“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13)

I Can Stand Up and Be Counted ! Courage!

1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done with love. Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. (KJV)

1 Samuel 17:46-47 “This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 Then all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD'S, and He will give you into our hands.” David showed Courage!

I Can Avoid Being Sensitive, Jealous & Self Pitying ! Selflessness!

Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Sensitivity, Jealousy & Self-Pity all have as their root a preoccupation with self. The key is to forget self!

Philippians 2:5-8 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Christ as Example

I Can Let My Light Shine ! Influence!

Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

2 Chronicles 34:1-3 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images.

I Can Make the Right Decisions ! Godliness!

1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. The only true wisdom is from above. It is God who determines what is acceptable and righteous activity, not man.

Matthew 19:20-22 The young man said to Him, "All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?" 21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. The rich man made a wrong choice

I Can Go the Second Mile ! Steadfastness!

Matthew 5:39-41 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40 If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. 41 And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.

Hebrews 5:14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. It takes diligence… work… steadfastness to be a mature child of God