PURPOSE GOD’S WAY
Understanding Divine Purpose through Calling, Obedience, Community, and Faithfulness
Many spend their lives searching inward, chasing passion, or measuring themselves by achievement… asking one question:
“What is my Purpose?”
Yet Scripture lovingly redirects us.
Purpose is not discovered through self-definition, it is revealed through surrender. It isn’t built by ambition; it unfolds through relationship with God.
Through the life of the Apostle Paul, we witness this transforming Truth... He did not control its path, he followed faithfully through waiting, hardship, community, correction, perseverance, and victory.
This Study will explore how Divine Purpose:
🔥 Begins with belonging to God
🔥 Is revealed through calling
🔥 Is shaped through obedience
🔥 Is refined in community
🔥 Is sustained through faithfulness
AUDIOMACK: https://audiomack.com/lionsroar38/song/purpose-gods-way-understanding-divine-purpose
DAILYMOTION: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9zsay0
RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/v75n7tq-purpose-gods-way-understanding-divine-purpose....html
YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/jQ1LCzr839I
📖 ROMANS 8:28–29 NKJV And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
You’ll be encouraged and equipped to:
✅ Align identity with God before assignment
✅ Discern calling through relationship and Scripture
✅ Walk faithfully through unseen seasons
✅ Embrace both individual and corporate Purpose
Purpose is not about becoming impressive… It is about belonging to Someone eternal.
👉 Share this moment of Truth and growth.
🌐 Visit www.lionsroar3eight.com for more Faith-filled Resources.
Shalom & Amen! #TheTruth #JesusChrist #Spiritual #Holy Spirit #Bible #Prayer #Lionsroar3eight #PurposeGodsWay 🔥🦁🔥
Understanding Divine Purpose through Calling, Obedience, Community, and Faithfulness
Many spend their lives searching inward, chasing passion, or measuring themselves by achievement… asking one question:
“What is my Purpose?”
Yet Scripture lovingly redirects us.
Purpose is not discovered through self-definition, it is revealed through surrender. It isn’t built by ambition; it unfolds through relationship with God.
Through the life of the Apostle Paul, we witness this transforming Truth... He did not control its path, he followed faithfully through waiting, hardship, community, correction, perseverance, and victory.
This Study will explore how Divine Purpose:
🔥 Begins with belonging to God
🔥 Is revealed through calling
🔥 Is shaped through obedience
🔥 Is refined in community
🔥 Is sustained through faithfulness
AUDIOMACK: https://audiomack.com/lionsroar38/song/purpose-gods-way-understanding-divine-purpose
DAILYMOTION: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9zsay0
RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/v75n7tq-purpose-gods-way-understanding-divine-purpose....html
YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/jQ1LCzr839I
📖 ROMANS 8:28–29 NKJV And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
You’ll be encouraged and equipped to:
✅ Align identity with God before assignment
✅ Discern calling through relationship and Scripture
✅ Walk faithfully through unseen seasons
✅ Embrace both individual and corporate Purpose
Purpose is not about becoming impressive… It is about belonging to Someone eternal.
👉 Share this moment of Truth and growth.
🌐 Visit www.lionsroar3eight.com for more Faith-filled Resources.
Shalom & Amen! #TheTruth #JesusChrist #Spiritual #Holy Spirit #Bible #Prayer #Lionsroar3eight #PurposeGodsWay 🔥🦁🔥
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00:00Purpose God's Way
00:08Understanding Divine Purpose through calling, obedience, community, and faithfulness.
00:15Many people spend their lives asking one question.
00:18What is my purpose?
00:20They search inward.
00:21They search passion.
00:23And they chase passion.
00:25They measure themselves by success, recognition, or achievement.
00:30Yet scripture gently redirects us, not toward self-discovery, but toward surrender.
00:37Purpose is not something hidden inside us waiting to be uncovered.
00:41It is something revealed as we walk with God.
00:45It isn't defined by titles, platforms, or influence.
00:48It is shaped by a relationship with the divine, refined through obedience, and fulfilled through faithfulness.
00:55The Apostle Paul is one of the clearest demonstrations of this truth.
00:58He began with conviction, yet misaligned.
01:01He possessed zeal, yet opposed God's will.
01:04Then Jesus intervened.
01:06Paul didn't build purpose.
01:08He received it.
01:10He didn't control its path.
01:11He followed Christ step by step through waiting, suffering, community, correction, perseverance, and victory.
01:18What we discover through his life is this.
01:23Purpose is not about becoming someone impressive.
01:27It is about belonging to someone eternal.
01:32Stay with us because when we see purposes, God's way, everything changes.
01:40Purpose, God's way, understanding divine purpose through calling, obedience, community, and faithfulness.
01:48Want to know more?
01:49Hang around.
01:51So we're going to start with prayer, and then we're going to check out and see who's already online.
01:56Lord, we thank you for this wonderful night.
02:00Well, it's night here.
02:01Wherever they are in the world, our brothers and sisters, thank you, Lord, for being able to actually have this privilege of worshipping you, of learning about you, of encountering you, Lord.
02:12In a life stage, through the internet, through a computer, it's amazing the times that we are living in.
02:20No matter how dark things seem, you always, always bring a smile to our face.
02:27You always, your light always shines brighter in the darkness.
02:30So we thank you for today's session.
02:34We thank you for today's, the boost program, for all the lives that are going to be touched, lives that are going to be transformed.
02:40We thank you for salvations, for miracles, signs, and wonders, because that is the God that you are.
02:46Everywhere you go, whatever you do, Lord, it fulfills your promises.
02:51It fulfills your word, as your word says, that you are not like men that you should like.
02:57But every promise that comes out of your mouth, Lord, is fulfilled, never returns back empty.
03:04So we thank you, Lord.
03:06We worship you.
03:08We honor you.
03:09We thank you that you've prepared the way.
03:11Thank you for using us as your vessels.
