The Quest for Meaning

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The Quest for Meaning

Every person is searching for meaning.

Every person is looking for something to tell them that their life is worth something. At the core of that desire is a Biblical truth: you matter, and your life has been designed to make a difference.

As counterintuitive as it feels, the Bible teaches that mattering in this life has very little to do with what we accumulate, achieve, or acquire. Mattering happens when a person knows they are valued and knows they have value to give.

This means that the answer to our search isn't found in what we store up for ourselves — it's discovered in what we give away.

The Mattering Guide book

The Mattering Guide

Pick up your guide this Sunday.

Pick up your Mattering Guide at your campus this Sunday. Each week's devotional will help you reflect on and apply the principle of adding value, while also serving as the discussion guide for Mattering Groups.

Don't miss this chance to grow deeper — personally and in community.

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Everything you need to lead a Mattering Group is ready for you — a discussion guide, weekly videos, and a community walking the same journey.

Bryan Jarrett - January 8, 2017

42 Life Principles - Week 1

42 Life Principles Week 1 1/7 and 1/8/17 As we closed out the last few months of 2016 and were preparing for our Christmas series focused on the concept of “home”…I became a bit more nostalgic and reflective…looking back with gratitude and looking forward with expectation. Maybe that’s what most people do at the end of any year or maybe that’s what most people adjusting to mid-life do as the approach another birthday…I can’t answer for everyone else but I know the last several months has been that kind of season for me. In 2017, Haley and I will cross 24 years of marriage. We will complete 12 years as the pastors of this great church. This year will be my 27the year in vocational ministry and my 43rd birthday. Time and tenure has a way of making you reflect. Some reflect on the bad and choose to become bitter. For me…it’s that there isn’t bad to reflect…but when I reflect…the grace of God and the graciousness of people drowned out the bad and bitter. While reflecting, I used the 42 years I’m about to complete as goal and attempted to quantify the 42 most spiritually formative, life changing principles that have shaped me as a person. It started as a personal journey but I later felt as if these things were worth saying or at least, saying again and sharing with you.

From Series: "42 Life Principles"

Spiritually formative and life building lessons of 42 years of joy, pain, rejoicing, regrets, mistakes made and victories achieved.

 

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