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Greetings to you, my listening friend.

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God has kept you and me since the last time we met.

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Let us thank Him for that.

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I hope you're well by the grace of God, you and your children.

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In Psalm 104: 14, the Bible tells us, He causes the grass to grow for the cattle.

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We have expressed in that statement "purpose."

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One of the purposes of grass is to provide food for animals.

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He causes the grass to grow for the cattle and herb for the service of man.

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Here we have one of the purposes why God made vegetation or herbs to serve mankind.

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In Psalm 136: 7 - 9, we read, who created great lights for his mercy endureth forever

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forever.

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The sun to rule by day for His mercy endures forever, the moon and stars to rule by night

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for his mercy endures forever.

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Verses 8 : 9 tell us the sun and the moon and the stars were made to illuminate the world

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among other reasons why they were made.

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In Isaiah 43 : 7, the Bible says, for I have created him for my glory.

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Here again we have purpose.

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Humanity was made for the glory of God.

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In Psalm 119 : 89 - 91, in verse 89 we have heaven.

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In verse 90 we have earth, and in verse 91 the Bible says, they continue this day according

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to thy ordinances for all are thy servants.

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Even an earth were made to serve God's purposes whatever they may be and so we have the

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concept of purpose throughout creation.

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Nothing was made without a purpose.

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The purpose on which I wish to dwell is the one found in Isaiah 43:7
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For I have created him for my glory.

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That's you.

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That's me. our major purpose for being alive is to glorify God.

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Creation had a purpose and the heart of creation was mankind  who was made in the image of God

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for the purpose of glorifying God.

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Now how can you and I glorify God?

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This is expressed in Romans 23, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

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If sinning brings us short of the glory of God, it is obedience through faith that brings

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us up to the glory of God in the sense that we properly reflect His image in our lives.

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Obedience, my listening friend is the way we fulfill the purpose for which God made us,

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which was and is for his glory.

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The question then I must ask you and myself.

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We know the grass fulfills its purpose,

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The sun, the moon, the stars fulfill their purposes.

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Are you and I fulfilling the purpose for which God gave us life and that purpose is the glory

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of God?

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Quite simply, as you keep the Sabbath Holy, or as you consider wisely keeping the Sabbath 

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Holy, ask yourselves, am I fulfilling the purpose for which God gave me life?

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And that purpose is to glorify Him and I glorify Him best by obeying Him and part of the

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obedience is to remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

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May the Lord bless you as you keep the Sabbath Holy and remember that you were created for

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a purpose.

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Happy Sabbath and God bless you and your children.