03:14Thank you for the lives that are being, even now, transformed.
03:18Thank you for your ministering angels, your flames of fire, as your living word says, that is already moving.
03:24They are already moving in the homes of our brothers and sisters, in every single one of our homes.
03:30Yes, with peace, bringing peace, that surpasses all understanding, bringing joy, for the joy of the Lord is our strength, bringing wisdom and knowledge and all the things that we need to be more in love with you, Lord.
03:45To experience you more, to experience you more, to share you more, to the world.
03:49For your word says that the kingdom of God is within us.
03:52So, Lord, let the kingdom of God come out of us more and more.
03:56Let everything we do, not just in public, but in private, reflect your glory, reflect the name of Jesus, represent Jesus.
04:05For you say in your word that you've made us children of the living God.
04:09Yes, Lord, kings and priests, Christ's ambassadors, Christ's ambassadors, living epistles, the heads and other tails, above only and not beneath.
04:19Yes, Lord, you've made us soldiers of the kingdom of God.
04:24Yes, you've made us heavenly missionaries, worshippers of the living God, of the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
04:35So, Lord, we give you glory.
04:36We give glory to the one and only, the only way, the only truth, the only life, and that is Jesus Christ.
04:43Jesus Christ, the King of all kings, the Lord of all lords.
04:48Thank you, Lord.
04:50For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever and ever.
04:55Amen and amen and amen.
04:58All right, so we've got purpose, God's way.
05:03Let us bring up our main verse today again.
05:06And this time you can see it on the screen.
05:10I'm not going to be ringing from the screen because on my screen it is tiny.
05:14It is so tiny.
05:16Do you want me to read it?
05:17Okay, so Romans 8, 28, 29, Amplified Classic.
05:21We are assured and know that God, being a partner in their labor, talking about us, all things work together and are fitting to a plan for good too and for those who love God and are called according to his design and purpose.
05:39For those whom he foreknew, of whom he was aware and loved beforehand, he also destined from the very beginning for ordaining them to be molded into the image of his son and share inwardly his likeness, that he might become the firstborn among many brethren.
06:02Amen.
06:03Amen.
06:04Amen.
06:05Amen.
06:06All right, let me give you some context.
06:07Let me give you an introduction.
06:08So, from the very first pages of Genesis, that is, at the beginning of the Bible, from the very first pages of the Bible, through the birth of the early church, Scripture consistently presents purpose, not as self-constructed ambition, but as divine participation in God's unfolding plan.
06:32Purpose is rooted in God's will, not human imagination, revealed through relationship, not personal striving, lived out individually, yet never independently, fulfilled within community, not isolation, sustained by grace, never performance or works.
06:57When we examine Paul's life, which we're going to be doing today, we witness this progression in living form.
07:04He encountered calling before clarity.
07:07He experienced waiting before influence.
07:09He endured hardship before recognition.
07:13He submitted to spiritual authority before leading others.
07:17He persevered through rejection before finishing his course.
07:22His journey shows that purpose unfolds progressively through divine interruption, transformation of identity, seasons of hidden obedience, corporate accountability, faithfulness under pressure.
07:40Today's study will walk through scripture while tracing Paul's life as a living testimony of what purpose is.
07:52So, today we will explore, we'll cover the following topics and subtopics.
07:57Number one, purpose begins with God, not the self.
08:01Number two, purpose is revealed by God, not invented by humanity.
08:06Number three, purpose is formed through obedience, not control.
08:09Number four, purpose is both individual and corporate, never separated from God or his body.
08:17And we'll touch on the subtopic of A, individual purpose, B, corporate purpose, and C, discerning right boundaries.
08:27So important.
08:28Number five, purpose is sustained through faithfulness, not forecasting.
08:32Number six, purpose may be resisted, but God remains faithful.
08:37Number seven, purpose is completed through faithfulness.
08:39Not perfection.
08:41Number eight, summary.
08:42Number nine, declaration.
08:46Declarations.
08:47Okay, you ready?
08:49Okay, number one.
08:51Purpose begins with God, not the self.
08:55Okay, so our purpose starts with God, not ourselves.
09:00Not what the world says.
09:01Find yourself.
09:02Find your inner being.
09:03Your inner being, George.
09:05Your inner being.
09:06Meditate.
09:08The only meditation you should be doing is on the word of God.
09:10None of this nonsense.
09:12Vanity.
09:13Vanity.
09:14Oh, vanity, like the Bible says.
09:16All right, our purpose starts with God, not ourselves.
09:19Genesis 1, 26 to 28.
09:22Deuteronomy 10, 12 to 13.
09:24Isaiah 43, verses 6 to 7.
09:28You see, we are made in his image, in God's image, to represent him, to care for creation,
09:36to live in relationship with him, in love and obedience, and ultimately bring glory to his name.
09:43Psalm 57, verse 2.
09:46Psalm 57, verse 2, in the Amplified Classic says,
09:49I will cry to God, most high, who performs on my behalf and rewards me, who brings to pass his purposes for me, and surely completes them.
10:02Amen?
10:03Amen.
10:03See, purpose begins with belonging, not function.
10:09In other words, we were made first to belong to God in a loving relationship as his people, and everything we do, our gifts, our work and roles, flow out of that secure belonging.
10:23Our identity has, as his beloved, comes before any task, any title, or any achievement, and gives those things their true meaning.
10:35Amen?
10:36See, when we look at Paul's life, right, specifically his misaligned purpose, we're going to talk about, right, which is found in Philippians 3, verse 5 to 6.
10:47We see that Paul was jealous, disciplined, and religious.
10:50Yet, we see that Paul had, we see in the context, he had the direction, but he lacked divine alignment.
10:58His life proves that zeal without revelation can oppose God's purpose.
11:03We all know his story.
11:04I mean, he was so jealous, he was looking for Christians to harm them.
11:08And he had full of zeal, doing the right thing according to what he's learned.
