Foundations of Faith I: Student Leadership Guide 100

You are valuable—not because of anything you’ve done, and not because of any skill or talent you possess, but because of the one who created you and the purpose you were created to fulfill. You are a masterpiece. A masterpiece who was created by the greatest artist in the universe. You are designed to reflect the character, wisdom, and majesty of the artist who created you.

However, many of us have are not enjoying life the way our creator intended and instead of embracing God's design for our lives, we careened off course and become a reflection of something less than His ideal.

Rather than embracing and then resting in our divine design, we grew discontent with our intended purpose. We discovered ourselves questioning the motives of our Creator and the purpose of His design. This struggle between the desire to obey God and the desire to follow our own way has been a struggle for all God's people in every generation, and it dates back to the very humans spoken about in the Bible.

Is it possible to return to the original dream that was once ours? Is it possible in this lifetime to experience true peace and joy? This book invites you to wrestle with those questions? It attempts to simply and plainly invite each of us to consider the answers to life’s most important questions from the perspective of a Christ-centered Theistic worldview. It is not an attempt to force a system of beliefs upon anyone. Instead, it is an attempt to invite a fair and reasoned reflection of a worldview that believes there is something uniquely valuable about you. A value that you didn’t (and couldn’t) earn yourself. A value that is inherent and not the result of something that you have done or even the result of something you have the potential to do.