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\nGood morning.
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\nclass and this one’s going to be
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\nother ones.
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\nthe exhortation, which is kind
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\nIt was for our typical way of
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\nThat’s the reason is because
\nwhile our last couple of classes<\/p>\n
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\nand exhortation, we’re dealing
\nwith anxiety and and kind of the<\/p>\n
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\ngreater scale of it, looking at
\nin a very big picture view, how <\/p>\n
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\ndo we deal with anxiety?
\nThis one’s going to get a bit <\/p>\n
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\nspecific.
\nWe’re dealing with a specific <\/p>\n
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\nanxiety and kind of work through
\nat least process step #2 and a <\/p>\n
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\nlittle step #3 and kind of step
\n#4 on how to deal with that, how<\/p>\n
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\nto deal with this very specific
\nanxiety that some people have <\/p>\n
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\nhave to deal with and have to
\nstruggle with. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that anxiety is
\nunderstanding our purpose, <\/p>\n
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\nfeeling purposeful, like our
\nlife has some sort of <\/p>\n
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\nfulfillment in it that we feel
\nfulfilled in our day-to-day. <\/p>\n
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\nThis comes from a conversation
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\nwas down in Norfolk.
\nI asked her, what would people <\/p>\n
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\nour age say is the thing that
\nthey are most anxious about if <\/p>\n
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\nyou had to think?
\nAnd she said having feeling like<\/p>\n
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\nthey’re, they have a purpose
\nlike they’re fulfilled in the <\/p>\n
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\nday-to-day.
\nAnd so at first I was a bit <\/p>\n
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\nsurprised about this.
\nThis is not something that I <\/p>\n
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\nparticularly struggle with and
\nI’ll talk about why I think that<\/p>\n
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\nis later in our class.
\nBut it started to make a lot of <\/p>\n
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\nsense as I thought more and more
\nabout it. <\/p>\n
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\nThere was a major shift in kind
\nof generations at large when we <\/p>\n
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\ngot to the age of the
\nmillennials and specifically in <\/p>\n
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\nthe work environment.
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\nmillennials, people generally,
\nwhen they got into work, head <\/p>\n
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\ndown, did what they were told,
\ndidn’t think too much about it, <\/p>\n
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\nvery dedicated and loyal to
\ntheir jobs. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen millennials came into the
\npicture, millennials quit more, <\/p>\n
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\nthey complained more and they
\nwanted more out of their jobs. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd at first this was viewed as
\nlike millennials are lazy and <\/p>\n
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\nreally poor workers. <\/p>\n
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\nThat was the initial view.
\nHowever, upon examination, what <\/p>\n
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\npeople realized was that
\nmillennials just wanted to feel <\/p>\n
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\npurpose in their jobs and they
\nwanted that really bad. <\/p>\n
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\nCompared to earlier, where that
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\nMillennials needed that.
\nMillennials tended to really <\/p>\n
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\nfulfilment from their jobs and <\/p>\n
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\nthey weren’t getting that in
\nentry level jobs, which makes <\/p>\n
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\nsense.
\nBut that was the problem. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that was a thing that there
\nwas a stage in kind of the <\/p>\n
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\nworking world where CEOs and
\nbosses and managers had to <\/p>\n
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\nfigure out how do we infuse
\npurpose in entry level jobs to <\/p>\n
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\nfix this problem.
\nAnd so it makes sense that <\/p>\n
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\nalthough that’s a work situation
\nthat in our lives as most of us <\/p>\n
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\nare millennials, that yeah, we
\nneed more purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nWe struggle with this.
\nThis is a star that seems to be <\/p>\n
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\nvery in tune with our
\ngeneration. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I could go on and on about
\nthe work stuff. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re not really going to dig
\nmore into that too much. <\/p>\n
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\nBut I think the reason we
\nstruggle with our our day-to-day<\/p>\n
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\nstruggles with purpose is
\nbecause by and large we’ve been <\/p>\n
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\nsold a lie on what purpose is
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\nhow we should feel fulfillment
\nand how that all looks and <\/p>\n
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\nworks.
\nSo what we’re going to do today <\/p>\n
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\nis we’re going to start
\nexamining what is our purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nTo do that, we’re going to have
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\npurpose and we’re going to see
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\nAm I supposed to at certain <\/p>\n
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\nstages?
\nAm I not in certain stages? <\/p>\n
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\nHow does that work?
\nSo that’s the goal for today. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat is God’s purpose?
\nHow does that relate to my <\/p>\n
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\nit’s a lot to cover, and I’m
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\nSo we first start off with what
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\nto Abraham, since he had no one
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\nguaranteed it with an oath. <\/p>\n
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\nAccording to verse 17, God’s
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\nWhen is it the promises to
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\nWell, it’s when God swore by
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\nWhen God swore by himself, He
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\nThis is my my promise, I’m
\nsorry, my purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is my purpose with the
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\nThis is the character of my
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\nThat conversation with Abraham
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\nBy myself I have sworn, declares
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\noffspring as the stars of heaven
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\nAnd in you, your offspring, <\/p>\n
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\nhave obeyed my voice.
\nAgain, in essence, the promises <\/p>\n
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\nto Abraham are God’s purpose.
\nLet’s bring about a day where <\/p>\n
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\nbe part of Abraham’s seed or
\noffspring, and we’ll they’ll <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the Kingdom.
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\nNow I know I’m hopping all over.
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\nGod’s purpose.
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\nsay for as many as you were
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\none in Christ Jesus.
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\nare Abraham’s offspring, heirs
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\nSo this gives us kind of a full
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\nThe purpose is the promise, and
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\npurpose is talking about the
\nKingdom as achieved through the <\/p>\n
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\nwork of Christ.
\nThat is God’s purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nIt is to bring about the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, that’s thread one.
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\nthread now, and it’s going to be
\na similar, similar way of going <\/p>\n
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\nabout it.
\nBut at least for me, I connect a<\/p>\n
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\nwhole lot more to the second
\nthread because the first thread <\/p>\n
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\nseems very theoretical, seems
\nvery like logical. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not a lot of for me, it’s
\nnot a lot of connection. <\/p>\n
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\nI don’t connect to that throat a
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\nThe second thread, I connect a
\nlot because there’s a lot more <\/p>\n
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\nrelationships between God and
\npeople who follow him, and that <\/p>\n
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\nis through his name.
\nHis name contains his purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nHis name is expressed very
\nplainly in Exodus chapter 3. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I don’t have time,
\nunfortunately, to break this <\/p>\n
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\ndown as much as I want to.
\nI highly recommend listening to <\/p>\n
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\nRoger Lewis’s classes on God
\nManifestation. <\/p>\n
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\nThey they nail this way better
\nthan I’m going to nail it here <\/p>\n
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\nbecause I got to do it in 10
\nminutes. <\/p>\n
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\nHe did it in five classes.
\nBut they they really, really <\/p>\n
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\nopen up the understanding of why
\ndo Christopher say the name <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh?
\nWhy do we say Yahweh when we <\/p>\n
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\npray?
\nWhy do we say Yahweh when we <\/p>\n
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\nread?
\nWhy don’t we just say, Lord, <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s easier for people to
\nunderstand and there’s a reason <\/p>\n
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\nto it.
\nThat’s because when you <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand the name Yahweh, you
\nconnect to God’s purpose a whole<\/p>\n
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\nlot better because His name
\ncontains his purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nSo how do we get that?
\nHow do we get that? <\/p>\n
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\nHis name contains his purpose.
\nNexus 3 verses 13 to 14. <\/p>\n
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\nHis name is expressed very
\nplainly to Moses. <\/p>\n
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\nIt states, If I come to the
\npeople of Israel and say to <\/p>\n
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\nthem, the God of your father’s
\nhas sent me to you, and they ask<\/p>\n
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\nI say to them? <\/p>\n
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\nGod says to Moses I am who I am.
\nAnd he said, say to the people <\/p>\n
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\nof Israel, I am has sent me to
\nyou. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd God also said to Moses, say
\nthis to the people of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh, the God of your fathers,
\nthe God of Abraham, God of <\/p>\n
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\nIsaac, the God of Jacob, has
\nsent me to you. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is my name forever.
\nAnd thus I am be remembered <\/p>\n
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\nthroughout all the generations.
\nSo I’m going to break this down <\/p>\n
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\na bit, and to break this down
\nwe’ve got to get into some <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a bit of a debate and
\nmostly mainstream Christianity I<\/p>\n
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\nwill say of is this I am who I
\nam or I will be who I will be. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd funny enough, the answer is
\nboth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the reason it is, is because
\nof how tenses work. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Hebrew there’s a perfect
\ntense and an imperfect tense. <\/p>\n
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\nWhile we have past, present,
\nfuture, they have perfect or <\/p>\n
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\nanother way to think about it is
\ncompleted or imperfect, <\/p>\n
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\nfor understanding that I am who
\nI am because in the imperfect <\/p>\n
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\ntense it is incomplete.
