Quotes about Purpose

If God doesn't want something for me, then I shouldn't want it either.

Do not be 'against' anything. Being 'against' weakens you. Be 'for' what you want. Being 'for' empowers you.

If we really knew who God created us to be we would never want to be someone else.

We might think that God wanted simply obedience to a set of rules: whereas He really wants people of a particular sort.

Most people spend most of their lives doing neither what they want to be doing nor what they ought to be doing.

If other people choose to believe because I do, great. I want to show people God's love through what I do and who I am. At the same time, I don't feel I need to pass out Bibles at the concert.

I'm not against screens, or new songs, or innovation. I just don't like the gimmicks. I want to know when worship is over that that leader's sole purpose was to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.

Human beings were put on the planet to depend upon their Creator and to worship their Creator at every point in every sphere of culture.

In the context of worship, amusement is a waste of time and a waste of life, and therefore a form of sin.

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.

Personal success or personal satisfaction are not worth another thought if one does achieve them, or worth worrying about if they evade one or are slow in coming. All that is really worth while is action - faithful action, for the world, and in God.

Our net worth is ultimately defined not by dollars but rather by how well we serve others.