Quotes about Purpose

People let their feelings push them away from God or away from believing that their life makes a difference. They think that because they don't see God working the way they think He should work, He's not there. Or they think He doesn't care and they get discouraged."

God is not interested in making me comfortable or happy. His goal is to make me holy, like His Son. And

Don't question the purpose of things; just sing along.

I see some people stay in one place because it's convenient or it's comfortable. But they're missing out on their passion.

Inviting others to help us with our work in the Church helps them feel needed and helps them feel the Spirit. When these feelings come, many people often then realize that something has been missing from their lives.

Journalism has become a form of idealism. It is no longer, first and foremost, function, craft, service - it is mission.

The biggest challenge facing a missionary today is to forget himself and lose himself in the work.

I don't want a monument. We don't build monuments; we build God's Kingdom.

Mortal experiences give us the opportunity to assess what we are doing with our lives.

You need to have something to motivate you, something to give you an edge.

Understanding motivation is one of the most important things we can do in our lives, because it has such a bearing on why we do the things we do and whether we enjoy them or not.

In God's plan, our quest for personal identity is meant to drive us back to him as Creator so that we find our meaning and purpose in him. When we live out a sense of who we are IN CHRIST we live our lives based on all we have been given by Christ. This keeps us from seeking to get those things from the people and situations around us. Much of the disappointments and heartache we experience is the result of our attempts to get something from relationships that we already have in Christ.