TWENTY CANS OF SUCCESS

MY COUNSELOR GAVE THESE TO ME AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE SO GOOD THAT I WOULD SHARE THEM WITH YOU ALL.

TWENTY CANS OF SUCCESS (SUPPOSED TO READ ONE A DAY)

1.WHY SHOULD I SAY I CAN'T WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH?
PHILIPPIANS 4:13 'I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH HIM WHO STRENGTHENS ME'

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 IN CHRIST JESUS?
PHILIPPIANS 4:19 'AND MY GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS
RICHES IN GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS.'

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.
2 TIMOTHY1:7 'FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF TIMIDITY,BUT OF POWER
LOVE AND DISCIPLINE.'

4. WHY SHOULD I LACK FAITH TO LIVE FOR CHRIST WHEN GOD HAS GIVEN ME A MEASURE OF FAITH?
ROMANS 12:3 'FOR THROUGH THE GRACE GIVEN TOME I SAY TO EVERYONE AMONG
YOU NOT TO THINK MORE HIGHLY OF HIMSELF THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK; BUT
TO THINK SO AS TO HAVESOUND JUDGEMENT, AS GOD ALLOTTED TO EACH A
MEASURE OF FAITH'

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 ' THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION; WHOM SHALL I FEAR?
THE LORD IS THE DEFENSE OF MY LIFE; WHOM SHALL I DREAD?'
DANIEL 11:32 'BY SMOOTH WORDS HE WILL TURN TO GODLESSNESS THOSE WHO
ACT WICKEDLY TOWARD THE COVENANT, BUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEIR
GOD WILL DISPLAY STRENGTH AND TAKE ACTION'

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?
1JOHN4:4 'YOU ARE FROM GOD, LITTLE CHILDREN, AND HAVE OVERCOME THEM;
BECAUSE GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLD.'

7.(TODAYS READING) WHY SHOULDI ACCEPT DEFEAT WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS ALWAYS LEADS IN VICTORY?
-2 CORINTHIANS 2:14 'BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO ALWAYS LEADS US IN
TRIUMPH IN CHRIST, AND MANIFESTS THROUGH US THE SWEET AROMA OF THE
KNOWLEDGE OF HIM IN EVERY PLACE'

8. WHY SHOULD I LACK WISDOM WHEN I KNOW THAT CHRIST BECAME WISDOM IN ME FROM GOD AND GOD GIVES WISDOM TO ME GENEROUSLY WHEN ASK HIM FOR IT?
1 CORINTHIANS 1:30 'BUT BY HIS DOING YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO BECAME
TO US WISDOM FROM GOD, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SANTIFICATION, AND
REDEMPTION.'
JAMES 1:5 'BUT IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, WHO GIVES
TO ALL GENEROUSLYAND WITHOUT REPROACH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM.'

9. WHY SHOULD I BE DEPRESSED WHEN I HAVE HOPE AND CAN RECALL TO MIND GOD'S LOVING-KINDNESS, COMPASSION AND FAITHFULNESS?
-LAMENTATIONS 3:21-23 'THIS I RECALL TO MY MIND, THEREFORE I HAVE HOPE.
THE LORD'S LOVINGKINDNESSES INDEED NEVER CEASE, FOR HIS COMPASSIONS
NEVER FAIL. THEY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING; GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS.'

10. WHY SHOULD I WORRY AND BE UPSET WHEN I CAN CAST ALL MY ANXIETITES ON CHRIST WHO CARES FOR ME?
-1 PETER 5:7 'CASTING ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM, BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU.'

11. WHY SHOULD I EVER BE IN BONDAGE KNOWING THAT THERE IS FREEDOM WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS?
-2 CORINTHIANS 3:17 'NOW THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT, AND WHERE THE SPIRIT
OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY'

12. WHY SHOULD I FEEL CONDEMNED WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS?
-ROMANS 8:1 'THEREFORE THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO
ARE IN CHRIST JESUS.'

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 'TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THAT I COMMANDED YOU;
AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE.'
-HEBREWS 13:5 'MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHARACTER IS FREE FROM THE LOVE OF
MONEY, BEING CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE; FOR HE HIMSELF HAS SAID
"I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I FORSAKE YOU".'

