The Purpose Driven Life - Takeaways
I promised myself to finish a book this year. Sharing here my key takeaways:
• I am made by God, for God
• Without God, life makes no sense
• I am not an accident, God made me for a reason
• God never does anything accidentally and he never makes mistake
• We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it
• If you can't get it all done, it means you're trying to do more than God intended for you to do
• I am made to last forever, there is more to life than just here and now
• It would be wiser to live each day as if it were the last day of your life
• God never allows the tests you face to be greater than the grace he gives you to handle them
• The more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be
• God warns us to not get too attached to what's around us because it is temporary
• The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever
• When you use your life for God's glory, everything you do can become an act of worship
• Jesus will give you everything you need to live for him
• Jesus, I believe in you and I receive you
• Our motive is to bring glory and pleasure to our Creator
• By doing everything as if you were doing it for Jesus
• Trusting God completely means having faith that he knows what is best for your life
• He loves you as if you were the only person on earth
• God loves you infinitely more than you can imagine
• You are free to choose what you surrender to, but you are not free from the consequences of that choice
• You cannot fulfill God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plan
• Don't be afraid; nothing under his control can ever be out of control
• The key to friendship with God is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do
• The more you meditate on God's word, the less you will hace to worry about
• Prayer lets you speak with God; meditation lets God speak to you
• God is more pleased when we do small things for him out of loving obedience
• Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day
• Your problems are not punishment; they are wake-up calls from a loving God
• You don't bring glory to God by trying to be someone he never intended you to be
• Never doubt in the dark what God told you in the light
• Never agaun should you wonder what you have to be thankful for
• You are a part of God's family, and because Jesus makes you holu, God is proud of you!
• Whenever you feel unimportant, unloved, or insecure, remember to whom you belong
• The point of life is learning to love - God and people. Life minus love equals zero
• It's not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters
• When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back
• The greatest gift you can give someone is your time
• You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving
• The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now
• You are called to love imperfect sinners, just as God does
• The Christian life is more than just commitment to Christ; it includes a commitment to other Christian
• We only grow by taking risks, and the most difficult risk of all is to be honest with ourselves and with others
• Sympathy meets two fundamental human needs: the need to be understood and the need to have your feelings validated
• Forgiveness is letting go of the past. Trust has to do with future behavior
• The tunnel of conflict is the passageway to intimacy in any relationship. Until you care enough to confront and resolve underlying barriers, you will never grow close to each other
• You must not simply look the other way and hope it goes away on its own. Bring it out in the open and deal with it
• Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others
• When you know what they've been through, you will be more understanding
• Instead of thinking about how far they still have to go, think about how far they have come in spite of their hurts
• Talk to God before talking to the person
• When you expect anyone to meet a need only God can filfill, you are setting yourself up for disappointment and bitterness
• Patience comes from wisdom, and wisdom comes from hearing the perspective of others
• Reconciliation focuses on the relationship, while resolution focuses on the problem
• Learning to love each other as Christ has loved us
• Don't think only of your own good. Think of other Christians and what is best for them
• Your character is essentially the sum of your habits; it is how you habitually act
• God is far more interested in what you are than in what you do
• Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make
• The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel influences the way you act
• The most important decision you can make today is to settle this issue of what will be the ultimate authority for your life
• We always learn deom others truths we would never learn on our own
• God uses problems to draw you closer to himself
• Problems force us to look to God and depend on him instead of ourselves
• You'll never know that God is all you need until God is all you've got
• Your circumstances are temporary, but your character will last forever
• You should identify your typical pattern of temptation and then prepare to avoid those situations as much as possible
• If you have to cry out for God's help two hundred times a day to defeat a particular temptation, he will still be eager to give mercy and grace, so come boldly
• Ask him for the power to do the right thing and then expect him to provide it
• The more you fight a feeling, the more it consumes and controls you
• Remember that it's easier to stay out of temptation than to get out of it
• While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow
• You must let go of the old ways in order to experience the new
• You may feel frustrated with the seemingly slow progress you're making in life. Remember that God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time
• Rememhow far you've become, not just how far you have to go
• We are blessed to be a blessing
• What matters is not how long you lived, but how you lived
• Whenever you do what God wired you to love to do, you get good at it
• You can have a lot to live on and still have nothing to live for
• Figure out what you love to do, what God gave your heart to do, and then do it for his glory
• What I'm able to do, God wants me to do
• Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you
• What you are is God's gift to you; what you do with yourself is your gift to God
• Instead of trying to reshape yourself to be like someone else, you should celebrate the shape God has given only to you
• When God puts someone in need right in front of you, he is giving you the opportunity to grow in servanthood
• God expects you to do what you can, with what you have, wherever you are
• Great opportunities often disguise themselves in small tasks. The little things in life determine the big things
• God is always interested in why we do something than in what we do
• The closer you get to Jesus, the less you need to promote yourself
• If you want God to use you, you must know who God is, and know who you are
• Whenever you feel week, God is reminding you to depend on him
• Humility is not putting yourself down or denying your strengths; rather, it. Is being honest about your weaknesses
• If you will commit to fulfilling your mission in life no matter what it costs, you will experience the blessing of Gpd in ways that few people ever experience
• If you want to be used by God, you must care about what God cares about
• While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others
• Whenever you feel apathetic about your mission in the world, spend some time thinking about what Jesus did for you on the cross
• People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers
• We are all called to fulfill God's five purposes for our lives: to worship, yo fellowship, to grow like Christ, to serve, and to ve on mission with God in the world
• Our greatest lessons come out of pain
• If you want to keep growing, the best way to learn more is to pass on what you have already learned
• The more you know, the more God expects you to use that knowledge to help others
• Worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, mission
• When God's at the center, you worship. When he's not, you worry
• Focus on God's purposes for your life, not your plans, since that's what will last forever
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