Quotes about Purpose
We Christians tend to miss this. We banter about pledges to "change the world," "make a difference for Christ," "lead people to the Lord." Yet these are by-products of the Christ-focused life. Our goal is not to bear fruit. Our goal is to stay attached.
— Max Lucado
In the great orchestra we call life, you have an instrument and a song, and you owe it to God to play them both sublimely.
— Max Lucado
It is only when we let go of life as we know it that we discover true life—the glorious plan laid out by God.
— Max Lucado
And God, the Master Builder. This is the meaning behind Joseph's words God meant it for good in order to bring about... The Hebrew word translated here as bring about is a construction term
— Max Lucado
By giving us stories like Joseph's, God allows us to study his plans.
— Max Lucado
Jesus' love does not depend on what we do for him. Not at all. In the eyes of the King, you have value simply because you are. You don't have to look nice or perform well. Your value is inborn. Period.
— Max Lucado
he does pledge to reweave your pain for a higher purpose.
— Max Lucado
Sometimes God takes his time...
— Max Lucado
You cannot be anything you want to be. But you can be everything God wants you to be.
— Max Lucado
It may seem that the calamity sucked your life out to sea, but it hasn't. You still have your destiny.
— Max Lucado
Everything is indeed permitted if God does not exist, and man is in consequence forlorn, for he cannot find anything to depend on within or without himself."1
— Max Lucado
The purpose of the Bible is to proclaim God's plan and passion to save his children. That is the reason this book has endured through the centuries … It is the treasure map that leads us to God's highest treasure, eternal life.
— Max Lucado