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What Bible verses say there is hope for everyone?

Answered by . March 2, 2013 - 11:21 am

Ecclesiastes 9:4-6 says: …he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, […]

Is everyone born for a purpose in God’s plan?

Answered by . October 17, 2011 - 12:02 am 1

I don’t think everyone is born for a purpose in God’s plan.  Many people do have a purpose in God’s plan and there are different purposes. Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Proverbs 16:4 The LORD has […]

What is meant by taking up one’s cross?

Answered by . April 11, 2010 - 9:14 pm

The full quote comes from Jesus in the Gospels: Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it […]

How do you know what your purpose in life is?

Answered by . November 11, 2009 - 11:14 am 2

There are a number of passages in the Bible that tell us what our purpose in life is. For example, Micah 6:6-7 asks a similar question to “What is my purpose in life?” and then answers it in v8: {6} With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? […]