The Cans of Success...

This is something my friend, Mary Ann, sent me on Jan. 3, 1997. It's worth sharing:

In Building a Positive Spiritual Attitude by Rich Wilkins, he states, "Your attitude isn't a state of mind, it is a reflection of what you value."

Mr. Wilkins offers the following from Neil Anderson's book Victory Over the Darkness:


Twenty Cans of Success

1. Why should I say I can't when the Bible says I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength (Phil. 4:13)?

2. Why should I lack when I know that God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:19)?

3. Why should I fear when the Bible says God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love and sound mind (2 Tim. 1:7)?

4. Why should I lack faith to fulfill my calling knowing that God has allotted to me a measure of faith (Rom. 12:3)?

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; Dan. 11:32)?

6. Why should I allow Satan supremacy over my life when He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world (2 John 4:4)?

7. Why should I accept defeat when the Bible says that God always leads me in triumph (2 Cor. 2:14)?

8. Why should I lack wisdom when Christ became wisdom to me from God and God gives wisdom to me generously when I ask Him for it (1 Cor. 1:30; Jas. 1:5)?

9. Why should I be depressed when I can recall to mind God's loving kindness, compassion and faithfulness and have hope (Lam. 3:21-23)?

10. Why should I worry and fret when I can cast all my anxiety on Christ who cares for me (1 Pet. 5:7)?

11. Why should I ever be in bondage knowing that there is liberty where the Spirit of the Lord is (Gal. 5:1)?

12. Why should I feel condemned when the Bible says I am not condemned because I am in Christ (Rom. 8:1)?

13. Why should I feel alone when Jesus said He is with me always and He will never leave me nor forsake me (Matt. 28:20; Heb. 13:5)?

14. Why should I feel accursed or that I am the victim of bad luck when the Bible says that Christ redeemed me from the curse of the law that I might receive His Spirit (Gal. 3:13, 14)?

15. Why should I be discontented when I, like Paul, can learn to be content in all my circumstances Phil. 4:11)?

16. Why should I feel worthless when Christ became sin on my behalf that I might become the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. 5:21)?

17. Why should I have a persecution complex knowing that nobody can be against me when God is for me (Rom. 8:31)?

18. Why should I be confused when God is the author of peace and He gives me knowledge through His indwelling Spirit (1 Cor. 14:33; 2:12)?

19. Why should I feel like a failure when I am a conqueror in all things through Christ (Rom. 8:37)?

20. Why should I let the pressures of life bother me when I can take courage knowing that Jesus has overcome the world and its tribulations (John 16:33)?


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