Mike Adebiyi (Ph.D.)

1. GT 202: CONNECTING TO PURPOSE Mike Adebiyi (Ph.D.)

2. 1. Your Purpose in life is not about you (Col 1:16)2. When you are connected to purpose: (a) All things will begin to work for your good (Rom 8:28) (b) You begin to obtain your God given inheritance (Eph 1:11)

3. Counsel is needed to fulfill Purpose Proverbs 15:22 • There is time for connecting to Purpose (Ecc 3:1) • Jesus clearly stated His purpose (1 John 3:3) • Jesus told Paul his purpose (Act 26:16) • You are not an Accident (Is 44:2A)

4. What drives your life ?Rick Warren said……… • Many people are driven by guilt • Many people are driven by fear • Many people are driven by materialism • Many people are driven by need for approval • NOT many people are driven by purpose

5. Benefits of connecting to purpose

6. Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

7. Connecting to your purpose gives meaning to your life Jer 29:11 “ I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out--plans (purpose) to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for ” (New Century Version)

8. Connecting to your purpose simplifies your life Isa 26:3 “ You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you ” (Today’s English Version)

9. Connecting to your purpose focuses your life Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].

10. Connecting to your purpose focuses your life Without purpose, you will keep changing directions, school subjects, university courses, jobs, relationships, churches etc.

11. Connecting to purpose is like a Magnifying glass for destiny ! • Phi 3:13 “ I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead ” (New Living Translation)

12. Connecting to your purpose motivates your life George Bernard Shaw wrote: “ This is the true joy of life: the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one: being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish clot of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy ”

13. Connecting to your purpose prepares you for eternity • Its is not what others say about your life but what God says • Earthly legacies are short sighted

14. Eventually, we're all going to end up kneeling side by side in the place of judgment, facing God. (Rom 14:10c)(New Living Translation)

15. On the day of judgment God will ask from each one of us: • “ What did you do with my Son, Jesus Christ ? ” • “ What did you do with what I gave you ? ” • The first question will determine where you will spend eternity. • The second question will determine what you do in eternity.

16. Conclusion • That is the vision of new Jubilee. • To see you • Connected to your purpose, • Empowered to make impact, and • Equipped to make heaven. • Help us to see you CEE

17. PRAYER POINT (Rom 9) Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother'swomb, and called me by his grace. Acts 26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;