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t is exciting to know that with I am so glad that we serve a God of anything be? No wonder the rages others. With God, all things
God all things are possible: possibilities. Even the word Gospel is called the "good news"! are possible!
I"But Jesus looked at them and impossible makes me feel hope-
said, With men this is impossible, less and frustrated. I always like God can change hearts, heal a [The Everyday Life Bible,
but all things are possible with to believe there is hope, no matter sick body, rekindle a marriage, or Amplified Version, Notes and
God" (Matthew 19:26). how bad things may look. restore finances. He can feed five Commentary by Joyce Meyer,
thousand people with a little boy's Faith Words, New York, USA,
In our human thinking we hit If God can take a hard, sinful, lunch, walk on water, read men's 2006].
brick walls, so to speak, when we hateful, bitter heart, and make it hearts, and anything else He
come up against something that soft, holy, loving, and forgiving, wants to do. Nothing is impos-
is impossible for us. We feel then, as far as I am concerned, He sible with God! Do not ever look at
frustrated and hopeless. But with can do anything! I think that a situation and think or say, "This
God, that never has to happen. sometimes we do not realize what is impossible." It may be
When we put our trust in Him a miracle our salvation is. We impossible with men, but with
another world opens up to us, a become completely new crea- God all things are possible!
world of possibilities that we tures and are given a brand-new
would have never thought possi- start in life by accepting Jesus If we keep praying and believing,
ble in the natural. Christ as our Saviour: "Therefore God can keep working, but if we
if any person is [ingrafted] in give up, we close the door on the
You may have practically worn Christ [the Messiah] he is a new miracle God has in mind for us.
yourself out trying to accomplish creation (a new creature alto- You may say, "You just don't
something and, when you finally gether); the old [previous moral realize what a mess I have in my
gave up and turned it over to God, and spiritual condition] has life." My advice to you is to ask
you saw Him do with ease what passed away. Behold, the fresh God to take your mess and turn it
you had struggled for a long time. and new has come!" (2 Cor. 5:17). into your greatest miracle! He can
I know that has happened to me work it out for your good and you
over and over again. How much more awesome could will have a testimony that encou-