As I was preparing our message this week, I found myself asking the question: “Is this really possible? Can people really do what I’m asking them to do this week? Can I do what I’m asking us to do?” As I studied, I realized that it is this defeatist attitude that usually keeps us from being all that God wants us to be. So as we move into the fifth chapter of First John, I want to encourage you to change your mind-set to that of Paul’s when he wrote, “I can do all things through him who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). I want us to believe today that we can love as God loves and obey as God wants us to obey! That is evidence of our faith!