Sermon Tone Analysis

Prayer — SIS

Why are we here?

Why do we exist?

What is our purpose?

You haven’t just thought about that question, you’ve felt that question?

That’s one of those questions that you don’t just think about, you feel it.

You feel its weight bearing down on you.

Why am I here?

What am I supposed to be doing?

Am I just an accident that knew nothing before I was born and will know nothing after I die?

Do I have value and worth?

What is my purpose?

purpose

■ noun

1 the reason for which something is done or for which something exists.

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Let’s look at Colossians, Paul is talking about Jesus

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You were created for Jesus!

you were knitted together by God

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And God doesn’t want you to perish, but to live with Him forever

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That’s why Jesus Came to earth

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Jesus wants us to be with Him for all eternity

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Then he prayed for the apostles, but after he prayed for the apostles, he prayed for us.

He prayed for you and me...

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Jesus prayed that relationship with Him, that we would be one.

Unity.

Then He prayed that we would be where he is so that we could see his glory.

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We weren’t made for this life.

We were made for everlasting life with God, unhindered, beautiful, perfect, joyful, peaceful, amazing life.

Jesus is that life, and He wants us to be with him to experience it with him.

That is our purpose.

He made us for Him.

To love Him and be loved by Him forever.

He wants us to be His children, and for Him to be our Father.

He made us to love Him and to love each other.

That is our purpose.

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So what is our Purpose?

Why do we exist?

Why did God make us in the first place?

To Love Him with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength.

And to love our neighbor as ourselves.

Or simply to...

Love God

Love Others

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But what about right now? on this broken sinful planet?

It’s true, we weren’t made for this life.

But He did give us an important work to do while we are here.

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You see God is the King of a perfect kingdom, and He has handed that kingdom over to His Son Jesus.

He gave Jesus all authority in heaven and on earth.

And Jesus gave us a mission to accomplish.

To go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them.

We are to share the gospel with everyone.

Those who embrace it, we are to baptize them, and then to disciple them.

Because they are going to be our brothers and sisters in God’s kingdom for all of eternity.

Our gaze, our vision, must never fall short of why God created us and has us here in the first place.

It’s that everlasting perfect life with Him and each other as a family of people who love each other with a real meaningful love.

And God want’s everyone to be a part of that family and His kingdom.

So we must grow to maturity as disciples, and we must go and make more disciples, and help them grow to be mature disciples so that they can go and make more disciples as we go and make more disciples, until we are called home.

So what is our mission?

To Be Disciples Who Make Disciples

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We won’t be here on this earth long.

Eternity is going to make our lives here seem like they never happened.

But what we do while we are here will make all the difference for all eternity.

If you want to give your life to something that will matter forever, give your life to being a disciple who makes disciples.

Love God

Love Others

Make Disciples