John 3:27 (NIV) A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
1 Corinthians 4:7 (TEV) Who made you superior to others? Didn't God give you everything you have? Well, then, how can you boast, as if what you have were not a gift?
Luke 12:48 (NIV) From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
John 15:5 (NIV) "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."
Abilities are like tax deductions—we use them or we lose them. -- Sam Jennings
