Quotes about Purpose

Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me—sanctification is God's idea of what He wants to do for me.

Our calling is not primarily to be holy men and women, but to be proclaimers of the gospel of God.

God has only one intended destiny for mankind—holiness. His only goal is to produce saints.

When our purpose is to seek God and to discover His will for us, daydreaming is right and acceptable. But when our inclination is to spend time daydreaming over what we have already been told to do, it is unacceptable and God's blessing is never on it.

If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart.

Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.

God did not direct His call to Isaiah— Isaiah overheard God saying, ". . . who will go for Us?" The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone. Whether I hear God's call or not depends on the condition of my ears, and exactly what I hear depends upon my spiritual attitude.

No healthy Christian ever chooses suffering; he chooses God's will, as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not.

We have a lot of reasons but only one real one.

History is clear that, in most endeavors, success is a product of uncompromising attention to purpose.

Confused communication and unity of purpose cannot live together.

Purposes are threads of continuity that we weave into the long-term view of our lives. Goals come and go, but purposes survive because they are long-term, they pertain to the why we exist part of our lives. They relate to how we perceive the theory of our lives.