Quotes About Purpose

By His death He proved that He possessed life only to hold it, and to spend it, for God.

God has the right to expect so much from us! For He is the Creator who made us to reflect His glory, and for this purpose He must possess us wholly.

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He considered Himself to be the servant of God for the men whom God made and loved.

God formed man to be a vessel in which He could show forth His power and goodness.

One of the chief causes of the feeble life in the church is the mistaken idea that our happiness is the main object of God's grace. God's objective is far holier and far higher! He has saved us that we in turn might save others. Every believer is ordained to be the means of imparting to others the life he or she has received.

Remember that you have been saved in order to serve, and you are on earth for the sole purpose of making God's love known to others.

do not mind whatever He has for me to do; though my work is feeble and I sometimes feel ashamed of it, I have put myself into God's hands as an instrument for Him to use.

what do I want from life? And I say: "Less!

Who on earth would not long to be fought for? Is this not the very heart of human existence, to be worth fighting for, worth losing everything for?

We can endure great pain if we believe it's purposeful.

We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful.

The full story is what you get told only if and when your work, and with it your existence, are no longer required.

Quotes are empty and meaningless. It is how they are used that gives them purpose, how the person repeating those words gives them meaning. Good quotes do not offer the author immortality. Instead, they give the author limitless rebirths on the tongues of the masses.

To live fully, in these transitory lives on this fragile earth, in such a way that we somehow participate in the glory of God—that would be flourishing. And that is what we are meant to do.

if the work of creating consistently leaves us depressed or drained, it is likely that we have somehow missed the path.

We only get one life to live. Wouldn't it be better spent enjoying and serving the world God made rather than a glowing screen?

Why is power a gift? Because power is for flourishing. When power is used well, people and the whole cosmos come more alive to what they were meant to be. And flourishing is the test of power.

The deeper and more debilitating form of powerlessness is to be cut off from making meaning.

So when we do sit down in front of a TV screen, it will be for a specific purpose and with a specific hope, not just of entertainment or distraction but of wonder and exploration. When we do scroll through social media, it will be to have a chance to give thanks for our friends, enjoy their creative gifts, and pray for their needs, rather than just something to take our mind off our tedium.

Well, yeah," says Terry, "they are, but it was only designed for one person.

HaShem makes us all different, and we are to be who HaShem meant us to be. As it says in the writings, 'You fashioned my inmost being, You knit me together in my mother's womb. I thank You because I am awesomely made, wonderfully; Your works are wonders

Honor your father and mother, Son. You chose to honor us, and you did the right thing. Your father and I believe God wanted to protect you for a greater purpose.

I don't know if I'd call either of them restless. Maybe hyperactive about some things. Anyway, I think as long as your soul is still attached to your body, it's impossible for it to be restless. I think you go where your spirit takes you.