Category Archives: purpose

Our hearts are hungry until…

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

The person who curves in on himself, who wants God’s gifts without God, who wants to satisfy the desires of a divided heart, ends up sagging and contracting into… Continue reading →

Posted in Disciple-making, Discipleship, Following Christ, Lust, Meaning in life, Meaning of life, Passion, purpose, Walking with God | Tagged Agustine, desiring God, Meaning of life, Purpose of life | Leave a comment

Search for meaning and satisfaction

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

“Why do I have three Super Bowl rings and still there’s something greater out there for me?” Continue reading →

Posted in 18 Year factor, feeling hopeless, Hope?, Meaning in life, Meaning of life, purpose, Searching, Seeking God, Wisdom | Tagged lost, purpose in life, search for meaning, Seeking God, why am I here? | Leave a comment

Four servants of God who battled fierce despair

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Wisdomforlife

Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship | Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide | 1 Comment

It’s not the way you think it is

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Wisdomforlife

Delusional self-confidence based on self-accomplishment is not far removed from self-righteousness. It’s an insidiously deadly poison that can be… Continue reading →

Posted in Attitude, Blessed by God, Christian worldview, Christianity, Church, Church Leadership, Church membership, Deception, Following Christ, God's Heart, God's Love, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Greatness, Jesus Christ, Judging others, Kingdom, Legalism, Love, Meaning of life, Mercy, Missions, Personal thoughts, Poor in spirit, Pride, purpose, Radical love, Repentance, Self esteem, Self love, Self-deception, Selfishness, Spiritual inventory, Teaching of Jesus, True Christianity?, Walking with God, Worldview | Tagged A true church, Ladociea, Pharisees, Revelation 3, Who are the true followers of Jesus? | 2 Comments

Discontentment can sneak up on you

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Wisdomforlife

Diminished hope easily leads to a deflated spirit of resignation that gradually becomes justified pessimism or even dark cynicism. Here’s a timely call to extravagant gratitude. Continue reading →

Posted in Calling, Complaceny, Complaining, God's Will, Grace, Gratitude, Love, Meaning in life, Meaning of life, purpose, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom | Tagged Discontentment, life of love, loss of motivation, no joy, Will of God | 1 Comment

Why? – a question we all ask

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Wisdomforlife

Why do we exist? We cannot escape this question. Continue reading →

Posted in Creation, Glorify God, God as Potter, Image of God, Meaning in life, Meaning of life, purpose, Seeking God, Wisdom | Tagged Purpose of life, What is the meaning of life?, Why do we exist? | 2 Comments

Restoring glory to the ordinary

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Wisdomforlife

Have you noticed how easily discontentment destroys joy and gratitude? I fear that the repeated emphasis on being radical for God can also give people the misguided feeling that the ordinary is either boring or some form of compromise. Let’s restore glory to the ordinary! Continue reading →

Posted in Glory, Honor, Jesus Christ, Meaning in life, purpose | Tagged Ambition, Glory, Jesus, Meaning of life, Purpose, Servanthod, work | 2 Comments

Troubled dust, but dust that dreams

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

Rest securely and confidently in what God has done for you in Christ! And remind yourself often that…. Continue reading →

Posted in Agnostic, Atheism, Atheists, Death of Christ, Depravity, Depression, Despair, Easter, Eternal life, Eternal security, Evil in the world, Fear of death, God's Love, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Grace, Grieving, Heaven, Hope?, Human depravity, Human dignity, Humanism, In Christ, Jesus Christ, Loss, Meaning of life, Problem of evil, Promises of Bible, purpose, Religion-not the answer, Resurrection, Salvation, Sin, Suffering, The cross of Christ | Tagged ashes to ashes, dust to dust, empty, Hope, hopeless feelings, life after death, Meaning of life, Meaninglessness, more to life | 1 Comment

Boasting in the Cross?

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

A first century person would have been incredulous about placing a picture of a cross on anything. There was no greater symbol of death and utter humiliation than to hang helplessly on a cross! Being hung on a cross would have been considered a waste of life. Continue reading →

Posted in Cross of Christ, Life, Manifesto, Meaning of life, purpose | Tagged Cross of Christ, Don't waste your life, Meaning of life, Purpose of life, Salvation | 1 Comment

What does it really mean to believe in Jesus?

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

May I invite you to take faith to a new level? I hope that these word will help many understand what it really means to believe in Jesus. Continue reading →

Posted in Change, Christian life, Christian worldview, Christianity, Faith, Jesus Christ, Kingdom, Meaning of life, purpose, Salvation, True Christianity? | Tagged Evidence for faith, Faith, What does it mean to believe in Jesus? Jesus Christ | Leave a comment