Making plans and promises is usually easy but committing to them sometimes proves to be a challenge, especially with all the distractions around us.
I mean just think about all the projects you have begun but left unfinished, the plans you have made but never followed through, or even the New Year resolutions you made but abandoned after the first week of January- there are quite a number of them, aren’t they?
Fortunately, you are not alone. Many people struggle with commitment- even those with the highest levels of discipline. You see, sometimes discipline is not enough, you also need divine intervention in order to stay committed to your plans and promises.
If you are looking for inspiration on how to remain dedicated to your faith, plans, relationships, and even family, here are 31 inspirational Bible verses about commitment that might help you.
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List of Bible verses about commitment
Proverbs 16:3
“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.”
Luke 14:27
“And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.”
Matthew 6:33
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
1 Corinthians 15:58
“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
Matthew 6:21
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Romans 12:9
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.”
Romans 12:1
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.”
Philippians 3:14
“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
Psalm 37:5
“Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this.”
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Proverbs 17:17
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
Colossians 3:23-24
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
Hebrews 13:5
“Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'”
Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Deuteronomy 10:12-13
“What does the Lord your God require of you? To fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord and his decrees that I command you today for your good.”
Deuteronomy 6:5
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”
1 Corinthians 10:31
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
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Luke 16:13
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
Psalm 119:105
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”
Galatians 2:20
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
1 Peter 5:7
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
Galatians 6:9
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Isaiah 41:10
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Psalm 55:22
“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
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John 15:13
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
James 1:22-25
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues steadfast, not being a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.”
Hebrews 12:1-2
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.”
Romans 10:9
“If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
2 Corinthians 4:18
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
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