Word: These questions will help birth right about it's implications and how they could apply personally in the now.

Before you were born, God planned this moment in your life. It is no accident that you are reading this. God longs for you to discover the life he created you to live—here on earth, and forever in eternity.

It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ, . . . he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. Ephesians 1:11 (Msg)

One reason most books don’t transform us is that we are so eager to read the next chapter, we don’t pause and take the time to seriously consider what we have just read.

We rush to the next truth without reflecting on what we have learned. Don’t just read this book. Interact with it. Underline it. Write your own thoughts in the margins. Make it your book. Personalize it! The books that have helped me most are the ones that I reacted to, not just read.

At the end of each chapter is a section that can be referred back to your bible as “Thinking about My Purpose.” There you will find: • A Point to Ponder.

This is where nuggets of truth once expanded in biblical knowledge will lead a purpose-driven living toward the best one can be throughout any day.

Paul told Timothy, “Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.” 2

A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree. Proverbs 11:28 (Msg)

Blessed are those who trust in the Lord. . . . They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they go right on producing delicious fruit. Jeremiah 17:7–8 (NLT)