Motives reveal why we do what we do, which is actually more important to God than what we're doing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
God's purpose is more important than our plans.
God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.
Remember, when God is executing His plan in our lives, He also designs and arranges events which continue to unfold until His purpose is revealed.
Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
When we imply that our works are for God and not our neighbor, we perpetuate the idea that God's love for us is dependent on what we do instead of on what Christ has done.
Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own.
Many of our deepest motives come, not from an adult logic of how things work in the world, but out of something that is frozen from childhood.
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.
What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it.
I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.