having dreams and goals
What does the Bible say about having dreams and goals? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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11For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.
33Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
3Open your works to the Lord, and your intentions will be set in order.
4Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.
1Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
13Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.
33These things I have spoken to you, so that you may have peace in me. In the world, you will have difficulties. But have confidence: I have overcome the world.”
12in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing;
6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
27But as for you, let the Anointing that you have received from him abide in you. And so, you have no need of anyone to teach you. For his Anointing teaches you about everything, and it is the truth, and it is not a lie. And just as his Anointing has taught you, abide in him.
9So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment. 10Remove anger from your heart, and set aside evil from your flesh. For youth and pleasure are empty.