God chooses ordinary people. Today we are looking at the story of Phillip as told in John 1:43. 

Today we are diving into the story of James and John out of Matthew 4:21-22. They are referred to as "The Sons of Thunder" in scripture and paint a picture of how Jesus sees us and the gifts, personality traits, and passions God gives us for His purposes. 

Jesus Chooses us and we are called to share him with other. Let's look a little closer at this through the story of the woman at the well as depicted in John 4:1-38.

Jesus Chose Matthew out of a crowd of people and then Matthew invites Jesus back to his party which is full of tax collectors and other sinners. Jesus met these people where they were at. Mark 2:13-17

There are many storms of life, including a literal storm that we just went through here in Iowa. Sometimes we wonder, even as God's chosen, does He care that I'm in the storm? Jesus give us some clues as to how to deal with the storms of life, how to have peace in the...