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OUR PURPOSE IS HIS PURPOSE

May 19, 2014

Directive # 19

 May 19, 2014

 

SCRIPTURE

John 18:37 Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”

 

OTHER SCRIPTURES

John 4:34-38 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”

 

John 5:30, 37 “I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me.

 

John 17:14 “Father I have glorified you on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do”

 

John 20:21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

 

INTERPRETATION

Jesus lived with divine purpose. He told Pilate as he faced the cross “for this reason I came into the world.” His purpose guided him, kept him on track when faced with distractions and temptations and ultimately gave him a great sense of fulfillment – from the cross he shouted, “it is finished!” So clear was his sense of mission that he prayed, “Father I have glorified you on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do” (John 17:14). Our purpose is his purpose. He said, “as the Father has sent me I am sending you” (John 20:21).

 

PRAYER POINTS

  1. That we would glorify God by daily pursuing His purpose and not our own.
  2. That we would stay focused on His work and not get distracted or remain discouraged.
  3. That we would allow God’s presence to energize us for His work.
  4. That we would find fulfillment in doing His will even though society does not applaud it.
  5. That we would walk in the truth and obey the initial promptings of the Holy Spirit.
  6. That we would always rejoice in the fact that we have been “sent.”
  7. That we would be glad as we work together to reap the harvest.

 

Mike Ainsworth

Assistant Superintendent & Evangelism Director

Cornerstone Conference

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