Mar 06 2025 49 mins
Following last week’s episode with Jamie Winship, Haley and Dustin share a few thoughts on how finding your God-given purpose can feel inspiring … and often intimidating.
For some, finding their purpose happens in a moment with clarity and certainty. For many, it happens gradually over time with setbacks, questions, and ongoing discovery. Trying to answer, “Why am I here? What is my purpose?” can feel overwhelming.
That’s why for this episode, we want to replay our discussion on finding your purpose in life. In this conversation from episode 7, Haley and Dustin break down the difference between purpose and calling, along with common setbacks and misconceptions we face when finding our purpose.
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(07:25) Purpose in Creation and Scripture
(13:26) Purpose and Calling in Faith
(22:02) Discovering Our Calling Through Trials
(28:40) Infusing Your Work With Purpose
(32:11) The Purpose of Life
(34:53) God's Purpose Through Trials and Age
(39:39) Purity of Intimacy With God
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Bible verses mentioned in this episode
Isaiah 43:6-7 – “Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth— everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
Jeremiah 1:5 – “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
John 15:16 – “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit – fruit that will last – and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.”
John 21:21-22 – “When Peter saw him, he asked, ‘Lord, what about him?’ Jesus answered, ‘If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.’”
John 21:25 – “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.”
Acts 13:36 – “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed.”
Romans 1:6 – “And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.”
Colossians 1:16 – “For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.”
Colossians 3:23-24 – “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”