One of the main reasons people have no hope is because they have no purpose. Most have no purpose because they never accept responsibility for who they are, much less who they can be. Unless a person taps into their God designed service, the all important purpose of life continues to elude them. Having no sense of purpose creates a life of complaining, blaming, explaining, and bitterness. These folks always find excuses, it's the environment, it's the conditions, it's the situations, it's always something or someone. Because they live in despair and discouragement, they lose sight of all their capabilities and dreams. There is a door to recovery, a place you can find value and purpose in life; it's called "Helping Others". There's some crazy good stuff that happens when you help people. When you help heal the scars of others, your own scars heal. When you help others, you help yourself. Once you believe in helping others, once you take the risk to help, you stop being consumed by your own excuses. When you become willing to be a fountain of help and hope to others, what you draw up from this well, will help make you stronger and better every time you give it away. When you value the life of others by serving and helping them, you find and "release your value". To find and experience value and purpose, your greatest purpose must be the value of helping and serving others.
“This is the kind of fast day I’m after:to break the chains of injustice,get rid of exploitation in the workplace,free the oppressed,cancel debts.What I’m interested in seeing you do is:sharing your food with the hungry,inviting the homeless poor into your homes,putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad,being available to your own families.Do this and the lights will turn on,and your lives will turn around at once.Your righteousness will pave your way.The God of glory will secure your passage.Then when you pray, God will answer.You’ll call out for help and I’ll say, ‘Here I am.’If you get rid of unfair practices,quit blaming victims,quit gossiping about other people’s sins,If you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out,Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness,your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight.I will always show you where to go.I’ll give you a full life in the emptiest of places—firm muscles, strong bones.You’ll be like a well-watered garden,a gurgling spring that never runs dry." Isaiah 58:6-11 Help others TO FIND AND "RELEASE YOUR VALUE".
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