Finding God's Life in Purpose

SUMMER PLAYLIST VOL. 2

Finding God's Life in Purpose
Pastor Aaron Sutherland  

SERIES SCRIPTURE:

JOHN 15:11 "I have said these things to you so that my joy will be in you and your joy will be complete."

I. I WAS MADE FOR THE REDEMPTIVE PURPOSES OF GOD
Isaiah 45:4-5 (NIV) "For the sake of Jacob my servant,
 of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name 
and bestow on you a title of honor,
 though you do not acknowledge me. I am the Lord, and there is no other;
 apart from me there is no God.
 I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me..."

II. I WAS MADE FOR A DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
Isaiah 45:6-8 "I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me, so that from the rising of the sun
 to the place of its setting
 people may know there is none besides me.
 I am the Lord, and there is no other. I form the light and create darkness,
 I bring prosperity and create disaster;
 I, the Lord, do all these things. 'You heavens above, rain down my righteousness;
 let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide,
 let salvation spring up, let righteousness flourish with it;
 I, the Lord, have created it.'"
 

III. I WAS MADE FOR AN UNQUALIFIED TRUST IN GOD
Isaiah 45:9-10 “Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds
 among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,
‘What are you making?’
Does your work say,
The potter has no hands’? Woe to the one who says to a father, ‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother, ‘What have you brought to birth?’"

 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. How have you discovered who God made you to be?
2. In what ways has your relationship with God revealed more of who you are?
3. Where have you had to trust God regarding the purpose and direction of your life?