Living with a chronic bleeding disorder has given me a few (ok, many) opportunities to be freaked-out. Every new diagnosis, every ambulance ride, every trip to the ER is an opportunity to lean into God’s ability to do what I cannot, to calm me down.

There are plenty of ways we are reminded of our inability to deal with life’s trials. Debt and job insecurity. Aging parents and wayward children. Tension in relationships. Addictions. These are very real human experiences that remind us just how much of life is out of our control. We need help.

When I feel weak, helpess, and vulnerable, I go to my list of "God is able . . ." verses. These verses remind me of how big my God is. When I am weak, he is more than able to give me strength. When I feel helpless, but he is more than able to help me. When fear threatens to overwhelm me, he is more than able to deliver me.

We do not have a hands-off God. He is not one to tell us, "Go and do XYZ, on your own." Far from it! 

Our God wants to be in the trenches of life with us. Not only does he want to be with us and help us, but is able to. He is able to act on our behalf and he does!

We have a living, loving, and all-powerful God.  Be encouraged! Let these verses bring you comfort and hope.

God is Able . . .

To do more than you can imagine

Ephesians 3:20 — God is able . . . "to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think."

To give you grace

2 Corinthians 9:8 — God is able . . . "to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work."

To help when you are tempted

Hebrews 2:18 — "For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted."

To save you

Hebrews 7:25 — God is able . . . "to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them."

To keep you from stumbling

Jude 24 — God is able . . . "to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy."

To guard you

2 Timothy 1:12 — God is able . . . "to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me."

To heal you

Matthew 9:28-29 — "When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, 'Do you believe that I am able to do this?' They said to him, 'Yes, Lord.' Then he touched their eyes, saying, 'According to your faith be it done to you.’"

To deliver you from danger

Daniel 3:17 — God is able . . . "to deliver us out of your hand, O king [Nebuchadnezzar]."

To humble you

Daniel 4:36-37 —  "for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble."

To strengthen you

Romans 14:4 — "And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand."

To provide for you

2 Chronicles 25:9 — God is able . . . "to give you much more than this.”

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