Debbie Jansen - Author / Speaker / Mentor / Minutes of Faith / Praying for America

Nick Vujicic is an Australian-American born without arms or legs who has become a world-renowned speaker, New York Times best selling author, coach and entrepreneur.

Isaiah 40:31 “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

Ralph Lightner was disabled and yet his ministry ultimately caused 200,000 people to come to Christ.

Matthew 12:13 “Then he (Jesus) said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other.”

As she was dying, Betsie told Corrie, “There is no pit so deep that God is not deeper still.”

Isaiah 6:8 “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

The body of Christ is not made up of carbon copy people. We are all different with a wide range of talents.

1 Corinthians 12: 4-6 “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.”

Maggie gave her heart to Jesus and had an exciting life!

Judges 4:9 “Certainly I will go with you,” said Deborah. “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh."

This season is going to be very exciting. I’m going to give you 20 examples of people who were just like me and you until….God showed up!

Exodus 14:13  "Moses answered the people, “DO NOT BE AFRAID. STAND FIRM AND YOU WILL SEE THE DELIVERANCE THE LORD WILL BRING YOU TODAY. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only be still.”

If you are a Christian, you have heard this verse many many times. Today I want to challenge you and see if you really know what it means.

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

It’s hard to wrap our minds around the fact that a supernatural God hanging out somewhere in space can actually call everyone by name and instantly know what we are thinking, doing or planning to do.

Psalm 139: 1-6  “O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.”

Why did God put you here at during this time and these circumstances?

Job 13:15 “Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him.”

Fear often keeps us from the great plans God has for our lives.  With God we can overcome Evil.

2 Timothy 1:7 “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”