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WHAT ON EARTHAM I HERE FOR?

R I C KW A R R E N

T H E P U R P O S E D R I V E N L I F Ee x p a n d e d e d i t i o n


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The Purpose Driven Life

Copyright 2002, 2011, 2012 by Rick Warren

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This expanded edition: ISBN 978-0-310-32906-0 (hardcover)

Library of Congress has cataloged the original edition as follows:

Warren, Richard, 1954

The purpose driven life : what on earth am I here for? / Rick Warren.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-310-20571-5

1. Christian life. I. Title.

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This book is dedicated to you.

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Its in Christ that we find out who we are

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Long before we first heard of Christ, . . .

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for glorious living, part of the overall purpose

he is working out in everything and everyone.

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DAY 1

It All Starts with God

For everything, absolutely everything,

above and below, visible and invisible, . . .

everything got started in him and

finds its purpose in him.

COLOSSIANS 1:16 (MSG)

Unless you assume a God, the question

of lifes purpose is meaningless.

BERTRAND RUSSELL, ATHEIST

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A Journey with PurposeGetting the Most from This Book

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A New Editionfor a New GenerationAn Explanation from Rick

Were not keeping this to ourselves;

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Two are better off than one, because together theycan work more effectively. If one of them falls down,

the other can help him up. . . . Two people can resist

an attack that would defeat one person alone.

A rope made of three cords is hard to break.

ECCLESIASTES 4:9 (TEV)


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WHAT ON EARTHAM I HERE FOR?

A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump;

a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.

PROVERBS 11:28 (MSG)

Blessed are those who trust in the Lord. . . . Theyare like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots

that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not

bothered by the heat or worried by long months of

drought. Their leaves stay green, and they go right

on producing delicious fruit.

JEREMI AH 17:7 8 (N LT)


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DAY 1

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Unless you assume a God, the question

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Its not about you.

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