Wednesday, April 24, 2024

What is your purpose in Life?

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Todays scripture

” The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life” (John 10:10 NLT)

Todays word with Pastor Tupelo

You must know why you are here.  Jesus knew why he came. In John 10:10 He said he came that we might have life and have it to the full. He also came that he might destroy the works of the devil 1John 3:8. He also said in Luke 4:18 that he came to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the broken hearted to preach deliverance to the captives, recovering sight to blind to set at liberty them that are bound and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Jesus understood his purpose for being here and hence everything he did was in line to fulfill this purpose.
Your purpose is defined in the purpose of Jesus Christ. You don’t have a purpose outside Christ because the Bible says in Acts 17:28 that ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ So our very existence is in Jesus, therefore his purpose for living becomes our purpose.

Jesus is now in heaven. He cannot preach the gospel to the lost except through you. He is depending on you to make manifest the savor of his Glory to this corrupt generation. He has made you a light to the world… so shine for Jesus with the gospel of salvation to the lost.

You are the hope for the world; you are the answer to the people’s problems. You are deliverer of the oppressed.

56 COMMENTS

  1. HEY RB I WANT TO SEE A PIC OF U AND UR YOUNG WIFE.WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO FOR THE COUNTRY …SO YOUNG HAS SHE IS ..

  2. I asked Jesus for thru my prayers a pay raise at work two years ago and I am still waiting. Should I go on to wait on him!! If he listens why hasn’t he acted on my request up to now. Help please!!

  3. I SPOKE TO GOD LAST NIGHT HE SAID ,, SATA IS THE BEST MAN FOR THIS COUNTRY.. MAN OF ACTION NOT BULL TALK AND PROMISES..

  4. Teach people to read the Bible. They will benefit from it. They will learn that God has not changed his original design “the blue print” this is, man was created to live forever in paradise on earth. Now man should clean earth and live forever on it.

  5. #2] Simply because you do NOT seem to receive the blessing of your specific needs does NOT mean that His love ceases to exist. It does NOT mean you can’t discover your purpose in life. Perhaps, there’s another purpose he wants to utilize, that lies unnoticed in your life. Believe you me Mr. “Muzi”; there’s something GREAT, and astoundingly great, about your life that you are yet to discover. Just pay attention to your life and you’ll know that there’s something much more worth than a simple pay rise! Faith without deeds is like the body without spirit! Don’t just believe …do something about it in your will power. What if he sees you having a company of your own? Will you still doubt?

  6. Thanks LT for the change of topic :). Gives me a opportunity to concentrate on myself and ask myself what is my purpose in life. Most of those we read about on your forum are politicians who may believe that is their purpose in life but a number of us don’t use time to reflect over our own purpose.
    I try to spend time thinking about what my purpose in life is and I may already have the answer but I don’t see it or rather understand it. I pray that God may continue revealing Himself to me and others in my same situation.

  7. Clean, clean the earth so that you can live on it for ever in paradise. Don’t particpate in populution of the earth. If you are a government official in charge of not allowing toxic effluents into rivers, do your job without being corrupt. This way you are contributing to clean rivers and the life that habit in it. Clean the earth so that you can live on it for ever in paradise.

  8. Am just waiting for the day i will become president then Revive woodgate group of companies. for now VIVA SATA or sorry RB

  9. God shall give you blessings, happiness is upto you,HE will feed your spirit which is whole not your boby which is temporal.

  10. #2 be carefull the way you ask for a pay raise.My friend here asked God for a pay raise, but did not specify the currency and guess what, he received a pay raise in Zimbabwean Dollars.Zim$

    Have faith in God and he will forgive you and thy shall be done.

    Vote for H H, he will introduce Democracy in the Churches as well.

    Amen

  11. What rubbish where does it say just because he is in heaven he cannot preach the gospel. Just because he is not here physically doesn’t mean he cannot preach Read matthew 23:10 where Yahushuah calls himself the teacher of men and only he alone. Our purpose in life is to repent ,obey and follow his example. Yahushuah came to teach men the will of the father he was the last of the prophets sent and he came to save all men by adding them to the covenant of Israel

  12. #2 I feel your pain I used to pray for more money, materials and a golf gti 2008 edition. But after A while i realised sometimes what we ask for is not what we need, our hearts desires are not our souls desires. Ask yourself how important is a slaary raise when you are fed and well kept, I payed for things that would change me as man into something worse. Right now my heart desires a 50 inch plasma screen but my soul needs spiritual help if I ask for a plasma tv i won’t get answered because thats just a luxury. Seek the kingdom of YHWH first and everything shall follow, material gain is secondary to good spiritual health. If i may be intrusive whats the salary raise for ? is it more beer

  13. Enjpy the creations on earth, and these are women, adventure and beer. And I am also reminded to worship God the creator of all the creatures on earth. Hence I go to church and praise him.

