Purpose In Life

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

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.

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

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 →

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

“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. — read the full passage →

I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.

“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.”

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

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

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;

“Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

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.

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

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

you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’This is the first commandment. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”

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?

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;

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. — read the full passage →

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 →

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,

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

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

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.

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

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

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;

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

so shall my word be that goes out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

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

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.

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.”

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.”

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

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

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

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

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

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

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

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.

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

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

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 →

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

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

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

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.”

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 →

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

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. — read the full passage →

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

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,

But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

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.

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

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

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

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

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

But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

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

The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.

Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands! — read the full passage →

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. — read the full passage →

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.”

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, — read the full passage →

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.” — read the full passage →

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, — read the full passage →

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet: