Intentional Living | PASTOR DAVID COOPER | Mount Paran Church

I want to share a few thoughts with you today about our mission in the world. [music] And sometimes we get so lost in the great commission, [music] we forget that it's really the personal mission of every Christian when Jesus taught us of our [music] purpose in life. I want to talk to you about living your life with

intention as a minister of Christ. Lord, thank you for your word today. Thank you for the joy of supporting these missionaries around the world. Thank you for the opportunity to devote our lives for the highest purpose that Christ [music] may be known. Bless the word today. In Jesus name we pray. And God's

people said, "Amen." >> William James who's considered to be the father of American psychology once said, "Act as if what you do makes a difference because it does." If we don't live our lives with intention, then we exist by default. Intentional living is living with purpose, with meaning, with a plan, with goals. Intentional

living means to make your own decisions before other people make them for you. Do less in your life out of habit and do more with intention. If we don't have intentionality, we drift aimlessly. So many people today are just drifting. They're so lost without focus, without goals, without a sense of destiny, and

they just seem to make it through each day, but the days are disconnected. There's no master plan. But you when you have an intentional plan of your life and a purpose, then you're able to seize the day and live your life for the glory of God. Have you ever thought about why the ministry of Jesus after his

resurrection and ascension to heaven did not just dissipate into nothing? I mean, how many movements throughout history start, they appear, and then they just completely disappear. And yet for 2,000 years, the mission of Jesus continues. The ministry of Jesus continues. His faith is the most influential faith in the world. The religion of Jesus is