What on Earth Am I Here For? Purpose Driven Life
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4.1 • 196 Ratings
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Publisher Description
An evangelistic booklet based on the first three chapters of the New York Times #1 bestselling book The Purpose Driven Life.
This small booklet will start your journey in knowing your life's purpose and living the life you were meant to live, which will:
Give your life meaningSimplify your lifeFocus your lifeIncrease your motivationPrepare you for eternity
To continue the journey, purchase the full-length edition of The Purpose Driven Life--available in audiobook, ebook, softcover, and hardcover editions. Also available: The Purpose Driven Life video study and study guide, journal, devotional, book for kids, book for churches, Spanish edition, Large Print edition, and more.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Pastor of Saddleback Church, a Southern Baptist mega-church in southern California with weekly attendance of more than 15,000, Warren now applies his highly successful "purpose-driven" framework, developed in the best-seller The Purpose-Driven Church, to individual experience. The same principles Warren has taught to thousands of pastors to help churches be healthy and effective can also drive lives, he says. The book argues that discerning and living five God-ordained purposes worship, community, discipleship, ministry and evangelism is key to effective living. His 40 short chapters are intended to be read over 40 days' time, giving readers small pieces of his purpose-discovering program to chew on. Warren certainly knows his Bible. Of 800-plus footnotes, only 18 don't refer to Christian Scripture. He deliberately works with 15 different Bible translations, leaning heavily on contemporary translations and paraphrases, as an interesting way of plumbing biblical text. The almost exclusively biblical frame of reference stakes out the audience niche for this manual for Christian living. It's practical yet paradoxically abstract, lacking the kind of real-life examples and stories that life-application books usually provide in abundance. The book has flaws editing might have fixed. People are quoted without being identified, and subheads simply repeat lines of text, which tends to make the prose sound too simple. This book is not for all, but for those needing a certain kind of scriptural rock, it is solid.
Customer Reviews
I See Myself Differently
This book opened my eyes to see myself differently, how God sees me. It proves it points by having scripture right after main points and I love that. It made me want to read the Bible more and to build a deeper relationship with God who so loves me and wants the same.
Rejuvenating
I have been on my journey to Christ dedication for a year and some change. It’s been hard to separate myself from the world when I was imbedded for most of my life. Despite that, there is no other way for me. Since giving myself to God, there is no other way to go. Even though I lose sight some times, all directions lead back to Him. This book was one of those roads for me. This book has helped me through the valley. Thank you. I will return to this book if I lose sight of my purpose.
Enlightening
It’s so enlightening on so many life issues