What God is Able to Do - For Us

Good morning, Five Minute Families! Today we begin a three-part series looking at what God is able to do FOR us, what God is able to do IN us, and what God is able to do THROUGH us. Do you know what God is able to do FOR you? God calls brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers to share with one another the encouragement and truth He reveals to each one of us. We are not walking through this earthly life alone. As we share numerous verses over the next few minutes, please choose one to explore more deeply with your family. God gives us His strength. In Colossians 1:29 Paul reminds us that he labored to present everyone mature in Christ only by striving with God’s strength that works powerfully in us. Without Christ and the Holy Spirit, everything a believer does is without purpose. We must remember that all the actions we take for God are only to bring Him glory AND those actions are only fruitful because HE is doing mighty work. We are merely His vessels for the moment. Family life is a great example of leaning on His power in order to shine the light of truth in each other’s lives. We see this again and again in Scripture, including Ephesians 3:20, “Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us.” So, with those verses in mind, what really is God able to do FOR us? Of utmost importance is that He and He alone saves us. Hebrews 7:25 “Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede for them.” We cannot be good enough, we cannot repent enough, we cannot follow the law closely enough to be worthy of salvation, but God saved us. He did this FOR us because He loves us. We must remember that God will always deliver us just as he delivered Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. In Daniel 3:17 we read, “If the God we serve exists, then he can rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he can rescue us from the power of you, the king.” Now, we must also remember that not all of God’s delive