usual. Toponce then follows it up with some more information about the Gold spike and how it was driven at Promontory Utah and how the Gold Spike could have even been moved up by a couple of week. And then he goes on to talk about Central Pacific, Ogden. He ends talking about before and after the spike driving ceremony. The was the source written by Alexander Toponce, excerpt from Reminiscences of...
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...is a critic alone. The drive can be to simply educate about the Bible in a Christian setting, to drive spiritual foundation or to nurture discipleship of Jesus Christ. What is really important is to establish what really separates these theories or whether there is significant similarity. While many answers about education have been developed and published by nonspiritual authors, finding answers in the Christian setting require a rather different considerations as the spiritual aspect is a part. God is difficult to comprehend in scientific evaluation, however we can evaluate answers to the quest for an answer based on what Scripture teaches. In Chapter 1 of our text Mitchell states “Jesus expected his disciples to follow him, experience life change, and participate in something remarkable” (p 3). So in order to evaluate the statement “The essential activity of Christian ministry” we much follow his directions and lead as Jesus did. Education, Discipleship and Spiritual Formation Three terms need definition for the further discussion: education, discipleship and spiritual formation. Education In his book, Mitchell provides his answer to the question “What Is Christian Education?” with...
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...employees and management. DSS assist the management and employees of Frito-Lay by delivering statistical and data retrieving systems. Employees of Frito-Lay also used DSS systems in searching information that was germane to their job function. The three main components of a DSS are model management, data management and interface management. “The model requests the information from the data management component, analyzes the information, and sends the results to the user interface management component, which in turn passes the results back,” (Haag, Cummins p.163) to the user. There are many types of DSS systems and hybrid DSS systems. Four DSS systems that could be implemented in a business are communication driven, knowledge driven , data driven , and document driven . Hybrid DSS systems are computerized systems that take advantage of combined DSS systems. A DSS may present information graphically and may include an expert system or artificial intelligence (AI). Examples of the information a decision support...
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...searching for answers to the questions of why we were created, why exactly we are here and what is the purpose of our existence? Not everyone, of course, is actually aware of what he or she is driven by, what makes him or her live. That is why people’s daily thoughts and speculations are focused mainly on the same topic, for instance, what is the meaning of life, why do we all have to wake up in the mornings in order to go to school or office, why do we struggle with ourselves, overcome problems, learn from mistakes we have made and then make new ones, etc. Lots of scientists’ and other outstanding people’s works from different times and generations were contributed to trying to come up with a definition of a life meaning matter. And the only thing that is obvious is that the answer to this eternal question is fully individual. What one might see as the purpose to exist, another might address as absolutely irrelevant and not interesting matter to consider. What individuals search...
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