Quotes About Calling

God gives God-sized dreams to people with God-shaped hearts.

If God called us to a task, He will then qualify us for the job.

We are called by God to do theology, that is, to live our lives with a moment-by-moment consciousness of God.

Go for the purposes of God, and the means to fulfill them will follow.

My purpose alone must be God's purpose.

God is looking for nobodies who will become somebodies in his hands.

God is seeking those who hear His call to a life of worship. Those who heed are those who will walk in His presence. They will know Him intimately as He will manifest Himself to them.

Mission is not primarily an activity of the church, but an attribute of God.

God's call doesn't register in a vacuum; only a person who is committed to doing God's will can receive a call.

God is trying to call us back to that for which He created us, to worship Him and to enjoy Him forever

Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one.

To get where you want to go, you first have to become who God wants you to be.

Nothing is really lost by a life of sacrifice; everything is lost by failure to obey God's call.

Cast PURPOSE as the lead in your movie and you will help God, your Director, produce a masterwork.

I now understand more of our calling. The weakest instruments are chosen to do the greatest works so that the glory might go to God.

God has sent no one to this earth purposeless.

I have become convinced that if God stands a child before you, for even just a minute, it is a divine appointment.

God never uses a person greatly until He has wounded him deeply. The privilege He offers you is greater than the price you have to pay. The privilege is greater than the price.

The question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what He intended us to be when He made us.

People have to allow themselves to be used by God and Martin [Luther King, Jr.] committed himself totally to God's will and purpose and God is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that.

When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started - I made a film. Then when I finished I said, Oh my god it's so beautiful - I should be a filmmaker!

Jesus came into this world not as a philosopher or a general but as a carpenter. All work matters to God.

To be Christian is to be one of those whom God has chosen. God has chosen black people!

I know that God is using me in ways beyond my comprehension.