Confidence to Face Any Situation
August 15th, 2008 | by Ed |This Sunday, I continue my summer series of messages Great Verses to Live By.
I’ll be teaching on a very familiar verse–Philippians 4:13. Most of you know the verse as “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” But I think that the Revised English Bible captures the meaning more accurately. It reads, “I am able to face anything through him who gives me strength.”
The idea here is not that we can do anything through Christ’s strength (as true as that may be). The idea here is that in the strength of Christ we can have confidence to face any and every situation that comes our way.
The context of Philippians 4:13 opens up some valuable insights into how we can have confidence to face any situation–good, bad or ugly. Some of the topics we’re going to look at include: the key to releasing our anxieties to God and leaving them with Him; the importance of shaping our lives by renewing our minds; and the secret of living independent of your circumstances.
Learn how to be “self-sufficient in the sufficiency of Christ.”