Quotes about Purpose

Vision is the ability to see God's presence, to perceive God's power, to focus on God's plan in spite of the obstacles.

Everything that happens to me is designed to better prepare me for serving others, everything!

There's nothing wrong with dreaming about accomplishing great things, as long as that desire isn't focused on one's own glory.

Water that's not moving becomes stagnant. And if there's not someone pouring into you, the pitcher gets dusty. A person is most satisfied and most useful when she is both giving and receiving. In marriage. In life. In friendship. With God too.

I don't know why people have to die, Son. I don't think death was what God wanted. But it sure was part of somebody's plan. I believe God is big enough and powerful enough to use it. There's more going on here than we can see.

What if he is the one who brought her to me?

Some people are given a great gift of not caring what others think or about anything but being faithful to what they're called by God to do.

God puts every one of us here for a purpose. There's some pull on our lives that draws us toward that purpose, and the farther we go away from it, the more unhappy we are. The closer we get, the more we yearn and desire it.

There is no gift to the world like a man doing what he enjoys.

People let their feelings push them away from God or away from believing that their life makes a difference. They think that because they don't see God working the way they think He should work, He's not there. Or they think He doesn't care and they get discouraged."

God is not interested in making me comfortable or happy. His goal is to make me holy, like His Son. And

Don't question the purpose of things; just sing along.