OUR PURPOSE FOR LIFE

JUST FOR TODAY 1. I will nourish my Soul  "But Jesus told him, No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." ( Matthew 4:4) In life we spend a lot of time thinking and planning what we will eat. Very little time is dedicated to feeding our souls, feeding our inner self with God's word, His truths. Let us not forget to nourish our soul. Just for today, I will nourish my soul with God's word. 2. I will live one day at a time "This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it."  ( Psalms 118:24) God wants us to live one day at a time. That is why in our Lord's prayer, He says "give us this day our daily bread". This is the day that the Lord has made! We must be present in the blessing of today. Tomorrow will have it own worries. God provides for us one day at a time. Live in the present, the past is gone, don't let it defeat you and the future is in God'

What is the world's definition of success in life? We go through life being told that in order to be considered a success in life, we are to work hard for a living and accumulate the comforts of life as well as achieve recognition. So we end up desiring material possessions of many types, including larger homes, better vehicles, pricey clothing and more as an indication of our success. When we get these things, we definitely experience a brief period of excitement, happiness and satisfaction, but this is soon followed by a sense of emptiness and discontentment with life.   There is a diminishing enjoyment in material things that sets us back onto the pursuit of new material things that can replace the old ones and hopefully give us joy. But the pattern is the same, we soon find ourselves feeling empty and unsatisfied with the new things. It is possible to be happy without stuff, but we can never be happy without God. If God is not first before all things in our lives, we will not k

     Bad Habits and desires Are negative habits and desires like entertainment, drugs, food, and fleeting emotional pleasures stopping you from living in God's purpose for your life? We are spiritual beings with a God-shaped void in our hearts that can only be filled by God. This void will not be fulfilled if we try to fill it with money, position, success, passion, sex, gossip, possessions, power, prestige, or any other desires of the flesh and the eyes. "Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever." 1 John 2:15-17 God can rewire your mind and change the way you think Doc