11:13But, with that revelation that Jesus Christ is Lord, what he was doing, he was opposing God's purpose.
11:20Now, purpose is not like we, the world, say, if he's sincere.
11:25That's what's counting God's eyes.
11:26No, purpose is not sincerity-driven.
11:29It is God-defined.
11:31Again, I say, purpose is not sincerity-driven.
11:35It is God-defined.
11:36I'll give you a life analogy for that, right?
11:39A tool only makes sense in the hand of its designer.
11:43A screwdriver doesn't decide to become a hammer one day, right?
11:48When we try to define ourselves apart from God, that's when confusion follows.
11:54That's when you don't know who you are, what you're going to do, what is your purpose.
11:58But alignment with God brings clarity.
12:02Amen?
12:02Amen.
12:03And number two, purpose.
12:05I will say that.
12:06Number two.
12:08Purpose is revealed by God, not invented by humanity.
12:11All right.
12:12Our purpose comes from God, not from our own ideas.
12:16Psalm 57 verse 2, Psalm 57 verse 2, Psalm 138 verse 8.
12:23For example, you think you are a prophet because you've been prophesying so much and very well,
12:30very sharp, that you now become even more famous and so many likes, so many subscribers.
12:37Look at me.
12:38I must be a prophet.
12:39Or maybe you don't know how, but when you preach, it's like you're a different person.
12:44You're an amazing communicator and teacher.
12:47Wow, I must be a pastor and a preacher.
12:50You see, God is the one who reveals it.
12:54He sustains it, as I was saying before.
12:57If it's from God, it will last.
12:59There's longevity.
13:01God is the one who reveals it, sustains it in hard times, and brings it to completion.
13:07To the end of the race.
13:08Like, you know how he said, run the race.
13:11That's it.
13:12And his plans ultimately stand above all human intentions or achievements.
13:18No matter how good your intentions, if it's not from God, it's not going to last.
13:22When we understand this truth, we can be content with our walk with God.
13:27We no longer feel pressure to perform for acceptance or to stay popular, but simply do what God intends for us.
13:35No more and no less.
13:37We can rest knowing that God's plans are never overruled by what people want, decide, or attempt to do.
13:44Even when human ideas clash with his will, he is still the one who directs history, guides our lives, and brings about what he has decided is good and right.
13:57Proverbs 19.21, in the Amplified Classic, Proverbs 19.21, many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand.
14:10Amen.
14:12So God reveals purpose through calling, not ambition.
14:16Listen to that again, because this is so crucial.
14:20God reveals purpose through calling, not ambition.
14:27I'll give you a life analogy.
14:29Being promoted without training often leads to failure.
14:34Purpose revealed by God prepares us for responsibility, while self-assigned purpose often collapses under pressure.
14:43Number three, purpose is formed through obedience, not control.
14:49All right, so our purpose grows.
14:52Yes, it grows as we obey God.
14:57Remember the people of the talents?
15:00Remember the men of talents?
15:01The ones that actually done the right thing, God gave them more.
15:05So they actually grew in more responsibility.
15:07Likewise, our purpose grows as we obey God.
15:11Even when we don't see the whole picture.
15:14As our lives are transformed and time unfolds, we gradually discern and walk into what he has planned.
15:21God often changes us before he shows us clearly what to do.
15:26As our minds, desires, and character are reshaped to align with his, we become better able to recognize and discern his will.
15:35You can check out Romans 12, verses 1 to 2.
15:39Romans 12, verses 1 to 2.
15:41That's why purpose unfolds over time.
15:46Not instantly.
15:48It unfolds.
15:49Purpose unfolds over time.
15:52Not instantly.
15:53Jeremiah 29, 11.
15:55In the Amplified Classic.
15:56For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord.
16:00Thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil.
16:04To give you hope in your final outcome.
16:07Don't give him false hope.
16:08No, give him hope in Jesus' name.
16:10There's no such thing as false hope when it comes to Christ Jesus.
16:14All right.
16:14So Paul obeyed Jesus right away by preaching the gospel, even though people opposed him.
16:23Very important to understand that.
16:24And the church struggled to trust him at first.
16:28Because remember, he was leading very aggravated crowds to kill Christians.
16:37They struggled to trust him, the church at first.
16:40And acceptance grew only over time.
16:45Hence, trust is earned.
16:47Amen.
16:49That means for all, including leadership, including governments.
16:53Trust, trust is earned.
16:56Acts 9, verses 20 to 30.
16:58Acts 9, verses 20 to 30.
17:00So you can check that out.
17:02Purpose often includes hidden seasons where obedience matters more than visibility.
17:08I have to say that again because this is so powerful.
17:11Because we have, especially in the West, we have a church.
17:16Unfortunately, I'm saying that.
17:18And that's why we see a lot of controversy that is happening right now.
17:22God is cleaning out the church.
17:23God is refining.
17:24There is fire going on.
17:26And judgment starts in the house of God.
17:27It's very clear in the word of God.
17:29It's very clear.
17:31That's why there's so much scandals of things starting to come out.
17:35Purpose often includes hidden seasons where obedience matters more than visibility.
17:41What you do in private, it's so important.
17:48And that would then reflect in public.
17:50Amen.
17:51So life analogy.
17:53Like planting seeds, growth happens underground long before it's visible.
17:58Pulling the seed up early to check progress only disrupts what's developing in the unseen.
18:04Okay, number four.
18:05Purpose is both individual and corporate, never separated from God or his body.
18:12Now that's going to be very interesting.
18:14So please pay attention.
18:15The first one, individual purpose, which is us as individual.
18:20Individual purpose is God's unique personal calling, never self-defined or isolated.
18:27Galatians 1, chapter 15 to 16 says, Paul personally was set apart and called by God.
18:35Acts chapter 9, verse 15 says, Paul was a chosen instrument for a specific mission.
