LIVING LIFE ON PURPOSE
by Ron Clarkson
Living Life on Purpose
Ron Clarkson
Daniel 3:5-6
WELCOME: Good morning and welcome to Oakdale Community Church. This morning I'm introducing a series I'll be doing next fall entitled "Living Life on Purpose". Join us next week as Tim Ayers, our Pastor of Creative Communication will begin a three week series on "Great Expectations." Let's join together in prayer as we begin to look at (title.)
PRAYER: Father, some of us have come here this morning with a direct purpose in mind, and that is to seek an enjoyable time of experiencing your presence here this morning. Some of us got out of bed this morning and the last thing on our mind, or maybe the last thing we wanted to do was go to church. I pray for all of us that you will make it worth our while to be here. I pray above that, Father, that you will reach out to each of us, touch us at the point of our need this morning, and that need just may be the need to find purpose, some direction, some meaning to the day to day grind we pour our hearts and souls into, but we don't know why. You be the teacher this morning, Father, amen.
OPENING JOKE: Trina Paulas; Hope for the Flowers:
INTRO: Many of us, if we looked under our coats might find some furry stripes on our bodies and about 10 extra sets of legs. We have experienced or are experiencing that futile climb to the top of the pillar. Maybe it's our educational pillar, our career pillar, or just some self satisfying pillar, but when we get to the top, if we ever do, what then? Is the ultimate purpose in life really reflected in the philosophy of the bumper sticker that says "He who dies with the most toys, wins?"
And what price are we really going to pay for those things we want in life? TIME MAGAZINE's recent article on "The Rat Race" the articles talked about how weary and frantic the parents are becoming and the kids are suffering in the process. They interviewed Yale University Psychologist Edward Ziglar who warned that society is at a "breaking p ...
Ron Clarkson
Daniel 3:5-6
WELCOME: Good morning and welcome to Oakdale Community Church. This morning I'm introducing a series I'll be doing next fall entitled "Living Life on Purpose". Join us next week as Tim Ayers, our Pastor of Creative Communication will begin a three week series on "Great Expectations." Let's join together in prayer as we begin to look at (title.)
PRAYER: Father, some of us have come here this morning with a direct purpose in mind, and that is to seek an enjoyable time of experiencing your presence here this morning. Some of us got out of bed this morning and the last thing on our mind, or maybe the last thing we wanted to do was go to church. I pray for all of us that you will make it worth our while to be here. I pray above that, Father, that you will reach out to each of us, touch us at the point of our need this morning, and that need just may be the need to find purpose, some direction, some meaning to the day to day grind we pour our hearts and souls into, but we don't know why. You be the teacher this morning, Father, amen.
OPENING JOKE: Trina Paulas; Hope for the Flowers:
INTRO: Many of us, if we looked under our coats might find some furry stripes on our bodies and about 10 extra sets of legs. We have experienced or are experiencing that futile climb to the top of the pillar. Maybe it's our educational pillar, our career pillar, or just some self satisfying pillar, but when we get to the top, if we ever do, what then? Is the ultimate purpose in life really reflected in the philosophy of the bumper sticker that says "He who dies with the most toys, wins?"
And what price are we really going to pay for those things we want in life? TIME MAGAZINE's recent article on "The Rat Race" the articles talked about how weary and frantic the parents are becoming and the kids are suffering in the process. They interviewed Yale University Psychologist Edward Ziglar who warned that society is at a "breaking p ...
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