    Simple.

  14. #16 you have hammered the nail on the head. Just to add,one person was complaining that he had no shoes until he was shown a man without legs etc…..let us thank God for what we have…..

  15. No 18: What a weird of seeing God’s creation – lumping women as pleasure on the same plate as beer and adventure!!

  16. LT Thanks for the Message you have reminded me of the scripture I have been looking for Acts 17:28.SHALOM SHALOM!!!

  17. You can look at it both ways. The Almighty is not a wish-machine where we slot in our requests and they are fulfilled. We have to understand His purpose before we can even discover our purpose in life.
    The other thing is that God has endless mercies and goodness for His children but He will not force them upon us. We have to step forward in faith and claim them. How many of us have ever wrestled with God like David when he said “I will let you go until you bless me!”?
    So we should not always be satisfied with less.

  18. #22 It was Jacob that wrestled with God and not David however I agree totally with your point of view.
    Amen to this article ba LT.

  19. #25 London Princess, thanks for correcting. I keep confusing these patriarchs. Ofcourse I should have known it was Jacob when he got his name changed to Israel.

  20. One has to understand Jehovah’s powers first and then start making requests from him.We need to know creation ,it’s purpose and then ask for salary increment.Bearing in mind that satan also wants to lure or tempt us through our unsubstantiated requests.

  21. By the way why do people refer to old testament when you talk about riches and to the new testament when talk about sabbath?They call themselves Christians meaning Jesus’s followers.Christ never lead a luxurious life.

  22. # 8! You are right to say “to clean the earth”, but you are completely off the track to think you were created to live on earth forever!!! I am sure you never met any of your great grandparents since you were born. This is an illusion.

  23. Thanks alot for the feed back bane.
    #30. You have point I guess that is what faith is all about..
    #16. Rent is killing me !!
    #6. You are right it is humor? .

  24. #2 God did not give you a pay raise coz He knew you were going to drink your head off and crash in car accident and get killed!!

  25. #2 THE TIMING OF GOD IS DIFFERENT FROM THE TIMING OF MAN . YOU SHOULD ASK THE QUESTION LIKE IF GOD GIVES YOU MORE MONEY WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT . I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WITH MORE CASH & ABOND THE FAMILY BUT THIS MUST NOT BE YOUR STORY .#14 THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY IN CHURCHS , WE FOLLOW THE BIBLE AND BEING LEAD BY THE HOLY SPIRIT .

  26. #32. I drink booze at home only as a matter of principal. Come to think of it , it could be a blessing in disguise that he does not want to reward me with raise!!

  27. #36, i think #2 is lost and needs guidance not insults and besides wat makes you think his head is bigger than yoz? have respect for others in order for you to be respected. You can never correct evil by adding evil….they say two wrongs can never make a right.

  28. #37 The bible tells us to be christ like. If that being the case do not look to man but to God, otherwise we will continue to see the many mistakes that we all make and end up discouraged as well. Look to Christ and focus only on him. As for man, pray for one another and let God’s grace abound.

  29. #37, trust in God who will never let you down, you said it ‘men’, they are not God hence they are not perfect. One day God will take them back on the right track, remember he has a plan for each one of us and that plan does not include anyone of us perishing. So if we perish its becoz of our foolishness and disobedience.

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  31. GOD BLESS U FOR THE ARTICLE.
    MY PRAYER IS THAT WE COULD GRASP AND LIVE THE LIFE OF CHRIST
    FOR WE LIVE IN HIM AND HE THROUGH US.

    STAY BLEESED

  32. #36. Have manners. This a public forum where we share views. Offer some points instead of calling someone a fool.

    For starters polish up your english if you want to come out smart.
    Uli fontini to be honest!!

  33. The whole duty of man is to obey God and keep his Commandements. This can be done in so many differrent ways eg love your neighbour as simple as that. #2. God answers prayers in so many different ways. Yes, No or wait. The fact that u vent seen a payrise does not mean God has not answered. His ways are not our ways.

  34. God in Jar29:11 saya “i know the plans i ve 4 u”so ur purpose is to worship and obey Him.Besides encourage those that are confused.LT thanks for this……………………………vvvvvvvvvvvv 2 Sata

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