~~~ Acts of the Apostles 15:22-31 ~~~ Psalm 57 ~~~ John 15:12-17 ~~~
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you...
Pause for just a minute and let those words soak into your head and heart.
YOU have been chosen...chosen by God.
There are times in our life when being chosen
becomes a new opportunity,
but there also times in our life
when fear and doubts arise from being chosen.
We fear that we cannot accomplish that which we have been chosen...
we begin to doubt our ability or qualifications.
Today Jesus says I have chosen you...
chosen you because I have plans to work through you.
Jesus has plans that no one other than you can bring forth.
You were chosen way before
you even knew what it meant to be chosen,
especially chosen by God.
...and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain...
Pause for just a minute and let those words soak into your head and heart.
YOU have been chosen...chosen by God.
There are times in our life when being chosen
becomes a new opportunity,
but there also times in our life
when fear and doubts arise from being chosen.
We fear that we cannot accomplish that which we have been chosen...
we begin to doubt our ability or qualifications.
Today Jesus says I have chosen you...
chosen you because I have plans to work through you.
Jesus has plans that no one other than you can bring forth.
You were chosen way before
you even knew what it meant to be chosen,
especially chosen by God.
...and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain...
God is sending each of his chosen ones to go and bear fruit...
to go, that means you have not been chosen
to sit on a throne with a crown on your head
waving and sweetly smiling at everyone.
to go, that means you have not been chosen
to sit on a throne with a crown on your head
waving and sweetly smiling at everyone.
No your task is to go and get dirty.
Bearing fruit requires hard work, sometimes work
that goes unnoticed and unappreciated.
The fruit he is asking us to bear is resistant to mold and mildew.
He wants us to share his message of love and redemption.
These fruits have no shelf life they will never decay and fall away.
Their expiration date is...until the end of time.
...so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
Always in prayer and supplication present your needs to the Father.
He hears you because he has chosen you for himself.
Sometimes we may feel that the Father does not listen,
that he does not give us what we ask for,
but this is how we fool ourselves
into believing that we are not chosen by him.
He hears you because he has chosen you for himself.
Sometimes we may feel that the Father does not listen,
that he does not give us what we ask for,
but this is how we fool ourselves
into believing that we are not chosen by him.
This is pure nonsense!
Just as a parent you cannot give your child
everything that he asks for, so it is with the Father...
he cannot give us everything we ask for.
Just as a parent you cannot give your child
everything that he asks for, so it is with the Father...
he cannot give us everything we ask for.
Sometimes we do not ask for things that would be good for us to have.
Often we do not know what would be good for us.
The Father truly knows best.
He knows best and he chose you to bear fruit that will last forever.
Today, look up to heaven and love God for being one of his chosen ones.
Ask him to help you bear the best fruit possible for you.
Thank him for prayers answered.
As one of his chosen, you can expect
to be blessed along the way as you go and bear fruit...his fruit.
The Father truly knows best.
He knows best and he chose you to bear fruit that will last forever.
Today, look up to heaven and love God for being one of his chosen ones.
Ask him to help you bear the best fruit possible for you.
Thank him for prayers answered.
As one of his chosen, you can expect
to be blessed along the way as you go and bear fruit...his fruit.
~~~Peace~~~
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