Purpose//Pastor Brad Johnson

California Community Church

WHAT CATCHES THE EYE AND HEART OF GOD Part 9 - Purpose Acts 13:36 "David served God's purpose in his generation." YOU KNOW YOU HAVE NOT YET FOUND THE PURPOSE FOR LIFE IF… …Life seems useless Ecclesiastes 1:2-4 "Life is useless, all useless. You spend your life working but what do you have to show for it? The world just stays the same." …Life seems tiring Ecclesiastes 1:3-8 "The sun rises and goes down. The wind blows round and round and back again. Every river flows into the sea then the water returns to where the river began and starts all over again. Everything leads to weariness." …Life seems unfulfilling Ecclesiastes 1:8-10 "No matter how much we see, we're never satisfied; no matter how much we hear, we're not content…" …Life seems insignificant Ecclesiastes 1:11 "No one remembers what has happened in the past, and no one in days to come will remember what happens between now and then." …Life seems uncontrollable Ecclesiastes 1:15 "You can't straighten out what is crooked” Ephesians 1:4-5 "Long ago, even before He made the world, God chose us to be His very own through what Christ would do for us...His unchanging plan [purpose] has always been to adopt us into His own family by sending Jesus Christ to die for us." “He who believes in the Son has eternal life” John 3:36 “For God so loved the world that He sent His only Son that whoever believes in Him will have eternal life.” John 3:16 "This is His purpose: when the time is ripe, He will gather us all together to be with Him in Christ forever." Ephesians 1:10 Ecclesiastes 3:11 "He has planted eternity in the human heart." FOUR WAYS TO PREPARE FOR ETERNITY 1. GET TO KNOW JESUS CHRIST "To all who receive Him, Christ gives the right to become children of God." John 1:12 2. USE MY TIME FOR ETERNITY "Use your time in the best way you can" Colossians 4:5 Acts 20:24 "Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus." “And Jesus died for all that those who live should not live for themselves but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.” 2 Corinthians 5:15 3. USE MY TALENTS FOR ETERNITY 1 Corinthians 6:20 "Use every part of your body to give glory back to God." 4. USE MY TREASURE FOR ETERNITY LIFE INVESTMENT GUIDE |--------------------------------------| MY TIME 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 |--------------------------------------| MY TALENT 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 |--------------------------------------| MY TREASURE 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100