Twenty "cans" of success

by Steve Goss

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me (ESV).  我靠着那加给我能力的，凡事都能作。

  1. Why should I say "I can’t" when the Bible says that I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength (Phil 4:13)? 
  2. Why should I live in poverty 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 the spirit of fear; but of power, love and a sound mind (2 Tim 1:7)? 
  4. Why should I lack faith to fulfil my calling when I know that God has given me the measure of faith that I need already (Rom 12:3)? 
  5. Why should I be weak when the Bible says that the Lord is the strength of my life and I will display strength and take action because I know God (Psalm 27:1; Dan 11:32)? 
  6. Why should I allow Satan authority over my life when I know that greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4)? 
  7. Why should I accept defeat when the Bible says that God will always lead me in triumph (2 Cor 2:14)? 
  8. Why should I lack wisdom when Christ has become wisdom for me and when God gives wisdom to me when I ask Him for it (1 Cor 1:30; James 1:5)? 
  9. Why should I feel depressed when I can call to mind God’s loving kindness, compassion and faithfulness and have hope ( Lam 3:21-23)? 
  10. Why should I worry or fret when I can cast all my anxiety on Christ who cares for me (1 Peter 5:7)? 
  11. Why should I ever be in bondage knowing that, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom (2 Cor 3:17; 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 or forsake me (Matt 28:20; Heb 13:5)? 
  14. Why should I feel cursed or the victim of bad luck when the Bible says that Jesus has saved me from the curse of the Law so 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 Spirit in me (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 pressure of this world overwhelm me when I know that Jesus has overcome the world and its tribulations (John 16:33)?