An excerpt from "Shortform.com" entitled, "The 5 Purposes in the Purpose-Driven Life" by Elizabeth Whitworth, states: "The purpose-driven life is what God planned for you. When you live out his five purposes, you experience the abundant life he promised. Once you identify how you can live out each purpose, you must learn how to keep all of them in balance throughout your life.
Your first purpose is worship...
The second purpose of your life is unselfishly loving fellow members of God's family...
The third purpose of your life is to become more like Jesus by taking on His values and character...
God wants you to serve others---this is called ministry, the fourth purpose for your life...
The fifth purpose is your mission..."
This article may be viewed at: The 5 Purposes in the Purpose-Driven Life/shortform.com
Reference: Romans 9:12
