Quotes about Purpose

Faith is asking the question, what does the Lord want me to be doing right now, in this moment? and then doing what we know is pleasing to Him.

Mark it down in permanent ink: God is always at work.

As Os Guinness writes, To be sure, calling is not what it is commonly thought to be. It has to be dug out from under the rubble of ignorance and confusion. And, uncomfortably, it often flies in the face of our human inclinations. But nothing short of God's call can ground and fulfill the truest human desire for purpose.

Vision is the ability to see God's presence, to perceive God's power, to focus on God's plan in spite of the obstacles.

Everything that happens to me is designed to better prepare me for serving others, everything!

There's nothing wrong with dreaming about accomplishing great things, as long as that desire isn't focused on one's own glory.

Water that's not moving becomes stagnant. And if there's not someone pouring into you, the pitcher gets dusty. A person is most satisfied and most useful when she is both giving and receiving. In marriage. In life. In friendship. With God too.

I don't know why people have to die, Son. I don't think death was what God wanted. But it sure was part of somebody's plan. I believe God is big enough and powerful enough to use it. There's more going on here than we can see.

What if he is the one who brought her to me?

Some people are given a great gift of not caring what others think or about anything but being faithful to what they're called by God to do.

God puts every one of us here for a purpose. There's some pull on our lives that draws us toward that purpose, and the farther we go away from it, the more unhappy we are. The closer we get, the more we yearn and desire it.

There is no gift to the world like a man doing what he enjoys.