Foreword A: Getting the most from this book
1. What is the most important question of your life?
2. If your child asks you why he/she exists on earth, how would you give him/her the answer?
3. If a person does not know why he exists on earth, what would be his attitude towards life?
4. How can you find out the answer for the above question?
5. What is the meaning of a spiritual journey?
Illustration:
1. What would be your reaction in the following circumstances?
1) When you are enforced to depart from the most loving person
2) When your entrusted and loving friends betray you
3) When you are forced to work over 10 years at the labor camp because of someone’s betrayal
4) When you are imprisoned at the price of your honest doing before God
2. In the bible, these events happen to whom?
3. Did he know the reason why he had to go through these ordeals?
4. When did he find out?
5. How did Joseph interpreted the above events of bad experience after he became a Prime Minister?
1) The forced separation from his loving father (Genesis 37:3)
2) The rejection and betrayal of his brothers (Genesis 37:28)
3) 10 years of slavery (Genesis 37:36, 39:4))
4) 2 years of imprisonment at the expense of upright act before God (Genesis 39:16-20, 41:39-42, Romans 8:28)
6. What did Joseph find out when these puzzle pieces fit together?
7. Is God’s purpose to give a blessing to you or for God’s benefit at the expense of your sacrifice? (James 1:17, Romans 1:2b)
8. Is God having a blessed and detailed purpose for everyone in the world?
9. When you believe this fact, what do you call that belief?
10. What is the benefit of believing God’s plan for your life, and why do you think so?
1) Reducing your stress,
2) Simplifying your decision making,
3) Increase your satisfaction of your life,
4) Preparing you for eternity.