Quotes about Purpose

Men need to know that you don't need to become a woman to love others as God designed for the benefit of all.

Church has to be about helping people discover what they can't get anywhere else.

We need to stop shuffling service parts randomly and set our sights on a goal, something we are moving toward in every service element.

What you hope for determines what you live for. What you hope for determines WHO you live for. Hope misplaced can devastate you.

A slave can have life only by giving it away. "He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life." (Jesus)

Myths, told for their own sake, are not stories that have meanings, but stories that give meanings.

Indeed, the only purpose of the game is to prevent it from coming to an end, to keep everyone in play.

A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

At present we have no clear grasp of the principle that every man should do the work for which he is fitted by nature!

But once you've got the How, the Why drives it home.

So a working definition of missional church is a community of God's people that defines itself, and organizes its life around, its real purpose of being an agent of God's mission to the world. In other words, the church's true and authentic organizing principle is mission.

Purpose and principle, clearly understood and articulated, and commonly shared, are the genetic code of any healthy organization. To the degree that you hold purpose and principles in common among you, you can dispense with command and control. People will know how to behave in accordance with them, and they'll do it in thousands of unimaginable, creative ways. The organization will become a vital, living set of beliefs.