14.WHY SHOULD I FEEL AS IF I'M CURSED OR HAVE BAD LUCK 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 'CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW,
HAVING BECOME A CURSE FOR US-FOR IT IS WRITTEN "CURSED IS EVERYONE
WHO HANGS ON A TREE"-IN ORDER THAT IN CHRIST JESUS THE BLESSING
OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME TO THE GENTILES, SO THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE
THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH'

15. WHY SHOULD I BE UNHAPPY WHEN I, LIKE PAUL, CAN LEARN TO BE CONTENT WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES?
-PHILIPPIANS 4:11 'NOT THAT I SPEAK FROM WANT, FOR I HAVE LEARNED TO BE
CONTENT IN WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES I AM.'

16. WHY SHOULD I FEEL WORTHLESS WHEN CHRIST BECAME SIN FOR ME SO THAT I MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTOUSNESS OF GOD?
-2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 'HE MADE HIM WHO KNEW NO SIN TO BE SIN ON OUR BEHALF
SO THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM'

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 'WHAT THEN SHALL WE SAY TO THESE THINGS? IF GOD IS FOR US
WHO IS AGAINST US?'

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?
-1 CORINTHIANS 2:12 'NOW WE HAVE RECEIVED, NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD,
BUT THE SPIRIT WHO IS FROM GOD, SO THAT WE MAY KNOW THE THINGS FREELY
GIVEN TO US BY GOD.'
-1 CORINTHIANS 14:33 'FOR GOD IS NOT A GOD OF CONFUSION BUT OF PEACE, AS
IN ALL THE CHURCHES OF THE SAINTS.'

19. WHY SHOULD I FEEL LIKE A FAILURE WHEN I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR THROUGH CHRIST WHO LOVED ME?
-ROMANS 8:37 'BUT IN ALL THESE THINGS WE OVERWHEMINGLY CONQUER
THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US'.

20. WHY SHOULD I LET THE PRESSURES OF LIFE BOTHER ME WHEN I CAN TAKE COURAGE KNOWING THE JESUS HAS OVERCOME THE WORLD AND IT'S PROBLEMS?
-JOHN 16:33 'THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU, SO THAT IN ME YOU MAY
HAVE PEACE. IN THE WORLD YOU HAVE TRIBULATION, BUT TAKE COURAGE,
I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.'

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

shrink and grandma

well saw the shrink today. he doesn't think i am bipolar. he thinks i am ADD which makes more sense. he was upset that the hospital put me on medications that just sedated me and didn't really do anything to help.

so we are in the process of changing medications. he said i should notice a definite difference within the next two weeks. thats when we see him again. i am more optimistic about this and nervous at the same time. hubby is very supportive and hopeful as well.

on another note, please keep our family in your prayers. my husbands grandma is dying. they have taken her off oxygen and just letting her go. she is 93. she is our last grandparent. she has been my grandma as well for the last 17 years that hubby and i have been together. i lost my grandparents in jr high and high school, then a few years ago , my pops' mom died. anyway, keep us in your prayers. we'd appreciate it.

guess thats it for now. thanks for the prayers.

surgery etc

hi all

came through surgery fine. female stuff fine. slow recovery though. appreciate all thoughts and prayers. very sore both in incisions and throat from breathing tube.

we hope to make it to a church this sunday. we wanted to give life way one more try. we went to their saturday night service, but would like to try a sunday morning. then we will try grove city Nazarene for 2 weeks.

thats all for now.

Surgery

TOMORROW IS SURGERY DAY. I AM SOMEWHAT NERVOUS, BUT KNOW THAT GOD IS WITH ME. A DEAR FRIEND WAS NICE ENOUGH TO STOP OVER TONIGHT AND SAY HI AND THAT HE WOULD BE PRAYING FOR ME AND TRY TO STOP BY THE HOSPITAL FOR HUBBY.

'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?'
-PS. 27:1 THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION-WHOM SHALL I FEAR? THE LORD IS THE STRONGHOLD OF MY LIFE- OF WHO SHALL I BE AFRAID?
-DANIEL 11:32 WITH FLATTERY hE WILL CORRUPT THOSE WHO HAVE VIOLATED THE COVENANT, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEIR GOD WILL FIRMLY RESIST hIM.

THE LORD WILL BE BY MY SIDE TOMORROW AND AS MY LITTLE CROSS SAYS, I WILL HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF MY HAND ALWAYS PARAPHRASED FROM ISIAH.

WILL WRITE WHEN I CAN ABOUT RESULTS. PLEASE ALL WHO TRULY CARE, KEEP BOTH OF US IN YOUR PRAYERS.