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       https://archive.org/details/namdhari PURPOSE 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 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 The Scripture versions cited in this book are identified in appendix 3, which hereby becomes This book is dedicated to you.  Before you were born, God planned this moment in your life. It is no accident th...

 Living with Purpose Many are the plans in a man’s heart,  but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)  For David ... served the purpose of God  in his own generation. Acts 13:36 (NASB)   Living on purpose is the only way to really live. Everything else is just existing.   Most people struggle with three basic issues in life. The first is identity: “Who am I?” The second is importance: “Do I matter?” The third is impact: “What is my place in life?” The answers to all three questions are found in God’s five purposes for you.   In the Upper Room, as Jesus was concluding his last day of ministry with his disciples, he washed their feet as an example and said, “Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.” Once you know what God wants you to do, the blessing comes in actually doing it. As we come to the end of our forty-day journey together, now that you know God’s purposes for your life, you will be blessed if y...

 Balancing Your Life Live life with a due sense of responsibility,  not as those who do not know  the meaning of life but as those who do.  Ephesians 5:15 (Ph) Don’t let the errors of evil people  lead you down the wrong path  and make you lose your balance. 2 Peter 3:17 (CEV)   Blessed are the balanced; they shall outlast everyone.   One of the events in the summer Olympics is the pentathlon. It  is composed of five events: pistol shooting, fencing, horseback  riding, running, and swimming. The pentathlete’s goal is to  succeed in all five areas, not just one or two.    Your life is a pentathlon of five purposes, which you must keep  in balance. These purposes were practiced by the first Christians  in Acts 2, explained by Paul in Ephesians 4, and modeled by Jesus  in John 17, but they are summarized in the Great Commandment  and the Great Commission of Jesus. These two statements sum  up what thi...

 Becoming a World-Class Christian Jesus said to his followers,  “Go everywhere in the world,  and tell the Good News to everyone.” Mark 16:15 (NCV)  Send us around the world with  the news of your saving power  and your eternal plan for all mankind. Psalm 67:2 (LB)   The Great Commission is your commission.   You have a choice to make. You will be either a world-class Christian or a worldly Christian. Worldly Christians look to God primarily for personal fulfillment. They are saved, but self-centered. They love to attend concerts and enrichment seminars, but you would never find them at a missions conference because they aren’t interested. Their prayers focus on their own needs, blessings, and happiness. It’s a “me-first” faith: How can God make my life more comfortable? They want to use God for their purposes instead of being used for his purposes.   In contrast, world-class Christians know they were saved to serve and made for a mission. Th...