Quotes about Purpose

We simply weren't constructed to live only for ourselves. We were placed on earth to be part of something bigger than the narrow borders of our own survival and our own little definition of happiness.

It takes God's rescuing hand for me to forsake the purpose of my kingdom and take up the purpose of his.

Suffering confronts us with the fact that life is not about us but about God. It is not about our glory but his.

If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. C. S. LEWIS12

What is the big vision that you're working toward? What is the big dream you are investing in? What is your definition of the "good life"? When will you know that you have been successful? If you had it all, what would "all" look like?

You and I were created for more than filling up our schedules with the self-satisfying pursuits of personal pleasure.

We realize that God has us just where we need to be so that his purposes for us and his promises to us may come to pass.

God is at work, taking people who instinctively speak for themselves and transforming them into people who effectively speak for him.

Ask yourself: What makes your good day a good day? What are the things that tend to make you happy and satisfied? What gives your life a sense of meaning and purpose? What are the things you faithfully pursue, and what are you hoping to experience once you get them? If I watched the video of your last year, what treasure would I conclude you're after?

You can lose it all, but nothing can take life from you, because what defines life is simply not for the taking.

We simply weren't constructed to live only for ourselves. We were placed on earth to be part of something bigger than the narrow borders of our own survival and our own little definition of happiness. The desire resides in each of us, and it is called transcendence. To transcend is to be part of something greater. We were created to be part of something so big, so glorious, so far beyond the ordinary that it would totally change the way we approach every ordinary thing in our lives.

Only as we see our story enfolded in the larger story of redemption will we begin to live God-honoring lives.