Quotes about Purpose

Life vastly simplifies, and satisfaction greatly amplifies, when we begin to realize our awesome roles. God is God. From our perspective, it's all about Him. He is the center of the universe. We seek to please Him. He seeks to perfect us—and life works. Not without pain, but definitely with purpose.

So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

All the nouns—the people, places, and things—I've believed were inseparable from who I was have been strategically targeted by God. Over the years, He has sought to supplant them with Christ alone. They weren't cast aside as worthless any more than the land was relegated to meaninglessness for the people of God. They had their role, but they simply weren't Jesus.

We may plan to stay forever and commit with noble intentions to do one thing for the rest of our lives. But when the Spirit of God moves within us, we must move with Him or be miserable.

There's nothing you can do God's business is adoption, Child, And He has chosen you.

He supplants only for the purpose of giving life, not taking it. He reminds us at strategic times that nothing and no one can sustain us but Him.

God surpasses our dreams when we reach past our personal plans and agendas to grab the hand of Christ and walk the path He has chosen for us.

God said to me, "You are not to build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood." 1 Chronicles 28:3

We speak God's hidden wisdom in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory. 1 Corinthians 2:7

God doesn't speak just to hear the sound of His own voice. Interestingly, neither does He speak to be heard by others. He speaks in order to accomplish.

The fact that a need exists does not mean God has called me to meet that need.

Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have.