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                    "I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of
                    
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                    PRUNING WITH A PURPOSE
I have a lilac tree in my back yard – beautiful white flowers. Well I decided it needed a little bit of pruning, so I got out some cutters and – well, the truth is I hacked it up. I didn’t really know what I was doing, but it had overgrown my clothes-line and needed to be
                    
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                    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 26, 2007
                
                
                
                    *ILLUSTRATION*
Before going to college, a student must first take an SAT.
The purpose of the SAT is to assure they are proficient enough, or competent to take the classes at the level necessary to succeed.
Holy Spirit power gives us Christ’s
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 13, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The Purpose of the Law
Evangelist Fred Brown used three images to describe the purpose of the law. First he likened it to a dentist’s little mirror, which he sticks into the patient’s mouth. With the mirror he can detect any cavities. But he doesn’t drill with it or use it to pull teeth. It can
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    PURPOSE IN LIFE
    
Many years before Abraham Lincoln was elected president, he was a store-keeper in Salem, Illinois. Abe had a rifle displayed in his store that was one of the most beautiful rifles ever made. The barrel was made from the finest steel, the stock from the best walnut wood; and a
                    
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                    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011
                
                
                
                    A PURPOSE FOR SHEEP
Sad to say, millions of people wander through life with no earthly idea what they’re here for.
One of the abiding fascinations of my wife here in Germany are sheep. About once a year, a shepherd brings a flock of sheep near our village, and my wife goes out and makes as many
                    
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                    Contributed by David Tack on Nov 18, 2011
                
                
                
                    THE HELMET'S PURPOSE
The Purpose of a soldier’s helmet is designed specifically to protect the head during battle.  The hope (expectation) of our completed salvation is to our minds what a helmet was to a Roman combat soldier.  It protects our minds, which is where one of our greatest
                    
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                    Warren Wiersbe, "Preaching must be marked by three elements: conviction, warning, and appeal ("reprove, rebuke, exhort"). 
To quote an old rule of preachers, "He should afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted." 
If there is conviction but no remedy, we add to
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide
                    
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                    What is the purpose of baptism? 
Steve Atkerson states: “John the Baptist explicitly stated the purpose of his baptism when he said, "I baptize you with water for repentance" (Mt 3:11). Did John baptize them so that they could repent or because they already had repented? That is, was John’s baptism
                    
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                    REMEMBERING MY PURPOSE
The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful and costly tombs ever built, but there is something fascinating about its beginnings. 
In 1629, when the favorite wife of Indian ruler Shah Jahan died, he ordered that a magnificent tomb be built as a memorial to her. The shah
                    
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