I Choose – Week 1 | Purpose Over Popularity

When every like, compliment, and polite nod starts to feel like the currency of your worth, it’s easy to live for approval instead of meaning. This message names that tired tension: comparing yourself to coworkers, friends, social feeds, and the whisper that you must perform to belong. It points out how chasing popularity keeps life stuck—small victories that never satisfy and a quiet anxiety that follows every scroll. The sermon traces how purpose—grounded in being loved, forgiven, and called—reorients the everyday: decreasing distractions, helping you endure hard seasons, and giving your ordinary tasks weight. Instead of a mystical blueprint, purpose is practical: glorify God, serve others, and find steadiness even when you’re misunderstood. Expect an invitation into a steadier, braver way of living and a surprising freedom waiting on the other side.