Twenty "Cans" Of Success
Why should I say I can’t when the Bible says I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength? (see Philippians 4:13)
Why should I lack when I know that God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus? (see Philippians 4:19)
Why should I fear when the Bible says God has not given me a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and a sound mind? (see 2 Timothy 1:7)
Why should I lack faith to fulfil my calling knowing that God has allotted to me a measure of faith? (see Romans 12:3)
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? (see Psalms 27:1; Daniel 11:32)
Why should I allow Satan supremacy over my life when He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world? (see 1 John 4:4)
Why should I accept defeat when the Bible says that God always leads me in triumph? (see 2 Corinthians 2:14)
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? (see 1 Corinthians 1:30; James 1:5)
Why should I be depressed when I can recall to mind God’s loving kindness, compassion, and faithfulness and have hope? (see Lamentations 3:21-23)
Why should I worry and fret when I can cast all my anxiety on Christ who cares for me? (see 1 Peter 5:7)
Why should I ever be in bondage knowing that, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom? (see 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 5:1)
Why should I feel condemned when the Bible says I am not condemned because I am in Christ? (see Romans 8:1)
Why should I feel alone when Jesus said He is with me always and He will never leave me nor forsake me? (see Matthew 28:20; Hebrews 13:5)
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? (see Galatians 3:13-14)
Why should I be discontented when I, like Paul, can learn to be content in all my circumstances? (see Philippians 4:11)
Why should I feel worthless when Christ became sin on my behalf that I might become the righteousness of God in Him? (see 2 Corinthians 5:21)
Why should I have a persecution complex knowing that nobody can be against me when God is for me? (see Romans 8:31)
Why should I be confused when God is the author of peace and He gives me knowledge through His indwelling Spirit? (see 1 Corinthians 14:33; 1 Corinthians 2:12)
Why should I feel like a failure when I am a conqueror in all things through Christ? (see Romans 8:37)
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? (see John 16:33)