What Does the Bible Say About What God Wants For Us?

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

1 John 5:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

1 John 4:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

2 Peter 1:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation.

Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...

Hebrews 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 Thessalonians 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

Colossians 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Ephesians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

Ephesians 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

John 15:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Jeremiah 31:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

21 Bible Verses about What God Wants For Us

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 5:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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2 Peter 1:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Colossians 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 31:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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21 Bible Verses about What God Wants For Us

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John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 5:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Colossians 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 31:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes