This is a wrap - up of the Book we've been doing, Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. We believe it has impacted your life as it has Mine. Next we will be doing Managing God's Money, stay tuned for it. We're also working out on another interesting episode that will be coming your way. Its just getting better and we are Grateful to God for this far. Thank you for being here. It means alot. Keep listening and Sharing, Blessings

Blessed are the balanced; they shall outlast everyone. Living on purpose is the only way to really live. Everything else is just existing. Most people struggle with three basic issues in life. The first is identity: "Who am I?" The second is importance: "Do I matter?" The third is impact: "What is my place in life?" The answers to all three questions are found in God's five purposes for you. 

God has given you a Life Message to share. When you became a believer, you also became God's messenger. God wants to speak to the world through you. The Great Commission is your commission. You have a choice to make. You will be either a world-class Christian or a worldly Christian.

God loves to use weak people. Everyone has weaknesses. In fact, you have a bundle of flaws and imperfections: physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. God has a different perspective on your weaknesses. He says, "My thoughts and my ways are higher than yours," so he often acts in ways that are the exact opposite of what we expect. You were made for a mission. God is at work in the world, and he wants you to join him. This assignment is called your mission. God wants you to have both a ministry in the Body of Christ and a mission in the world.

We serve God by serving others. Jesus, however, measured greatness in terms of service, not status. God determines your greatness by how many people you serve, not how many people serve you. Service starts in your mind. To be a servant requires a mental shift, a change in your attitudes. God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.

Only you can be you. God designed each of us so there would be no duplication in the world. No one has the exact same mix of factors that make you unique. That means no one else on earth will ever be able to play the role God planned for you. God deserves your best. He shaped you for a purpose, and he expects you to make the most of what you have been given. He doesn't want you to worry about or covet abilities you don't have. Instead he wants you to focus on talents he has given you to use.

There is always a way out. You may sometimes feel that a temptation is too overpowering for you to bear, but that's a lie from Satan. However, you must do your part too by practicing four biblical keys to defeating temptation. There are no shortcuts to maturity. It takes years for us to grow to adulthood, and it takes a full season for fruit to mature and ripen..