Quotes about Chosen

To be happy, you must fancy that everything you have is a gift, and you the chosen, though you worked your tail off for every bit of it.

The gospel invitation is wide-open to all: "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" (Romans 10:13). "Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take of the free gift of the water of life" (Revelation 22:17). And yet when we come, we discover that we were chosen in Christ before the creation of the world (Ephesians 1:4). That is grace.

He did so because that particular infirmity uniquely fits you for the life He has planned for you.

My life was chosen to bring hope to my people. Hope is basic, like bread or water -- one cannot live without it, at least not for long.

Holiness of life is not the privilege of a chosen few - it is the obligation, the call, and the will of God for every Christian.

God chose me for a reason. My momma tells me that every day. I know there's a million people who want to be in my shoes.

The places chosen for the administration of the ordinance, and the circumstances attending those instances, in which the act of baptizing is particularly described in the New Testament, plainly indicate immersion.

But here's the thing: shepherds were despised. They couldn't keep the ceremonial laws while traveling about the hills, they were often regarded as thieves, and because they were considered unreliable, they were not permitted to give evidence in court. Yet this was whom God chose for his witnesses and entrusted with his good news.

What an honor to be chosen to care for God's chosen people." Luc reflected on that for the next few days. He hadn't really thought about it as an honor. It just seemed the right thing to do. The Bible commanded him to love his neighbors. Weren't these his neighbors, even if they didn't believe the same things he believed?

Almost everybody in the neighborhood had "troubles," frankly localized and specified; but only the chosen had "complications." To have them was in itself a distinction, though it was also, in most cases, a death warrant. People struggled on for years with "troubles," but they almost always succumbed to "complications."

He is a chosen vessel unto me.

The Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself.