Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life: Scriptures and Reflections from the 40 Days of Purpose

by Rick Warren

Overview

Daily Inspiration for The Purpose Driven® Life interweaves many of the Bible verses handpicked by author Rick Warren with reflections from his New York Times bestseller The Purpose Driven® Life. Designed to be used as a convenient standalone book for daily reflection, or as an easy reference tool when reading The Purpose Driven® Life, every section corresponds to each one of the 40 Days of Purpose. Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren is a wonderful resource of encouragement. Winner of the Retailers Choice Award, this expanded edition contains new material from the bestselling book’s tenth-anniversary edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310337096
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	03/13/2013
Series:	The Purpose Driven Life
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	683,862
Product dimensions:	6.82(w) x 4.22(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

A Time magazine cover article named Rick Warren the most influential spiritual leader in America and one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Tens of millions of copies of Pastor Rick’s books have been published in 200 languages. His best-known books, The Purpose Driven Life and The Purpose Driven Church, were named three times in national surveys of pastors (by Gallup, Barna, and Lifeway) as the two most helpful books in print.

Rick and his wife, Kay, founded Saddleback Church, the Purpose Driven Network, the PEACE Plan, and Hope for Mental Health. He is the cofounder of Celebrate Recovery with John Baker.

Pastor Rick has spoken in 165 nations. He has spoken at the United Nations, US Congress, numerous parliaments, the World Economic Forum, TED, Aspen Institute, and lectured at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and other universities.

Rick is executive director of Finishing the Task, a global movement of denominations, organizations, churches, and individuals working together on the Great Commission goals of ensuring that everyone everywhere has access to a Bible, a believer, and a local body of Christ.

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Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life
Scriptures and Reflections from the 40 Days of Purpose

By Rick Warren Zondervan
Copyright © 2003
Zondervan
All right reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-310-80798-8


Chapter One THE FIVE PURPOSES OF A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE

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You were made to live a purpose driven life! The five purposes of your life are:

1. WORSHIP: You were planned for God's pleasure!

After all this, there is only one thing to say: Have reverence for God, and obey his commands, because this is all that we were created for. Ecclesiastes 12:13 TEV

2. FELLOWSHIP: You were formed for a family!

It was a happy day for him when he gave us our new lives, through the truth of his Word, and we became, as it were, the first children in his new family. James 1:18 LB

3. DISCIPLESHIP: You were created to become like Christ!

God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives in him. Romans 8:29 The Message

4. MINISTRY: You were shaped for serving God!

We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 NIV

5. EVANGELISM: You were made for a mission!

Jesus said, "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." deep into the interior of his purposes. You don't find it lying around on the surface. It's not the latest message, but more like the oldest-what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us, long before we ever arrived on the scene. 1 Corinthians 2:7 The Message

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It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. Ephesians 1:11 The Message

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Table of Contents

	The Five Purposes of a Purpose-Driven Life	7
	What on Earth Am I Here For?	8
	It All Starts with God	9
	You are Not an Accident	13
	What Drives Your Life?	18
	The Benefits of Purpose-Driven Living	21
	Made to Last Forever	24
	Seeing Life from God's View	29
	Life is a Temporary Assignment	34
	The Reason for Everything	39
Purpose #1	Worship: You Were Planned for God's Pleasure	46
	Planned for God's Pleasure	47
	What Makes God Smile?	52
	The Heart of Worship	60
	Becoming Best Friends with God	66
	Developing Your Friendship with God	71
	Worship that Pleases God	78
	When God Seems Distant	82
Purpose #2	Fellowship: You Were Formed for God's Family	89
	Formed for God's Family	90
	What Matters Most	94
	A Place to Belong	99
	Experiencing Life Together	107
	Cultivating Community	113
	Restoring Broken Fellowship	120
	Protecting Your Church	127
Purpose #3	Discipleship: You Were Created to Become like Christ	133
	Created to Become Like Christ	134
	How We Grow	141
	Transformed by Truth	146
	Transformed by Trouble	156
	Growing through Temptation	170
	Defeating Temptation	179
	It Takes Time	185
Purpose #4	Ministry: You Were Shaped for Serving God	192
	Accepting Your Assignment	193
	Shaped for Serving God	200
	Understanding Your Shape	207
	Using What God Gave You	212
	How Real Servants Act	219
	Thinking Like a Servant	226
	God's Power in Your Weakness	233
Purpose #5	Evangelism: You Were Made for a Mission	241
	Made for a Mission	242
	Sharing Your Life Message	250
	Becoming a World-Class Christian	258
	Balancing Your Life	266
	Living with Purpose	274