Quotes about Purpose

Ministries that have it always have a clear vision

Earth is not heaven. It was never meant to be. No new car, new house, new living room furniture, new kitchen appliances, new clothes, new hair, new baby, new vacation, new job, new income, new husband, or new anything will ever satisfy us, because we were not made for the things of this world.

Instead of having just good intentions that are me-centered, you can have God intentions that are God-centered. And when God puts something into you, you can be certain it will come to pass.

The more God wants to use you, the more likely you'll be tempted to quit.

A man without a cause from God is often just an angry man who doesn't know where to direct his pent-up energy and aggression. A warrior with a cause from God directs that warlike energy for a cause greater than himself.

What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act?

You do what you do because of what you think of you.

When did we, as Christ followers, start to think that the church exists for us? When did we forget that we are the church? And that we're here for the world?

Your calling is more about who you are becoming than what you are doing.

We aren't designed by God to seek the image of others; we are designed to seek him. When we spend time on social media focusing on how well others present their lives, we are, to use one of my father's baseball analogies, taking our eye off the ball.

God loves to use people whom others believe are unqualified.

Endurance is critical if you want to succeed spectacularly at anything God sets before you.