1) The document discusses how God created everyone with a sacred purpose to be in a personal love relationship with Him. 2) It emphasizes that people are meant to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength" as well as "Love your neighbor as yourself", which fulfills their purpose. 3) To love God and others, one must first receive God's love by deepening their relationship with Him, which will then allow them to overflow God's love to others.

1. has a Great Purpose
for Your Life
God
LOVE SOME ONE TODAY: Lesson 1
One-to-One Discipleship for Catholics by Bo Sanchez

2. When I was a kid, we had a huge old black and white TV. If you’re my
age, you’ve seen these things: It was encased in wood, had four legs
and a sliding door. And if you turned it on, you could prepare yourself
a snack in the kitchen before the image comes on. First, you see a
white dot appear at the middle of the screen, and then you wait for
two whole minutes until you see anything else. But our TV was so old,
it was ready for the dumpsite. It conked out on us more times than we
were able to use it.

3. One day, everyone
in the house was
excited when
Dad came from
abroad bringing
home a brand-new
colored TV set.
Naturally, no one
paid too much
attention to Dad
as everyone’s eyes
were glued to what
he was carrying.
We opened the
carton, pulled it out,
plugged it and
paid homage to the
beauty in front of
us.
But then the
unthinkable
happened.

4. White smoke began to rise up from
behind the colored TV And then we
heard a loud “poof”! Right before our
eyes, it exploded.
One of us (to this day we don’t know who)
plugged the TV set to a 220-volt outlet, without
realizing that the TV was 110 volts.
WE CAN’T VIOLATE THE
MANUFACTURER’S
DESIGN
Yes, even our own souls.

5. I believe God has a sacred purpose for your life. There
is a great purpose why you were born in this planet.
Some of you already know what this purpose is.
When you don’t fulfill that purpose, you’re like a
110-volt TV set plugging yourself to a 220-volt
outlet. You destroy yourself.
That’s why many people are still looking for
happiness and inner peace in life.
I believe your most important purpose is to be
one with God — because from your oneness with
God, you’ll be able to share His love to the world
through the gifts and talents He has given you.

6. Mark 12:30
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind and with
all your strength.” The second is this: “Love your
neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment
greater than these.”
It’s all about love. This is your purpose.

7. Loving God with Your All
Question: Do you love the Lord with all
your heart, soul, mind and strength?
It’s a tall order. I meet people who tell me, “Bo,
I’m basically a good person. I don’t kill people, I
don’t steal and I don’t cheat. I guess I'm OK,
right?”
That’s not the
point. Here’s the main
question: Are you
fulfilling your sacred
purpose in life? God
created you because
He wants you to be in a
love relationship with
Him.

8. Ephesians 1:4-5
Even before the world was made, God had already chosen us to be
His through our union with Christ, so that we would be holy and
without fault before Him. Because of His love God had already
decided that through Jesus Christ He would make us his sons — this
was His pleasure and
purpose.

9. And this unity with God starts now, while you’re on planet earth. That’s why within
each of us is a God-shaped vacuum. Nothing can fill that empty place in our heart
except God’s Love.
God made you so
He could love you.
He wants you to be
in a personal
relationship with
Him, and He wants
to make this
relationship with
you an eternal
relationship — to
be with Him in
heaven forever.
And this love that you receive will
overflow to others...

10. The most miserable people in the world are selfish people. Because they’re not
fulfilling God’s design for their lives. We were made to love and when we don’t love,
we condemn ourselves to never reach our fullest potential as human beings.
Loving God with Your All
You cannot give what you don’t have. Your
heart is a love tank and you cannot give
love if you haven’t received love. Many
marriages and relationships are
broken today because many
people’s love tanks are
empty.
But how can we overcome our selfishness
and be happy?

11. Fill up your love tank. As you receive God’s love into your life, you’ll be able to love others.
John 13:34
But I am giving you a new command. You must love
each other, just as I have loved you.
Can loving others be the reason why you’ll
wake up in the morning? YES.
As you grow in your relationship with God, you’ll learn how to love others.
Friend, fulfill the great purpose of your life.

12. Application:
Take steps to deepen your relationship
with God. This discipleship program
will help you do that.
Do you love God with all your heart,
mind, soul and strength? What must
you do to fulfill this first and
greatest commandment?
Do you love others the way God loves
you? Make this the reason for waking
up in the morning.

13. Prayer:
Lord, I thank You that You
created me for a sacred
purpose. I thank You that
You want me to be in a
personal relationship with
You. I say yes to You, Lord.
Open my heart to receive
Your love today. Today, I
take this journey of getting
to know You more and
growing in my relationship
with You. I want to love
others the way You love me,
in Jesus’ name.
Amen.One-to-One Discipleship for Catholics by Bo Sanchez