{"id":6493,"date":"2011-02-28T06:54:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T14:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=6493"},"modified":"2011-02-28T06:54:24","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T14:54:24","slug":"what-is-the-purpose-for-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/doctrine\/what-is-the-purpose-for-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Purpose for YOUR Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/bible.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What is the purpose of your life?\u00a0 Does God have a plan for you personally?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, but it is different than many have believed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Jesus taught: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;\"> And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise (Luke 6:31). <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Jesus also taught<\/span>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since we are to be blessed, this means that we are to be givers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">You may be thinking, &#8220;well I have heard some of this before from some religion&#8221;, what is MY purpose? Who am I? Why me?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">YOU are unique. <strong>You are one who can give love in a unique way<\/strong>. Ultimately God has special plans for YOU personally. YOU are not the same as everyone else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">The Bible makes  it clear that we are not all the same and are not to contribute the same  way, and it uses the analogy of the body in 1 Corinthians 12:12-23 to  do so: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">For as the body  is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body,  being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were  all baptized into one body&#8211;whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or  free&#8211;and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.  For in fact the  body is not one member but many.  If the foot should say, &#8220;Because I am  not a hand, I am not of the body,&#8221; is it therefore not of the body?  And  if the ear should say, &#8220;Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,&#8221;  is it therefore not of the body?  If the whole body were an eye, where  would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the  smelling? <strong>But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased<\/strong>.   And if they were all one member, where would the body be?  But now  indeed there are many members, yet one body.  And the eye cannot say to  the hand, &#8220;I have no need of you&#8221;; nor again the head to the feet, &#8220;I  have no need of you.&#8221;  <strong>No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;\">Yes, YOU, whether strong or weak, are necessary. God&#8217;s plan includes a plan f<\/span>or YOU!  Yes, you.<\/p>\n<p>You are to receive and you to give love.<\/p>\n<p>This is the true Christian meaning of life.<\/p>\n<p>In  the Old Testament, Job understood that God had a plan for him  when he  stated to God, &#8220;You shall desire the work of Your hands (Job  14:15).  What Job meant was that after he was resurrected (this is  discussed in  the verses prior) Job knew that God had a meaning of life  for him  personally.<\/p>\n<p>In the New Testament, Jesus taught the same thing. When He taught,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In My Father&#8217;s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. <strong>I go to prepare a place for you.<\/strong> And if I go and prepare a place for you,       I will come again and receive you to Myself (John 14:2-3).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jesus was saying that He would prepare a place for YOU if you were one of the Father&#8217;s children.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, notice the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected  in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him  ought himself also to walk just as He walked (1 John 2:5-6)<\/p>\n<p>In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has  sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through  Him.  In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and  sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.  Beloved, if God so  loved us, we also ought to love one another (1 John 4:9-11).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We are to love and receive love.<\/p>\n<p>Those who are depressed about the suffering in today&#8217;s world need to understand that the Bible teaches,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>God  Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe  away  every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor  sorrow,  nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things  have  passed away (Revelation 21:3-4).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And the happiness we will experience will be beyond that which humans can imagine (1 Corinthians 2:9).<\/p>\n<p>God&#8217;s  plan for you is to show you love through the forgiveness of  sins, to  ultimately reveal His loving plan of salvation to all, to give  you more  than you can even imagine, and <strong>for you to be able to show  love to  others throughout eternity<\/strong>.\u00a0 That is God&#8217;s purpose for your life.<\/p>\n<p>Some articles of possibly related interest may include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/god.htm\">Is God&#8217;s Existence Logical?<\/a> Some say it is not logical to believe in God.  Is that true?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/evolution.htm\">Is Evolution Probable or Impossible or Is God&#8217;s Existence Logical? Part II<\/a> This short article clearly answers what &#8216;pseudo-scientists&#8217; refuse to acknowledge.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/godcomefrom.htm\">Where Did God Come From?<\/a> Any ideas? And how has  God been able to exist? Who is God?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/god-omnipotent-omniscient-omnipresent.htm\">How is God Omnipotent, Omnipresent, and Omniscient?<\/a> Here is a biblical article by Wallace Smith which answers what many really wonder about it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/meaningoflife.htm\">What is the Meaning of Life?<\/a> Who does God say is happy? What is your ultimate destiny? Do you really know? Does God actually have a plan for YOU personally?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomorrowsworld.org\/cgi-bin\/tw\/booklets\/tw-bk.cgi?action=dispbooklets\">The Bible: Fact or Fiction?<\/a> This is a booklet written by Douglas Winnail that answers if the Bible  is just a collection of myths and legends or  the inspired word of God.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/becominggod.htm\">Deification: Did the Early Church Teach That Christians Would Become God?<\/a> What does the Bible teach? Is deification only a weird or cultic idea?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COGwriter What is the purpose of your life?\u00a0 Does God have a plan for you personally? Yes, but it is different than many have believed. Jesus taught: And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise (Luke 6:31). 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