Identity, Part 4: I Have Purpose // Jamie Nunnally

Did you know that you were created with a purpose? In this message, Pastor Jamie Nunnally share how YOU can know YOUR purpose. 
 
Your identity is who you think you are.  Identity theft leads to an identity crisis, and the body of Christ is suffering from an identity crisis because we are letting people other than God tell us who we are. Your identity determines your activity, and your activity determines your destiny. 
 
4 different “fingerprints” that determine our identity. 
1. I am a child of God
2. I am unconditionally loved
3. I am in Christ
4. I have purpose
 
Fingerprint #4: You Have Purpose
We all long for purpose because we live in a purposeful world. Life seems pointless when you’re purposeless. 
Prov. 57:2 “I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.”
You were made for meaning, and you were planned for purpose by a Creator who intentionally crafted you. 
This means that your Salvation is not only about having a future home in heaven but having a present purpose on earth. 
 
What is my purpose?
1. Get to know God. 
John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”
God created you for connection with Him. 
2 Peter 3:18 “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
 
2. Get to know your spiritual family. 
God fashioned you for family.
Luke 10:27-29 “Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” 
You can love God by yourself, but you can’t love others by yourself. 
 
Matthew 6:9-13 – The Lord’s Prayer 
We’re saved as individuals but we grow in groups. Christian growth is a group project and immature believers believe by themselves. 
 
3. Get to work.
We don’t work to get saved, but once we’re saved, we get to work.
Ephesians 2:8-10 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
The Salvation Equation: Grace + Faith = Salvation + Works
 
1 Cor 15:58 “So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.”
Your ministry probably won’t be your full-time job, but your full-time job is going to be part of your ministry.
You were created to contribute.
 
Final Question:
Are you walking in purpose?