1. What’s My Purpose Pastor Nathan Weller May 5, 2019
Series: Living By Design

3. God provides for us so that we can serve him

5. 11 So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, 12 and from
there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days.
13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and
we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
14 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia… (cont’d)
--Acts ESV

6. …from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was
a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay
attention to what was said by Paul. 15 And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and
stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
--Acts ESV

8. --Acts 16.14a ESV One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the
city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods…
--Acts 16.14a ESV

10. Your job may not be
your purpose

12. 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule:
“The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive.
They are not busy; they are busybodies. 12 Such people
we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to
settle down and earn the food they eat.
--2 Thessalonians ESV

14. Your purpose is to
worship God

16. --Acts 16.14b One who heard us was a woman named Lydia...
who was a worshiper of God.
--Acts 16.14b

18. --Acts 16.14 ESV One who heard us was a woman named Lydia,
from the city of Thyatira, a seller of
purple goods, who was a worshiper of God.
--Acts ESV

20. My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
--Psalm 82.2 ESV

21. My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
--Psalm 82.2 ESV
--Psalm ESV

23. We remained in this city some days. And on the Sabbath
day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we
supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and
spoke to the women who had come together.
--Acts ESV

25. “What then does Christian faith say to this? It opens its eyes,
looks upon all these insignificant, distasteful, and despised duties
in the Spirit, and is aware that they are all adorned with divine approval as with the costliest gold and jewels. It says, O God, because I am certain that thou hast created me as a man and
hast from my body begotten this child, I also know for a certainty that it meets with thy perfect pleasure. I confess to thee that I
am not worthy to rock the little babe or wash its diapers, or to be entrusted with the care of the child and its mother. (cont’d)

26. How is it that I, without any merit, have come to this distinction
of being certain that I am serving thy creature and thy most precious will? O how gladly will I do so, though the duties should
be even more insignificant and despised...I am certain that it
is thus pleasing in thy sight God, with all his angels and creatures is smiling—not because the father is washing diapers, but because he is doing so in Christian faith.”
--Martin Luther--

28. So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,
do all to the glory of God.
--1 Corinthians ESV

30. Your life should serve
your purpose

32. And after she was baptized, and her household as well,
she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to
be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.”
And she prevailed upon us.
--Acts ESV

34. A blessing to say when you wake up: “I thank you, living
and eternal King, for returning my soul
within me in compassion, great is your faithfulness.”

35. A blessing to say when you wake up: “I thank you, living
and eternal King, for returning my soul
within me in compassion, great is your faithfulness.”
During your shower: “Blessed art thou Lord our God, Master
of the universe, who has sanctified us with thy commandments
and commanded us about washing the hands.”

36. A blessing to say when you wake up: “I thank you, living
and eternal King, for returning my soul
within me in compassion, great is your faithfulness.”
During your shower: “Blessed art thou Lord our God, Master
of the universe, who has sanctified us with thy commandments
and commanded us about washing the hands.”
During a thunderstorm: “Blessed are you Lord our God, King
of the Universe whose strength and power fill the world.”

37. Going to the bathroom: “Blessed are you Lord our God, King
of the universe, who formed mankind in wisdom, and created
in him all manner of openings and cavities. It is manifest
and known before the throne of your glory that if any one of
them ruptured or were blocked it would be impossible to survive and stand before you. Blessed are you, Lord, who heals all
flesh and is wonderful in his acts.”

39. Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory
and honor and power, for you created all things, and by
your will they existed and were created.
--Revelation 4.11 ESV

41. What’s My Purpose Pastor Nathan Weller May 5, 2019
Series: Living By Design