Desert Song (This is our God) by HIllsong

A touching account of a worship leader in her struggles...

What is our Purpose?

Here's a summary of what we learnt in youth cell 1st Aug 09 kindly done by gracia :)

Overview: What is our purpose of existence, and what is God's desire for us?
Passage: Ecclesiastes 1 - 5

Ecc 1:2
"Meaningless! Meaningless!"
says the Teacher.
"Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless."

Everything is meaningless, if we don't have God in our life.

So where does God fit in our life? Why did God create us? Ultimately, the most important question of the day: what is the purpose of our existence?

During our discussion, we shared what our plans for the future were (some mentioned getting married, having children, becoming successful, earning big bucks.)

So what happens after we've fulfilled our dreams?

We die and go to heaven. What do we do in heaven? Praise and worship God.

So what can we say our purpose here on earth is?

Would we spend our entire lifespan doing something that is not what we're gonna do for eternity? In other words, while here on earth, do we perform that which we're not made to do for eternity? (Duh no!)

We considered Revelation 5, and realized that we'll spend eternity worshipping God. This must mean that we're created to worship God! That is the sole purpose of our existence.

How then do we fulfill our purpose here on earth? How do we worship Him here on earth? We worship Him through the various things that He has tasked us to do!

We considered how in Genesis, God gave work to Man. We thus realized that worship can take place all the time...! In every single moment! And that is our purpose. Worship.

Everything by Tim Hughes

God in my living
There in my breathing
God in my waking
God in my sleeping

God in my resting
There in my working
God in my thinking
God in my speaking

Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything

God in my hoping
There in my dreaming
God in my watching
God in my waiting

God in my laughing
There in my weeping
God in my hurting
God in my healing

Christ in me
Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
You are everything