Bible Text: John 15:16-17 | Preacher: Pastor Mike
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John 15:16-17 (GNB) You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name. This, then, is what I command you: love one another.
Chosen
John 15:16 (GNB) You did not choose me; I chose you…
Arrested, Beaten and Mocked
Flogged up to 40 times
Given a crown of thorns and forced to carry His own cross
Nailed to the cross
Jesus died on the cross… for us
John 1:10-14 (ESV) He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Appointed
John 15:16 (GNB) You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures.
Just Ask
John 15:16 (GNB) …And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.
“Prayer Changes Things”
James 1:17 (GNB) Every good gift and every perfect present comes from heaven; it comes down from God… 
Philippians 4:13 I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me.
Remember This…
John 15:17 (GNB) This, then, is what I command you: love one another.
John 13:34-35 (GNB)  And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples.
Abide first in Christ…
Then watch as He works in and through your life, to change the world you live in!