Quotes About Purpose

When God set out to redeem his creation from sin and sin's effects on it, his ultimate purpose was that what he had once created good should be utterly restored, that the whole cosmos should once again live and thrive under his beneficent rule.

If we believe that God wants us happy above all else, rather than acknowledging that our role is to serve God, we wrongly believe that God exists to serve us. God becomes a a means to our end: happiness.

Sometimes what we think will make us happy is the opposite of what God wants for us.

Good intentions center around us. We say, "Here's what I would like to be different about my life." Good intentions are me-centered. God intentions, on the other hand, are centered on what our Father wants for us. Our intentions tend to focus on what we think we want, but God intentions focus on what he knows we need.

If you don't know the purpose of something, all you can do is misuse it.

You care because God gave you this unusual blessing: a burden to make a difference.

Ask yourself this question: at the end of your life, is it really going to matter how many Likes you got?

If you pour everything you have into this life, this world, which is temporary and fading, you're jeopardizing your relationship with God, the only thing that's eternal.

He puts us here to make an eternal difference. He puts us here to show everyone around us how much He loves them. He puts us here to be His hands and feet, His body and His heart.

If you're not dead, you're not done.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him. St. Augustine

We were created not for earth but for eternity. We were created not to be Liked but to show love. We were created not to draw attention to ourselves but to give glory to God. We were created not to collect followers but to follow Christ.

A man with nothing to fight for quickly becomes a frustrated man, often without a clue as to why.

Inspire them to want so much more than what's normal.

Be who God called you to be. Live for the an audience of ONE.

When you feel this burden, you might be frustrated, wondering why no one else cares as much as you do. The reason why you care and others don't could be because God has aimed it directly at you.

You have enough time to do everything God wants you to do.

God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world.

I've heard it said, "If the Devil can't make us really bad, then he'll try to make us really busy.

God put you on earth with a divine assignment- something prepared in advance for you to do. I've found that the things that make us sad, the things that make us righteously angry, or the things we care about that others don't are often a key that unlocks our reason for living. It's our burden.

In fact, if our kids are successful in every normal way, they can still miss God's main mark.

Normal people attempt countless goals with limited success. Weird people focus on just one God-given objective with tremendous results.

She asked God to use this experience to help my heart break forever for those who don't know Christ.

Imagina lo que sería posible si dejamos de ir a la iglesia y empezamos a ser la iglesia!