34 questions
Purpose & Calling
Discovering what your life is for and finding courage to pursue it.
I don't know what my life is supposed to be about. How do I find my purpose?
OTJeremiah 29:11NTRomans 12:6-8I feel like I'm wasting my potential in a dead-end job. Should I leave?
OTEcclesiastes 9:10NTMatthew 25:21I think God might be calling me into ministry or missions but I'm scared to leave my stable life.
OTExodus 3:11-12NTActs 13:2-3How do I know the difference between my own desires and God's call on my life?
OTPsalm 37:4NTRomans 12:2I feel like I've missed my calling. I'm in my fifties and it feels too late.
OTJoel 2:25NTLuke 15:20I'm successful by every measure but feel completely empty inside. What's missing?
OTEcclesiastes 2:11NTJohn 10:10I keep asking God what he wants for my life and getting nothing back. Should I be this anxious about getting it right?
OTMicah 6:8NT1 Thessalonians 5:16-18When I think I hear God, I can never tell if it is him or just my own head talking. How do I know the difference?
OTPsalm 85:8NTJohn 10:27Other people talk about God telling them things. I have prayed for years and never heard anything like that. Is something wrong with me?
OT1 Samuel 3:7NTHebrews 1:1-2There is a decision in front of me that will shape the next ten years and I am terrified of choosing wrong. How do I seek God in it?
OTProverbs 15:22NTJames 1:5-6How do I tell the difference between God's timing and my own impatience? I cannot work out if I am waiting or just stalling.
OTEcclesiastes 3:1NTGalatians 6:9I am worn out from waiting on God. Do I make a move myself, or is that just running ahead of him?
OTPsalm 27:14NTHebrews 10:36My life feels stuck on pause while I wait for God to move. Is he actually doing anything right now?
OTGenesis 40:23NTJohn 5:17I made a choice years ago that I now think was wrong, and I feel like I forfeited the life God had for me. Is there a way back?
OTJonah 3:1NTPhilippians 1:6People keep telling me God has a plan for my life, but nobody can say what it is. What is that phrase actually supposed to mean?
OTProverbs 19:21NTEphesians 2:10I genuinely believe in Jesus and my life still feels hollow. What am I missing?
OTPsalm 63:1NTJohn 15:4-5I keep wondering whether God has given me something specific to do. How would I even find out what my gift is?
OTExodus 35:30-31NT1 Peter 4:10I keep feeling drawn toward ministry, but I cannot tell if it is a real call or just how I feel after a good sermon.
OTJeremiah 1:5NT1 Timothy 3:1I cannot shake the sense that I should go overseas, but I do not trust my own motives. How do I test whether this is really God?
OTIsaiah 6:8NTActs 16:9-10I go back and forth on every decision until the moment passes and it decides itself. How do I break out of that?
OT1 Kings 18:21NTRomans 14:5I am deciding what to train for and I want the work to mean something to God, not just pay well. How do I choose?
OTProverbs 22:29NTColossians 3:23-24I have spent years in this field and I am only now wondering whether I ever asked God about it. Did I get it wrong?
OTPsalm 90:17NT1 Corinthians 7:17I am halfway through my life and I cannot shake the feeling that this is all it will ever be. Is this really it?
OTPsalm 71:17-18NT2 Corinthians 4:16Everyone says to follow my heart, but my heart has been wrong before. Can I trust what I feel about this?
OTJeremiah 17:9NTPhilippians 1:9-10My life is completely ordinary and I feel like that is not enough. Does God want something bigger from me?
OTZechariah 4:10NT1 Thessalonians 4:11-12People say to surrender my life to God and I nod along, but I honestly do not know what that means on a Tuesday.
OT1 Samuel 15:22NTRomans 12:1My schedule is full and God ends up last in it. How do I actually put him first without quitting my whole life?
OTHaggai 1:5-6NTMatthew 6:33I make five year plans and then wonder whether planning at all means I do not trust God. Where is the line?
OTProverbs 21:5NTJames 4:13-15If God already decided everything, do my choices matter at all? Some days I cannot see the point of trying.
OTDeuteronomy 30:19NTActs 17:26-27Everything I build will be forgotten in fifty years. How am I supposed to care about my daily work?
OTEcclesiastes 12:13-14NT1 Corinthians 15:58I know exactly what I should be doing and I cannot make myself start. Where does motivation even come from?
OT1 Kings 19:5-7NTMatthew 11:28-29I keep asking God for a clear sign and nothing obvious ever comes. Am I supposed to just guess?
OTJudges 6:36-38NTActs 15:28I want to pray about this decision but I do not know what to say beyond asking God to tell me what to do.
OT1 Samuel 30:8NTLuke 22:42I have two good options and neither of them is wrong. How do I choose when God does not seem to mind either way?
OTGenesis 13:8-9NT1 Corinthians 10:23