Quotes about Purpose

Holiness and usefulness are linked together.

purpose is for us to become so convinced of these truths that we appropriate them in our daily circumstances, that we learn to trust God in the midst of our pain, whatever form it may take. It does not matter whether our pain is trivial or traumatic, temporary or interminable. Regardless of the nature of the circumstances, we must learn to trust God if we would glorify God in them.

Randomness, luck, chance, fate. This is modern man's answer to the age-old question, "Why?

But that which should distinguish the suffering of believers from unbelievers is the confidence that our suffering is under the control of an all-powerful and all-loving God; our suffering has meaning and purpose in God's eternal plan, and He brings or allows to come into our lives only that which is for His glory and our good.

God is in control; He is sovereign. He does whatever pleases Him and determines whether we can do what we have planned.

These stories are meant to teach us that God is sovereign over people and to encourage us by the knowledge that God exercises His sovereignty for our good.

My purpose is not to attempt an explanation but rather to exhibit once again the Bible's consistent teaching that God is able and does move upon the hearts and minds of people to accomplish His purposes.

George MacDonald: "I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of. For to have been thought about—born in God's thoughts—and then made by God is the dearest, grandest, most precious thing in all thinking.

Make His purpose your purpose.

Whatever our particular calamity or adversity may be, we may be sure that our Father has a loving purpose in it.

It is frequently asserted in the Scriptures that God uses the sinful actions of men to accomplish His purposes.

God does not exercise His sovereignty capriciously but only in such a way as His infinite love deems best for us.