Quotes about Purpose

I'm asking God to give you a Popeye moment. A moment when God blesses you with a divine burden: something that bothers you so deeply, you're moved from complacency to action.

I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you.

It's critical to God that we think about how we live, how we spend the present time with which we're gifted each day.

When I'm focusing on what's important to God, I live differently. I invest my time differently.

Instead of sacrificing for the cause of Christ, people appeared to be consuming, not contributing.

We know for certain that we are not made right with God by our good works. We are saved only by grace through faith. And while we're not saved by good works, we are saved for good works.

Ministries that have it always have a clear vision

Earth is not heaven. It was never meant to be. No new car, new house, new living room furniture, new kitchen appliances, new clothes, new hair, new baby, new vacation, new job, new income, new husband, or new anything will ever satisfy us, because we were not made for the things of this world.

Instead of having just good intentions that are me-centered, you can have God intentions that are God-centered. And when God puts something into you, you can be certain it will come to pass.

The more God wants to use you, the more likely you'll be tempted to quit.

A man without a cause from God is often just an angry man who doesn't know where to direct his pent-up energy and aggression. A warrior with a cause from God directs that warlike energy for a cause greater than himself.

What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act?