\nIt is currently happening and <\/p>\n
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\nThe I am is also I will be. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not specifically I have or
\nI was. <\/p>\n
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\nHebrew When we compared to <\/p>\n
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\nEnglish Hebrew 2 tenses, it’s
\nkind of essentially it’s present<\/p>\n
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\npast tense. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s kind of how you would split
\nthat one. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the I am who I am really
\nshould be. <\/p>\n
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\nwill be a little bit <\/p>\n
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\ncomplicated, but that’s how we
\nshould really understand this. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen you understand a bit more
\nabout Hebrew. <\/p>\n
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\nOn top of that, the actual
\nHebrew is aya, Asha, aya, and <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s some really cool stuff.
\nWhen you break that down South, <\/p>\n
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\naya is the I am or I will be,
\nThe Asha is The Who or the that,<\/p>\n
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\nand then aya I am or who I will
\nbe. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the aya the I am is masculine
\nand singular. <\/p>\n
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\nI am He typically takes on the <\/p>\n
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\nmiddle is masculine and feminine
\nand it’s plural. <\/p>\n
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\nweird in Hebrew is that’s rare <\/p>\n
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\nnot masculine or feminine, <\/p>\n
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\ngender neutral. <\/p>\n
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\nthat are both masculine and <\/p>\n
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\nfeminine word. <\/p>\n
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\nand the reason is because it’s <\/p>\n
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\nglory. <\/p>\n
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\nwe get to verse 34. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m sorry, chapter 34.
\nIt’s so interesting because it <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh descends from the cloud
\nand stood within there and <\/p>\n
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\nproclaims the name Yahweh.
\nThe answer to what is your glory<\/p>\n
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\nis Yahweh.
\nThis is my name. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is this is who I am.
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\nAnd then the expression of the <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh God, merciful and <\/p>\n
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\ngracious, slow to anger and
\nabounding in steadfast love and <\/p>\n
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\nlove for thousands for giving <\/p>\n
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\niniquity, transgressions, and
\nsin. <\/p>\n
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\nBut who will know by no means
\nclear the guilty, visiting the <\/p>\n
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\nchildren on the children and the<\/p>\n
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\nand 4th generation. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Moses says, Yahweh, show me
\nyour glory, Yahweh says, That’s <\/p>\n
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\nfine, I’ll tell you my name.
\nMy name is my character, so we <\/p>\n
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\nhere. <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh’s name is his character,
\nwhich is his glory. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then we connect sections
\nthat we know well. <\/p>\n
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\nThat state. <\/p>\n
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\nBut truly, as I live and as the
\nearth shall be sorry, but truly <\/p>\n
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\nas I live, and as all the earth
\nshall be filled with the glory <\/p>\n
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\nof Yahweh, or for the earth will
\nbe filled with the knowledge and<\/p>\n
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\nglory of Yahweh.
\nAs the waters cover the sea. <\/p>\n
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\nThe glory, the character, the
\nname, they’re all referring to <\/p>\n
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\nthe same thing.
\nThe name is the promise of <\/p>\n
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\nmanifestation of God.
\nManifestation, the character is <\/p>\n
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\nwhat’s going to be manifested,
\nand the result is God’s glory is<\/p>\n
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\nspread throughout the whole
\nearth. <\/p>\n
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\nThat is all wrapped in the name.
\nI will be manifest in those who <\/p>\n
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\nI will be manifested in.
\nI will be those who I will be. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a promise of manifestation.
\nIt’s not just a name to call <\/p>\n
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\nthem by the same way you call me
\nMatt or Tuck, the same way you <\/p>\n
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\ncall someone else by their name.
\nIt actually has a meaning. <\/p>\n
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\nIt has a promise.
\nAnd so when I say the name <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh is a placeholder of God. <\/p>\n
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\ncharacter, purpose, glory and <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s what I say when I <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so if that’s God’s purpose, <\/p>\n
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\nwe can summarize that in really
\n22 elements. <\/p>\n
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\nHe wants to create a nation <\/p>\n
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\nwhere people have his glory, and
\nhe wants to bring about that day<\/p>\n
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\nHis goal is to create the <\/p>\n
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\nname throughout the whole earth.<\/p>\n
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\nSo what does that have to do
\nwith my purpose? <\/p>\n
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\nWhere do I fit in with that? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy did we just spend 10 minutes
\ngoing through God’s purpose when<\/p>\n
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\nI’m trying to figure out my
\npurpose? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd to do this, we’re going to
\nlook at a few different <\/p>\n
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\nwhat were their purpose and why <\/p>\n
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\nwas their purpose their purpose.
\nAnd it starts in Second Timothy.<\/p>\n
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\none.
\nSo, so far, just a reminder we <\/p>\n
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\ngot God’s purpose is to create
\nthe Kingdom, to set it up. <\/p>\n
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\nIn that Kingdom he wants to have
\nhis glory, his character, his <\/p>\n
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\nname spread throughout it.
\nHe wants to bring out a group of<\/p>\n
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\npeople that manifest his
\ncharacter. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in Second Timothy, chapter
\none, verses 8 to 10, it states, <\/p>\n
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\nTherefore this is Paul speaking
\nto Timothy. <\/p>\n
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\nTherefore do not be ashamed of
\nthe testimony about our Lord, <\/p>\n
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\nnor of me, His prisoner, but
\nsharing suffering for the gospel<\/p>\n
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\nof the power of God, who saved
\nus and called us to a holy <\/p>\n
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\nworks, but because of His own <\/p>\n
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\npurpose and grace which He gave
\nus in Christ Jesus before the <\/p>\n
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\nages began, and which now has
\nbeen manifested through the <\/p>\n
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\nJesus, who abolished death and <\/p>\n
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\nbrought life and immortality to
\nlight through the gospel. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 9 is the key verse.
\nThey had a holy calling, and for<\/p>\n
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\nPaul owes to be a like the
\nGentiles. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was teaching Timothy to do
\nthe same. <\/p>\n
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\nThat holy calling was their holy
\ncalling. <\/p>\n
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\nTheir purpose was their purpose.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
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\nNot because of their works.
\nNot because they’re particularly<\/p>\n
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\nskilled at it.
\nNot because they had the <\/p>\n
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\nBecause of God’s own purpose and<\/p>\n
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\ngrace.
\nTheir purpose was their purpose,<\/p>\n
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\nbecause it was part of God’s
\npurpose. <\/p>\n
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\nThey formed their purpose.
\nThey figured out their why <\/p>\n
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\nbecause they first understood
\nGod’s why his purpose and then <\/p>\n
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\nmade that theirs.
\nThis doesn’t just happen with <\/p>\n
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\nof or to hop around a few <\/p>\n
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\nSo if you feel like if you want <\/p>\n
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\nbut I’m going to be going fairly<\/p>\n
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\nJohn the Baptist in John One <\/p>\n
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\nfor this purpose I came baptized
\nin the water that he might be <\/p>\n
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\nrevealed to Israel.
\nJohn the Baptist’s purpose was <\/p>\n
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\nhis purpose because it fit
\nwithin God’s purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nIt helped accomplish God’s
\npurpose. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus about his own purpose,
\nsays now is my soul troubled? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat shall I say father?
\nSave me from this hour. <\/p>\n
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\nBut this is but for this purpose
\nI have come to this hour. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus purpose was his purpose
\nbecause it fit within God’s <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s even true in the negative
\ncase when God talks through <\/p>\n
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\nMoses to Pharaoh in Exodus 9, it
\nsays But for this purpose I have<\/p>\n
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\nraised you up to show you my
\npower so that my name may be <\/p>\n
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\nproclaimed throughout all the
\nearth. <\/p>\n
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\nPharaoh’s purpose, as
\nunfortunate as it was, was his <\/p>\n
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\npurpose because of how it fit
\nwithin God’s purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nSo even in the negative case in
\nin unfortunate purposes they’re <\/p>\n
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\nwithin God’s greater purpose. <\/p>\n
337
\n00:18:14,840 –> 00:18:17,880
\nAnd so this means, brothers and
\nsisters, for us, my purpose and <\/p>\n
338
\n00:18:17,880 –> 00:18:20,240
\nyour purpose will be our
\npurpose. <\/p>\n
339
\n00:18:20,840 –> 00:18:23,280
\nNot because it’s what I want it
\nto be. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:18:23,640 –> 00:18:26,680
\nNot because it’s how I feel
\nabout it, or because of my skill<\/p>\n
341
\n00:18:26,680 –> 00:18:28,400
\nsets, or because of what I’m
\nparticularly good at. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:18:29,200 –> 00:18:31,920
\nIt’s because of how it fits
\nwithin God’s greater purpose. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:18:32,200 –> 00:18:35,960
\nMy purpose will be my purpose
\nbecause it accomplishes God’s <\/p>\n
344
\n00:18:35,960 –> 00:18:39,720
\npurpose, or else it attempts to.
