Quotes About Purpose

Rather than act like a victim who cannot do anything about myself or my circumstance, today I start the process of acknowledging my sin and removing these attitudes, actions, and sins that are unworthy of the new creation I am today in Christ. I can be free, and I will be free. I will be ALL that God intended for me to be!

Rather than fear or run looking for a place to hide, we must press into Christ and clothe ourselves with the power of the Holy Spirit so we can make a mark for eternity in as many lives as possible before this current age ends. The opportunity before us is remarkable and unprecedented.

I figure the world is basically a machine. I don't know who made it, if it was the Fates, or the gods, or the capital-G god or whatever. But it chugs along the way it's supposed to most of the time. Sure, little pieces break off and stuff goes haywire once in a while, but mostly... things happen for a reason.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

Significance in life doesn't come from status, because you can always find somebody who's got more than you. It doesn't come from sex. It doesn't come from salary. It comes from serving.

God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.'

It's not about you.

I never have been involved in politics.

The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven.

The Purpose Driven Life

You were made by God and for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don't waste your pain; use it to help others.

The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.

God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others.

You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

You cannot fulfil God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.

The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.

Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It's what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!

If you want God to bless you and use you greatly, you must be willing to walk with a limp the rest of your life, because God uses weak people.

If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose.

We're not completely happy here because we're not supposed to be! Earth is not our final home; we were created for something much better.

Life is a gift... Life is a test... Life is temporary assignment....

Life minus love equals zero.

It's a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It's the opposite. We have nothing to die for. We have everything to live for.