40 Days of Purpose

Today the average life span is 25,550 days. That's how long you will live if you are typical. Don't you think it would be a wise use of time to set aside 40 of those days to figure out what God wants you to do with the rest of them?   The Bible is clear that God considers 40 a spiritually significant time period. Whenever God wanted to prepare someone for his purposes, he took 40 days: Noah's life was transformed by 40 days of rain Moses was transformed by 40 days on Mount Sinai The spies were transformed by 40 days in the Promised Land David was transformed by Goliath's 40-day challenge The entire city of Nineveh was transformed when God gave the people 40 days to change Jesus was empowered by 40 days in the wilderness The disciples were transformed by 40 days with Jesus after his resurrection   The next 40 days will transform your life.

This [course] is divided into 40 brief chapters. I strongly advise you to read only one chapter a day, so you will have time to think about the implications for your life. The Bible says, "Let God transform you into a new person ny changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do" (Romans 12:2 NLT).

To make it easier for you to remember the material, a summary of each day's topic will appear on the front page of this website along with a discussion forum for you to record your thoughts and see what others in the church think. May God richly bless you!

Reproduced with permission from The Purpose Driven Life Copyright © 2002 Rick Warren, Published by Zondervan 2002 www.purposedrivenuk.com