Quotes About Purpose

If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. C. S. LEWIS12

What is the big vision that you're working toward? What is the big dream you are investing in? What is your definition of the "good life"? When will you know that you have been successful? If you had it all, what would "all" look like?

You and I were created for more than filling up our schedules with the self-satisfying pursuits of personal pleasure.

We realize that God has us just where we need to be so that his purposes for us and his promises to us may come to pass.

God is at work, taking people who instinctively speak for themselves and transforming them into people who effectively speak for him.

Ask yourself: What makes your good day a good day? What are the things that tend to make you happy and satisfied? What gives your life a sense of meaning and purpose? What are the things you faithfully pursue, and what are you hoping to experience once you get them? If I watched the video of your last year, what treasure would I conclude you're after?

God is not satisfied with you being a witness to his work of grace. He's called you to be an instrument of that grace to others.

We simply weren't constructed to live only for ourselves. We were placed on earth to be part of something bigger than the narrow borders of our own survival and our own little definition of happiness. The desire resides in each of us, and it is called transcendence. To transcend is to be part of something greater. We were created to be part of something so big, so glorious, so far beyond the ordinary that it would totally change the way we approach every ordinary thing in our lives.

Only as we see our story enfolded in the larger story of redemption will we begin to live God-honoring lives.

God designed us to live in community, first with him and then with one another.

We are all capable of fighting for what has little value while forgetting things of transcendent value.

The difficulties we face in the here and now are not a sign that God has forgotten or abandoned us. He knows where he has placed us. He has placed us here because he is not after our ease; he is after our hearts.

What will you hook your heart to today in the hope that it will give you life?

All the things that disappoint you now are to remind you that this is not all there is

Usted es un hijo del Rey de Reyes y vive bajo la sombra de Sus alas. Usted es parte de Su plan. Eso significa que el ejercicio de Su poder y autoridad es para bendición suya.

You're going to hunger for some success in life. May you hunger for the complete success of the gospel in your heart.

Whatever commands the love of your heart also shapes the direction of your life.

You were put here for the purpose of the glory of another. This is not a lifestyle option; it is in the very nature of your humanity. To live for yourself is to rob yourself of your own humanity. It is only in living for Christ that we actually begin to become what we were meant to be.

No, no vas a entender todo lo que enfrentas, y sí, la voluntad de Dios puede ser confusa en ocasiones, pero tu historia ha sido infundida con significado y propósito porque se ha incluido en la historia de la redención y la restauración de Dios.

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If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."5

Creation was never designed to satisfy your heart. Creation was made to be one big finger pointing you to the One who alone has the ability to satisfy your heart.

Success is not about how well I've been able to build my own little kingdom but about the degree to which I've done all I've done in the service of a greater

But here's what you have to face. God, for your good and his glory, has chosen to keep you for a while in this broken-down world. He has chosen to employ the hardships of this world to complete the work that he has begun in you. He does not leave you alone. He does not leave you without resources. He blesses you with his new morning mercies. But he has you right where he wants you.