\nSo what does that mean? <\/p>\n
345
\n00:18:39,840 –> 00:18:42,320
\nWell, I can break that down into
\ntwo very simple statements. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:18:42,960 –> 00:18:45,840
\nMy purpose is to personally
\nchange, to be like God and to <\/p>\n
347
\n00:18:45,840 –> 00:18:49,440
\ntake on his character.
\nTo do my part in manifesting his<\/p>\n
348
\n00:18:49,440 –> 00:18:51,600
\nglory.
\nTo spread his name throughout <\/p>\n
349
\n00:18:51,600 –> 00:18:53,840
\nthe earth, to do my part in that
\nprocess. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:18:54,120 –> 00:18:57,760
\nAnd secondly, to help, as many
\nother people do the same. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:18:57,880 –> 00:19:02,960
\nTo take on Christ, to take on
\nYahweh’s name, to take on God’s <\/p>\n
352
\n00:19:02,960 –> 00:19:05,960
\ncharacter, to do as help as many
\npeople get there as well, <\/p>\n
353
\n00:19:06,360 –> 00:19:09,640
\nbecause that is God’s purpose.
\nIt is to manifest his glory <\/p>\n
354
\n00:19:09,640 –> 00:19:11,720
\nthroughout the earth.
\nAnd so I need to do what I can <\/p>\n
355
\n00:19:11,720 –> 00:19:14,680
\npersonally and in my community,
\nto do the same. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:19:15,000 –> 00:19:17,720
\nTo spread His glory, to spread
\nHis name. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:19:19,080 –> 00:19:23,240
\nNow, this sounds great talk, but
\nI work a full time job. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:19:24,000 –> 00:19:25,560
\nI’ve got responsibilities at
\nhome. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:19:25,560 –> 00:19:26,920
\nI’ve got to cook dinner every
\nnight. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:19:27,160 –> 00:19:29,680
\nI’ve got to clean the laundry.
\nI’ve got to clean dishes. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:19:30,040 –> 00:19:32,600
\nI’ve got to If I’m married, I
\nhave to keep up with a spouse <\/p>\n
362
\n00:19:32,600 –> 00:19:34,680
\nand a relationship.
\nIf I have friends, I have to <\/p>\n
363
\n00:19:34,760 –> 00:19:38,000
\npeople I have to keep up with.
\nHow on earth do I make every <\/p>\n
364
\n00:19:38,000 –> 00:19:42,960
\nmoment about personally changing
\nto be like God and helping as <\/p>\n
365
\n00:19:42,960 –> 00:19:45,600
\nmany people as I can’t get there
\nwhen I have to do things as <\/p>\n
366
\n00:19:45,600 –> 00:19:48,920
\nmenial and useless and
\npurposeless, like driving to <\/p>\n
367
\n00:19:48,920 –> 00:19:52,000
\nwork?
\nI don’t want to answer that <\/p>\n
368
\n00:19:52,000 –> 00:19:54,880
\nquestion with a potentially
\njarring statement. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:19:54,880 –> 00:19:56,000
\nI hope it’s not, but it might
\nbe. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:19:56,000 –> 00:19:57,880
\nAnd I want to dig into this a
\nbit. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:19:57,880 –> 00:20:02,040
\nAnd that statement is if we
\ndon’t feel like we have purpose <\/p>\n
372
\n00:20:02,040 –> 00:20:04,320
\nin our life, if we don’t get
\nthat sense of fulfillment, there<\/p>\n
373
\n00:20:06,920 –> 00:20:09,160
\nwe go.
\nIf we don’t have that sense of <\/p>\n
374
\n00:20:09,160 –> 00:20:12,080
\npurpose, I would argue that one
\nof two things is going on. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:20:12,280 –> 00:20:14,200
\nProbably a mix, but one of two
\nthings. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:20:15,080 –> 00:20:18,600
\nOne, we actually have a lot of
\npurpose going on in our life. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:20:19,160 –> 00:20:20,800
\nWe’re just not getting the
\nfulfillment. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:20:21,080 –> 00:20:23,400
\nWe’re not feeling that purpose.
\nIt’s there. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:20:23,520 –> 00:20:25,920
\nYou have purpose.
\nYou’re just not getting that <\/p>\n
380
\n00:20:25,920 –> 00:20:28,160
\nfeedback.
\nAnd I’m willing that most of us <\/p>\n
381
\n00:20:28,160 –> 00:20:30,160
\nactually fall into that and
\nwe’ll see how that works. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:20:30,640 –> 00:20:34,400
\nThe other potential is that,
\nyeah, there’s a whole lot going <\/p>\n
383
\n00:20:34,400 –> 00:20:37,280
\non in your life or my life that
\njust doesn’t have purpose. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:20:37,440 –> 00:20:41,040
\nWe have filled our life with a
\nlot of purposeless things and we<\/p>\n
385
\n00:20:41,040 –> 00:20:43,720
\nneed to change that.
\nSo it could be one of the two, <\/p>\n
386
\n00:20:43,800 –> 00:20:46,440
\npotentially a mix.
\nAnd it’s kind of jarring because<\/p>\n
387
\n00:20:46,440 –> 00:20:48,960
\nsometimes the answer that has to
\nbe on the table, we have to <\/p>\n
388
\n00:20:48,960 –> 00:20:52,320
\nconsider it.
\nThat maybe this is true is I <\/p>\n
389
\n00:20:52,320 –> 00:20:55,440
\ndon’t feel purpose because I
\nhaven’t filled my life with <\/p>\n
390
\n00:20:55,440 –> 00:20:58,320
\nthings relating to purpose.
\nBut I’m willing to bet most of <\/p>\n
391
\n00:20:58,320 –> 00:21:02,080
\nus fit in the first, which is we
\nactually have a lot of purpose <\/p>\n
392
\n00:21:02,400 –> 00:21:05,320
\nand we do a lot of things that
\nare purposeful, that have <\/p>\n
393
\n00:21:05,320 –> 00:21:07,240
\nmeaning.
\nWe just don’t feel it. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:21:07,640 –> 00:21:10,680
\nWe just don’t have the the
\nunderstanding properly to really<\/p>\n
395
\n00:21:10,680 –> 00:21:12,800
\nget that fulfillment, that
\nfeedback loop that we want. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:21:16,280 –> 00:21:18,320
\nI want to spend some time
\ndealing with that first <\/p>\n
397
\n00:21:18,320 –> 00:21:20,040
\nscenario.
\nHow do we fix that? <\/p>\n
398
\n00:21:20,400 –> 00:21:23,920
\nHow do we make it so we feel
\npurpose if we have it how do we <\/p>\n
399
\n00:21:23,920 –> 00:21:27,680
\nmake it so that we get that
\nproper fulfillment and to start <\/p>\n
400
\n00:21:27,680 –> 00:21:29,680
\nthat process.
\nI want to start by re examining <\/p>\n
401
\n00:21:29,680 –> 00:21:32,760
\nthat kind of initial statement I
\nmade made of you know about <\/p>\n
402
\n00:21:32,760 –> 00:21:34,680
\ntalk.
\nI have a full time job and I <\/p>\n
403
\n00:21:34,680 –> 00:21:37,600
\nhave to do the dishes and all
\nthose menial tasks. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:21:39,120 –> 00:21:42,280
\nWhat I actually heard when this
\ntheoretical person said that to <\/p>\n
405
\n00:21:42,280 –> 00:21:45,680
\nme was there’s a whole lot of
\npurpose in your life. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:21:46,520 –> 00:21:48,560
\nThose are all very purposeful
\nand meaningful things that you <\/p>\n
407
\n00:21:48,560 –> 00:21:51,760
\njust said and this is how we can
\nlook at that. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:21:52,320 –> 00:21:56,360
\nWorking a job allows me to be
\nable to spend time being helpful<\/p>\n
409
\n00:21:56,360 –> 00:21:58,040
\nto my ecclesia instead of a
\nburden. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:21:58,920 –> 00:22:01,360
\nIt allows me to be able to
\nprovide potentially for a family<\/p>\n
411
\n00:22:01,560 –> 00:22:04,240
\nand provides me personally with
\nthe financial stability to be <\/p>\n
412
\n00:22:04,240 –> 00:22:06,320
\nable to focus on trying to be
\nlike God. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:22:07,040 –> 00:22:08,960
\nAnd I think a really useful way
\nto look at it is look at it in <\/p>\n
414
\n00:22:08,960 –> 00:22:11,200
\nthe alternative.