18:412 Timothy 1, verse 9 says, calling from God's purpose and grace, not work.
18:47Now, Paul's distinct purpose stayed connected to God.
18:50Individual purpose asks this question.
18:53What has God entrusted to me?
18:57What obedience does he require of me personally?
19:02This is how you understand your purpose, individual purpose.
19:05You have to ask yourself this question.
19:08Yet scripture never lets it operate without accountability to others.
19:12Even though it's an individual, we still need to be accountable.
19:17Proverbs chapter 3, verse 5 to 6 from the AMPC says this,
19:20Lean on, trust in and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
19:29In all your ways, know, recognize and acknowledge him and he will direct and make straight and plain your path.
19:36So, if a calling rejects correction, God calls you and the calling rejects correction,
19:47avoids accountability or elevates personal vision above scripture
19:54or branding or name of your church or whatever, it has crossed from calling into self-direction.
20:04Many start well, but then as they grow, the brand grows too big, the church brand grows too big, the pastor gets too famous, whatever.
20:14And it's unfortunate.
20:16I'm not saying this in a laughing way because I don't take pleasure in knowing my brothers and sisters falling.
20:22Nobody does.
20:23Everybody falls short of the glory of God.
20:25But what I'm saying is we're trying to make a point here.
20:27If a calling rejects correction, when it gets to that point, this is dangerous, super dangerous.
20:33If a calling rejects correction, avoids accountability or elevates personal vision above scripture,
20:38it has crossed the line from calling into self-direction.
20:43Corporate purpose is what God calls us to do together as one body, the body of Christ,
20:54growing through each part's work.
20:57So, Ephesians 4, verses 11 to 16, Ephesians 4, verses 11 to 16, uniting many members into one.
21:061 Corinthians 12, verses 12 to 27, and building together as living stones.
21:141 Peter 2, verse 5, the church does not replace individual purpose.
21:20It reveals and refines it.
21:24Very important to understand that.
21:25The church does not replace individual purpose.
21:28It reveals and refines it.
21:30Corporate purpose asks, what is God doing among us together?
21:37And how does my calling serve the whole body?
21:41Do you see the difference in the questions?
21:44If you don't, you go back, listen to it again, because you'll see it.
21:47What is God doing among us together?
21:50And how does my calling serve the whole body?
21:53Not the other way.
21:54Most of us go to church, and what can you do for me?
21:57Like we're trying to pick the next latest mobile phone or the next car.
22:01It doesn't work like that.
22:02Amen?
22:03Paul's ministry thrived within the church.
22:08He submitted to the apostles.
22:09Galatians 2, verses 1 to 10 will show you that.
22:13Was sent out by the church.
22:15Acts 13, 1 to 3.
22:17And reported back to them.
22:20That's accountability.
22:22Acts 14, verse 27.
22:24But God told me, I only answer to God.
22:29Then God bless you.
22:31That's the kindest words that I can say, because pride comes before a fall.
22:36Amen?
22:36Amen.
22:37So when corporate purpose overrides or suppresses, pulls down individual calling,
22:43it creates problems like burnout from forced uniformity, unhealthy control by leaders or groups,
22:53and shallow uniformity that skips real maturity.
22:57This is the characteristics of cults.
23:00Yes.
23:02And we know it's not good there.
23:05Yeah.
23:05We want.
23:06Even in a healthy body, no part can say to another, I don't need you,
23:10as 1 Corinthians 12, 21 reminds us.
23:13Each unique role must be honored for the whole body to thrive.
23:18Yes.
23:18We must work together.
23:21Okay.
23:23C, discerning right boundaries.
23:26So how do we deal with that, right?
23:28How do we deal that we don't under help in the church or over help and then lose ourselves?
23:35There needs to be boundaries.
23:37That's us, discerning boundaries.
23:39So discerning right boundaries keeps purpose healthy using biblical guardrails.
23:46Christ says, head of both individual and corporate efforts.
23:51He stays, stays, head of both individual and corporate efforts.
23:55Colossians 1, verse 18.
23:57So no vision or leaders replace him.
24:01Now, give mercy.
24:02If you don't do this, then God will strike you down.
24:06If you don't do what I tell you, then God will strike you down.
24:09I'm not in any way.
24:11We're not mocking people.
24:12We're not in any way disrespecting pastors.
24:15We've been pastors.
24:16We've been in that role.
24:17And we're still full-time ministers, first and foremost.
24:20Above all things, we're still full-time ministers.
24:23So we're not mocking.
24:25But what we're saying here is reality.
24:27Is the reality, the facts.
24:29No one is above God.
24:31So when you hear something like that, there's danger.
24:36Wake up and smell the roses.
24:37Because right now, that is a warning sign.
24:40Somebody's telling you.
24:41If a pastor's telling you.
24:42It could be insecurity.
24:43It could be whatever.
24:44But he's telling you.
24:45If you don't do this, what I'm saying to you right now, God is going to curse you.
24:49If you don't do this right now, you're disobeying God.
24:52That's right.
24:53That is putting himself above God.
24:55That is not how a pastor leads.
24:58A pastor shepherds.
25:00A pastor does not suppress.
25:01A pastor cares, right?
25:03And the thing with it is everything that your pastor says, you still need to go and check in the word if it is from God.
25:10Don't just listen because he's been called a pastor and he's standing there.
25:13I mean, we say that.
25:15We haven't probably said that recently, but we've said that quite a bit of time.
25:19Please go and check all the verses.
25:21Even the word of God says, don't just listen and not check.
25:24Even prophecies, it says, do not discard, but go check.
25:28Right?
25:28Let's keep going.
25:30You must serve others, not compete for platforms.
25:341 Peter 4, verse 10.
25:37And there is a lot of that.
25:39We don't go to church to compete and to say, as if God loves me more than God loves you.
25:44I'm more special than the thing we've seen, all that.
25:46Let's continue.
25:47So unity can't cancel personal obedience, like George was saying.
25:52As Paul thought God's approval over people.
25:55Galatians chapter 1, verse 10.
25:57And accountability from leaders should protect rather than control our purpose.
26:03Hebrews chapter 13, verse 17.
26:07Now, as leaders, those who are listening who are ministers and leaders, we must remember
26:13that we will give an account to the Lord, which is different from other people, for how
26:19we cared for and shepherd his people.
26:22I mean, have the fear of the Lord.
26:24Paul perfectly balanced individual purpose with community, personally called by God, publicly
26:32affirmed by the church, deeply committed to unity and boldly obedience to truth.
26:38He valued finishing his God-given course above his own life, Acts chapter 20, verse 24.
26:45His purpose was unique, but never independent.
26:48Even though he was set apart for that mission, he was never independent in that mission, right?
26:56Let me give an example before your life analogy in this section, because I felt somebody said
27:01this, and there's somebody listening, and he said this, okay, you're a minister, maybe
27:06even a pastor, you're a minister as well, and you struggle to understand this concept,
27:12what we were talking about.
27:13So how do I get my people then, George, to respect what I'm saying?
27:17How do I get them to guide them in the right direction?
27:21And not guide them in a way where I have to pull them to come my way, but guide them so
27:26that they will naturally follow me.
27:28Well, it's simple.
27:31It's simple in theory, not in practical.
27:33I'm telling you the truth.
27:36But it is simple in theory.
27:38And this is how you do it.
27:40And that's talking to you business people out there as well, if you have employees and
27:44stuff.
27:46You don't lead people by manipulation in a forceful manner.
27:56You cultivate the right culture, the right morals, the right values, the right beliefs,
28:05the right methods, the right procedures.
28:07And people will naturally follow because God backs that up.
28:12You're doing what God is telling you to do.
28:14But if you manipulate by fear, if you manipulate by threats, you manipulate insecurity and all
28:23this, it may last for a while, but it won't last very long.
28:27You're going to get found out.
28:28It will get exposed eventually.
28:30The darkness will always get exposed by the light.
28:35That's right.
28:37Evil always loses.
28:39It's as simple as that.
28:41God wins all the time.
28:43Amen.
28:43Let's give a life analogy, right?
28:46Like a skilled musician in an orchestra, the instrument is personal.
28:52Each of them has their own personal instrument.
28:55The sheet music, the music sheets they have, this one is shared.
29:00The conductor sets the timing.
29:03Imagine as if the conductor is God, right?
29:06The performance glorifies the composer.
29:10So let me rephrase it.
29:11Imagine the conductor as Holy Spirit.
29:14Imagine the performance glorifies the composer, our Father in heaven.
29:17Individual excellence serves collective beauty, not competition.
29:25Amen.
29:26Number five.
29:26Purpose is sustained through faithfulness, not forecasting.
29:30Okay.
29:30So purpose means becoming like Christ.
29:35That's our main purpose.
29:36That is your main purpose.
29:38That is my main purpose.
29:39Everybody has the same purpose.
29:40That's your main purpose.
29:42And then God breaks that down to a specific calling on your life.
29:46But your main purpose is becoming like Christ.
29:50Here you go again.
29:51Yes.
29:51Hallelujah.
29:52Here we go again.
29:54That is the truth.
29:55And the truth has to be revealed.
29:58Purpose means becoming like Christ.
30:01Romans 8, 28 to 29.
30:04God works within us to accomplish His good intentions.
30:09Philippians 2, verse 13.
30:12It endures through steady faithfulness, not by predicting the future.
30:19It endures through steady faithfulness.
30:24Paul's life shows this.
30:25He pressed forward, compelled by the Spirit, without knowing what lay ahead.
30:29Acts 20, verses 22 to 24 confirms this.
30:33Enlisted His suffering rather than accomplishments.
30:362 Corinthians 11, 23 to 28.
30:40Purpose is conformity to Christ, not uniformity, conformity to Christ, not circumstantial comfort.
30:51Paul does not interpret hardship as failure.
30:53He sees it as alignment.
30:55It is not about predicting seasons, but trusting God in them.
31:04Let me say that again because this is so vital.
31:06It's not about predicting seasons.
31:08What season am I at?
31:10And you go from conference to conference and you seek the pastor, seek the evangelist, seek the prophet, seek the teacher, seek the next door neighbor.
31:17Seek your doctor, seek the psychic.
31:19Seek your doctor, seek the psychic.
31:21It's about trusting God in them.
31:24And until you learn that, praise the Lord for His grace and mercy.
31:29Until you learn that, you will stay in that position until you learn to get through it.
31:35Thank God for that.
31:38Because the world wouldn't give you a chance.
31:41You would fail, you're out.
31:42You're kicked out.
31:43You're nothing but a number, but a cash cow.
31:46As they're clearly saying it out there right now.
31:49They don't even hide it.
31:51But God doesn't see us that way.
31:52God values us very deeply.
31:55And He'll give you a chance after chance after chance until you learn that lesson.
31:58And then you get promoted.
31:59Amen.
32:00So let me give you a life analogy.
32:02Purpose is like rowing a boat across a foggy lake.
32:08You keep steady strokes in faith, trusting the current to guide you without needing to see the far shore.
32:18Amen.
32:18Amen.
32:19Okay, number six.
32:20Purpose may be resisted, but God remains faithful.
32:24Right.
32:25So we all know Jonah fled from his calling.
32:28Jonah chapter 1 verse 1 to 3.
32:32There's something interesting about Jonah, but anyway, probably not the right place for it.
32:36Jeremiah felt it as a heavy burden.
32:39Jeremiah 20, 7 to 9.
32:41James warns that merely hearing God's word without acting on it leads to self-deception.
32:49James 1, 22.
32:50Very important.
32:51Let me read that.
32:52This is a warning.
32:53He says,
32:53But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourself.
32:58Who are you deceiving when you do that?
