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Why am I? What is my purpose?

Why am I here? What is life all about? What is the meaning of life?ย How we answer these big-picture questions is important so we can live with hope and a sense of purpose in times of uncertainty, pain, and frustration.

What is the meaning of life according to the Bible? According to the Bible, knowing God is the meaning of life because He is the โ€œauthor of lifeโ€ (John 17:3). The meaning of life is not based on things we see in the world โ€œfor life is more than food, and the body more than clothingโ€ (Luke 12:23).

What does it mean to know God? Why canโ€™t we base the meaning of life on relationships, career, or personal happiness? Understanding the answer to these questions in the Bible gives a sense of purpose and fulfillment in our lives.

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What is the meaning to life? Why am I? What is my reason/purpose? A routine question that strikes us at moments of reflection/trial. What is “Life”?

God, as The Author of life, brings meaning to life. Everything God created was meant to show what God is like. God created a world with a purpose, by His design. The world we live in and the life of every person has a purpose and is not just the product of chance, random events, and biological selection.

What Is the Meaning of Life According to the Bible?

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Prayer helps you develop a relationship with God

Just like your parents here on earth, your Heavenly Father wants to hear from you and talk to you. When you pray, He listens. Then He answers your prayers in the form of thoughts, spiritual feelings, scripture, or even the actions of other people.

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Prayer helps you gain an understanding of Godโ€™s loving nature

The scriptures teach, โ€œGod is loveโ€ (1 John 4:8). You can feel that love as you speak daily with Him through prayer, seeking His guidance in your life.

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Prayer provides answers

Praying and listening to the answers God gives you can help you better understand your purpose in life. God will help you understand why you are here and what you can do to return to live with Him after this life.

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Prayer helps you find direction in your life

When you privately pray to God, you can work through serious decisions in your life. God always listens and often provides the specific answers and guidance we seek. Even when He chooses not to answer immediately or in the way we might have hoped, prayer itself is a way to find peace.

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Prayer gives you strength to avoid temptation

Jesus counseled His disciples, โ€œWatch and pray, that ye enter not into temptationโ€ (Matthew 26:41). Through prayer, we can overcome temptations to sin. Pray for Godโ€™s help to keep you from making wrong choices. This will give you the strength to do what is right.

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Prayer aligns your will with Godโ€™s will

The purpose of prayer is not necessarily to tell God how you want Him to do things. Rather, itโ€™s to better understand Him and His ways, bringing yourself into alignment with His will. As C.S. Lewis is often attributed as saying, prayer โ€œdoesnโ€™t change God. It changes me.โ€

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Prayer and regular fasting can help you accept Godโ€™s will

Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights before He began His ministry on the earth. As He did this, He communed with His Father in Heaven in prayer. Likewise, if you pray and fast, you can feel closer to God and better understand the things He wants you to do.

 

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Prayer can work miracles

Throughout the scriptures, we see many examples of the Lord working miracles as an answer to prayer. In Old Testament times, the prophet Daniel was thrown into a lionsโ€™ den because he refused to stop praying. When he prayed to God in the lionsโ€™ den, angels appeared and closed the mouths of the lions. Through daily prayer, you can also experience personal miracles such as healing, peace, and forgiveness for sins.

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Prayer invites the Holy Spirit into your life

As you pray daily, you invite the Holy Spirit to be with you and to comfort and direct you. The Holy Spirit can give you answers, help you feel Godโ€™s love, and bring feelings of peace and joy into your heart.

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Prayer helps you become more like Jesus

Jesus set the perfect example of prayer. If you try to follow His example through prayer, you will become more like Him and develop a better relationship with Him and Heavenly Father.

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Be blessed. Because we ARE! Amen

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
Philippians 4:13-15

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
Philippians 4:13-15

And we pray in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

In ALL your ways be like Jesus!

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?

Jesus (God) came to Earth for so many reasons! As shared previously, as Man He was even beneath the Angels! Satan had Him exactly where he wanted Jesus! Think on this… The 3 temptations! Based exactly on things mere mortal Man would desire! Hunger – “Turn stones to bread…” Man should not live for bread alone! But for the Word of God.” Stop one of the highest points in those days: “Jump! The Bible says Godโ€™s Angels will protect You!” Once again, Jesus utilized The Word of God! “Test not the LORD your God..” Then when Jesus had quoted Scripture; Satan demonstrated his temporary lordship over Earthly kingdoms! Something we TEND to miss! There is a force behind material possessions! A fact that we may overlook! Satan is head of the dark rulers of the Earth!

Jesusโ€™ temptations in the wilderness demonstrate His full humanity and reliance on Scripture to overcome, setting an example of spiritual, not just physical, focus. By quoting Scripture against Satanโ€™s offers (stones to bread, jumping, power), He rejected immediate, sinful satisfaction for God’s will, countering Satan’s temporary, earthly influence.ย 

  • Hunger (Physical Needs):ย Satan tempted Jesus to use His divine power for personal gain when hungry, but Jesus replied that man lives by the Word of God, not just bread.
  • The Pinnacle (Testing God):ย Satan suggested a spectacular jump to force angelic protection, but Jesus refused to put God to the test.
  • Kingdoms (Power & Materialism):ย Satan, acting as the tempter influencing worldly systems, offered earthly power for worship, which Jesus rejected for loyalty to God alone.ย 

Jesus’ victory highlights the necessity of using Scripture to resist temptation and recognize that there is a spiritual force behind excessive material desire.

Philippians 4:19ย promises that God will supply all needsโ€”spiritual, emotional, and physicalโ€”according to His infinite riches in glory through Christ Jesus. It is a pledge of divine provision for believers, emphasizing that God knows exactly what is needed and will faithfully provide, often fostering trust and dependence.ย 

Key aspects of this promise:

  • Context:ย Written by Paul to the Philippians, it follows their generous support of his ministry, highlighting a connection between generosity and divine provision.
  • Needs vs. Wants:ย The promise focuses on providing what is truly necessary for life and faith rather than every selfish desire.
  • Source:ย Provision comes from God’s “riches in glory,” which are limitless, not restricted by earthly scarcity.
  • Through Christ Jesus:ย The provision is accessed through a relationship with Jesus.
  • Types of Provision:ย This includes wisdom, strength for daily struggles, peace, and material necessities.ย 

This verse encourages believers to move from a mindset of scarcity to one of trust and generosity, knowing God is a faithful provider. 

In Jesus’ MIGHTY Name, we pray unceasingly, Amen.

My hope is in The LORD, God ALL-MIGHTY, Amen.

We pray unceasingly in The Name of Jesus, Amen.

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