{"id":3786,"date":"2014-05-22T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=3786"},"modified":"2014-05-21T14:15:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T21:15:43","slug":"a-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/a-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"A PURPOSE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

2\u00a0Timothy 1:9-10<\/strong><\/p>\n

He has saved us and called us to a holy life\u2014not because of anything we have done but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the saddest things in the world is to feel useless. At a very early age, kids will try to help adults with whatever task they may be doing. More often than not, the young child\u2019s inexperience slows the adult\u2019s progress rather than being of benefit.<\/p>\n

As we get older, the desire to assist tends to taper off. This waning of desire even crosses over into the spiritual realm. After receiving the Lord into our hearts, we have a sense of peace and fulfillment\u2026but too often the joy of our salvation wears off and we just go through the motions of living a Christian life.<\/p>\n

Let me be quick to point out that according to Ephesians 2:8-9, we are saved by grace through faith and not by our own works of righteousness. We cannot be good enough to merit eternal life. It is God\u2019s gift at Christ\u2019s expense. In the same manner we are kept safe and secure by His grace and our faith.<\/p>\n

Having said all of this, what is the purpose God has for us? As I said at the beginning, some Christians feel useless. They have little or no awareness that God has a purpose for each of us. If God loves us so much that He sent His dear Son to give His life for us, what is our purpose? The Westminster Shorter Catechism says that man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. That is real purpose, dear heart. Are you fulfillingHis purpose for your life?<\/p>\n

May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!<\/p>\n

– – – Pastor Cecil<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2\u00a0Timothy 1:9-10 He has saved us and called us to a holy life\u2014not because of anything we have done but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-timothy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}