Quotes about Purpose

The Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself.

Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them... he cried, "Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?" God said, "I did do something. I made you."

Whosoever submits his will to God and performs good deeds, has laid hold of the most firm handle, and unto God is the issue of all affairs.

Why was man created on the last day? So that he can be told, when pride possesses him: God created the gnat before thee.

Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

To live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you.

If you are not enjoying the journey, you probably won't enjoy the destination.

Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

We're the middle children of history.... no purpose or place. We have no Great War, no Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives.