Today : I Can or Can’t
TODAY’S VERSE
“For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13 (NLT)
TODAY’S THOUGHT
Can or can’t. They are two opposite pathways. They take you to different places. “Can’t” takes you into the territory of doubt, despair and eventually into hopelessness. We can’t, they can’t, soon we are believing that God can’t. Paul knew this. That is why he spent his life encouraging unbelievers to follow Christ and believers to trust Him with their whole life. But it was more than rhetoric. He lived it writing, “I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.” Today, decide to join Paul. Make your motto, “Through Christ I can.”
TODAY’S PRAYER
Father, help me change my “can’ts” to “cans”. Help me trust in Your strength and not mine. In Jesus’ name.
AMEN
TODAY’S VISUALIZATION & MEDITATION
I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength
Picture something that has been extremely difficult for you to do. You try and try. Feel the frustration, the desperation, the discouragement. Picture Paul walking up to you and saying, “In Christ you can do it. Use His strength.” Sense your faith growing and your determination building. You pray and step out in faith. Affirm, “I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.”