\nWhat if I wasn’t working a job? <\/p>\n
415
\n00:22:11,200 –> 00:22:12,600
\nWhat if I was struggling
\nfinancially? <\/p>\n
416
\n00:22:12,920 –> 00:22:14,560
\nWhat if I was in a really low
\npoint? <\/p>\n
417
\n00:22:14,800 –> 00:22:18,520
\nWell, if I’m in that spot, I’m
\nreally stressed about that. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:22:18,520 –> 00:22:20,520
\nThat becomes a priority to me to
\nfix that solution. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:22:20,800 –> 00:22:24,560
\nI I’m really focused on that,
\nwhich leads to less focus on <\/p>\n
420
\n00:22:24,560 –> 00:22:26,280
\nthings like helping others to be
\nlike God. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:22:26,480 –> 00:22:28,880
\nNow there’s a new temptation
\nthat’s entered my life that I <\/p>\n
422
\n00:22:28,880 –> 00:22:31,480
\nhave to work through of
\nprioritizing. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:22:31,640 –> 00:22:34,160
\nDo I work on my finances or do I
\nwork on helping other people? <\/p>\n
424
\n00:22:34,320 –> 00:22:36,720
\nThere’s all this battle that I
\nhave to deal with, and so having<\/p>\n
425
\n00:22:36,720 –> 00:22:39,280
\na job, being stable and
\nfinancially working on, trying <\/p>\n
426
\n00:22:39,280 –> 00:22:42,120
\nto set yourself up in a career
\nthat allows you to have the <\/p>\n
427
\n00:22:42,120 –> 00:22:44,520
\nbreathing room to focus on God’s
\npurpose. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:22:45,200 –> 00:22:47,200
\nIt in itself is not God’s
\npurpose. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:22:47,560 –> 00:22:50,600
\nWorking a job does not fulfill
\nspreading God’s glory around, <\/p>\n
430
\n00:22:51,160 –> 00:22:53,280
\nbut what it does do is allow me
\nto have the breathing room to do<\/p>\n
431
\n00:22:53,280 –> 00:22:56,720
\nthat for the rest of my life.
\nSo yeah, it facilitates God’s <\/p>\n
432
\n00:22:56,760 –> 00:22:59,560
\npurpose in itself is not, but it
\nfacilitates it. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:23:00,760 –> 00:23:02,640
\nKeeping up with friends and
\nrelationships. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:23:03,080 –> 00:23:06,200
\nBy all means, if we are together
\nin Christ like and trying our <\/p>\n
435
\n00:23:06,200 –> 00:23:08,840
\nbest to be like Christ, that’s
\nfulfilling God’s purpose. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:23:09,320 –> 00:23:11,480
\nHanging out with somebody
\ndoesn’t necessarily feel like <\/p>\n
437
\n00:23:11,480 –> 00:23:15,240
\nI’m doing this great task of of
\nspreading God’s glory, <\/p>\n
438
\n00:23:15,240 –> 00:23:17,360
\nespecially when we’re not
\ndirectly talking about God. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:23:18,120 –> 00:23:21,960
\nBut that’s fellowship that is
\nhelping that brother or sister <\/p>\n
440
\n00:23:22,120 –> 00:23:24,720
\nwork their way towards the
\nKingdom step by step. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:23:25,400 –> 00:23:27,400
\nAnd when we view it in that
\nlight, it actually helps direct <\/p>\n
442
\n00:23:27,400 –> 00:23:29,920
\nour conversations.
\nBecause instead of just getting <\/p>\n
443
\n00:23:29,920 –> 00:23:33,080
\ntogether and talking about the
\nsports or weather or how’s your <\/p>\n
444
\n00:23:33,080 –> 00:23:36,080
\njob going, we’ll actually talk
\nabout things that matter. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:23:36,080 –> 00:23:39,080
\nBecause there’s meaning in this,
\nthere’s purpose in this. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:23:39,480 –> 00:23:41,200
\nThere’s value in these
\nconversations. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:23:42,960 –> 00:23:45,600
\nTaking care of our home allows
\nus to be welcoming to others, <\/p>\n
448
\n00:23:45,600 –> 00:23:48,400
\nallows us to be be, have an
\nenvironment at our house that <\/p>\n
449
\n00:23:48,520 –> 00:23:51,320
\nallows people to feel welcomed
\nand able to come over and have <\/p>\n
450
\n00:23:51,320 –> 00:23:54,760
\ngood conversations.
\nIf we are chaotic and have a <\/p>\n
451
\n00:23:54,760 –> 00:23:56,920
\nmess everywhere, people aren’t
\ngoing to feel like they want to <\/p>\n
452
\n00:23:56,920 –> 00:23:58,200
\ncome over.
\nWell. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:23:58,200 –> 00:24:00,720
\nThat’s part of God’s purpose is
\ngetting people together and <\/p>\n
454
\n00:24:00,720 –> 00:24:03,680
\nspreading, helping, spreading
\nGod’s glory and talking to them <\/p>\n
455
\n00:24:03,680 –> 00:24:05,840
\nabout different parts of God’s
\ncharacter. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:24:06,120 –> 00:24:09,400
\nIt creates a space where you can
\nthink about and process life’s <\/p>\n
457
\n00:24:09,400 –> 00:24:11,200
\nevents and not be distracted by
\nmaps. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:24:11,840 –> 00:24:15,000
\nI know personally I don’t get
\ntoo terribly flustered, but <\/p>\n
459
\n00:24:15,000 –> 00:24:19,400
\nthere’s a lot of mess around me.
\nBut Silla does, and if I leave <\/p>\n
460
\n00:24:19,400 –> 00:24:23,320
\ndishes on the counter, she has a
\nhard time focusing on things. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:24:23,680 –> 00:24:26,840
\nAnd so by me doing dishes, what
\nI’m actually doing is providing <\/p>\n
462
\n00:24:26,840 –> 00:24:30,440
\na space or environment where
\nSilla is able to think and <\/p>\n
463
\n00:24:30,440 –> 00:24:33,800
\nprocess God’s character and
\nglory better, which she can <\/p>\n
464
\n00:24:33,920 –> 00:24:36,960
\nexamine her life in the context
\nof all these things better. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:24:37,640 –> 00:24:40,440
\nSo there’s actually not a lot of
\npurpose and meaning to me. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:24:40,440 –> 00:24:43,200
\nDoing something as meaningless,
\nat least that’s what it seems at<\/p>\n
467
\n00:24:43,200 –> 00:24:48,400
\nfirst as doing the dishes.
\nMost tasks in our life have <\/p>\n
468
\n00:24:48,400 –> 00:24:52,280
\nmeaning and purpose.
\nThey facilitate basically God’s <\/p>\n
469
\n00:24:52,280 –> 00:24:55,200
\nglory and purpose being spread
\nthroughout the earth. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:24:55,720 –> 00:24:58,880
\nThey might not directly be it.
\nMe doing the dishes isn’t <\/p>\n
471
\n00:24:58,880 –> 00:25:01,920
\nsaying, hey, this is God’s
\nglory, but it helps it so that <\/p>\n
472
\n00:25:02,320 –> 00:25:05,080
\neach other can actually process
\nand work on that. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:25:05,080 –> 00:25:11,840
\nIt makes the space for it.
\nAnd if we aren’t feeling purpose<\/p>\n
474
\n00:25:11,840 –> 00:25:16,240
\nin these events, in these small
\nday by day, the daily grind, <\/p>\n
475
\n00:25:16,760 –> 00:25:18,160
\nthere’s two things potentially
\ngoing on. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:25:19,360 –> 00:25:22,360
\nOne, and this is what I think is
\noften the case, we haven’t <\/p>\n
477
\n00:25:22,360 –> 00:25:24,000
\nactually given these events
\npurpose. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:25:24,120 –> 00:25:25,520
\nWe haven’t thought through all
\nof this stuff. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:25:25,840 –> 00:25:28,360
\nWe do delicious because, well,
\nwe ate and so we have to do <\/p>\n
480
\n00:25:28,360 –> 00:25:30,040
\ndelicious.
\nWe do laundry because <\/p>\n
481
\n00:25:30,440 –> 00:25:31,840
\nlogistically, I need clothes for
\ntomorrow. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:25:32,320 –> 00:25:35,200
\nWe cook our dinner because yeah,
\nI have to eat and it’s what I <\/p>\n
483
\n00:25:35,200 –> 00:25:37,440
\ndo.
