Purpose

7-day plan: Purpose

Who you are to God: made by him, known beforehand and called to something.

One passage a day, with a question to think it over. Your progress stays on this device, no account needed.

  1. Day 1 · Made by God

    God creates human beings in his image

    And Elohim created the human being in his image; in the image of Elohim he created him; male and female he created them.

    Genesis 1:27 · Read the whole chapter

    To think about

    How can you treat the people around you today, remembering that every one of them was created in the image of Elohim?

  2. Day 2 · Known before birth

    David: God wove him in the womb and saw his embryo

    For you created my kidneys; you wove me in the womb of my mother. I will give you thanks, for fearfully I have been wonderfully made; wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it very well. My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in secret, embroidered in the depths of the earth. My embryo your eyes saw; and in your book all of them were written, the days that were formed, when there was not one of them.

    Psalms 139:13–16 · Read the whole chapter

    To think about

    Which word or phrase stays with you, and why?

  3. Day 3 · A new identity in Christ

    Anyone in Christ is a new creation

    So if anyone is in the Messiah, there is a new creation; the old things have passed away; look, new things have come.

    2 Corinthians 5:17 · Read the whole chapter

    To think about

    What situation in your life does this passage speak to?

  4. Day 4 · Called for something

    Moses doubts himself; God says, “I will be with you”

    So now, go, and I will send you to Pharaoh, and bring out my people, the sons of Israel, from Egypt.” Moses said to Elohim, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt?” He said, “But I will be with you, and this will be the sign for you that I have sent you: when you have brought out the people from Egypt, you will serve Elohim on this mountain.”

    Exodus 3:10–12 · Read the whole chapter

    To think about

    What does it invite you to do today, even something small?

  5. Day 5 · Your life, for God's glory

    Even eating or drinking, do it for God's glory

    So whether you eat or drink or do anything, do all things for the glory of God.

    1 Corinthians 10:31 · Read the whole chapter

    To think about

    Who could you share this with this week?

  6. Day 6 · Made by God

    God forms the man from dust and breathes life into him

    And YHWH Elohim formed the man from dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.

    Genesis 2:7 · Read the whole chapter

    To think about

    What friendship or relationship can you care for this week so you do not walk alone?

  7. Day 7 · Known before birth

    God searches and knows every step and every word

    For the director. Of David. A psalm. YHWH, you have examined me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; you understand my thought from afar. My path and my lying down you have sifted, and all my ways you are familiar with. For there is not a word on my tongue— look, YHWH, you know all of it.

    Psalms 139:1–4 · Read the whole chapter

    To think about

    Looking back over the week, what changed in how you see this topic?