Rick Warren Quotes About Purpose
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The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.
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God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.
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Jesus did not die on the cross just so we could live comfortable, well adjusted lives. His purpose is far deeper: He wants to make us like himself before he takes us to heaven. This is our greatest privilege, our immediate responsibility, and our ultimate destiny.
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In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.
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There is an entire generation who was too young to read 'The Purpose Driven Life' 10 years ago but are now asking the critical question, 'What on earth am I here for?'
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My first reaction in pastoral care is not to explain. And again, I don't think the primary purpose of the Bible is to explain suffering. I never have, because the actual explanations are often inadequate. I think the primary purpose of Scripture is to say I am all you need in this suffering and I need comfort.
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If you want to know why you were jplaced on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.
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Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason.
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The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.
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It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.
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That's God's number one purpose, to make us like Christ.
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You are not an accident. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He wanted you alive and created you for a purpose. Focusing on yourself will never reveal your real purpose. You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense. Only in God do we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance and our destiny.
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I believe that the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. And fame is not for our own benefit, or notoriety is not for our own benefit, it's for leverage to do good.
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The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven.
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You drift through life and let things happen to you, or go by design and say, 'This is what I'm intended to do.' The Bible is very clear that God has a purpose. But even if I know that purpose, I can't fulfill it if I'm out of shape.
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Your weaknesses are not an accident but deliberately allowed, very interesting phrase, deliberately allowed in your life for the purpose of demonstrating His power through you.
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If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose.
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The purpose of your life fits into a much larger, cosmic purpose that God has designed for eternity.
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Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.
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Jesus modeled a purpose-driven life, and he taught others how to live it, too. That was the "work" that brought glory to God.
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Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life.
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The goal of 'The Purpose Driven Life' is to help people develop a heart for the world.
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Absolutely nothing will revitalize a discouraged church faster than rediscovering it's purpose.
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You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
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The first purpose of your life is to be loved by God! Yes, it is important to serve him, obey, and trust him, but your first purpose is to love him.
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God owes me nothing. He doesn't have to work for anything good in my life. That is only for those who are called according to His purpose.
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Take a human body, a male and a female, it is obvious that certain parts are meant together. There is a purpose and a design for it and there is a result of that.
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We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, and formed for a family, and none of us can fulfill God's purposes by ourselves.
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The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point—ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.
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Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.
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