Bible Verses for Calling Msg

"That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good."

"In light of all this, here's what I want you to do. While I'm locked up here, a prisoner for the Master, I want you to get out there and walk—better yet, run!—on the road God called you to travel. I don't want any of you sitting around on your hands. I don't want anyone strolling off, down some path that goes nowhere."

"Thunder in the desert! "Prepare for God's arrival! Make the road straight and smooth, a highway fit for our God."

""Who did this? Who made it happen? Who always gets things started? I did. God. I'm first on the scene. I'm also the last to leave."

""Who got things rolling here, got this champion from the east on the move? Who recruited him for this job, then rounded up and corralled the nations so he could run roughshod over kings? He's off and running, pulverizing nations into dust, leaving only stubble and chaff in his wake."

"The suffering won't last forever. It won't be long before this generous God who has great plans for us in Christ—eternal and glorious plans they are!—will have you put together and on your feet for good."

"You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly."

"This detour doesn't come from the One who called you into the race in the first place."

"It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don't use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom grows."

"By an act of faith, Abraham said yes to God's call to travel to an unknown place that would become his home. When he left he had no idea where he was going."

"But they were after a far better country than that—heaven country. You can see why God is so proud of them, and has a City waiting for them."

"I pulled you in from all over the world, called you in from every dark corner of the earth, Telling you, 'You're my servant, serving on my side. I've picked you. I haven't dropped you.'"

""I, God, started someone out from the north and he's come. He was called out of the east by name. He'll stomp the rulers into the mud the way a potter works the clay."

""When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I'll listen."

"I'm no longer calling you servants because servants don't understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I've named you friends because I've let you in on everything I've heard from the Father."