\nWe go to work because, well, <\/p>\n
484
\n00:25:37,640 –> 00:25:40,960
\neveryone has a job, so might as
\nwell We haven’t thought through <\/p>\n
485
\n00:25:41,080 –> 00:25:44,640
\nan assigned purpose and figured
\nout the reason we actually do <\/p>\n
486
\n00:25:44,640 –> 00:25:48,400
\nall these things to all these
\nseemingly meaningless tasks. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:25:49,600 –> 00:25:52,000
\nThis is why I said in the
\nbeginning, I don’t really <\/p>\n
488
\n00:25:52,000 –> 00:25:55,840
\nstruggle with this too much.
\nNot because I’m some special <\/p>\n
489
\n00:25:55,840 –> 00:25:58,040
\nperson who’s thought through
\neverything, but actually because<\/p>\n
490
\n00:25:58,040 –> 00:26:01,560
\nI’m a really combative person.
\nAnd so when people say, hey, you<\/p>\n
491
\n00:26:01,560 –> 00:26:05,240
\nshould do this, my initial gut
\nreaction is no, until you give <\/p>\n
492
\n00:26:05,240 –> 00:26:08,840
\nme a really good why.
\nBut what that does is make it so<\/p>\n
493
\n00:26:08,840 –> 00:26:11,840
\nwhen I’m doing something, I know
\nexactly why I’m doing it, <\/p>\n
494
\n00:26:12,160 –> 00:26:15,520
\nbecause I’ve combated that thing
\nto before I let it into my life.<\/p>\n
495
\n00:26:16,200 –> 00:26:17,920
\nNow there’s there’s definitely
\nproblems with that. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:26:18,120 –> 00:26:20,560
\nI can create some interesting
\nand awkward conversation <\/p>\n
497
\n00:26:20,560 –> 00:26:23,920
\nsometimes, but the benefit of
\nthis is that, yeah, I really <\/p>\n
498
\n00:26:23,920 –> 00:26:27,000
\nunderstand my why to what I do
\nand why I’m doing it because <\/p>\n
499
\n00:26:27,000 –> 00:26:29,560
\nI’ve had to process that way a
\nlot before I’ve let it into my <\/p>\n
500
\n00:26:29,560 –> 00:26:32,880
\nlife, even as meaningless as do
\nI lift the carpet when I’m <\/p>\n
501
\n00:26:32,880 –> 00:26:35,760
\nvacuuming.
\nThat’s something that I really <\/p>\n
502
\n00:26:35,760 –> 00:26:38,360
\nwill have to understand why I’m
\ndoing that before I am willing <\/p>\n
503
\n00:26:38,360 –> 00:26:40,480
\nto do it.
\nBut it makes it so that in every<\/p>\n
504
\n00:26:40,480 –> 00:26:42,800
\nstep in my life, I know why I am
\ndoing this. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:26:42,800 –> 00:26:45,000
\nAnd that is what purpose is.
\nIt’s a why. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:26:45,360 –> 00:26:47,880
\nIt’s the reason you’re doing
\nwhat you’re doing. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:26:48,840 –> 00:26:52,000
\nAnd so if you can understand the
\nwhy to why you work and go past.<\/p>\n
508
\n00:26:52,160 –> 00:26:54,520
\nI’m doing it because it’s what
\nI’m supposed to do and give it <\/p>\n
509
\n00:26:54,520 –> 00:26:58,280
\npurpose and say I’m doing it to
\nhelp facilitate my ecclesia. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:26:58,400 –> 00:27:01,760
\nI’m doing it to help facilitate
\nmy life in a way that I can work<\/p>\n
511
\n00:27:01,760 –> 00:27:04,840
\non God’s purpose and that I can
\nwork on glorifying His name. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:27:04,840 –> 00:27:07,720
\nBut I can give myself a space
\nwhere I don’t have to stress <\/p>\n
513
\n00:27:07,720 –> 00:27:11,360
\nabout the the financial or
\nfinancial challenges that can <\/p>\n
514
\n00:27:11,360 –> 00:27:13,520
\ncome in life when we don’t or
\nwhen we’re not financially <\/p>\n
515
\n00:27:13,520 –> 00:27:15,960
\nstable.
\nI can actually choose to use <\/p>\n
516
\n00:27:15,960 –> 00:27:19,240
\nthat time wisely or use that
\ntime well and working on the <\/p>\n
517
\n00:27:19,240 –> 00:27:20,800
\ntruth.
\nWorking in the truth. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:27:21,760 –> 00:27:26,080
\nThat’s meaning instead of making
\ndinner because I have to eat, <\/p>\n
519
\n00:27:26,520 –> 00:27:29,080
\nI’m making dinner to provide
\nconversations with me and Cilla.<\/p>\n
520
\n00:27:29,640 –> 00:27:32,360
\nOr I’m making dinner to provide
\na place where we can have <\/p>\n
521
\n00:27:32,520 –> 00:27:34,640
\nconversations with our brothers
\nand sisters where we can go and <\/p>\n
522
\n00:27:34,640 –> 00:27:38,240
\nhang out with each other.
\nI’m instead of doing the dishes <\/p>\n
523
\n00:27:38,240 –> 00:27:41,440
\nbecause that’s what we have to
\ndo, and you know, they’re dirty <\/p>\n
524
\n00:27:41,440 –> 00:27:44,160
\nand someone’s got to do it.
\nI’m doing it to provide a space <\/p>\n
525
\n00:27:44,160 –> 00:27:47,480
\nwhere we can be clutter free and
\nfocus on what actually matters. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:27:48,600 –> 00:27:51,640
\nYou can give purpose to these
\nmeaningless tasks and make them <\/p>\n
527
\n00:27:51,640 –> 00:27:54,640
\nnot that meaningless.
\nAnd it will feel purposeful. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:27:54,640 –> 00:27:57,680
\nIt will feel, it will feel like
\nit can give you a sense of <\/p>\n
529
\n00:27:57,680 –> 00:28:02,120
\nfulfillment.
\nThe other potential barrier to <\/p>\n
530
\n00:28:02,160 –> 00:28:06,080
\nfeeling fulfilled in these small
\ntasks is that we were sold a lie<\/p>\n
531
\n00:28:06,120 –> 00:28:09,640
\nby the world on what purpose is
\nand how it works. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:28:11,600 –> 00:28:17,280
\nSee, the world sells purpose.
\nLike it’s a thing of success, <\/p>\n
533
\n00:28:17,280 –> 00:28:19,600
\nlike it’s related to to
\nachieving something. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:28:20,200 –> 00:28:22,360
\nLike it feels good and it’s full
\nof hype. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:28:22,360 –> 00:28:23,800
\nMoments like, yeah, it’s
\nawesome. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:28:24,920 –> 00:28:28,440
\nAnd that’s just not true.
\nWhen you think of Scripture, <\/p>\n
537
\n00:28:28,720 –> 00:28:31,800
\nnone of those things are.
\nThey’re sometimes true, but not <\/p>\n
538
\n00:28:31,800 –> 00:28:35,480
\nconsistently.
\nOne of Hezekiah’s act, their <\/p>\n
539
\n00:28:35,480 –> 00:28:38,800
\ngreatest acts, dealing with the
\nsuccess idea, was bringing <\/p>\n
540
\n00:28:38,800 –> 00:28:41,080
\ntogether Judah and Israel for
\nthe Passover. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:28:41,320 –> 00:28:42,840
\nHis goal was to try to unify the
\nnation. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:28:43,480 –> 00:28:44,640
\nThat was what he wanted to
\nhappen. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:28:44,640 –> 00:28:46,840
\nHe wanted to unify these two
\ngroups. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:28:47,440 –> 00:28:49,960
\nVery, very related to God’s
\npurpose. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:28:50,160 –> 00:28:52,840
\nBy all means.
\nDid he succeed? <\/p>\n
546
\n00:28:54,440 –> 00:28:56,920
\nNot really.
\nYeah, they had a really great <\/p>\n
547
\n00:28:56,920 –> 00:28:59,320
\nPassover, but they weren’t
\nunified afterwards. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:28:59,840 –> 00:29:03,200
\nThey went on with their life
\nseparate from a. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:29:03,560 –> 00:29:08,440
\nFrom a practical point of view,
\nhe failed his goal, But did God <\/p>\n
550
\n00:29:08,440 –> 00:29:10,880
\nlook at it as like a failure?
\nNo. <\/p>\n
551
\n00:29:11,440 –> 00:29:13,920
\nThis was a good thing.
