
Proof:
Jeremiah 1:5, NIV Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
John 15:16, ESV You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Ephesians 1:3-4, NLT All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.
Isaiah 43:1, ESV But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
Romans 8:28-29, NLT And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
Deuteronomy 14:2, NIV for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his treasured possession. (Amen!)
1 Peter 2:9, KJV “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal Priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should shewed forth the praises of him, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:”
Amen! I do not know God’s reasoning or His thoughts, but I am forever grateful that He chose me; for I could never have looked outside my selfish self to seek Him.
Jeremiah 17.9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Romans 3.10, 11 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
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Amen Kathy! We are all a mess yet He pursues us and desires to use us for His glory.
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