Quotes About Purpose

I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”

For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.

I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ëMy purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.í

I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.

For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.

I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.

Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”

But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ëI am only a child.í For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.