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Quotes About Purpose

They did not believe death was accidental-life might be, but death was deliberate. They did not believe Nature was ever askew-only inconvenient...The purpose of evil was to survive it...
~ Toni Morrison
What good is a man's life if he can't even choose what to die for?
~ Toni Morrison
Unity is not uniformity; unity is oneness of purpose.
~ Tony Evans
biblical unity in marriage ought to represent: the distinct lives of two individuals experiencing God's purpose for each of them in harmony with the other.
~ Tony Evans
When you deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Him, you die while you simultaneously truly live. That is when you experience the reality that "whoever loses his life for my sake will find it" (Matthew 16:25).
~ Tony Evans
A kingdom man zeros in on one purpose and one purpose only—advancing the kingdom for the betterment of those within it, which glorifies the King. And he will pursue this at whatever personal cost.
~ Tony Evans
If you are a Christian, you do not need to try to discover your purpose. Rather, it is in experiencing God that your purpose will be made known. Experience God, and you will experience your purpose. Know God, and you will know your destiny.
~ Tony Evans
Faith is never simply a feeling. Faith always involves movement. Get moving.
~ Tony Evans
By misunderstanding the nature and purpose of God's kingdom, we have marginalized the church's authority and influence both within its walls and outside them.
~ Tony Evans
what makes a marriage strong is loving with a biblical love grounded in patience, kindness, loyalty, grace, and more, which is in alignment with God's covenantal purpose for marriage.
~ Tony Evans
Detrás de cada milagro se encuentra un plan mayor.
~ Tony Evans
Sabemos que nos conecta con el lugar donde queremos ir; pero ¿qué pasa si yo cruzo el puente y tú decides quedarte donde estás? ¿Los dos le daríamos uso al puente? No. Un puente solo es útil si lo cruzas. Y un puente que no se usa es un puente inútil.
~ Tony Evans
Del mismo modo, muchos de los problemas, el vacío, la esterilidad o las complicaciones que enfrentamos en nuestra propia vida no están tan vinculados al ámbito físico como podrían parecer. Es un recordatorio de no juzgar lo que enfrentamos solo por lo que podemos ver. En cambio, cada uno debería preguntarse si Dios tiene algo que ver con nuestra incapacidad de producir, dar fruto, tener éxito o lograr objetivos.
~ Tony Evans
But if you will keep your eyes focused on God's purpose for you, not your pain, God will use your trials for your good and His glory. He works all things together for good when you love Him and live according to your calling. No pain or experience is wasted when you are a child of the King.
~ Tony Evans
Si quieres que Él responda tus oraciones, entonces considera en qué se beneficiará Dios y su reino con esa respuesta.
~ Tony Evans
Greatness is maximizing your potential for the glory of God and the good of others. The
~ Tony Evans
Through thick and thin, drought and flood, good times and bad, even though there's opposition, even though things may not be working out the way we had hoped or planned, we have one goal in this one short life we live on planet earth: Do not lose focus. Serve the purposes of God.
~ Tony Evans
Your calling is the customized life purpose God has ordained and equipped you to accomplish in order to bring Him the greatest glory and achieve the maximum expansion of His kingdom.
~ Tony Evans
The definition of unity is oneness of purpose, not sameness of being. Like a quilt with various colors and patterns that have been blended together into a harmonious whole, a church in unity celebrates each person's unique place in the divine design.
~ Tony Evans
Here is another indication, then, that divine election is to service and not eternal life.
~ Tony Evans
The sovereign prerogative of God to choose individuals, families, groups, and nations to serve his kingdom purposes as he so wills. Election is specifically related to service, usefulness, and blessings—not individual salvation. Jesus died for all human beings without exception and desires for all to be saved (Rom 9:10-13; 1 Tim 2:4; 4:10; Heb 2:9; 2 Pet 3:8-11; 1 John 2:2).
~ Tony Evans
We've not been instructed to pray, "My Father which art in heaven." It is, "Our Father which art in heaven" (Matthew 6:9 KJV). You will experience more of God by connecting with His purposes through His people than you could ever experience on your own.
~ Tony Evans
In God's kingdom, we receive life by giving it away.
~ Tony Evans
Trials are adverse circumstances that God introduces or allows in order to identify where we are spiritually and to prepare us for where He wants us to go.
~ Tony Evans