On Purpose Part 1 - Created For Good Works
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One of the simplified versions of our New Life mission statement is Presence, People,
God calls on his people to operate in the
Vision Sunday
10 My beloved spoke, and said to me: “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. —Song of Songs 2:10-11The
has changed, the bondage of your barren winter has ended,and the season of hiding is over and gone. —Song of Songs 2:11 (TPT) 13 Can you not discern this new day of destiny breaking forth around you? The early signs of my
and are bursting forth. The budding vines of are now blooming everywhere. The fragrance of their flowers whispers, “There is change in the air.” —Song of Songs 2:13 (TPT)
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. —Ephesians 2:8-10
- We aren’t saved by good works, but
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. —Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
You were
Prepared – to make everything ready in
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to
you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. —Jeremiah 29:11 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; —Philippians 1:6
You have hedged me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it. —Psalm 139:5-65 You’ve gone into my future to prepare the way,
and in kindness you follow behind me
to spare me from the harm of my past.
You have laid your hand on me! —Psalm 139:5 (TPT)For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You. —Psalm 139:13-18
- The one who formed you, formed you
who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began. —2 Timothy 1:9
1. God works all things together for good…according to His
.
And we know that all things
together for good to those who God, to those who are the called according to His . —Romans 8:28 “Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was,
something at the wheel.” —Jeremiah 18:3
The key:
Synergize - combine or coordinate the activity of (two or more agents) to produce a joint effect
2. We discover purpose
and progressively.
Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” —Mark 1:17
- The first call is to Jesus, and then to a
Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, —Mark 3:14
3. Serving others
our gifts and helps us discover purpose.
For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love
one another. —Galatians 5:13