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Do you want to launch this New Year with a better attitude? Be content, hopeful, optimistic, cheerful and refreshing to others, come what may? Do great things for Christ? Win souls? Reach teens? Care for an invalid or a bevy of preschoolers?

With God, nothing is impossible; and He can display His strength through you.

By ourselves, we cannot influence lives, overcome bad habits, build churches, convert souls, manage our tempers, appetites, or finances in a godly way. There’s nothing we can do for Christ in our own power.

But Jesus and us-well, that’s a different story. We can proclaim with Paul, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13).

Paul wasn’t talking about preaching to vast crowds, planting large churches, or wielding great influence, though God also allowed him to do those things. He was saying, “I can fulfill God’s will through Christ’s strength. I can do whatever He commands; indeed, I can even be content in chains.”

Impossible Quotes
This secret has fueled the lives of God’s workers in every generation. Thomas à Kempis, the medieval German monk, wrote, “O Lord, let that which seems naturally impossible to me become possible through Your grace.”

Commentator Matthew Henry said, “In all conflicts, let us remember that with God nothing is impossible; and as we read and hear His promises, let us turn them into prayers.”

Missionary Amy Carmichael told her workers, “When you are facing the impossible, you can count on the God of the impossible.”

Missionary statesman J. Oswald Sanders, wrote, “(God) encourages us to ask as freely for the impossible as for the possible since to Him all difficulties are the same size-less than himself.”

Oswald Chambers wrote in My Utmost for His Highest, “When once we see Jesus, He does the impossible thing as naturally as breathing.”

The dean of American prayer writers, E. M. Bounds, wrote, “Faith does the impossible because it brings God to undertake for us, and nothing is impossible with God.”

Chuck Swindoll said, “The One who directed that stone in between Goliath’s eyes and split the Red Sea down the middle and leveled that wall around Jericho and brought His Son back from beyond takes delight in mixing up the odds as He alters the inevitable and bypasses the impossible.”

Evangelist Michael Guido preached, “You cannot bring a burden too heavy for God to lift or a problem too hard for Him to solve or a request too big for Him to answer. God does things no one else can do.”

Charles Spurgeon, the Victorian Prince of Preachers, once thundered from his pulpit, “When you are dealing with Him who is omnipotent, faithful, and true, the things that seem utterly impossible will be those most likely to happen.”

Charles Wesley, studying Abraham’s faith as described in Romans 4:13, wrote a hymn of eleven verses about it, the most popular stanza of which says:

Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees,
And looks to (God) alone;
Laughs at life’s impossibilities,
And cries, “It shall be done!”

And listen to this quote by Warren Wiersbe: “Our faith is not really tested until God asks us to bear what seems unbearable, do what seems unreasonable, and expect what seems impossible.”

Take one of these “impossible quotes” and make it your slogan for the new year. Learn to leave room for God and to partner with Him, for He alone can storm the impregnable, devise the improbable, and perform the impossible.

“For with God…”
Perhaps you have a problem only God can solve, and this is the year to trust it into His super-capable hands. Or perhaps God has called you to begin a new ministry. Look for situations where you can have an impact. Look for lives you can influence. Seek out places where you can serve.

The word “impossible” isn’t found in heaven’s dictionaries. Trust God for the impossible-miracles are His department. Our job is to do our best, letting the Lord do the rest.

He never gives in,
… we two shall win,
… Jesus and me.

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This article was excerpted from Turning Points, Dr. David Jeremiah’s devotional magazine. Call Turning Point at 1-800-947-1993 for your complimentary copy of Turning Points.

• Turning Point (Tuesday, January 01, 2008)

Thanks to LifeWithoutLimbs.org for this beautiful article!

