{"id":1172,"date":"2007-03-04T00:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-04T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/the-purpose-driven-life.html"},"modified":"2007-03-04T00:47:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-04T00:47:00","slug":"purpose-driven-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/purpose-driven-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Purpose-Driven Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/ReoYDeYeZvI\/AAAAAAAAALM\/Zj1csnc6KK0\/s1600-h\/the+purpose+driven+life.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/ReoYDeYeZvI\/AAAAAAAAALM\/Zj1csnc6KK0\/s320\/the+purpose+driven+life.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037865581141714674\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Purpose Driven Life<br \/>Author: Rick Warren<br \/>Hardcover<br \/>ISBN: 0310205719<br \/>Pub. Date: October 2002<br \/>Also available in paperback. There are also Purpose-Driven Life journals available.<\/p>\n<p>Most of you know that I read very little non-fiction (Christian or otherwise). This book has been sitting on my shelf for about two years now. When we joined our church, this book was given to all of the new members. I&#8217;ve only read the first of the forty passages. You&#8217;re supposed to read a passage a day for forty days. You&#8217;re not supposed to read it all at one time. Rick says that you need to digest the information given in each passage. The information relayed in the first passage, I&#8217;d heard before(where, I don&#8217;t know.) When thinking about our purpose, we shouldn&#8217;t think about ourselves, we should focus on what <em><strong>GOD<\/strong><\/em><br \/>wants us to do. Why did He place us here on this earth? He also mentioned that self-help type books usually focus on our gaining earthly riches(or something similiar to that), trying to succeed, etc. He said that we shouldn&#8217;t focus on that, but just focus on God and His purpose for us.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll probably blog about this every so often. I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;ll be able to read a passage a day, as Rick recommends.<\/p>\n<p>Cecelia Dowdy<br \/>www.ceceliadowdy.com<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Purpose Driven LifeAuthor: Rick WarrenHardcoverISBN: 0310205719Pub. Date: October 2002Also available in paperback. There are also Purpose-Driven Life journals available. Most of you know that I read very little non-fiction (Christian or otherwise). This book has been sitting on my shelf for about two years now. 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