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Purpose Quotes by Oswald Chambers
- The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God equally present, all the time, in every condition.
- We tend to set up success in Christian work as our purpose, but our purpose should be to display the glory of God in human…
- The whole idea of the prayers of the saints is that God's holiness, God's purpose, God's ways may be brought about irrespective of who comes…
- All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose He has given them.
- There is only one relationship that matters, and that is your personal relationship to a personal Redeemer and Lord. Let everything else go, but maintain…
- I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal perspective, and all…
- Jesus Christ became Incarnate for one purpose, to make a way back to God that man might stand before Him as He was created to…
- It is a trap to presume that God wants to make us perfect specimens of what He can do— God’s purpose is to make us…
- The Cross did not happen to Jesus: He came on purpose for it. He is “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
- I am called to live in such a perfect relationship with God that my life produces a yearning for God in the lives of others,…
- If we believe in Jesus, it is not what we gain but what He pours through us that really counts. God’s purpose is not simply…
- God's purpose is not to perfect me to make me a trophy in His showcase; He is getting me to the place where He can…
- Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.
- We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not...What we call the process God calls…
- Spiritual lust--'I must have it at once'--causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God himself who gives the answer. Is today…
- There have been prophets and students who handle the Bible like a child's box of bricks; they explain to us the design and structure and…
- The resentment of discipline of any kind will warp the whole life away from God's purpose.
- God brings you to places, among people, and into certain conditions to accomplish a definite purpose through the intercession of the Spirit in you. Your…
- Patience is more than endurance. A saint's life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer.…
- No enthusiasm will ever stand the strain that Jesus Christ will put upon His worker, only one thing will, and that is a personal relationship…
More Purpose Quotes
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and… — Chester A. Arthur
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing… — Chinua Achebe
- The purpose of all wars, is peace. — Saint Augustine
- There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge,… — Charles Babbage
- I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to… — Michele Bachmann