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To say I can't do anything without Christ is essentially to say that you won't. What a strange, unrealistic attitude?! What has man done without Christ? Time to realize that you can't do anything truly meaningful without Christ informing you as to His Good, Acceptable, and Perfect Will.
How can anyone say they have done anything beyond the natural, if all that they have done is within the realm of man?
Cannot any man build a media empire? Why claim to be Anointed if all you have done is talk on TV and radio, podcasts and YouTube channels? If your will is to do the Father's, you don't get to wait until you feel qualified.
So what did Paul mean "I can do all things through Christ, which strengthens me"?
Philippians 4:
11 Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned
in whatever state I am, to be content:
12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound.
Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be
full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Does this sound like ambition, or contentment?
And yet verse 13 has been used countless times to encourage
people to go out and try to do something wonderful for God.
This is the Word of the Lord to a blessed one.
Jeremiah 45:5 And do you seek great things for yourself?
Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh, says the Lord.
“But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go.”
This is not the same as waiting with long-suffering
to witness the wonders of God.
Jeremiah 33:3 ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you
great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
This is the fruit of truly abiding
John 15:
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you,
you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit;
so you will be My disciples.
The ministry of intercession is without stumbling blocks
of pride, false modesty, and selfish desires.
Ah, Contentment, could that be a worthwhile goal in this
time when the nations are trying to grab up what remains
of earth's resources? Let them have it! Get out of Babylon, now.
How can anyone say they have done anything beyond the natural, if all that they have done is within the realm of man?
Cannot any man build a media empire? Why claim to be Anointed if all you have done is talk on TV and radio, podcasts and YouTube channels? If your will is to do the Father's, you don't get to wait until you feel qualified.
So what did Paul mean "I can do all things through Christ, which strengthens me"?
Philippians 4:
11 Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned
in whatever state I am, to be content:
12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound.
Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be
full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Does this sound like ambition, or contentment?
And yet verse 13 has been used countless times to encourage
people to go out and try to do something wonderful for God.
This is the Word of the Lord to a blessed one.
Jeremiah 45:5 And do you seek great things for yourself?
Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh, says the Lord.
“But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go.”
This is not the same as waiting with long-suffering
to witness the wonders of God.
Jeremiah 33:3 ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you
great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
This is the fruit of truly abiding
John 15:
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you,
you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit;
so you will be My disciples.
The ministry of intercession is without stumbling blocks
of pride, false modesty, and selfish desires.
Ah, Contentment, could that be a worthwhile goal in this
time when the nations are trying to grab up what remains
of earth's resources? Let them have it! Get out of Babylon, now.
