Wrong Attitudes- A Hopeless Perspective, Part 2 (TMF:588)

Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- A Hopeless Perspective, Part 2 (TMF:588) - Daniel Litton
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       Another thing that’s tied into a hopeless attitude is what I call Satan’s “I can’t do it” attitude. We have all suffered to some degree from this type of thinking in the past. Again, when a situation seems impossible or is really hard, we can look at it and say, “I can’t do this.” But the Apostle Paul reminds us, “I can do all things through him [Christ] who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13, ESV). This is a really good verse, and it combats the thoughts that Satan puts into our minds. We can in fact do what God wants us to do, no matter how hard it may seem to do it, because God strengthens us with his strength to do it. When a situation seems impossible, my advice to you is just take the first step. Then take small steps and see how God blesses what you are doing. You have to start somewhere. Take your mind off the ‘big picture,’ and focus on the first step. This is how good things happen. You see, if Satan keeps us hopeless, we will accomplish little to nothing in life. He loves it when we are hopeless, because with hopelessness comes the death of motivation and the beginnings of depression.