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But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."-Matthew 19:26 As a Christian, your lifeline to God is prayer. It’s how you grow more intimate with God and develop a deeper and more personal relationship with Him. But prayer is also how you face the enemy of your soul head-on with courage and hope! God tells us to not be afraid of Satan and his forces. Because as a Christian, you have authority in Jesus Christ who has conquered all the spiritual forces of darkness. When Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose again, He won the victory. And He wants you and me to live in that victory! How? It starts with prayer… passionate, even presumptuous prayer… to a God who you know can overcome anything. So often we forget to pray boldly, thinking that God can’t do what we are asking. But that is far from the truth, as today’s verse tells us. Now, it’s important to remember that doesn’t mean we have a blank check to ask God to do anything and everything we want Him to do. There is a powerful connection to God’s Word and prayer. Scripture will guide you and teach you what things you should pray for. And God will always come through in His response based on what His Word says. Let me put it this way: There is nothing that lies outside the reach of prayer except that which may lie outside the will of God. If you are facing a battle with the enemy today, know that God is fighting for you… and your victory is sure in Jesus Christ. You best weapon is prayer. Claim the promises God has for you in His Word, accept the victory, and live a life that exemplifies the power of our great God!

Dealing with Sin

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.”
Luke 10:25–28
In 1944, during a massive storm, the SS Richard Montgomery, a ship loaded with thousands of tons of aerial fragmentation bombs, broke up and sank not far from the English coast. Despite the danger posed by the unexploded ordinance, the decision was made to leave it in place for fear of setting off a massive explosion. It would be more dangerous to try to remove the bombs than it was to leave them in place. For more than seventy years, the wreckage of that ship has been home to a lethal danger.
Every human being is born with a lethal danger within—a sin nature that we inherit passed down from Adam. But we are not just sinners by nature. We are also sinners by choice. When presented with the opportunity to do right or wrong, our inclination is toward the evil rather than the good. And because of the punishment for sin that God has decreed, our sin problem requires a solution. We cannot just hope it sinks out of sight under the water and stays there.
Sin must be dealt with, but we have no way to do that. The very best that we can do falls short of the perfection God demands. There has never been anyone apart from Jesus Christ who has completely and perfectly obeyed the law of God. Only by accepting His sacrifice on our behalf can we have salvation.

Today’s Growth Principle: 

There is no hope for us to deal with sin, unless we accept the provision God has made for salvation.