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Week 2

When the man heard this, he was sad, because he was very rich.

Jesus saw how sad the man was. SO he said, “It’s terribly hard for rich people to get into God’s kingdom! In fact, it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God’s kingdom.”

When the crowd heard this, they asked, “How can anyone ever be saved?”

Jesus replied, “There are some things that people cannot do, but God can do anything.” Luke 18:23-27(CEV)

There was a very popular worship song a few years ago “All Things Are Possible” (Darlene Zschech. 1997). It was based on this 27th verse from Luke. I sang this song sometimes with tears of hope born of desperation in the circumstances I was in. God heard my voice and I could feel His very presence as He would pick me up off the floor and assure me that He was already walking before me and had all those ‘pesky little problems’, that seem so HUGE to me, well under control!

And then, as I saw God work in my life and in the lives of those I loved, I would sing the song with joyful abandon! I would put it in my CD player and just dance around the house! I confess to you that someone also gave me a ‘bootlegged’ copy of the videotape and I so loved watching adults and children alike sing this song. I could see by the expressions on their face that they KNEW that ALL things were possible with God!!

I know what it is to be poor or to have plenty, and I have lived under all kinds of conditions. I know what it means to be full or to be hungry, to have too much or too little. Christ gives me the strength to face anything. Philippians 4:12-13 (CEV)

Another translation says: I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of contentment in every situation, whether it be a full stomach or hunger, plenty or want; for I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power. (TLB)

Paul wasn’t speaking of just physical hunger. Sometimes I hunger for … unconditional love … wisdom and clear sight in a particular circumstance … ‘gifting’ to accomplish a task I have been given. God is already there. He already knows the need. He can fulfill the need.

You are kind, LORD, so good and merciful.

You protect ordinary people, and when I was helpless,

you saved me and treated me so kindly that I don’t need to worry anymore.

Psalm 116:5-7 (CEV)

Questions: What ‘impossibles’ do I lay at God’s feet today? (Write them down and leave space for God’s answer.) Join together in agreement for God to do what He knows to do in each situation.

What are some ‘impossibles’ that BECAME possible because of God?