Quotes about Purpose

Suppose you answer, "I want to be free from self and full of joy in God; I want to enjoy making much of God, not me. And I want the fullness of my joy to last forever." If you respond this way, then you will also have an answer to the fear I mentioned earlier, that you are just being used by God when he creates you for his glory. Now we see that in creating us for his glory, he is creating us for our highest joy. He is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

The magnifying of Christ in the white-hot worship of all nations is the reason the world exists.

Resolved: To live with all my might while I do live." And

Living to magnify Christ is costly.

God uses means to awaken joy in himself

The world is not impressed when Christians get rich and say thanks to God. They are impressed when God is so satisfying that we give our riches away for Christ's sake and count it gain.

Prayer is not for the enhancement of our comforts but for the advancement of Christ's kingdom.

Labor to love people and honor God. Think of new ways that your work can bless people. Stop thinking mainly of profitability, and think mainly of how helpful your product or service can become.

You get one pass at life. That's all. Only one. And the lasting measure of that life is Jesus Christ.

Don't waste another day of your life.

Theology is a means to enjoying and worshiping God, or it is useless.

God's work in us does not eliminate our work; it enables it. We work because he is the one at work in us. Therefore, the fight for joy is possible because God is fighting for us and through us.