20 Cans of Success

Someone has said that success comes in “cans” and failure in “cannots.” Believing you can live a victorious Christian life takes no more effort than believing you cannot. So why not believe that you can walk by faith in the power of the Holy Spirit, that you can resist the temptations of the world, the flesh and the devil; and that you can grow as a Christian? It is your choice. The following “20 cans of success,” taken from God’s word, will expand your knowledge of our faith object: the Almighty God. Building your faith by internalizing these truths will lift you from the miry clay of the cannots to sit with Christ in the heavenly’s.

1. WHY SHOULD I SAY I CAN’T WIN 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 AND 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? (TWO TIMOTHY 1:7)

4. WHY SHOULD I LACK FAITH TO ALLOW CHRIST TO LIVE. HIS LIFE THROUGH ME, WHEN GOD HAS GIVEN ME A MEASURE 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? (ONE JOHN 4:4)

7. WHY SHOULD I ACCEPT DEFEAT WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD ALWAYS LEADE ME IN VICTORY? (TWO 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? (ONE CORINTHIANS 1:30; JAMES 1:5)

9. WHY SHOULD I BE DEPRESSED WHEN I CAN RECALL TO MIND GOD’S LOVING KINDNESS, COMPASSION, FAITHFULNESS AND HAVE HOPE? (LAMENTATIONS 3:21 – 23)

10. WHY SHOULD I WORRY AND BE UPSET WHEN I CAN CAST ALL MY ANXIETY ON CHRIST WHO CARES FOR ME? (ONE PETER 5:7)

11. WHY SHOULD I EVER BE IN BONDAGE KNOWING THAT THERE IS LIBERTY AND FREEDOM WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS? (TWO CORINTHIANS 3:17; GALATIANS 5:1)

12. WHY SHOULD I FEEL CONDEMNED WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO
ARE IN CHRIST JESUS? (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 THE VICTIM OF MISFORTUNE WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT CHRIST RESCUED ME FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW THAT I MIGHT RECEIVE HIS SPIRIT BY FAITH? (GALATIANS 3:13, 14)

15. WHY SHOULD I BE UNHAPPY WHEN I, LIKE PAUL, CAN LEARN TO BE CONTENT WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES? (PHILIPPIANS 4:11)

16. WHY SHOULD I FEEL WORTHLESS WHEN CHRIST BECAME SIN FOR ME SO THAT I MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM? (TWO CORINTHIANS 5:21)

17. WHY SHOULD I FEEL HELPLESS IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS, WHEN I KNOW THAT IF GOD IS FOR ME, WHO CAN BE AGAINST 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? (ONE CORINTHIANS 2:12; 14:33)

19. WHY SHOULD I FEEL LIKE A FAILURE WHEN I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR THROUGH CHRIST WHO LOVES ME? (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)