
The Open Door Church

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Purpose
Speaker: Tyler Smith
Purpose is a word that resonates deep within the human heart. The desire to understand why we are here - to know the reason for our existence - is a longing woven deep into the fabric of every soul. Yet for many, the journey to discovering purpose is filled with questions, doubts, and seasons of uncertainty. Today, we look at what it means to find purpose in our lives and to faithfully endure the struggle when our purpose seems hidden. It’s easy today to fall into a slump and feel lost and without purpose. To be in a place that seems as if you’re “stuck in the middle”. Where once you seemed to have your purpose figured out and joy in pursuing but then the pressures of the world come creeping in making you wonder if that really was what I am meant for and loss of direction. Or even have depression and anxiety come in and make us second guess everything, which often leads to idleness which makes all the above even worse.
When it comes to a believer in Christ, there is certainty in that there is purpose for us. Paul makes this very clear in Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” This passage alone tells us that we are not just merely coming into existence when we are born; but rather, a forethought and made to accomplish things that only we can do. We are here on purpose - for a purpose.