Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.” Matthew 19:26 (NLT)
Judges 6:11-14, Judges 7:20-22
Israel was choosing to disobey God and worship false gods. This upset God and made Him sad. So, God removed His protection and allowed other nations to invade them. When Israel finally saw their sin and cried out to God for help, He chose Gideon to lead them and help save them from their enemies. For many years, the Israelites would love and obey God for a while but then go back to their sin.
An angel appeared to Gideon and reminded him that God was with him. Gideon asked why God had not yet rescued Israel. The angel told Gideon that God was using him to help rescue Israel.
Gideon gathered the Israelite army of thirty-two thousand men. Then God told Gideon that there were too many soldiers, and most of them needed to be sent home. So, Gideon was left with three hundred soldiers. These three hundred men had to face the Midianite army of one hundred thousand men. God promised to use this small number of men to save Israel.
Gideon and the Israelite army blew horns, and God caused the Midianites to become so confused that they started attacking each other. Without using weapons, Gideon and the small Israelite army defeated the Midianites. This was only possible because of God!
Even though the Israelites had been disobedient, God still loved them. His plan to use Gideon and a small group of men shows us just how much He loves His people, how powerful He is, and that He can do the impossible! If Gideon had gone into battle with all thirty-two thousand of his soldiers, the Israelites would have believed they were powerful enough to rescue themselves. God wanted Israel to know that He is powerful and can do anything.
God didn’t just do impossible things for Gideon and the Israelites. God can do anything for us too. Just like He loved the Israelites, He loves us so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, to do what was impossible for anyone else—to save us from our sin! Jesus died and came back to life so that when we admit that we’ve disobeyed God, believe in Jesus, and choose to follow Him, He saves us!
What does this story teach us about God’s power?
What are some things that seem impossible to you, but are not impossible for God?
Thank You, God, for Your power. We know that You can do anything, and that You want us to trust You. We love You, and we want to put our trust completely in You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.” Matthew 19:26 (NLT)
2 Kings 4:1-7
A woman’s husband had just died, and she owed a lot of money. The only way she could pay back what she owed was by giving up her two sons as slaves to work for the man she owed money to. The woman didn’t want to give up her sons, so she went to a prophet—a person God chooses and uses to share His truth and important messages with others—named Elisha for help. He asked her what she had in her house. The woman told him that all she had was one flask of oil. Elisha told the woman to borrow as many empty jars as she could, go home with her sons, and pour the oil from her flask into the jars.
In Elisha’s time, olive oil was very valuable. And this woman had only one bottle of olive oil. But the bottle somehow kept flowing with oil and didn’t run out until there were no more jars to fill. This seems impossible, which makes it a miracle—something that is so incredible that it can only be done by God’s power. The woman was able to sell all the oil for enough money to pay back all the money she owed and more! This miracle saved her sons and gave them enough to help them live.
God did the impossible by sending us His Son, Jesus, to rescue us from our sin. When we admit that we’ve disobeyed God, believe in what Jesus did for us, and choose to follow Him, we are saved. This was the most amazing miracle!
God still does amazing, impossible things today. Sometimes, He heals people who are sick, and other times, He gives us the strength we need to do hard things. God can do anything! He loves us so much that He wants us to ask for His help and trust Him.
How did the woman show that she believed God could do anything and what can we learn from her faith?
Knowing that God can do anything, why is it important to trust Him even when we don’t understand what He’s doing?
Thank You, God, for Your power. We know that You can do anything, and that You want us to trust You. We love You, and we want to put our trust completely in You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.” Matthew 19:26 (NLT)
Daniel 2:24-47
Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon. One night, he had a dream that bothered him. He called all the magicians and wise men to his palace to tell him what the dream was and then explain it. If they did, he would reward them. And if they didn’t, he would destroy them.
The magicians and wise men told Nebuchadnezzar that this was impossible. But Daniel, one of the king’s servants, heard about this and assured the king that he could explain the dream. Daniel was able to do this because God revealed the meaning. Before he went to the king, Daniel had prayed to God for help and God gave him a vision that explained what Nebuchadnezzar’s dream was and what it meant.
So, Daniel went before Nebuchadnezzar and told him what he saw in the dream: a big, scary statue of a man with a head made of gold, a chest and arms of silver, a belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron, and feet made of clay and iron. Then a rock cut from a mountain crushed the whole statue into tiny pieces that disappeared with the wind.
Daniel said that the statue’s gold head was King Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom. The silver, bronze, and iron parts represented kingdoms that would come after it. The iron legs and feet of clay and iron were a divided kingdom—the iron parts were strong, and the clay parts were weak. As they tried to work together, they struggled. While the kingdoms struggled, God was setting up His own kingdom. The rock represented God’s kingdom, which will one day destroy all the kingdoms that came before it, and His will be the only kingdom that reigns forever!
The kingdom of God is His rule over everything. This is the same kingdom Daniel explained at the end of the dream. The rock that destroyed all other kingdoms is God’s kingdom—a kingdom that will last forever!
We see God do the impossible by showing Daniel what no one could know without Him! God can do anything. The most amazing, impossible thing God has done is send His Son, Jesus, to rescue us from our sin. When we admit that we’ve disobeyed God, believe in what Jesus did for us and choose to follow Him, He saves us!
Why is it important to remember that God can do things that seem impossible to us?
What is something you can’t do on your own that you need God’s help with?
Thank You, God, for Your power. We know that You can do anything, and that You want us to trust You. We love You, and we want to put our trust completely in You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.” Matthew 19:26 (NLT)
Daniel 3:19-30
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were servants of King Nebuchadnezzar. They loved and worshipped God. But King Nebuchadnezzar built a giant golden statue and said that when the music played, everyone must bow down and worship his statue, or they would be thrown into a fiery furnace!
Nebuchadnezzar’s statue was an idol or false god—something people worship because they believe it is more important or powerful than God. But there is only one God, the God of the Bible. He is the only God that we should follow and worship.
Because Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego loved and worshipped the one, true God, they refused to bow down when the music played. Some of the king’s people told him about this, and he got so mad that he ordered some men to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them in the furnace.
When King Nebuchadnezzar looked in the furnace, he saw four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! Then he told Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to come out of the furnace. The three men stepped out of the fire completely unharmed. Nebuchadnezzar was amazed and realized that God was the only God, and made a new rule that everyone must worship the one, true God.
God did the impossible and saved Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from the fire. They chose to obey God, even if it meant dying, and God showed everyone how powerful He is. This shows us that God can do anything, and that we can choose to follow God, even when it’s hard.
The most amazing, impossible thing God has ever done is sending His Son, Jesus, to rescue us from our sin. When we admit that we’ve disobeyed God, believe in what Jesus did for us and choose to follow Him, He saves us!
Why is it important to remember that God can do things that seem impossible to us?
What is something you can’t do on your own that you need God’s help with?
Thank You, God, for Your power. We know that You can do anything, and that You want us to trust You. We love You, and we want to put our trust completely in You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.