MAN/WOMAN: "It's impossible" GOD: All things are possible Jesus replied, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”(Luke18:27)
MAN/WOMAN: "I'm too tired" GOD: I will give you rest “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”(Matthew 11:28-30)
MAN/WOMAN : "Nobody really loves me" GOD : I love you “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.(John 13:34)
MAN/WOMAN: "I can't go on" GOD : My Grace is sufficient But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.(II Corinthians 12:9) & He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. (Psalm 91:15)
MAN/WOMAN: "I can't figure things out" GOD: I will direct your steps Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3: 5-6)
MAN/WOMAN: "I can't do it" GOD: You can do all things I can do everything through him who gives me strength.(Phillipians 4:13)
MAN/WOMAN : "I'm not able" GOD: I am able And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.(II Corinthians 9:8)
MAN/WOMAN: "It's not worth it" GOD: It will be worth it And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.(Romans 8:28)
MAN/WOMAN : "I can't forgive myself" GOD: I forgive you If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.(I John 1:9) Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1)
MAN/WOMAN: "I can't manage" GOD: I will supply all your needs And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. (Phillipians 4:19)
MAN/WOMAN: "I'm afraid" GOD: I have not given you a spirit of fear For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of selfdiscipline.(II Timothy 1:7)
MAN/WOMAN: "I'm always worried and frustrated" GOD: Cast all your cares on me Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.(I Peter 5:7)
MAN/WOMAN: "I don't have enough faith" GOD: I've given everyone a measure of faith For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.(Romans 12:3)
MAN/WOMAN: "I'm not smart enough" GOD: I give you wisdom It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God–that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.(I Corinthians 1:30)
MAN/WOMAN: "I feel all alone" God: I will never leave you or forsake you Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.(Hebrews 13:5)
- Ed Archaletta (a Sunday school teacher)
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Psalm 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold
from those whose walk is blameless.