The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For
This is more than a book; it is a guide to a 40-day spiritual journey that will enable you to discover the answer to life’s most important question: What on earth am I here for? By the end of this journey you will know God’s purpose for your life and will understand the big picture—how all the pieces of your life fit together. Having this perspective will reduce your stress, simplify your decisions, increase your satisfaction, and, most important, prepare you for eternity. Your Next 40 Days Today the average life span is 25,550 days. That’s how long you will live if you are typical. Don’t you think it would be a wise use of time to set aside 40 of those days to figure out what God wants you to do with the rest of them? The Bible is clear that God considers 40 days a spiritually significant time period. Whenever God wanted to prepare someone for his purposes, he took 40 days:
The next 40 days will transform your life.
This book is divided into 40 brief chapters. I strongly urge you
to read only one chapter a day, so you will have time to think about
the implications for your life. The Bible says, “Let God transform
you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will
know what God wants you to do.”
One reason most books don’t transform us is that we are so
eager to read the next chapter, we don’t pause and take the time
to seriously consider what we have just read. We rush to the next
truth without reflecting on what we have learned.
Don’t just read this book. Interact with it. Underline it.
Write your own thoughts in the margins. Make it your book.
Personalize it! The books that have helped me most are the ones
that I reacted to, not just read.