33:00Yourself.
33:01So please don't do it.
33:03This verse highlights self-deception as a key danger.
33:07We can hear God's calling clearly, as Jonah or Jeremiah did, but resist acting on it.
33:14Fooling ourselves into thinking passive agreement is enough.
33:19We fool ourselves.
33:20That is true.
33:21Thinking that, oh, you know, I've listened to God, but I don't feel like there's enough in me to do it.
33:28If God tells you to do it, he's going to sustain you.
33:32Let's keep going.
33:32True purpose demands obedience, not just acknowledgement, ensuring we align with God's faithful pursuit despite our reluctance.
33:44Paul initially resisted his calling, Acts chapter 9, but fully surrendered to it afterward.
33:50He later declared,
33:51What to me if I do not preach the gospel, 1 Corinthians chapter 9 verse 16.
33:57In this context, purpose shifts from something imposed to something deeply embraced and internalized inside, right?
34:07I'll say it again.
34:08In this context, purpose shifts from something imposed, that's being imposed to you, to something deeply embraced, to something that you deeply surrendered to, in other words, right?
34:22I'll give you a life analogy.
34:24Purpose is like a parent calling kids in from play for dinner.
34:29That's why I put it there, because I find that.
34:31They might run off like Jonah, grumble like Jeremiah, or not while still ignoring to come.
34:40Those who are mothers know about that.
34:42But mom or dad keeps calling faithfully until they surrender like Paul and come and eat.
34:49Amen?
34:50Number seven, purpose is completed through faithfulness, not perfection.
34:55Okay, this is such a great one to listen to.
34:57Purpose is completed through faithfulness, not perfection.
35:01Because a lot of us measure ourselves, and then we end up giving up too soon, too quick, because we don't understand this.
35:10This is so vital.
35:11So listen, purpose is finished through steady faithfulness, not flawless perfection.
35:19And for the perfectionists out there, be careful with that.
35:24It's better to get momentum to have the purpose finished through the steady faithfulness, even if it's not perfect.
35:31than to wait until flawless perfection.
35:35You will defer your calling.
35:38You will defer, not your calling, you will defer your mission.
35:41You will defer your timeline.
35:43If you keep focusing on things that don't really matter.
35:47God is looking for faithfulness, not for perfection.
35:51I mean, David, sorry, David wasn't perfect.
35:56Solomon?
35:58Why is this man in the world and a thousand women?
36:01How did he handle that?
36:03What the?
36:04Seriously?
36:05Okay, keep going.
36:07We all fall short.
36:09We all fall short of the glory of God.
36:12David served God's purpose faithfully in his generation.
36:16Acts 13, verse 36.
36:18Despite his flaws, and Paul reflected, at life's end, I have fought the good fight and finished the race.
36:282 Timothy 4, verse 7.
36:30Focusing solely on his faithfulness, not success, not numbers, not legacy.
36:37Amen?
36:38Let me give you a life analogy.
36:39Purpose is like running a relay.
36:41Remember the relays?
36:43I'd done it in high school.
36:44That was the one I loved the most.
36:47You know why?
36:47Because that was probably one of the only ones that I could win.
36:50I was fast, but I could never win because it was faster people in the high school.
36:54But that one, I would win because I had the best runners in my team.
36:58So I'm like, yes!
37:00So, the runner may stumble.
37:03You're sprinting.
37:04The runner may stumble.
37:05Lose rhythm or feel exhausted, as it happened several times to us.
37:10But victory comes from finishing the course and passing the baton faithfully.
37:17God does not reward flawless steps.
37:21He honors those who remain in the race until the end.
37:25This goes for the business as well.
37:28If you're doing that digital business, if you're doing your own business, whatever you're doing.
37:31But, George, I've been in it three years, four years, five years.
37:33If you know that you know that God's called you to do it, it's not time to quit.
37:38No.
37:38It's time to be faithful, to remain in the race until the end.
37:43He will surely fulfill his promise.
37:45Amen?
37:45Amen.
37:46All right, number eight, summary.
37:48Let's summarize what we covered today.
37:49So, purpose, as revealed through Scripture and demonstrated through Paul's life, is neither self-created nor self-sustained.
37:58It originates in God, is revealed through relationship, and unfolds through obedience.
38:03Amen.
38:04Purpose begins with God, not the self.
38:07Human identity and purpose originate in God's creative intention.
38:12We belong before we function.
38:15We belong before we function, and relationship precedes assignment.
38:22Purpose is revealed by God, not invented by humanity.
38:26Divine calling is disclosed through God's initiative and wisdom.
38:30True purpose emerges through revelation rather than ambition or self-definition.
38:41Purpose is formed through obedience, not control.
38:46Purpose is formed through obedience, not control.
38:50Purpose matures as we yield to God's transforming work.
38:54Obedience shapes character and direction more than personal planning.
39:02Obedience shapes character and direction more than personal planning.
39:07Remember that.
39:09Purpose is both individual and corporate, never separate from God or his body.
39:13Individual purpose, God untrusts each believer with a distinct calling requiring personal responsibility and obedience.
39:21Again, I said it's personal responsibility and obedience.
39:24Go back and check that self-question you need to ask yourself.
39:28Corporate purpose.
39:29Individual calling is refined and affirmed and expressed within unity and function of Christ's body.
39:36Right?
39:37So it has to be according to the word of God.
39:39Go check and ask yourself those questions for corporate.
39:42Discerning right boundaries.
39:44Healthy purpose maintains Christ's headship, honors accountability, and balances personal obedience with communal unity.
39:53Go check back on the boundaries we spoke about.
39:57Purpose is sustained through faithfulness, not forecasting.
40:03Purpose continues through trust and perseverance, even when outcomes remain unseen or uncertain.
40:11Purpose may be resisted, but God remains faithful.
40:14Human hesitation or resistance cannot nullify God's calling.
40:19Obedience restores alignment.
