Purpose
— Part 1
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Title:
Purpose — Part 1--------------------------------
Date: 9/16/2000
Keywords:
"idle" "susceptible"
"tempted"
Welcome
to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand
strong in the face of sexual temptation.
Passage:
Matthew 4:18-22*
18. And walking by the Sea
of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called
Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the
sea; for they were fishermen.
19. And He said to them, "Follow
Me, and I will make you fishers of men."
20. And they immediately left
the nets, and followed Him.
21. And going on from there He
saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and
John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their
father, mending their nets; and He called
them.
22. And they immediately left
the boat and their father, and followed
Him.
Questions
1. Do you often find
yourself in a state of "idleness" and totally bored
out of your head?
2. Are these the times when
you're easily tempted by porn and particularly
susceptible to it?
Practical
help
Who am I, and why am I
here?
These questions have been around
for a while, and we could delve into some pretty heavy
philosophy and only scratch the surface of an answer.
So, what's wrong with doing
that? Well, nothing much except that we'd be straying
from our purpose — to provide a short, pointed,
quick to load, easy to read, three-minute Bible
study.
Just like here at eXXit we have
a defined purpose to our ministry, we as individuals
generally need a defined purpose in our everyday
life.
Look over the passage above and
see if Jesus was offering any purpose to those He was
calling. Today, think about purpose in your life: Do
you have it? What is it?
Tomorrow we'll explore how
there's progress to be found in purpose.
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD
BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960,
1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995.
Used by permission."