Our Purpose

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

Yahweh of Armies has sworn, saying, “Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

For Yahweh of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? — read the full passage →

according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord;

but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;

I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom: — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments. — read the full passage →

You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, — read the full passage →

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying, — read the full passage →

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the “Yes, yes” and the “No, no?”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. — read the full passage →

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.

Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God, — read the full passage →

This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.

who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”

But whoever keeps his word, God’s love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. — read the full passage →

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” (then he said to the paralytic), “Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house.” — read the full passage →

I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Yahweh has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.

I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband — read the full passage →