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You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit-fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other. ~ John 15:16-17
We would like to think that we found God – but He actually chose us! Our ability to bear fruit doesn’t come from our own will power, but from a heavenly intervention on our behalf.
We are not our own – to ask based around our own agendas betrays the fact that we have been chosen and appointed. Chosen for what? Appointed for what? To love one another. This begins the pilgrim’s journey. This forms the asking. This becomes the great adventure of following Jesus.
Today’s commentary by Dave Whitehead, Senior Pastor, GraceNYC.org
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