Hello, my friends. Welcome to follow him favorites. My name is Hank Smith. I'm here with the fabulous

John, by the way. Welcome, John. Thank you. John, we're going to have a good day. Follow

him favorites. We're going to answer a single question from this week's lesson. We're

in Philippians and Colossians today. Is that how you say it, John? Colossians and Colossians.

I usually say both and then I know that, you know, I've got them covered somehow.

Yeah, you've covered all your bases. The question comes from Philippians chapter four,

verse 13, and you probably know that verse is the youth theme for the church this year. The

question is this, when have you found strength through Christ to do hard things? Because the verse

says, I can do all things through Christ, which strengthen me. When I was a bishop, I used to have

one of those little plastic flexible bracelets that had Philippians for 13 on it. Because sometimes

I just didn't feel up to the task that would help me think, well, Jesus told Peter he could walk

on water. And if the Lord asks you and the Lord says, come, then you can do it. I think the world's

self-help approach is I can do all things. Period. But this is I can do all things through Christ,

which strengthen it for me. There are some things that even the gospel asks us to do, which

I just don't know if I can do that well with Christ. You can't. That's what this is telling us.

Yeah, I think I've seen in my life that when I think I can do all things, it's actually a pretty

poor show. I usually say I can do all things on my own and then I fall flat on my face.

I'm grateful that Paul adds this. I can do all things through Christ, which strengthen me. I think

in context to John, we need to understand that Paul is saying I can withstand trials. I don't know

if he's saying I could run a world record marathon or 100-yard dash. Yeah, I think he's saying I can

withstand the difficulties that I'm in. The previous verses are about the difficulties he's in. He

said, I have learned wherever I am, I need to be content. And then he says I can do that through

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