\nThis was something that was <\/p>\n
552
\n00:29:13,960 –> 00:29:18,880
\ntalked well about Hezekiah.
\nAnd the reason is success at our<\/p>\n
553
\n00:29:18,880 –> 00:29:22,040
\ngoal isn’t actually the thing
\nthat Yahweh says is part of your<\/p>\n
554
\n00:29:22,040 –> 00:29:24,840
\npurpose.
\nIt’s the principles that you use<\/p>\n
555
\n00:29:24,840 –> 00:29:28,080
\nto start your goal.
\nIt’s the why you made the goal, <\/p>\n
556
\n00:29:28,080 –> 00:29:32,280
\nyour goal in the 1st place.
\nHezekiah’s attempt to unify the <\/p>\n
557
\n00:29:32,280 –> 00:29:35,960
\nnations wasn’t a a success
\nbecause he actually achieved. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:29:35,960 –> 00:29:39,480
\nIt was a success because he had
\nthe right why? <\/p>\n
559
\n00:29:40,160 –> 00:29:42,120
\nBecause he had the right goals
\nand principles in mind. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:29:43,320 –> 00:29:46,760
\nSo while the world says you have
\nto succeed to fulfill your <\/p>\n
561
\n00:29:46,760 –> 00:29:51,960
\npurpose, God says you have to be
\nlike me to succeed and fulfill <\/p>\n
562
\n00:29:51,960 –> 00:29:53,720
\nyour purpose.
\nYou have to have the right why <\/p>\n
563
\n00:29:53,720 –> 00:29:55,320
\nyou have to have the right
\ngoals. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:29:56,480 –> 00:29:59,840
\nIt’s not about what you actually
\ndid, it’s about the principles <\/p>\n
565
\n00:29:59,840 –> 00:30:02,000
\nyou used to decide what you want
\nto do. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:30:02,600 –> 00:30:05,280
\nThat’s what determines if your
\nlife should have purpose and you<\/p>\n
567
\n00:30:05,280 –> 00:30:08,080
\nshould feel fulfilled on top of
\nit. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:30:08,080 –> 00:30:10,520
\nThe world says that fulfilling
\nyour purpose will feel good, <\/p>\n
569
\n00:30:10,720 –> 00:30:11,920
\nthat you’ll have the sense of
\nachievement. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:30:11,920 –> 00:30:15,160
\nI think of things like, you
\nknow, finishing that degree or <\/p>\n
571
\n00:30:15,320 –> 00:30:18,400
\nyou you finish that project at
\nwork, you close the deal. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:30:18,400 –> 00:30:21,880
\nThose are all-purpose sort of
\nawesome events and it feels <\/p>\n
573
\n00:30:21,880 –> 00:30:25,480
\ngreat.
\nBut that didn’t happen to Jesus.<\/p>\n
574
\n00:30:25,960 –> 00:30:28,800
\nWe just talked about it in our
\nexhortation and the fulfillment <\/p>\n
575
\n00:30:28,800 –> 00:30:31,720
\nof his purpose.
\nHe didn’t feel good and it <\/p>\n
576
\n00:30:31,720 –> 00:30:35,680
\nwasn’t intended to feel good.
\nAnd in fact when we have think <\/p>\n
577
\n00:30:35,680 –> 00:30:37,400
\nabout what purpose really gets
\nus to do. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:30:37,400 –> 00:30:40,120
\nWhen we think about the idea of
\nI’m supposed to try and manifest<\/p>\n
579
\n00:30:40,120 –> 00:30:42,320
\nGod’s name and what that often
\nencourages us to do. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:30:42,800 –> 00:30:45,520
\nIt’s not stuff that feels good.
\nIt’s stuff that’s hard. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:30:46,000 –> 00:30:48,680
\nIt’s stuff that’s challenging
\nand and their trials and they’re<\/p>\n
582
\n00:30:48,680 –> 00:30:50,760
\nworking through things that are
\nagainst our human nature and our<\/p>\n
583
\n00:30:50,760 –> 00:30:53,240
\nflesh.
\nWe’re not doing what feels good.<\/p>\n
584
\n00:30:53,680 –> 00:30:58,800
\nWe’re often doing what is hard
\nand that’s what actually purpose<\/p>\n
585
\n00:30:58,920 –> 00:31:01,480
\nand what we should be fulfilled
\nfrom often encompasses. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:31:02,160 –> 00:31:04,720
\nIt’s taking on things that are
\nchallenging and difficult and <\/p>\n
587
\n00:31:04,720 –> 00:31:08,080
\nfeel awkward.
\nThe first time I I gave a prayer<\/p>\n
588
\n00:31:09,160 –> 00:31:11,960
\nin our in our meeting.
\nI’m not going to say the prayer,<\/p>\n
589
\n00:31:11,960 –> 00:31:16,480
\nbut it was bad and it was
\nawkward and it felt weird and <\/p>\n
590
\n00:31:16,480 –> 00:31:21,040
\nnot not normal, but it was by
\nall means part of the growth <\/p>\n
591
\n00:31:21,040 –> 00:31:24,400
\nprocess of God’s purpose.
\nThe first time I gave an exhort,<\/p>\n
592
\n00:31:24,800 –> 00:31:27,440
\nI fumble over my words.
\nI didn’t know what I was saying.<\/p>\n
593
\n00:31:27,440 –> 00:31:29,800
\nI think it was like 15 minutes
\nor something for me that was <\/p>\n
594
\n00:31:29,800 –> 00:31:33,560
\nreally short, but I but I’ve got
\nthrough it. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:31:33,720 –> 00:31:36,240
\nIt felt awkward, but by all
\nmeans it was part of God’s <\/p>\n
596
\n00:31:36,240 –> 00:31:38,760
\npurpose to help people learn
\nmore about the truth. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:31:40,400 –> 00:31:42,560
\nGod’s purpose in our lives isn’t
\nalways going to feel good. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:31:42,560 –> 00:31:44,600
\nIn fact, often it won’t.
\nSometimes it will. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:31:44,880 –> 00:31:48,880
\nFellowship weekends like this
\nfeel great, but it’s not a <\/p>\n
600
\n00:31:48,880 –> 00:31:52,480
\nrequirement to have a sense of
\npurpose or a sense of <\/p>\n
601
\n00:31:52,480 –> 00:31:54,480
\nfulfillment.
\nIt’s kind of like a happy <\/p>\n
602
\n00:31:54,480 –> 00:31:56,840
\nsometimes this happens and often
\ntimes it won’t. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:31:58,160 –> 00:32:00,520
\nFeeling good is not a
\nrequirement to feeling <\/p>\n
604
\n00:32:00,520 –> 00:32:03,120
\nfulfilled.
\nThe last one is hype. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:32:03,120 –> 00:32:07,240
\nMoments again, thinking about
\nfinishing that project or <\/p>\n
606
\n00:32:07,400 –> 00:32:09,400
\nfinishing that degree.
\nThis is often how purpose is <\/p>\n
607
\n00:32:09,400 –> 00:32:12,440
\nsold in the world, and even
\nsometimes in the Bible it’s sold<\/p>\n
608
\n00:32:12,440 –> 00:32:13,800
\nthat way.
\nYou think of Moses leading the <\/p>\n
609
\n00:32:13,800 –> 00:32:15,840
\npeople of Israel, you think of
\nJesus on the cross. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:32:16,120 –> 00:32:18,800
\nThese are hype moments.
\nThese are like, yeah, awesome. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:32:18,920 –> 00:32:20,560
\nThese are stories to be told
\nabout this. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:32:20,720 –> 00:32:26,560
\nThis is legendary stuff.
\nBut with Moses, he didn’t just <\/p>\n
613
\n00:32:26,560 –> 00:32:29,320
\nget to that hype moment
\nrandomly. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:32:30,040 –> 00:32:33,320
\nHe spent 40 years in the
\nwilderness working with sheep, <\/p>\n
615
\n00:32:34,800 –> 00:32:38,280
\nand he spent 40 years being a
\nshepherd to prep him for that <\/p>\n
616
\n00:32:38,280 –> 00:32:41,400
\nmoment.
\nThose 40 years had purpose. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:32:41,960 –> 00:32:44,000
\nYeah, the hype moment had a lot
\nof purpose. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:32:44,000 –> 00:32:46,320
\nThe leading of the people had a
\nlot of purpose. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:32:46,520 –> 00:32:48,400
\nAnd we read about it and study
\nit because it’s awesome. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:32:48,560 –> 00:32:50,840
\nThat’s some really fun stories,
\nlot to learn from. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:32:51,840 –> 00:32:55,920
\nBut by all means, those 40 years
\nhad purpose. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:32:55,920 –> 00:33:01,800
\nThe long grind of monotony of
\nsheep had purpose. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:33:01,960 –> 00:33:03,560
\nIt set him up for the hype
\nmoments. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:33:04,000 –> 00:33:08,880
\nSo your day-to-day often times
\nis that long grind. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:33:09,120 –> 00:33:13,120
\nIt is that slow, monotonous
\nprocess that is filled with <\/p>\n
626
\n00:33:13,120 –> 00:33:16,080
\npurpose.