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We esteem every day alike, but still, as the season suggests thoughts of Jesus, let us joyfully remember our dear Redeemer’s glorious birth. Who but He was ever longed for by such a multitude of hearts? When did angels indulge in midnight songs, or did God hang a new star in the sky? To whose, cradle did rich and poor make so willing a pilgrimage, and offer such hearty and unsought oblations? Well may earth rejoice; well may all men cease their labor to celebrate “the great birthday” of Jesus. Let gladness rule the hour; let holy song and sweet heart music accompany our soul in the raptures of joy. – CH  Spurgeon

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Hello God’s beautiful people, I woke up this morning feeling so blessed, it was a feeling that regardless of what i’m going through or do go through things are going to be ok, and that no matter what happens, no matter what i think, no matter how bad or discouraged i feel things are going to get better. It came with a realisation that God is constantly getting involved in my life, teaching me, training me, helping daily to be who I was born to be.

heres some news, he is doing the same for you! He loves u so much its unbelievable, I mean why would a being so vast, his very speech could shake the whole earth give himself, make himself so small for a group of individuals who did not in any shape or form deserve it!

Here’s a message for two groups of people, if you’re a christian and you haven’t really been on the same page as God, guess what..he doesn’t love you any less! You just need to say sorry and get back with him, remember he loved you before you knew him.
If you’re not a christian he doesn’t love you any less, I mean he didn’t come to die because we where all good, he came to die because apart from that there would be no way for us to meet him and be friends with him again..dear reader, is the mighty God your friend today? You’re excited for christmas and all the gifts you will receive ? Dear reader question yourself today, are you as excited about God, and what he has don’e for you ? He has given you the greatest gift of all.

Anytime I meditate on what he has done for me, I cant help but admit how beautiful it all is! My friends, God is doing a work in your life and my life; a work so great, that we couldn’t even begin to imagine it. If you truly know him, and he has shown the reality of who he is in your life, then you should be as excited as I am, and you should understand my excitement and my joy. This is not just being happy, its joy, deep down in my soul, when i’m sad or glad, the joy remains. it’s not based on a condition or something happening, its from God and no one can take it from me, if you know God you should have this joy, because without it where is your strength coming from, as for me the joy of the lord is my strength!

And if you don’t know God, well he wants to know you, he loves you more than you could ever imagine, and he is there with you, right now, he knows all you’re thinking, your hopes, dreams even doubts, he wants to give you the answers to your questions, you just need to be humble and let him.

I want to encourage you this morning, that God is there, he has been and always will be, and he sees your heart and knows how you feel and all your problems, he knows your strengths and your weaknesses, he knows the silly mistakes we’ve all made, he knows the mistakes we will make, but guess what… all things work together for good for those that love him and are called according to his purpose, are you called ? we all are..we just need to get with his program, because he is there are you where he is?

Super Quick Devotion – (By Charles Spurgeon)

There is a time appointed for weakness and sickness, when we shall have to glorify God by suffering, and not by earnest activity. There is no single point in which we can hope to escape from the sharp arrows of affliction; out of our few days there is not one secure from sorrow. Beloved reader, set not your affections upon things of earth; but seek those things which are above, for here the moth devoureth, and the thief breaketh through, but there all joys are perpetual and eternal. The path of trouble is the way home. Lord, make this thought a pillow for many a weary head!

Stay Blessed,
Forgiven

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Once upon a time, there was a man who looked upon Christmas as a lot of humbug.

He wasn’t a Scrooge. He was a very kind and decent person, generous to his family, upright in all his dealings with other men. But he didn’t believe all that stuff about an incarnation which churches proclaim at Christmas. And he was too honest to pretend that he did.

“I am truly sorry to distress you,” he told his wife, who was a faithful churchgoer, “but I simply cannot understand this claim that God became man. It doesn’t make any sense to me.”

On Christmas Eve, his wife and children went to church for the midnight service. He declined to accompany them. “I’d feel like a hypocrite,” he explained. “I’d much rather stay at home. But I’ll wait up for you.”

Shortly after his family drove away in the car, snow began to fall. He went to the window and watched the flurries getting heavier and heavier.

“If we must have a Christmas,” he reflected, “it’s nice to have a white one.”

He went back to his chair by the fireside and began to read his newspaper. A few minutes later, he was startled by a thudding sound. It was quickly followed by another, then another. He thought that someone must be throwing snow balls at his living room window.

When he went to the front door to investigate, he found a flock of birds huddled miserably in the snow. They had been caught in the storm, and in a desperate search for shelter had tried to fly through his window.

I can’t let those poor creatures lie there and freeze, he thought. But how can I help them?

Then he remembered the barn where the children’s pony was stabled. It would provide a warm shelter. He quickly put on his coat and galoshes and tramped through the deepening snow to the barn. He opened the doors wide and turned on the light. But the birds didn’t come in.

Food will bring them in, he thought. So he hurried back to the house for bread crumbs, which he sprinkled on the snow to make a trail into the barn. To his dismay, the birds ignored the bread crumbs and continued to flop around helplessly in the snow. He tried shooing them into the barn by walking around and waving his arms. They scattered in every direction – except into the warm, lighted barn.

“They find me a strange and terrifying creature,” he said to himself, “and I can’t seem to think of any way to let them know they can trust me. If only I could be a bird myself for a few minutes, perhaps I could lead them to safety.”

Just at that moment, the church bells began to ring. He stood silently for a while, listening to the bells pealing the glad tidings of Christmas. Then he sank to his knees in the snow.

“Now I understand,” he whispered. “Now I see why you had to do it.”

NB: I must thank my friend adam for sharing this with me, and I hope its blessed you and shown you our fathers great love for us. His website is christintech.org

Super Quick Devotion – Daily Help : Charles Spurgeon

O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will fulfill his promise? Shall the munitions of rock be carried by storm? Shall the storehouses of heaven fail? Do you think that your heavenly Father, though he knoweth that you have need of food and raiment, will yet forget you? When not a sparrow falls to the ground without your Father, and the very hairs of your head are all numbered, will you mistrust and doubt him? Full many there be who have been tried till at last they have been driven to exercise faith in God, and the moment of their faith has been the instant of their deliverance.

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Some people say that life is short, I see that as true because life is simply a path to something greater, a way for you to decide where you spend eternity depending on your performance.l In principle, it’s the same way college or school is a way for you to decide where you take your life next depending on how well you perform and how seriously you take it. For this reason alone we see that life is nothing outside of Jesus because without God in the equation life would all be pointless. If we came from the Big Bang theory which was an accident, this would mean we are a product of an accident, we are a meaningless existence. However, think about this: Have you ever met anyone who believes they don’t have a purpose or even a destiny ? I for one have not, therefore, this alone is proof enough that we have a loving God that is the Creator!

Sometimes we forget what God means to us and we search for answers and explanations to questions even though the answer is inside us. With this knowledge that we now have it is extra important to live our life the way it should be lived, lead a life of purpose and ambition. Live a life that is for a reason which would ultimately glorify God

A lot of people make mistakes by looking at their present situation and give up on hope because they feel it’s too late to change or because they feel change is too difficult. However, let me tell you something: God thinks differently, through the bible God says “for I know the plans I have for you and they are not plans for bad but plans to give you a hope and a future”.

I see something called destiny written all over that, that is your destiny to achieve what God has for you, if you are doing anything else then that is not in line with God’s ultimate plan for your life! One thing God taught me is that he showed me it’s never too late for change and he never gives up on any humble heart that turns to him for forgiveness and redemption, he can take your life and turn it around, stop trying to do things you have always tried to do that has never worked.

Give God a serious try and let him work wonders through your life, I am living proof that this is true, I boldly say this because he has brought me a long way from a life that was taking me nowhere but to death and terrifying hell! I dare you to take a step today, cry out to God untill he changes you and saves you from your own self. Be humble about it, tell him that you need him in your heart, tell him that you have messed up if you are serious about change and be honest about your words, he won’t let you down! Take the first step to becoming the real you today! Let God change you! God bless.

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God has a plan for you and me, he has something he created us to do, something unique to us, something we are naturally good at. Yet, the problem is a lot of us spend too much time trying to improve the stuff we have never been good at in the first place, instead of focusing our time on discovering and working on our gifts. Here is something that is fundamentally important to understand: You cannot be good at everything, you won’t be successful in everything you do, but you are excellent at something!

So now stop worrying too much on things you’ve never been good at and start worrying about building up things you are good at and making them better. Don’t get me wrong here; I’m not saying you should go around not worrying about doing anything just because you don’t enjoy it, that’s just being lazy! The problem I’m addressing though, is focusing on your weakness and then in the process, neglecting your strength until it becomes a weakness; can you see the potential danger in that? It’s like spending your life trying to fly when you where born with legs to walk and not wings?

Some people can naturally talk, its a gift from God, they use it properly, some can write, this is also a gift, they use it well, some can not sing or compose music but they want to because they like the recognition people have gotten from it, and that’s why there are so many songs that aren’t even worth listening to (Not knocking singers here, just saying the truth). I know some people would say ‘well how can I discover what my strength, how do I know what I’m good at’. The first thing I advise is to stop trying to be what you’re not, accept yourself for who you are no matter how silly you think you are, or how unimportant you think you are, truth is God sees you as beautiful, he doesn’t just think you’re wonderful he knows you are! When you do this you will see the champion that has been within you all the while will start to emerge and then you will find true fulfilment.

God didn’t make you to be mediocre, he didn’t make you to be unimportant or inferior, he made you to be good, the bible says you are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). So please stop trying so hard to be some one else, it’s probably more difficult to be another person than to be you, and whether you chose to accept it or not, the truth is that no one is perfect, including me! We all envy people sometimes when we see something they have that we have always wanted, even if we don’t intend to, it’s a human thing. However we must constantly strive to kill those thoughts by affirming to ourselves that Gods plan for us is to give us the desires of our hearts. If we would only delight our selves in him by making him our satisfaction when we feel empty, alone, sad, and angry!

Don’t let your first point of call be your friend or anyone else for that matter, make it a habit to always go to God, he can be your friend, your comforter and your hero all at once (COOL huh)! Once you get in this habit, You would see that God would start to fill this spaces for these things in your heart and you’ll find yourself wanting nothing but more and more of him, simply because the pleasure of knowing him is simply addictive and nothing any human being should live without really knowing or experiencing. Just give it a try! Another thing I have to warn you about is rushing things: sometimes God wants us to be patient and he will show us what he wants us to do, in his time. The Bible says there is a time for everything and everything is beautiful in its own time (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

I know, it’s easy to say but hard to do; or is it? Yes, only if you try to do it yourself. Stop trying to do it yourself, say a little Prayer and ask God to help you. He is faithful (Even when we’ve been naughty)

Here’s a short prayer:

Lord Jesus, I don’t know what plans you have for me, but your word says that they are plans to prosper me and give me hope and a future. Please help me to realise what it is you want me to hope for. I don’t want my hope, I want your hope, help me to be patient and to wait on you, so my story will be a beautiful one. Help me to be strong, even when I feel weak please be my strength, and guide me by your own hands into realising what I was born to do!

Thanks for reading, I know you’re already blessed so…

Remain Blessed!

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Would you be ready when the end comes ? would you be ready to stand before a holy and righteous God ? what could you say to justify your sin, to justify the amount of times you’ve read something on the internet that has told you God isn’t pleased with the kind of life you live ?
I beg of you! Repent for even your next heartbeat is not guaranteed, Repent! Before it’s too late!

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Sometimes there are answers to big questions in simplicity, look around you; the trees, the animals, the whole earth! Its fascinating and surprisingly perfect, the animals that need to run fast to survive are built just for that, birds that need to fly high are built just for that as well, they are perfect for their purpose, birds where made to fly, and that’s what they do, how awkward it would be for a bird to walk all its life and never realise it could fly, sad as it may seem some people, live life like a bird that can’t fly, they try to do things they have no business doing, and focus on things that cause distraction and this leads to them not actually discovering what they where put on this earth for, sometimes we need to take a step back, stop living a passive life, and ask, why am I here, what has God put me on this earth for..when you discover what God made you to do, you would realise you where made to do just that, and nothing else would bring as much fulfilment as doing what you where made for, if you live a passive life there would always be an emptiness inside. Ask God to show you what he has planned for you and then go ahed and do what you where born to do!

The Bible Says : For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11.

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