The Principle of Purpose

Matthew 6:19-21 NLT
“Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and
rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your
treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and
thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there
the desires of your heart will also be.”
Matthew 6:24 NLT
“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the
other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot
serve both God and money.”
Psalm 25:12-13 TLB
Where is the man who fears the Lord? God will teach him how to
choose the best. He shall live within God’s circle of blessing, and his
children shall inherit the earth.
Mark 4:19 NIV
“…but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the
desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it
unfruitful.”
Proverbs 29:18a NKJ
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint…
“Where there is no purpose, there is no self control, no moral
conviction, no eternal boundaries.”
4 Levels of Where People Live Concerning the Use of Money:

1. PAY DEBTS: Living for the PAST
2. SPEND IT: Living for the NOW
3. SAVE/INVEST IT: Living for the FUTURE
4. GIVE IT: Living for ETERNITY
   Matthew 19:16-29 NLT
   Someone came to Jesus with this question: “Teacher, what good
   deed must I do to have eternal life?” “Why ask me about what is
   good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. But to answer
   your question—if you want to receive eternal life, keep the
   commandments.” “Which ones?” the man asked. And Jesus
   replied: “‘You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You
   must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and
   mother. Love your neighbor as yourself.’” “I’ve obeyed all these
   commandments,” the young man replied. “What else must I do?”
   Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your
   possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have
   treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” But when the young man
   heard this, he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Then
   Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich
   person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. I’ll say it again—it is easier
   for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to
   enter the Kingdom of God!” The disciples were astounded. “Then who
   in the world can be saved?” they asked. Jesus looked at them intently
   and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God
   everything is possible.” Then Peter said to him, “We’ve given up
   everything to follow you. What will we get?” Jesus replied, “I assure
   you that when the world is made new and the Son of Man sits upon
   his glorious throne, you who have been my followers will also sit on
   twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who
   has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or
   children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as
   much in return and will inherit eternal life.

Principles of Purpose:

1. PURPOSE TRANSFORMS YOUR VALUES.
   Mark 8:36 NKJ
   “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his
   own soul?”
2. PURPOSE IS BUILT AROUND ESTABLISHING GOD’S
   COVENANT.
   Deuteronomy 8:7-20 NKJ
   “For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of
   brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and
   hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and
   pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land in which you will
   eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land
   whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
   When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your
   God for the good land which He has given you. Beware that you do
   not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His
   judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest—
   when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses
   and dwell in them; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and
   your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is
   multiplied; when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your
   God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of
   bondage; who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in
   which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there
   was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; who
   fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not
   know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do
   you good in the end—then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the
   might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’ And you shall
   remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get
   wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your
   fathers, as it is this day. Then it shall be, if you by any means forget
   the LORD your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and
   worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely
   perish. As the nations which the LORD destroys before you, so you
   shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the
   LORD your God.”
3. PURPOSE CAUSES THE BLESSINGS OF GOD TO COME.
   Proverbs 19:21 NIV
   Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose
   that prevails.
   Romans 8:28 NLT
   And we know that God causes everything to work together for the
   good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose
   for them.