Quotes about Purpose

Let then the faithful learn to embrace him, not only for justification, but also for sanctification, as he has been given to us for both these purposes, lest they rend him asunder by their mutilated faith.

God did not look for a cause outside himself, but predestined us because it was his will to do it.

Anyone, therefore, who obscures the glory of God, puts himself in the position of striving to subvert the eternal purpose of God.

As far as pertains to those secret promptings we are discussing, Solomon's statement that the heart of a king is turned about hither and thither at God's pleasure [Prov. 21:1] certainly extends to all the human race, and carries as much weight as if he had said: "Whatever we conceive of in our minds is directed to his own end by God's secret inspiration."

The word predestinate refers not to election but to that decree or purpose of God by which he has ordained that his own bear the cross.

For the purpose of my life, I don't ask the question. First of all, I believe. I think the Five Books of Moses are inspired. Call it divine. I don't know. But I would certainly call it inspired.

The point of your life is to point to Him...it is His movie, His world, His gift.

Your life is too valuable to waste being distracted.

We won't fully experience joy until we've answered life's biggest question: Why am I here?

Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure.

Keep your mind going in the right direction, and your life will catch up with it.

The gifts we are given in life require the best of us, not merely our best intentions.