{"id":2829,"date":"2023-09-20T03:19:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T03:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=2829"},"modified":"2023-09-13T19:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:23:18","slug":"the-power-of-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/the-power-of-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Wednesday, September 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Power of Purpose\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Be sure to carry out the ministry the Lord gave you. <strong>Colossians<\/strong><\/em><strong> 4:17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During routine medical check-ups, we often face questions about our physical health, like diet, weight, smoking, and drinking. However, there&#8217;s one crucial question that seldom gets asked but holds immense importance: &#8220;What&#8217;s your sense of purpose in life?&#8221; This question, posed by psychiatrist Marc Agronin, reveals the significant impact of purpose on our overall well-being. You see if we discover our purpose then within we are ignited with a fire that doesn\u2019t easily dim.<\/p>\n<p>Having a sense of purpose in life is as influential as exercise when it comes to our well-being and longevity. Furthermore, hope complements purpose by enhancing our body&#8217;s stress response, promoting healthier behaviors, and reducing certain cardiovascular risk factors.<\/p>\n<p>As we defined it yesterday, the word \u2018hope\u2019 suggests the possibility that what one desires or longs for will happen. Hope gives us a reason to get up and move on each day. But how does one become hopeful?<\/p>\n<p>Researchers have found that purpose is as great a factor in health and longevity as exercise. Hope adds onto it as well. It improves our body\u2019s stress response, fosters healthier behaviors, and reduces certain cardiovascular risk factors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>: <em>Father, we thank You for being the wellspring of our hope and the cornerstone of our faith. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, September 20 The Power of Purpose\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be sure to carry out the ministry the Lord gave you. Colossians 4:17 During routine medical check-ups, we often face questions about our physical health, like diet, weight, smoking, and drinking. However, there&#8217;s one crucial question that seldom gets asked but holds immense importance: &#8220;What&#8217;s your sense [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2835,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2829\/revisions\/2835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}