One way to state the purpose of life:
             Seek and allow God’s continuing creation in your heart and, through your life, in the world.

             God’s continuing creation in us develops hearts of love.
             God’s continuing creation through our lives in the world produces Shalom: justice, peace, “rightness”, balance and health.

            The theological term for “God’s continuing creation” is grace.

            The first work of grace that we should seek is forgiveness.

            The world is filled with tools that God uses for continued creation.  Our work is to put these tools in our lives.

            The theological term for these tools is Means of Grace.

            Three of the most powerful, useful means of grace are prayer, the Bible and the Church.

            The Holy Spirit applies the means of grace in our hearts and through our lives in the world.

            The kingdom of God is where God’s will is done.
            In our hearts: love.
            In our places: shalom.
            Our purpose in life is to seek God’s love to be created in our hearts and God’s shalom to be created in the places where we live.

            When we believe God wants us to do something, in our hearts we say “Yes” or “No”.

            The Church is God’s chosen instrument to build up the kingdom in our hearts and in the world.

            We each have spiritual gifts meant to be used in and through the Church to build up God’s kingdom in our hearts and in the world.    
  
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