Quotes About Purpose Rick Warren

#1. 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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#2. The purpose of your life fits into a much larger, cosmic purpose that God has designed for eternity.

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#3. Father, if this problem, pain, sickness, or circumstance is needed to fulfill your purpose and glory in my life or in another's, please don't take it away." This

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#4. The goal of 'The Purpose Driven Life' is to help people develop a heart for the world.

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#5. 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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#6. Jesus honored God by fulfilling his purpose on earth. We honor God the same way. When anything in creation fulfills its purpose, it brings glory to God.

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#7. The Bible is clear that God considers 40 days a spiritually significant time period. Whenever God wanted to prepare someone for his purposes, he took 40 days ...

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#8. 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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#9. Knowing your purpose simplifies your life. It defines what you do and what you don't do. Your purpose becomes the standard you use to evaluate which activities are essential and which aren't. You simply ask, "Does this activity help me fulfill one of God's purposes for my life?

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#10. The Good News is that when we trust God's grace to save us through what Jesus did, our sins are forgiven, we get a purpose for living, and we are promised a future home in heaven.

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#11. Real food has the power to give you your life back and more fully engage in the purpose for your life.

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#12. God was thinking of you long before you ever thought about him. His purpose for your life predates your conception. He planned it before you existed, without your input!

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#13. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible ... everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. Colossians 1:16 (MSG)

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#14. Without a clear purpose, you will keep changing directions, jobs, relationships, churches, or other externals - hoping each change will settle the confusion or fill the emptiness in your heart.

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#15. Knowing your purpose gives your life meaning, simplicity, focus and motivation. It also prepares you for eternity.

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#16. Neither past nor future generations can serve God's purpose in this generation. Only we can.

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#17. 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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#18. God did not need to create you, but he chose to create you for his own enjoyment. You exist for his benefit, his glory, his purpose, and his delight.

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#19. Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction and events without reason. Without a purpose life is trivial, petty, and pointless.

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#20. Since pleasing God is the first purpose of your life, your most important task is to discover how to do that. Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it. EPHESIANS 5:10 THE MESSAGE

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#21. Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.

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#22. 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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#23. Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.

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#24. There is nothing quite as potent as a focused life, one lived on purpose.

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#25. Nothing will change permanently until you dig down to the bedrock of truth about your life and God's purpose for it.

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#26. Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life.

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#27. Life is a gift ... Life is a test ... Life is temporary assignment ...

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#28. 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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#29. After learning to love God (worship), learning to love others is the second purpose of your life.

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#30. Receive his Spirit, who will give you the power to fulfill your life purpose.

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#31. 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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#32. If you want to find your purpose in life, find your wound.

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#33. Knowing your purpose prepares you for eternity.

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#34. Being successful and fulfilling your lifes purpose are not at all the same thing; You can reach all your personal goals, become a raving success by the worlds standard and still miss your purpose in this life.

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#35. You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

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#36. 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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#37. The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.

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#38. 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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#39. The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life's purpose: Ask God.

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#40. Genuine surrender says, "Father, if this problem, pain, sickness, or circumstance is needed to fulfill your purpose and glory in my life or in another's, please don't take it away." This level of maturity does not come easy.

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#41. Point to Ponder: If there were no God, and everything was a result of random chance, there would be no purpose to your life. It all starts with God.

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#42. He created the church to meet your five deepest needs: a purpose to live for, people to live with, principles to live by, a profession to live out, and power to live on. There is no other place on earth where you can find all five of these benefits in one place.

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#43. 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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#44. God's purpose is not limited by your past.

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#45. Absolutely nothing will revitalize a discouraged church faster than rediscovering it's purpose.

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#46. Anytime you use your God-given abilities to help others, you are fulfilling your purpose of life.
What matters is not the Duration of your life, but the Donation of it.

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#47. 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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#48. DAY 10 Thinking about My Purpose POINT TO PONDER: The heart of worship is surrender. VERSE TO REMEMBER: "Surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes." ROMANS 6:13B (TEV) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: What area of my life am I holding back from God?

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#49. If you want your life to have impact, focus it! Stop dabbling. Stop trying to do it all. Do less. Prune away even good activities and do only that which matters most. Never confuse activity with productivity. You can be busy without a purpose, but what's the point?

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#50. God made you for a reason and your life has profound meaning! We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.

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#51. To discover you purpose in life you must turn to God's Word, not the world's wisdom. You must build your life on eternal truths, not pop psychology, success-motivation, or inspirational stories.

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#52. Will we fulfill God's purpose, or will we shrink back and live a comfortable, self-centered life?

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#53. Knowing your purpose focuses your life.

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#54. 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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#55. If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life.

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#56. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.

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#57. You may be serving in obscurity in some small place, feeling unknown and unappreciated. Listen, God put you were you are for a purpose! ... He will let you know if he wants you somewhere else.

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#58. A disciple is one who thinks, feels and acts like Jesus Christ. It is being conformed to the image of Christ as Romans 8:28-29 states-that God's No.1 purpose in our lives is to make us like Jesus.

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#59. The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.

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#60. God's purpose is greater than our problems, our pain and even our sin.

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#61. Knowing your purpose motivates your life.

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#62. 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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