Quotes about Purpose

There is not one little blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

If we are not our own, but the Lord's, it is clear to what purpose all our deeds must be directed. We are not our own, therefore neither our reason nor our will should guide us in our thoughts and actions. We are not our own, therefore we should not seek what is only expedient to the flesh. We are not our own, therefore let us forget ourselves and our own interests in as far as possible.

This insolence was turned by the providence of God to a very different purpose; for the face of Christ, dishonored by spitting and blows, has restored to us that image which had been disfigured, and almost effaced, by sin.

God neither wills nor decrees anything without having long before directed it to its proper end.

The ultimate purpose of all sacrificial killing was to lead us to Christ; it was a testimony to the salvation of our souls in Christ, which alone is eternal.

What is said of the law applies to the whole of Scripture: when it is not directed toward Christ as its one aim, it is tortured badly and twisted.

The glory of God is the highest end, to which our sanctification is subordinate.

Desire is bridled when we acknowledge that all thing given to us are given in order that we might know their author.

God does not defer his help any longer than fits his purpose. Unlike

If everything went according to their own plans, they would never know what it means to follow God.

God's purpose remains God's secret, and he alone can justify his deeds among men. So

The reason for God's keeping some for himself and rejecting others is to be sought nowhere but in God himself.