Twenty Cans
1. Why should I say I can’t when the Bible says
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength (Philippians
4:13)?
2. Why should I worry about my needs when I know
that God will take care of all my needs according to His riches
in glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 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 Timothy 1:7)?
4. Why should I lack faith to live for Christ
when God has given me plenty of faith (Romans 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; Daniel
11:32)
6. Why should I allow Satan control 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 victory (2 Corinthians 2:14)?
8. Why should I lack wisdom when I know that Christ
became wisdom to me from God and God gives wisdom to me generously
when I ask Him for it (1 Corinthians 1:30; James 1:5)?
9. Why should I be depressed when I can recall
to mind God’s lovingkindness, compassion and faithfulness and
have hope (Lamentations 3:21-23)?
10. Why should I worry and be upset when I can
cast all my problems on Christ who cares for me (1 Peter 5:7)?
11. Why should I ever be in bondage knowing that
there is freedom where the Spirit of the Lord is (Galatians
5:1)?
12. Why should I feel condemned when the Bible
says I won’t be condemned because I am in Christ (Romans 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
(Matthew 28:20; Hebrews 13:5)?
14. Why should I feel like I’m cursed or have
bad luck when the Bible says that Christ rescued me from the
curse of the law that I might receive His Spirit (Galatians
3:13,14)?
15. Why should I be unhappy when I, like Paul,
can learn to be satisfied in all kinds of conditions (Philippians
4:11)?
16. Why should I feel worthless when Christ became
sin for me so that I might become acceptable to God (2 Corinthians
5:21)?
17. Why should I feel that others are out to get
me when I know that nobody can be against me when God is for
me (Romans 8:31)?
18. Why should I be confused when God is the author
of peace and He gives me knowledge through His Spirit who lives
in me (1 Corinthians 2:12; 14:33)?
19. Why should I feel like a failure when I am
a conqueror in all things through Christ (Romans 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 problems (John 16:33)?
William Hiskey
Director of Youth Ministries, First English Lutheran,
Spencer IA
Updated: 10-1-02
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