Faith & Growth Series

Created for a Purpose

Discovering Your Identity and Calling in Christ

We do not discover our purpose by looking first at ourselves. We discover who we are by knowing God, and our purpose flows from our identity in Christ. This six-week journey explores who you are, where you belong, why you are here, and how God can use the life He has entrusted to you.

The Foundation

Identity Comes Before Purpose

We are not valuable because we accomplish something important, and we do not earn our identity through our calling. Purpose begins with knowing whose we are.

Your story begins with God.

God created you. Christ redeems you. God welcomes you into His family. The Holy Spirit transforms you. And from that secure identity, God invites you to use your gifts, experiences, relationships, responsibilities, and opportunities for His purposes.

You do not have to create your significance. You are invited to faithfully live the life God has entrusted to you.
The Purpose Journey

From Identity to Mission

Each week builds on the one before it, moving from understanding who you are toward faithfully participating in God's greater story.

01 Created I bear God's image.
02 Redeemed I have a new identity in Christ.
03 Belonging I am God's child and part of His people.
04 Purpose I was created in Christ for good works.
05 Calling God has entrusted gifts and opportunities to me.
06 Mission My life participates in God's greater story.
Six-Week Study

Discover Your Identity and Calling

Work through the studies in order. Each week includes biblical teaching, reflection, discussion, prayer, Scripture reading, and a practical next step.

Week One

Created in the Image of God — Who Am I?

Created → I bear God's image.

Begin where Scripture begins—with God as Creator. Discover why your identity, dignity, and value begin with the truth that you were intentionally created in God's image.

Key Scriptures: Genesis 1:26–28; Psalm 139:13–16
Begin Week One →
Week Two

A New Identity in Christ — Who Am I Now?

Redeemed → I have a new identity in Christ.

Your past, failures, achievements, and labels do not have the final word. Explore what Scripture means when it says that those who belong to Christ are a new creation.

Key Scriptures: 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:1–4
Begin Week Two →
Week Three

Chosen, Adopted, and Beloved — Where Do I Belong?

Belonging → I am God's child and part of His people.

The gospel gives us more than forgiveness. Through Christ we are welcomed into God's family. Discover what it means to be chosen, adopted, deeply loved, and connected to God's people.

Key Scriptures: Ephesians 1:3–6; Romans 8:14–17; 1 Peter 2:9–10
Begin Week Three →
Week Four

Created for Good Works — Why Am I Here?

Purpose → I was created in Christ for good works.

We are not saved by good works, but we are saved for good works. Learn how ordinary acts of faithfulness, service, love, and obedience become part of a life lived for God's purposes.

Key Scriptures: Ephesians 2:8–10; Romans 12:1–8; Matthew 5:14–16
Begin Week Four →
Week Five

Discovering Your Calling — What Has God Given Me to Do?

Calling → God has entrusted gifts and opportunities to me.

Explore how God can use your spiritual gifts, natural abilities, experiences, responsibilities, relationships, opportunities, and burdens as part of your particular calling.

Key Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 12:4–7; 1 Peter 4:10–11; Romans 12:4–8
Begin Week Five →
Week Six

Living on Purpose — How Do I Make My Life Count?

Mission → My life participates in God's greater story.

Bring the entire journey together. Discover why a life that truly matters is a life surrendered to Christ, invested in people, faithful in stewardship, and lived with eternity in view.

Key Scriptures: Matthew 6:33; Matthew 28:18–20; Philippians 1:20–21
Begin Week Six →
How to Use This Study

Learn Personally. Grow Together.

Created for a Purpose is designed to be flexible enough for personal discipleship or shared study.

Personal Study Work through one lesson each week with reflection and daily Scripture reading.
Small Groups Use the discussion questions and prayer sections for meaningful group conversation.
Discipleship Walk through the series one-on-one with someone who wants to grow in Christ.
Church Classes Use the six-week journey as a biblical study of identity, purpose, calling, and mission.
Series Scripture
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Ephesians 2:10
Begin the Journey

Your Purpose Begins With Knowing Whose You Are

You were created by God, made in His image, and invited through Jesus Christ into a life of relationship, transformation, service, and mission.

You do not have to discover one hidden assignment before your life can have meaning. Begin by knowing Christ, faithfully using what God has already entrusted to you, and taking the next step of obedience.

Created → Redeemed → Belonging → Purpose → Calling → Mission

Begin Week One →