Sunday, December 26, 2010

Twenty Cans of Success

Author unknown - Thanks to Jalisa Wenger in Pennsylvania for sending this!

1. Why should I say I can't, when the Bible says I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength (Phil. 4: 13)?

2. Why should I lack, when I know that God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus (Phil. 4: 19)?

3. Why should I fear, when the Bible says God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind (2 Tim. 1:7)?

4. Why should I lack faith to fulfill my calling, knowing that God has allotted to me a measure of faith (Rom. 12:3)?

5. Why should I be weak, when the Bible says that the Lord is the strength of my life and that I will display strength and take action because I know God (Psalm 27:1; Dan. 11:32)?

6. Why should I allow Satan supremacy over my life, when He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4)?

7. Why should I accept defeat, when the Bible says that God always leads me in triumph (2 Cor. 2:14)?

8. Why should I lack wisdom, when Christ became wisdom to me from God and God gives wisdom to me generously when I ask Him for it (1 Cor. 1:30; James 1:5)?

9. Why should I be depressed, when I can recall to mind God's loving kindness, compassion and faithfulness and have hope (Lam. 3:21-23)?

10. Why should I worry and fret, when I can cast all my anxiety on Christ who cares for me (1 Pet. 5:7)?

11. Why should I ever be in bondage, knowing that there is liberty where the Spirit of the Lord is (Gal. 5:1)?

12. Why should I feel condemned, when the Bible says I am not condemned because I am in Christ (Rom.8:1)?

13. Why should I feel alone when Jesus said He is with me always and He will never leave me nor forsake me (Matt. 28:20; Heb. 13:5)?

14. Why should I feel accursed or that I am the victim of bad luck, when the Bible says that Christ redeemed me from the curse of the law that I might receive His Spirit (Gal. 3:13, 14)?

15. Why should I be discontented when I, like Paul, can learn to be content in all my circumstances (Phil. 4:11)?

16. Why should I feel worthless, when Christ became sin on my behalf that I might become the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. 5:21)?

17. Why should I have a persecution complex, knowing that nobody can be against me when God is for me (Rom. 8:31)?

18. Why should I be confused, when God is the author of peace and He gives me knowledge through His indwelling Spirit (1 Cor. 14:33; 2:12)?

19. Why should I feel like a failure, when I am a conqueror in all things through Christ (Rom. 8:37)?

20. Why should I let the pressures of life bother me, when I can take courage knowing that Jesus has overcome the world and its tribulations (John 16:33)?

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