1. Our Temporary Lives

2. Life is …
• Too short?
• Too boring?
• Too exciting?
• YOLO? (You Only Live Once)

3. Life is …
• Meaningless or meaningful?
• It all depends on YOU.

4. My Life
• Non-Christian family
• Criticized since young (fat, stupid, horrible,
waste of space)
• Useless and won’t be a benefit to the society

5. My Life
• Accepted Christ when I was 14
• My life got WORST – persecution by parents,
relatives, countless ‘spiritual attacks’,
negative peer pressure by friends

6. My Life
• Everything seemed to be falling to pieces!
• My life was MEANINGLESS – I had no aim in
life, no goals, I didn’t know what to do!

7. But let’s stop here…
• … before it becomes depressing.

8. Let’s talk about a movie
• The Terminal (2004)

9. Let’s talk about a movie
• About a guy who got stranded in an airport
(partially inspired by a true story –Mehran
Nasseri in Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris
from 1988 – 2006)

10. Let’s talk about a movie
• The guy in the movie (Viktor) came from a
fictional country (Krakhozia) to America to help
complete his dead father’s jazz artists’ signature
collection.
• When he arrived, his country went into civil war
and therefore his country is not recognized by
the airport scanners and system.

11. Let’s talk about a movie
• So the airport authorities were faced with an
odd situation – to allow him to leave the
airport premises would be wrong as he has no
right to step outside due to his country’s
complications. Hence, they allowed him to
stay in the terminal.

12. Let’s talk about a movie
• Throughout the show, Viktor managed to
fight off various temptations and traps to
make him leave the airport. He stayed until
the end and he finished his purpose of coming
to America.

13. Why this movie?
• The significance of this movie to our lives is in
the similar themes of the movie to our lives.
A. Temporariness
B. Distractions
C. Purpose

14. Temporariness
• We are all thrown and will continually be
thrown into various temporary places in our
lives.
Education, work, location/address etc.

15. Distractions
• We will all have various distractions in our
lives.
Priorities, desires, perspectives, etc.

16. Purpose
• We all have different purposes in live.
Different careers, goals, aspirations etc.

17. Life is Temporary
• So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on
what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary,
but what is unseen is eternal. – 2 Corinthians
4:18

18. Life is Temporary
• For we know that if the earthly tent we live in
is destroyed, we have a building from God, an
eternal house in heaven, not built by human
hands - 2 Corinthians 5:1

19. Life is Full of Distractions
• No temptation has overtaken you that is not
common to man. God is faithful, and he will
not let you be tempted beyond your ability,
but with the temptation he will also provide
the way of escape, that you may be able to
endure it - 1 Corinthians 10:13

20. Life is Full of Distractions
• Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.
Sufficient for the day is its own trouble –
Matthew 6:34

21. Life is Full of Purpose
• For I know the plans I have for you, declares
the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to
give you a future and a hope – Jeremiah 29:11

22. So why are we still unhappy?
• Temporariness = most of us prefer
permanency.
• Distractions = It is human nature to be curious
and to drop out of focus.
• Purpose = It blurs out our purpose in our lives.

23. Life is Temporary, therefore…
• Make full use of your temporary state – high
school, college/university, work, etc.
Different friend circles as well.
Different phases of life will bring you to a
different ‘temporary’ state. Make it count.

24. Life is Full of Distractions,
therefore…
• Recognize the good and bad; pros and cons.
Different phases of life will bring you a set of
different distractions.

25. Life is Full of Purpose, therefore…
• Stay true to your temporary purposes and your
PERMANENT purpose.
Different phases of life will present different
purposes that is relevant to the context – just
make sure you’re not lacking from your
permanent purpose as well.

26. To summarize…
• Trust in God no matter where you are. Your temporariness will turn
into permanency because it contributes to your overall bigger plan
in your life – there is a purpose to where you’re put into.
• Trust in God for the right direction and guidance. Your distractions
are just a way to sharpen your purposes in your temporary state
and in life – nothing is too much for you to handle.

27. Thank you
• Thank you and God bless you all.