Quotes about Purpose
God created the world to exhibit the fullness of His glory in the God-centered joy of His people.
— John Piper
You made us for yourself and our hearts find no peace till they rest in you.
— John Piper
Glorifying God and enjoying Him were one end in their minds, not two.
— John Piper
If our effort to know God more clearly is not an effort to love him more dearly, it will be fatal.
— John Piper
The End for Which God Created the World
— John Piper
Thinking is not just entertainment on the stage of life where nothing is real. It is really useful in knowing the God who is really there. It is useful in knowing what God has revealed about himself and about this world and how we should live in it.
— John Piper
The global scope and seriousness of the coronavirus is too great for God to waste. It will serve his invincible global purpose of world evangelization. Christ has not shed his blood in vain. And Revelation 5:9 says that by that blood he ransomed "people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation." He will have the reward of his suffering. And even pandemics will serve to complete the Great Commission.
— John Piper
The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 1 JOHN 3:8
— John Piper
Make this the year you stop complaining about your weaknesses, and instead search for their God-given purpose.
— John Piper
will think of the Lord in what we are doing at work. We will ask, Why would the Lord like this done? How would the Lord like this done? When would the Lord like this done? Will the Lord help me do this? What effect will this have for the Lord's honor? Being a Christian at work means radically Lord-centered living.
— John Piper
What is the chief aim of man? Man's chief aim is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
— John Piper
I am immortal till Christ's work for me to do is done.
— John Piper