40:23Purpose is completed through faithfulness, not perfection.
40:28God measures fulfillment by perseverance and devotion rather than flawlessness.
40:34Ultimately, purpose is fulfilled not when we achieve recognition, but when we faithfully walk the course God has entrusted to us.
40:44Number nine, declaration.
40:46Okay, you ready?
40:47We're going to do a declaration prayer.
40:49Drink your tea, drink your coffee if you're in Europe.
40:55Nice, beautiful coffee.
40:57I'm Mr. European Coffee.
40:59Mamma mia.
41:00And a nice biscotti.
41:02Yes, I like the Italian biscotti.
41:04So nice.
41:05All right.
41:06Let's do it.
41:07Romans 8, 28 to 29.
41:09Lord, we come before you with thanksgiving and praise.
41:14We thank you that our lives are not random, forgotten or self-designed, but lovingly ordered according to your eternal purpose.
41:23We declare that we belong to you and that your will is working in and through every season of our lives.
41:30We surrender our plans, timelines and expectations.
41:35We trust you are the author and finisher of our purpose.
41:38We honor you, Father, for calling us according to your design, and we praise you for conforming us into the image of your Son.
41:46Genesis 1, 26 to 28, Isaiah 43, verse 7.
41:50We declare that our purpose begins with God and not with ourselves.
41:55We acknowledge that we were created in God's image and for God's glory.
42:00We reject self-made identity and self-directed purpose.
42:04We choose to live as those who belong to you, Lord, representing you in how we live, love and serve.
42:12Psalm chapter 57, verse 2, Proverbs 19, 21, Galatians 1, 15 to 16.
42:19We declare that our purpose is revealed by God, not invented by human ambition.
42:24We trust that God calls, appoint and reveal purpose in his time and by his grace.
42:29We declare that what God has planned for us will stand.
42:34Romans 12, verses 1 to 2.
42:36Jeremiah 29, verse 11.
42:39We declare that our purpose is shaped through obedience, not control.
42:43We choose to submit our lives as living sacrifices, allowing you, Lord, to renew our minds.
42:49We trust God when the full picture is not yet clear.
42:54We declare that hidden seasons are not wasted seasons.
42:58We will obey faithfully, trusting God with the outcome.
43:02Ephesians 4, verses 11 to 16.
43:061 Corinthians 12, verses 12 to 27.
43:09We declare that God has given each of us individual purposes that serves a greater corporate calling.
43:16We affirm that our personal obedience strengthens the body of Christ.
43:20We reject independence without accountability and unity without obedience.
43:25We declare that Christ alone is the head of the body and we remain submitted to him.
43:31Acts chapter 20, 22 to 24.
43:34Philippians 2, verse 13.
43:35We declare that our purpose is sustained by faithfulness, not by predicting the future.
43:40We trust God to work within us, both to will and to act according to his good pleasure.
43:45We will follow the Spirit's leading step by step, even when the road ahead is unclear.
43:52We declare that hardship does not cancel purpose, but refines it.
43:56James 1, 22, 1 Corinthians 9, 16.
44:00We declare that we will not only hear God's word, but obey it.
44:03We choose surrender over resistance and obedience over delay.
44:08We declare that God's calling is our joy and conviction, not our burden.
44:11Acts 13, verse 36, 2 Timothy 4, verse 7.
44:17We thank you that you do not require perfection, but faithfulness, Lord.
44:21We declare that by your grace, we will finish the race you have set before us.
44:26We trust you to complete what you began in us.
44:30We pray all this in the mighty name of Jesus.
44:32For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever.
44:36Amen and amen, glory to God, hallelujah.
44:42As we said at the beginning, we encourage you to go back and listen to this again.
44:46If you can, on YouTube, they've got a script section.
44:49You can grab the script.
44:50If you're more of a reading person, you can grab the script off there and take notes.
44:55It's a very, very good, it's not super detailed.
45:00For us, it's actually quite simple, but it's a very, very good study on purpose, God's way.
45:12Amen.
45:12And it's got good foundation that will help us to analyze where we are at and what's happening.
45:18Because we are meant to go from glory to glory, but not just us as individuals, even our church.
45:24It also can help you to proper your church.
45:27Amen.
45:27So if you're new here and you haven't made the Lord Jesus your Savior, now is the time.
45:33Why?
45:34Well, let me read you probably the most known verse around the world.
45:38John 3, 16 to 17 says,
45:41For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son.
45:44Talking about Jesus Christ.
45:46He willingly came down here.
45:48That whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
45:53But God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
45:59That might part is not God thinking, oh, yeah, he can go in.
46:04He can't go in.
46:06He's good looking.
46:07Take her out.
46:09That's not how God works.
46:12That's not how God works.
46:13He sent Jesus so that nobody, nobody would miss out.
46:17But it's a free gift.
46:20If we confess our sins, as 1 John 1, 9 tells us, if we confess our sins, he's faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
46:30And sin, in the most simplistic definition, is when we try to live our lives without God.
46:34As soon as you try to live your life without God, or even using God as a genie, God just matters when you need something.
46:42God, I want to buy that Versace handbag.
46:44God, I want that man.
46:47You only know God when you need something.
46:49That's not relationship.
46:51That's not relationship.
46:52That is not being saved.
46:54You're not saved.
46:55That's the truth.
46:56If God is just some sort of a genie, you're not saved.
46:59But why do I need salvation?
47:01Well, you need salvation because the reality is the Bible tells us very clearly.
47:05And you know, otherwise it will not be here.
47:071 John 5, 4-5 tells us very clearly that for whatever is born of God, overcomes the world.
47:15That's why you see a lot of Christians out there.
47:17And yes, there are Christians that suffer.
47:19There are Christians that are martyred.
47:20There are Christians.
47:21We all go through troubles.
47:22God does not promise that once you give your life to Jesus, everything's going to be perfect to hunky-dory.
