Quotes about Purpose

God did not direct His call to Isaiah— Isaiah overheard God saying, ". . . who will go for Us?" The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone. Whether I hear God's call or not depends on the condition of my ears, and exactly what I hear depends upon my spiritual attitude.

No healthy Christian ever chooses suffering; he chooses God's will, as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not.

We have a lot of reasons but only one real one.

History is clear that, in most endeavors, success is a product of uncompromising attention to purpose.

Confused communication and unity of purpose cannot live together.

Purposes are threads of continuity that we weave into the long-term view of our lives. Goals come and go, but purposes survive because they are long-term, they pertain to the why we exist part of our lives. They relate to how we perceive the theory of our lives.

The path to significance is bigger than the individual.

The first step to knowing God's plan for our lives is the commitment to see ourselves as we really are.

We forget that God's primary goal ia not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations and relationships so that we will be holy.

Our purpose (in relationship) is to get what we want but God's purpose is to give us what we really need. We think things are going well only if we are getting along with others. But God says that it is also when we are not getting along with others that he is accomplishing his purpose. God has designed our relationship to function as both a diagnosis and a cure.

Even the most regular, seemingly unimportant tasks of my life must be shaped and directed by a heartfelt desire for the glory of God.

We rarely do anything with on single motive.