God is Able

March 2nd, 2023

God is able. Those three words are incredible. Those three words are hard to believe. Those three words are life-changing. Do you believe them? Do you live them? Do you realize the consequences of those three words?

As Christians, we forget this. Think about it, what would you be doing if you believed that God was able? If you believed God was able to change the lives of the people around you? If you believed that He was able to change the world?

God can change the world, but He wants to work through us and with us. This past week God has been working in the lives of people around me and showing us that He is able and that we need to believe it! We need to stop being afraid. We need to stop worrying. We need to give ourselves totally to Him.

I live in the northeast. This is not a very Christian place. I just looked it up and, for example, Albany, New York was the 6th most post-Christian city in the nation and the top eight most post-Christian cities are in the northeast. This area desperately needs Christ.

Sadly, many people get busy doing life and forget what we need to be doing. We need to believe that God is able to change everything. What’s amazing about the past week is that many people have had a similar idea put on their hearts and a few people have started realizing that there is work to do. There is work to do! God’s not done yet! God hasn’t given up!

One question that I’ve been thinking about lately is “what if God could?” If you say something is impossible ask, “what if God could?” and think about what would happen if God did that. What would happen if God started a prayer group at your school? What would happen if all the youth in the area worshiped and prayed together? What would happen if… Think about it. Why couldn’t He? Should we be putting limits on God’s power? God isn’t helpless! He’s the Creator of everything around us! If He wants to ignite this area, He can do it!

God is not weak! God is not distant! God wants people to know Him and God can work miracles! I love the book of Acts because it talks about what God can and does do through His church. For example, God brings over 3,000 to Jesus with Peter’s speech (Acts 2). The same Peter who denied Jesus three times a month or two ago. The whole book of Acts talks about how God spreads the gospel throughout the world. It’s a great example of the ministry of Christians.

Pray for a change in your mindset. Pray for a change in the mindset of the people around you. Everything starts with prayer.

“Nothing of eternal significance ever happens apart from prayer” - Jerry Falwell

Pray constantly and pray like you believe that He truly is Able!

“never stop praying” - 1 Thessalonians 5:17

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything." - Philippians 4:6a

“And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.” - 1 John 5:14-15

“Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” - James 5:16

Let’s start dreaming of the incredible! Let’s believe in an all-powerful God! Let’s believe that He is able! Let’s pray together! Let’s join together with Christ! Let’s live for Him! Let’s show the world the glory and awesome incredible power of Jesus!

What are you waiting for?