Bible Verses about 'Wants'

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• But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave.
  Matthew 20:26-27humilityservingneighbor
• He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said, “Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.”
  Mark 9:35humilityJesusunderstanding
• Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
  2 Timothy 3:12lifepersecutionJesus
• Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”
  John 6:29faithGodJesus
• Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.”
  Mark 8:34salvationJesusfollowing
• Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.”
  Luke 9:23obediencecrucifixion
• But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.
  John 3:21lighttruthobedience
• Anyone who wants to serve me must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me.
  John 12:26servingfollowingFather
• The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.
  Galatians 5:17obedienceSpirit
• And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.
  Hebrews 11:6faithjoyreward
• The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
  2 Peter 3:9salvationpatienceconversion
• And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.
  Romans 8:26speakingSpiritprayer
• If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it.
  Mark 8:35evangelismsalvationlife
• For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
  2 Corinthians 7:10worryingsadnessrepentance
• You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
  James 4:4sinGodfriendship
• If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
  Luke 9:24sacrificelife
• If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
  Matthew 16:25salvationdeathlife
• But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
  Luke 14:28debtplanningmoney