4-2-08
God Can Do This!

Scripture thought for this week:

I am the Lord, the God of the whole human race. Is anything too hard for me?

Jeremiah 32:26-27

Dear Friend,
Are there challenges in your life that feel like things just aren't going your way? Do situations you're facing seem impossible, insurmountable, so much bigger than you, that you feel like you just don't know how it can change? In Jeremiah 32:26-27, the person who penned these words from God was the prophet Jeremiah. He was in jail for serving God, for telling people who God was and what He was trying to say to them. Talk about feeling like things aren't going your way! The words in this verse Jeremiah spoke and wrote were for himself, the people of that day and us right now!

Have you ever realized that sometimes situations get more impossible because we start entertaining impossible thoughts? The presence of these thoughts start to direct our steps, our steps start to form our habits, our habits then become our lifestyle, our address soon becomes 1313 Impossible Lane. What starts as a thought in our mind can easily take root in our heart and then control our faith. Ask yourself this..."Is there anything too hard for God?" List your impossibilities and begin to pray prayers to God that say, "You are the Lord and there isn't anything too hard for you!"

This Sunday we are going to learn how to open the door to the God of the impossible and close the door on impossible thoughts. Our marriages, families, friendships, careers and this generation are counting on us to live these faith filled principles. We hope you can come and bring a friend who needs these words of life and hope!

Practice today:
Use your dream journal or any journal to start the day and give thanks for something good you already have experienced. Next journal an "impossible" prayer. Then end the day with that prayer and journal your thanks for a good thing God did for you that day. You will begin to crowd out impossibilities as you rehearse in your mind and heart the possibilities that are coming your way.

Shutting and Opening Doors with You,
Scott & Clare

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