16 You did not choose me, but I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you. (John 15:16 CSB) God chose us and then appointed us to do...

“For the Lord your God is God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.” Deuteronomy 10:17 Have you ever been at the point where you start bargaining with God? You start to put up bribes, “God...

“This is what the Lord says: ‘Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord,...

19 A person with intense anger bears the penalty; if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again. (Proverbs 19:!9 CSB) I used to be very prone to anger. Hot-headed. I was young, brash and had a short fuse. As I grew and matured I learned to temper my...

20 “Because of your little faith,” he[a] told them. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of [b] a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20 CSB) God does...