\nThe question for us is do we <\/p>\n
627
\n00:33:16,080 –> 00:33:20,040
\nfeel it?
\nYes, you will have hype moments.<\/p>\n
628
\n00:33:20,760 –> 00:33:24,280
\nMy first exhort, while it was a
\nbit of a fumble, was also a bit <\/p>\n
629
\n00:33:24,280 –> 00:33:26,080
\nof a hype moment.
\nI think about that. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:33:26,080 –> 00:33:28,720
\nI remember it just felt really
\ngood afterwards. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:33:30,280 –> 00:33:31,760
\nBut I had to do a lot of prep
\nfor it. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:33:31,760 –> 00:33:33,720
\nI had to do a lot of days of
\nstudying for it and thinking <\/p>\n
633
\n00:33:33,720 –> 00:33:35,440
\nabout stuff.
\nAnd those are the grind. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:33:36,440 –> 00:33:39,520
\nYes, when I got married to
\nSilla, that was a hype moment. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:33:40,560 –> 00:33:42,800
\nBut there was a lot of work put
\ninto that relationship prior <\/p>\n
636
\n00:33:43,080 –> 00:33:45,560
\nthat required grind in
\nday-to-day. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:33:46,000 –> 00:33:47,080
\nI’m not saying that in a bad
\nway. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:33:47,080 –> 00:33:56,400
\nThat’s just, that’s just life.
\nYeah, they that’s just part of <\/p>\n
639
\n00:33:56,400 –> 00:33:59,800
\nhow life works.
\nWe have to we have to go in and <\/p>\n
640
\n00:33:59,800 –> 00:34:03,160
\nput in the hard yards, the
\ngrind, the day and day, the <\/p>\n
641
\n00:34:03,160 –> 00:34:05,760
\nmonotony to be able to get to
\nthe hype moments. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:34:05,880 –> 00:34:09,120
\nThat’s how our life works.
\nAnd so hype moments are not a <\/p>\n
643
\n00:34:09,120 –> 00:34:12,679
\nrequirement for fulfillment.
\nThey will happen sometimes, but <\/p>\n
644
\n00:34:12,920 –> 00:34:16,880
\nthey’re not a requirement.
\nWhat is the requirement as being<\/p>\n
645
\n00:34:16,880 –> 00:34:20,840
\nconnected to God’s purpose?
\nIt’s knowing his why and making <\/p>\n
646
\n00:34:20,840 –> 00:34:23,639
\nthat your why.
\nIt’s understanding God’s reason <\/p>\n
647
\n00:34:23,639 –> 00:34:26,159
\nfor doing something and making
\nthat real reason. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:34:26,639 –> 00:34:29,199
\nAnd sometimes that will be hype
\nand sometimes that will be <\/p>\n
649
\n00:34:29,199 –> 00:34:32,960
\nsuccessful and sometimes it will
\nfeel good, but not always. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:34:33,120 –> 00:34:39,400
\nI’d actually argue not often.
\nThe other side of this is that, <\/p>\n
651
\n00:34:40,480 –> 00:34:43,960
\nagain, dealing with the other
\nside that sometimes, and in some<\/p>\n
652
\n00:34:43,960 –> 00:34:46,480
\ncases, the reason we don’t feel
\nfulfilled, the reason we don’t <\/p>\n
653
\n00:34:46,480 –> 00:34:48,679
\nfeel like we have a lot of
\npurpose, is because we actually <\/p>\n
654
\n00:34:48,679 –> 00:34:51,480
\nhaven’t filled our life with a
\nlot of meaningful things. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:34:52,719 –> 00:34:56,520
\nIt could be that I’m working a
\njob where I work 8090 a hundred <\/p>\n
656
\n00:34:56,520 –> 00:35:01,000
\nhours a week and I work so much
\nthat I actually don’t have time <\/p>\n
657
\n00:35:01,000 –> 00:35:04,240
\nto work on myself, to try to be
\nlike Christ, to help others, to <\/p>\n
658
\n00:35:04,240 –> 00:35:07,240
\nbe like Christ.
\nI don’t have time in my life to <\/p>\n
659
\n00:35:07,240 –> 00:35:11,000
\nwork on these things.
\nWell, that Job’s kind of lost <\/p>\n
660
\n00:35:11,000 –> 00:35:14,800
\nthe point of its purpose because
\nthe point of that job was not to<\/p>\n
661
\n00:35:15,160 –> 00:35:17,800
\njust give you money and to fill
\nyour days. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:35:18,120 –> 00:35:20,160
\nIt was to give you the
\nopportunity and the freedom and <\/p>\n
663
\n00:35:20,160 –> 00:35:22,760
\nthe ability to work on God’s
\npurpose. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:35:23,240 –> 00:35:27,160
\nAnd so, yeah, there are times
\nwhere we’ve kind of filled our <\/p>\n
665
\n00:35:27,160 –> 00:35:29,240
\nlife with things that aren’t
\npurposeful. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:35:29,880 –> 00:35:31,520
\nCould be the job, could be a
\nhobby. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:35:31,960 –> 00:35:34,520
\nIf I spend all my time on a
\nhobby, that really doesn’t have <\/p>\n
668
\n00:35:34,520 –> 00:35:36,680
\na lot of reason.
\nSo, for example, I play a card <\/p>\n
669
\n00:35:36,680 –> 00:35:39,560
\ngame, I play it and I love it.
\nIt’s fun, but it’s not part of <\/p>\n
670
\n00:35:39,560 –> 00:35:42,280
\nmy purpose.
\nAnd if I spent all my time doing<\/p>\n
671
\n00:35:42,280 –> 00:35:45,240
\nthat, if I do that when I get
\nhome, from when I get home from <\/p>\n
672
\n00:35:45,240 –> 00:35:47,800
\nwork to when I go to bed, and
\nthat’s all I do all the time, <\/p>\n
673
\n00:35:48,480 –> 00:35:51,840
\nthere’s no purpose in that.
\nThere’s no God related purpose <\/p>\n
674
\n00:35:51,840 –> 00:35:53,920
\nand reason.
\nThe purpose in that is I enjoy <\/p>\n
675
\n00:35:53,920 –> 00:35:55,880
\nit.
\nIt’s not because God said it’s <\/p>\n
676
\n00:35:55,880 –> 00:35:57,720
\ngood, It’s not because it’s
\nrelated to God’s purpose. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:35:57,920 –> 00:36:00,640
\nThe purpose is I enjoy this
\nfeeling of playing this game. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:36:00,640 –> 00:36:04,480
\nAnd if that’s all I do in my
\ndays, then yeah, my life’s not <\/p>\n
679
\n00:36:04,480 –> 00:36:08,720
\nfull with true purpose and it’s
\nnot AI need to realize that the <\/p>\n
680
\n00:36:08,840 –> 00:36:10,640
\nday-to-day grind has purpose
\nproblem. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:36:10,880 –> 00:36:13,440
\nIt’s AI need to change my
\nday-to-day grind. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:36:13,440 –> 00:36:15,480
\nSo what?
\nIt has purpose, actually, to <\/p>\n
683
\n00:36:15,480 –> 00:36:19,280
\nchange what’s in my life.
\nI need to reconsider what’s <\/p>\n
684
\n00:36:19,280 –> 00:36:25,400
\ngoing on in my day-to-day.
\nRegardless of the why. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:36:25,400 –> 00:36:28,800
\nIt’s important to ask ourselves
\nin, in the situations we’re in. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:36:30,160 –> 00:36:32,920
\nIs this related to God’s
\npurpose, or is it something that<\/p>\n
687
\n00:36:32,920 –> 00:36:34,920
\nI just enjoy?
\nIs it something that I find <\/p>\n
688
\n00:36:34,920 –> 00:36:37,960
\ncomfortable or something I enjoy
\nand find comfortable? <\/p>\n
689
\n00:36:37,960 –> 00:36:39,480
\nAnd it’s not related to God’s
\npurpose? <\/p>\n
690
\n00:36:39,720 –> 00:36:42,120
\nIt’s not that you necessarily
\nhave to remove all those things,<\/p>\n
691
\n00:36:42,720 –> 00:36:44,480
\nbut yeah, they’re not supposed
\nto make you feel fulfilled. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:36:44,600 –> 00:36:47,520
\nThat’s not the point of them.
