Quotes about Purpose

Always remember . . . You have been given the power to forgive any offense, and in so doing, remove it from your awareness as far as the east is from the west. True vision is his gift, allowing you to see no blame; forgiveness is your truest purpose in this life. Seventy times seven, always, leaving the old self in a watery grave and rising to find no fault. That's grace, that's true baptism, and that's good news, wouldn't you say?

We are made exactly as God wants us to be. We only need to lift our minds above Earth's empty sorrows so that we can rejoice in the Divine joy.

We may have fun, but we are in joy. In true joy, the ecstatic nature of human existence comes to expression. We are created for joy. We are born for joy.

What will you do with your self? Many men and women are still in darkness, trying to figure out the meaning and purpose of life. But no matter what you try to do with your self— whether you deny it, obliterate it, annihilate it, accept it or express it—believe me, it is still alive and kicking.

The secret to following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

Our job is not to change people; our job is to connect people to Jesus, and it's Jesus' job to change people.

I'm only a tool, beloved. Not your Savior.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

In the Kingdom of God there are no great men, only humble men God has used greatly.

Humans live best when each has a place to stand, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things and what he may achieve. Destroy the place and you destroy the person.

Humans live best when each has his place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things. Destroy the place and destroy the person.

From the human perspective, the purpose of the church meeting is mutual edification. But from God's perspective, the purpose of the gathering is to express His glorious Son and make Him visible. (The church is the body, and Christ is the Head. The purpose of one's body is to express the life that's within it.)