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You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.

John 15:16 (New Living Translation)

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.

John 15:16 (New International Version)

You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.

John 15:16 (The Message)

May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

Ephesians 3:19 (New Living Translation)

To know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:19 (New King James Version)

Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:19 (The Message)

by Rick Warren

God did not give us a spirit that makes us afraid but a spirit of power and love and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NCV)

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God wants you to develop a self-discipline that pushes you to do things, even as others are giving up.

Over the years, I’ve observed six key expressions of self-discipline:

People with self-discipline master their moods. They live by their commitments, not their emotions. People who do the right thing even when they don’t feel like it accomplish most of what gets done in the world! “A man without self-control is as defenseless as a city with broken-down walls” (Proverbs 25:28 LB).

People with self-discipline watch their words. They put their minds in gear before opening their mouths. “He who guards his lips guards his life” (Proverbs 13:3 NIV).

People with self-discipline restrain their reactions. How much can you take before you lose your cool? “If you are sensible, you will control your temper. When someone wrongs you, it is a great virtue to ignore it” (Proverbs 19:11 GNT).

People with self-discipline stick to their schedule. If you don’t determine how you will spend your time you can be sure that others will decide for you! “Live life, then, with a due sense of responsibility … Make the best use of your time” (Ephesians 5:15–16 PH).

People with self-discipline manage their money. They learn to live on less than what they make and they invest the difference. The value of a budget is that it tells your money where you want it to go rather than wondering where it went! “The wise man saves for the future, but the foolish man spends whatever he gets” (Proverbs 21:20 LB).

People with self-discipline maintain their health. That way they can accomplish more and enjoy their achievements. “Every one of you should learn to control his body, keeping it pure and treating it with respect” (1 Thessalonians 4:4 PH).

The disciplines you establish today will determine your success tomorrow. But it takes more than just willpower for lasting self-discipline. It takes a power greater than yourself: “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power and love and self-control” (2 Timothy 1:7 NLT/NCV).

The more I accept God’s control over my life, the more self-control he gives me!

Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven.
And everyone will see him-
even those who pierced him.
And all the nations of the world
will mourn for him.
Yes! Amen!

Revelation 1:7 (New Living Translation)

Look, he is coming with the clouds,
and every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen.

Revelation 1:7 (New International Version)

Riding the clouds, he’ll be seen by every eye,
those who mocked and killed him will see him,
People from all nations and all times
will tear their clothes in lament.
Oh, Yes.

Revelation 1:7 (The Message)

For their command is a lamp
and their instruction a light;
their corrective discipline
is the way to life.

Proverbs 6:23 (New Living Translation)

For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life.

Proverbs 6:23 (New King James Version)

For sound advice is a beacon,
good teaching is a light,
moral discipline is a life path.

Proverbs 6:23 (The Message)

You use steel to sharpen steel,
and one friend sharpens another.

Proverbs 27:17 (The Message)

As iron sharpens iron,
so one man sharpens another.

Proverbs 27:17 (New International Version)

As iron sharpens iron,
so a friend sharpens a friend.

Proverbs 27:17 (New Living Translation)

God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.

1 Corinthians 12:6 (New Living Translation)

And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.

1 Corinthians 12:6 (New King James Version)

God’s various expressions of power are in action everywhere; but God himself is behind it all.

1 Corinthians 12:6 (The Message)