\nAnd so we need to make sure that<\/p>\n
693
\n00:36:47,520 –> 00:36:50,440
\nour life is filled with
\nfulfilling things, things <\/p>\n
694
\n00:36:50,440 –> 00:36:55,760
\nrelated to God’s purpose.
\nWhen we approach life starting <\/p>\n
695
\n00:36:55,760 –> 00:36:57,920
\nat the found, like the
\nfoundation of God’s purpose of <\/p>\n
696
\n00:36:57,920 –> 00:37:00,560
\nwhat is that?
\nAnd then we build our life with <\/p>\n
697
\n00:37:00,560 –> 00:37:03,640
\nevents and things going on and
\nand activities that either <\/p>\n
698
\n00:37:03,640 –> 00:37:06,920
\nrelate to that purpose or
\nfacilitate that purpose. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:37:07,760 –> 00:37:10,880
\nAll of a sudden the day-to-day
\nhas a lot of purpose. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:37:11,560 –> 00:37:13,920
\nThe reason, as I said, that I
\ndon’t tend to struggle with this<\/p>\n
701
\n00:37:13,920 –> 00:37:16,240
\nas much, it’s not because I’m
\nsome. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:37:16,240 –> 00:37:18,440
\nI filled my life with all these
\ngreat purposeful things. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:37:19,120 –> 00:37:24,160
\nIt’s because I ask why a lot.
\nAnd then yeah, like I said, that<\/p>\n
704
\n00:37:24,160 –> 00:37:25,880
\ncan cause them awkward
\nconversations. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:37:26,120 –> 00:37:29,840
\nBut when you really know your
\nwhy to everything you do, you <\/p>\n
706
\n00:37:29,840 –> 00:37:32,680
\nknow the purpose to them.
\nYou set the purpose for them. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:37:33,520 –> 00:37:36,240
\nPurpose is not something that
\nevents just have. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:37:36,760 –> 00:37:40,560
\nEvents aren’t self-evident with
\npurpose, they’re assigned. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:37:40,800 –> 00:37:45,400
\nI give something purpose, I say.
\nThis has this reason in my life <\/p>\n
710
\n00:37:46,320 –> 00:37:49,360
\nwe get to choose.
\nAre we assigning things purpose <\/p>\n
711
\n00:37:49,360 –> 00:37:52,400
\nbased off God’s purpose and the
\npurpose that I’ve chosen in <\/p>\n
712
\n00:37:52,400 –> 00:37:55,480
\nbaptism?
\nOr are we doing the day-to-day <\/p>\n
713
\n00:37:55,640 –> 00:37:57,680
\nthe monotony without thinking
\nabout her? <\/p>\n
714
\n00:37:57,680 –> 00:38:00,800
\nWhy?
\nSo what I would suggest to those<\/p>\n
715
\n00:38:00,800 –> 00:38:04,040
\nwho struggle with that anxiety
\nof what is my purpose and why <\/p>\n
716
\n00:38:04,040 –> 00:38:06,880
\ndon’t I feel fulfilled?
\nExamine everything. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:38:07,240 –> 00:38:10,480
\nAsk why a lot.
\nWhy do you do what you do? <\/p>\n
718
\n00:38:11,480 –> 00:38:15,840
\nMost of it probably is related
\nsomehow, shape or form to God’s <\/p>\n
719
\n00:38:15,840 –> 00:38:20,280
\npromises, to God’s purpose and
\nto trying to facilitate or <\/p>\n
720
\n00:38:20,560 –> 00:38:24,520
\ndirectly is caring the name of
\nGod from you and to others. <\/p>\n
721
\n00:38:25,880 –> 00:38:28,960
\nAnd if that’s the case, you
\nshould feel purpose from that. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:38:29,800 –> 00:38:33,080
\nBut you have to connect to that.
\nWhy You have to connect to that <\/p>\n
723
\n00:38:33,080 –> 00:38:35,360
\nreason?
\nBecause if you don’t, then yeah,<\/p>\n
724
\n00:38:35,360 –> 00:38:38,320
\nyou’ll go through life without
\nthinking about purpose, without <\/p>\n
725
\n00:38:38,320 –> 00:38:40,440
\nthinking about your why.
\nAnd you might not feel <\/p>\n
726
\n00:38:40,440 –> 00:38:43,000
\nfulfilled.
\nBut I promise you brothers and <\/p>\n
727
\n00:38:43,000 –> 00:38:46,800
\nsisters, when you connect to
\nthat Y you will feel and connect<\/p>\n
728
\n00:38:46,800 –> 00:38:51,480
\nto God’s purpose.
\nAnd also we have to consider, am<\/p>\n
729
\n00:38:51,480 –> 00:38:53,160
\nI actually filling my life with
\nthings? <\/p>\n
730
\n00:38:53,160 –> 00:38:55,960
\nBecause again, potentially we
\nmight not be. <\/p>\n
731
\n00:38:56,280 –> 00:38:58,520
\nWe might be filling our lives
\nwith things that don’t have <\/p>\n
732
\n00:38:58,520 –> 00:39:01,240
\nGod’s purpose.
\nAnd if we do, the answer isn’t <\/p>\n
733
\n00:39:01,240 –> 00:39:04,120
\nto change and re evaluate.
\nIt’s actually sorry to change <\/p>\n
734
\n00:39:04,120 –> 00:39:05,520
\nand re evaluate how we look at
\nthings. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:39:05,840 –> 00:39:07,360
\nIt’s actually to change what’s
\nin our lives. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:39:07,520 –> 00:39:11,000
\nIt’s to change the life.
\nSo these are our two kind of <\/p>\n
737
\n00:39:11,000 –> 00:39:14,760
\nways of looking at purpose and
\nlooking at how to how to feel <\/p>\n
738
\n00:39:14,760 –> 00:39:17,960
\nfulfilled.
\nAnd that’s really how I go about<\/p>\n
739
\n00:39:17,960 –> 00:39:21,880
\nStep 2 when dealing with anxiety
\nin almost everything that I’m <\/p>\n
740
\n00:39:21,880 –> 00:39:24,400
\ndealing with anxiety on is I
\nstarted the foundation. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:39:24,720 –> 00:39:26,680
\nI started out how does God view
\nthis? <\/p>\n
742
\n00:39:27,000 –> 00:39:30,160
\nHow does God’s views on it apply
\nto me and what does it relate to<\/p>\n
743
\n00:39:30,160 –> 00:39:33,560
\nme?
\nAnd then step four, act on it. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:39:34,040 –> 00:39:36,680
\nSo how do we act on the the
\nsense of purpose? <\/p>\n
745
\n00:39:36,680 –> 00:39:40,400
\nWell, if we have things in our
\nlife that need to be changed, we<\/p>\n
746
\n00:39:40,400 –> 00:39:42,920
\nchange them.
\nThat might be hard, but it’s <\/p>\n
747
\n00:39:42,920 –> 00:39:45,600
\nwhat we might need to do.
\nAnd if we have things in our <\/p>\n
748
\n00:39:45,600 –> 00:39:47,600
\nlife that are purposeful and
\nwe’re just not feeling that <\/p>\n
749
\n00:39:47,600 –> 00:39:51,800
\npurpose from it, we ask why.
\nWe ask why is it in our life in <\/p>\n
750
\n00:39:51,800 –> 00:39:54,320
\nthe 1st place?
\nAnd we really work at that <\/p>\n
751
\n00:39:54,320 –> 00:39:56,600
\nanswer.
\nThat’s and you’re not going to <\/p>\n
752
\n00:39:56,600 –> 00:39:58,760
\nfeel right away.
\nYou will not feel yet purpose <\/p>\n
753
\n00:39:58,760 –> 00:40:00,760
\nwoo right away.
\nThat’s not how that works. <\/p>\n
754
\n00:40:01,360 –> 00:40:04,600
\nBut when you connect to that Y
\nover and over again and you make<\/p>\n
755
\n00:40:04,600 –> 00:40:07,400
\nsure you understand it.
\nThat’s changing that internal <\/p>\n
756
\n00:40:07,400 –> 00:40:10,160
\nbelief of the dishes have no
\nmeaning to. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:40:10,400 –> 00:40:13,360
\nThere’s some meaning here that’s
\nchanging and challenging those <\/p>\n
758
\n00:40:13,360 –> 00:40:15,800
\ninternal beliefs.
\nSo rather than such as I <\/p>\n
759
\n00:40:15,800 –> 00:40:39,260
\nencourage you ask
\nwhy?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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