47:27No, he does not promise that.
47:28He said you will encounter persecution on top of that.
47:33You will encounter all these things.
47:35But guess what?
47:36You're not living and working and striving towards victory anymore.
47:40You are living from victory.
47:43We know the end already.
47:45We win.
47:47As the Word of God tells us, to live is Christ, to die is gain.
47:51You can't do anything to Christians, to believers, because the reality is whatever you try and do to us, it doesn't work.
47:56We're already dead.
47:58We're dead to the old life, the Bible tells us.
48:01The old has gone.
48:02Behold, all things have become new.
48:04We're new creations now.
48:06So if we live, we're going to preach the Word of God.
48:08We're going to preach Jesus to the ends of the earth because he is the only truth.
48:13He's the truth.
48:14He's the salvation that the world needs.
48:16That's right.
48:16Not by force, not by wars, not by any of those things, but by the love of God, by the free gift of grace, by the finished work of the cross that he finished for all humanity.
48:26And that's what we offer.
48:29But if you kill us, hallelujah, praise the Lord, we are instantly with him.
48:35There is no losing when it comes to being a Christian.
48:40We don't lose.
48:42Amen.
48:43Amen.
48:43So now is your time.
48:45Now is your time to make the best decision of your life.
48:48If you see up on the screen, it says Romans 10 verses 9 to 10.
48:52Again, if you confess, just like you can hear my audible voice right now, if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
49:02See there?
49:03That's God's part.
49:04It doesn't say might anymore.
49:06Why?
49:06Because that might part that we just read before is if you reject him, then you won't be saved.
49:12But if you reject him, but if you accept him, if you call out to Jesus, you make Jesus your Lord and Savior, you choose to believe from this day forward that God raised Jesus from the dead, that he conquered sin and death on your behalf, on my behalf.
49:26You will be saved.
49:28For with a heart, man believeth unto righteousness, and with a mouth, confession is made unto salvation.
49:33But it doesn't stop there.
49:35As you listen to my voice right now, all you need to do is to cry out intentionally from your heart and mean it.
49:41Cry out to Jesus.
49:42It's a simple prayer.
49:43You don't have to repeat after me.
49:45You don't have to be some sort of a robot and have some sort of generic prayer to it.
49:49I've done something as simple as, I can't remember the exact words, but something as simple as, Jesus, if you're really real, but I grew up as a Catholic anyway, so I already had a foundation in Christ Jesus.
50:00But Jesus, I need you.
50:02I can't live without you anymore.
50:04From this day forward, I make you my Lord and Savior.
50:07Use my life for your glory.
50:10Thank you for dying for me on that cross.
50:14That's it.
50:15It's as simple as that.
50:16You call out to him, you will be saved.
50:18But then it doesn't end there.
50:19Titus 3 verse 5, Ephesians 2 verse 8, Acts 1 verse 8, and many others, reveals to us that once you do that, you're saved.
50:27By grace, God's part, through faith, your part, you're putting faith in the finished work of what Jesus done on that cross.
50:34Faith in that gift of grace that you receive makes you saved, makes you God's child again.
50:43It restores you back to God.
50:46The gift of God washing away our sins and giving us the new joy of the indwelling Holy Spirit.
50:52That's what we're going to be doing right now.
50:54We're going to be praying for the new joy of the indwelling Holy Spirit.
50:57If you haven't received the baptism of Holy Spirit and fire, this is what it is.
51:02So right now, give your life to Jesus.
51:08So let's pray.
51:09Lord, we thank you for this privilege.
51:11We thank you for our brothers and sisters out there who have made you their Lord and Savior.
51:16This day, Lord, heaven rejoices over them.
51:19Thank you, Jesus, for giving us the privilege to lead them to you, Lord, to lead them to the truth.
51:24Thank you for their families, their loved ones, for their salvation, for their protection.
51:30You love everyone.
51:32You don't want anybody to perish, Lord.
51:35Now we are hungry and thirsty.
51:37And your word says that those that are hungry and thirsty for righteousness shall be filled.
51:41You are righteousness.
51:42And we call out to you and say, Lord, send your spirit.
51:46Fill us afresh from head to toe, inside and out, spirit, soul and body.
51:49Let us be totally ignited, reignited with your fire, with revival fire.
51:55A fire that cannot be quenched.
51:57For your word says that our God is a consuming fire.
51:59So, Lord, send fire.
52:02Fire.
52:04Fire in Jesus' name.
52:12Amen.
52:13Glory to God.
52:15Hallelujah.
52:16Congratulations.
52:16Welcome back to the Kingdom family.
52:19As you just heard, get connected with the Bible teaching, Holy Spirit-filled church.
52:24There is no perfect church.
52:25Amen.
52:26So, let's finish with declaration prayer.
52:28Amen.
52:29Amen.
52:29All right.
52:31Thank you, Jesus.
52:32We decree and declare 1 Corinthians 1557.
52:36We thank you, Lord, for giving us victory as conquerors through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One.
52:41We will seek first your kingdom and your righteousness.
52:46All these things, all our needs will be provided.
52:49Galatians 5 verse 1.
52:51It was for freedom that Christ set us free.
52:53Therefore, we will keep standing firm and not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
52:59Galatians 5 verse 52.
53:00We will live in the Spirit and we will follow you.
53:03Grow, produce everlasting fruit, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
53:10Philippians 3 verse 14 to 16.
53:13We will run straight for the divine invitation of reaching the heavenly goal and gaining the victory prize through the anointing of Jesus.
53:20As we fully mature, may we all have this same passion.
53:25And if anyone is not yet gripped by these desires, God reveal it to them.
53:30For we shall all advance together to reach this victory prize following one path with one passion.
53:38In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray.
53:41Amen.
53:42Amen and amen.
53:44God bless you all.
53:46Have a glorious week and we will see you next week.
53:50Amen.
53:51Amen.
53:53Shalom, shalom.
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