proper wattage for a resistor?

This is all really useful information thank you all! I am headed in the right direction now. I will be powering my board of my car battery. I know that its rated for 700 amps cca. But I want variable amperage tolerance on the device so that when I swap my battery I wont have to worry about matching amps. Or does the amperage not matter as long as its greatee than the requirement?