Quotes about Purpose

God has a habit of using people, their gifts, and their resources to carry out His plans. In fact, we were created to be God's deputies, doing His work on earth.

I place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of God. If anything will advance the interests of the kingdom, it shall be given away or kept, only as by giving or keeping it I shall most promote the glory of Him to whom I owe all my hopes in time or eternity.

1st January, 1872.—May the Almighty help me to finish my work this year for Christ's sake!

Don't worry about locating your purpose. If you are seeking after God, your purpose will locate you.

We did not happen to be--we were chosen by God to exist.

Your days at the most cannot be very long, so use them to the best of your ability for the glory of God and the benefit of your generation.

Brokenness is God's requirement for maximum usefulness.

Those who forever seek the will of God are overrun by those who do it.

If you decide on your direction, God will give you the energy for the distance.

God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.

God never said He'd eliminate all of the chaos from our lives; He just said He'd bring meaning to it.