The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
Week 1: Introduction — It's Not About You (Days 1–3)
Read the Introduction and Days 1–3 of The Purpose Driven Life. Key Scriptures: Colossians 1:16; Ephesians 1:11; Romans 8:28–30.
Warren opens with a challenge that cuts against everything our culture tells us — that life is not ultimately about us. Sit with that claim this week and see how it lands.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Warren's first sentence is: "It's not about you." How did you react when you first read that? Did it feel liberating, offensive, or somewhere in between — and why?
2.Warren argues that self-help books, introspection, and even philosophy cannot tell you the purpose of your life because the creation cannot discover its purpose by examining itself — only the Creator can reveal it. Do you find that argument convincing?
a.What methods have you personally tried to find meaning or direction in your life?
b.How have those methods succeeded or fallen short?
3.In Day 1, Warren uses the analogy of a product and its manufacturer: you discover a product's purpose from the owner's manual, not by asking the product. How does this image shape the way you think about reading Scripture as a source of life's meaning?
Closing Prayer
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