Why Am I Born?

"Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?"Jeremiah 20:18 (GNT)

“I remember how short my life is. Why did you create us? For nothing?” Psalm 89:47 (NCV)

“Why should I work so hard for nothing?” Job 9:29 (GW)

1. YOU WERE MADE TO BE

“God showed how much He loved us by sending His only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him.” 1 John 4:7-9 (NLT)

“Long before God laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, and settled on us as the focus of His love, to be made whole and holy by His love.” Ephesians 1:4 (Msg)

2. YOU WERE MADE FOR

“My work all seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and for no purpose at all.” Isa. 49:4a (NLT)

“The Lord has made everything for His own purposes.” Prov. 16:4a (NTL)

“Knowing God results in every other kind of understanding.” Proverbs 9:10b(TLB)

“It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for… part of the overall purpose He is working out in everything and everyone.” Eph. 1:11-12(Msg)

3. YOU WERE MADE FOR

“God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but people can't see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT)

“The world and everything in it is passing away; but those who do the will of God will live forever.” 1 John 2:17 (GNT)

“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard.” Romans 3:23 (NLT)

“The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 (NLT)

“People receive God's promise by having faith. This happens so that the promise can be a free gift.” Romans 4:16 (NCV)