30 Powerful Bible Verses About Born for a Purpose

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

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

There are many plans in a man’s heart, nevertheless the LORD’s counsel—that will stand.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption.

And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Listen, O coastlands, to Me, and take heed, you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me from the womb; from the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.

Who has 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 time began.

You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain.

And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands.

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way.

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.

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

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

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.

Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.

But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in Your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.

And He said to them, Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by His power.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.