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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? 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 “author of life” (John 17:3). The meaning of life is not based on things we see in the world “for life is more than food, and the body more than clothing” (Luke 12:23).

What does it mean to know God? Why can’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 God’s loving nature

The scriptures teach, “God is love” (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, “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation” (Matthew 26:41). Through prayer, we can overcome temptations to sin. Pray for God’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 God’s will

The purpose of prayer is not necessarily to tell God how you want Him to do things. Rather, it’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 “doesn’t change God. It changes me.”

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Prayer and regular fasting can help you accept God’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 lions’ den because he refused to stop praying. When he prayed to God in the lions’ 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 God’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

Where are you?

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NB Hallelujah!!! ALL glory to God, Amen.

And we declare!

Who you relate with reflects off of you!

God calls us to Love all others, both believers and unbelievers.

Still, He cautions us in His Word to be careful who we spend the bulk of our time with.

The friends we spend a lot of time with have a strong influence on our thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors.

Bad company corrupts good character (1 Corinthians 15:33). So, God calls us to be wise and choose Godly, encouraging friends.

And we pray 🙏🏾

God IS with you. Hallelujah, Amen.

Do not allow fear to decide your future. Fear often speaks loudly, reminding you of uncertainties, challenges, and things beyond your control, but God’s promises speak louder. The One who created you is already walking before you, preparing the way and guiding every step. He stands beside you in the battles you face and strengthens you in moments when you feel weak. No situation is too difficult for Him, and no season of your life is outside His care.

When you place your trust in God, you can face tomorrow with courage and peace. You may not know every answer or understand every detail, but you can rest knowing that you are held securely in His hands. This season, choose faith over fear and confidence over worry. God will provide the strength you need, the help you require, and the grace to keep moving forward. The same God who has carried you until today will continue to protect, guide, and sustain you.

“Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.” Isaiah 41:10.

God bless you abundantly.

JUNE PROPHETIC DECREE 🔥


I decree that June will be a month of wholeness, spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially. This month will not drain you… it will DEVELOP you.
It will not break you… it will BUILD you. Everything that tried to delay you, discourage you, and distract you is losing its grip NOW in Jesus’ name.
I decree:

  • sudden doors are opening
  • strength is returning to tired places
  • clarity is replacing confusion
  • peace is taking over panic
  • finances are shifting
  • healing is flowing
  • relationships are aligning and favor is finding you without you forcing it
  • I decree HEALTH over your body.
    Energy is coming back.
    Discipline is coming back.
    Motivation is coming back.
    You will not quit on yourself this month.
  • I decree that your body will begin to respond to the care you’ve been giving it. The workouts will pay off. The walking will pay off. The water, the stretching, the healing, the consistency, it will pay off.
  • This is your season to feel strong again.
    – Strong in your spirit.
    – Strong in your mind.
    – Strong in your body.
  • I rebuke exhaustion, burnout, stress, inflammation, sleepless nights, emotional eating, and every cycle that has kept you disconnected from your healthiest self.
  • June will not find you giving up.
  • June will find you getting up.
  • I prophetically declare: What felt blocked in May will begin to move in June.
    – Calls are coming.
    – Ideas are waking up.
    – Confidence is rising again.
  • And the joy you lost in past seasons is being restored.
    – No more shrinking.
    – No more begging for seats at tables God never assigned to you.
    – No more carrying people who keep dropping you.
  • This month, may God give you the courage to walk away from what no longer fits and the boldness to walk into everything He promised. You are healing. You are growing.
    You are becoming disciplined.
    You are becoming unstoppable.
    In Jesus’ Name.
    AMEN. 🙏🔥

What makes God Proud?

Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.

Romans 5:20

The Superabundance of God’s Grace

In the Book of Romans, the apostle Paul said, “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?” (Rom. 6:1). Obviously, Paul was preaching the grace of God so radically that he was misunderstood and accused of telling people to sin more so that grace may abound. Of course, that was not the case.

Paul never said, “Let us sin more so that grace may abound” (and by the way, neither have I). Sin is evil, and it leads to destructive consequences. But have you noticed in today’s scripture what it is that actually causes sin to increase?

Read today’s scripture again. Paul states very clearly that the law entered so that sin might abound. What this means is that the more you preach the law, the more sin will abound. After all, the strength of sin is the law (1 Cor. 15:56). Therefore, when you see sin and you preach more of the law, you are adding wood to fire!

In saying that “where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,” Paul meant this: sin does not stop God’s grace from flowing, but God’s grace will stop sin. Ask yourself which is greater, your sins or God’s grace? The answer is obvious. God’s grace is always greater!

In fact, when you read “where sin abounded, grace abounded much more” in the original Greek, it actually says that where sin abounded, grace superabounded. Greek scholar Kenneth Wuest captures this well in his translation of the verse: “where sin increased, grace superabounded, and then some on top of that.” How cool is that!

What Paul is saying is that where there is sin, where there is “a failing to hit the mark” (definition of “sin” by Thayer’s Greek Lexicon), that’s exactly where you will find God’s grace—His unmerited favor for your empowerment and victory—in superabounding measure. Isn’t that amazing?

Contrary to traditional thinking, God’s grace does not abandon you when you miss the mark. What a comfort and source of strength it is to know that His grace doesn’t leave us, but is right in the midst of our painful weaknesses, failings, and less-than-perfect situations to empower us to reign over them all!

My friend, maybe you have been struggling with a certain weakness or failing in some area of your life. It could be anger, unforgiveness, or an addiction that you can’t seem to kick. I encourage you to increase your exposure to God’s grace. Keep hearing preaching on the beauty of the person of Jesus and His finished work. Keep meditating on His love and what He has accomplished for you on the cross because grace is the only power that can stop sin in its tracks in your life.

When you fail, instead of feeling guilty and condemned, receive the superabounding grace of God that tells you that you are still righteous in Christ. It is His superabounding grace that will rescue you from that sin. Those who wallow in guilt and condemnation are the ones who have no ability to overcome their sins. Since they believe that God’s grace has departed, what hope can they have? Victory over sin comes only when people encounter the superabundance of God’s grace. It is His grace that has made sinners righteous!

Don’t miss out on this powerful revelation. This is the gospel of Jesus! Because all your sins have been punished in the body of your substitute, Jesus Christ, God’s righteousness is on your side, demanding your justification and forgiveness. That’s why, even when you fail, God’s grace will superabound and swallow up your failure that has been paid for at Calvary. Hallelujah!

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