Day Three

What Drives Your Life?

I observed that the basic motive for success is the driving force of envy and jealousy!
- Ecclesiastes 4:4

The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder... a waif, a nothing, a no man.
- Thomas Carlyle

You will be a restless wanderer on the earth. - Genesis 4:12

What happens for those whose guilt has been forgiven! ... What a relief for those who have confessed their sins and God has cleared their record. - Psalm 32:11

To worry yourself with resentment would be a foolish senseless thing to do. - Job 5:2

Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life - fear of death, fear of judgement - is one not fully formed in love. - I John 4:18

No one can serve two masters. - Mathew 6:24

I have labored to no purpose; I have spent my strength in vain for nothing. - Isaiah 49:4

My life drags by - day after hopeless day. - Job 7:6

I give up; I am tired of living. Leave me alone. My life makes no sense. - Job 7:16

I know what I am planning for you... I have good plans for you, not plans to hurt you. I will give you hope and a good future. - Jeremiah 29:11

God... is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of - infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts or hopes. - Ephesians 3:20

A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life. - Proverbs 13:7

You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you.
- Isaiah 26:3

Don't live carelessly, unthinkingly. Make sure you understand what the master wants.
- Ephesians 5:17

I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. - Philippians 3:13

Let's keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us.
- Philippians 3:15

Remember, each of us will stand personally before the judgement seat of God... Yes, each of us will have to give a personal account to God. - Romans 14:10b, 12

I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
- John 14:6

DAY THREE

THINKING ABOUT MY PURPOSE

Point to Ponder: Living on purpose is the path to peace.
Verse to Remember: "You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you." - Isaiah 26:3
Question to Consider: What my family and friends say is the driving force of my life. What do I want it to be?