{"id":1302,"date":"2011-04-20T10:07:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidcprice.wordpress.com\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2011-04-20T10:07:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T15:07:10","slug":"mission-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/mission-impossible\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission…Impossible?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How often do we limit ourselves based on what think we can and cannot do? \u00a0“I can’t” is the rally cry of the weak. \u00a0Yet, Scripture says that I can<\/em> do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” (Philippians 4:13, emphasis added) and that “we are more than\u00a0conquerors\u00a0through Him who loves us.” (Romans 8:37). \u00a0So, then, why can’t<\/em> we? \u00a0What is it that we are being prevented from doing out of fear, which is not of God (2 Timothy 1:7), or doubt, which is a lack of faith in God?<\/p>\n

Oswald Chambers, in his classic devotional, My Utmost for His Highest<\/a><\/em>, said:<\/p>\n

We must never measure our spiritual capacity on the basis of our eduction or our intellect; our capacity in spiritual things is measured on the basis of the promises of God….When it is a question of God’s Almighty Spirit, never say, ‘I can’t.’ Never allow the limitation of your own natural ability to enter into the matter. \u00a0If we have received the Holy Spirit, God expects the work of the Holy Spirit to be exhibited in us.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is there something in us that cries out, “I can’t!”? \u00a0If so, it is one of two things: \u00a0Either I am not submitting to the lordship of Christ in my life, or I am not a child of God at all. \u00a0Either one can be devastating.<\/p>\n

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How often do we limit ourselves based on what think we can and cannot do? \u00a0“I can’t” is the rally cry of the weak. \u00a0Yet, Scripture says that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” (Philippians 4:13, emphasis added) and that “we are more than\u00a0conquerors\u00a0through Him who loves us.” (Romans 8:37). \u00a0So,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4,5,20],"tags":[684,309,345,433],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3jKZO-l0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2428,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/sunday-morning-rewind-taming-the-wild-beast-in-your-mouth\/","url_meta":{"origin":1302,"position":0},"title":"Sunday Morning Rewind: Taming the Wild Beast in Your Mouth.","date":"September 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\"If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.\"\u00a0 James 1:26 Bridle your tongue.\u00a0 Have you ever tried to bridle (or we could say, bite your tongue) when someone really pushes your buttons?\u00a0 When they say that one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Christian Living"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1362,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/still\/","url_meta":{"origin":1302,"position":1},"title":"Quiet the Chaos","date":"September 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Do you ever get to that place where you get so busy and so stressed that all you want to do is climb in a corner and hibernate? 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