You Can Win!

November 06, 2004

Author: Rev. Kip B. Banks, Sr.














"And Jesus looking upon them saith,
'With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are
possible.'"



You Can Win!





       Very early yesterday morning the Boston Red Sox showed us something. 
They showed us that you could win no matter what the odds are that are stacked
against you.



The Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees in the American League Championship
Series and achieved a seemingly impossible task.  They came back from a 3 games
to none deficit, a feat that no other team in the history of baseball has ever
achieved.  Moreover, they beat the Yankees in a play-off series at Yankee
Stadium -- something else that the odds makers and Ghosts of Red Sox Past said
was impossible.



       But the Red Sox didn't give up.  They remained optimistic.  They took it
one game at a time, and low and behold the impossible became possible, they won
the victory! 



       What happened with the Redsox also applies to us.   Someone is saying
that you're not going to make it -- the odds makers are counting you out right
now.  They're saying that you're not going to excel in that presentation, on
that job, in that relationship or in your effort to walk with God.   But if you
employ the Redsox's strategy you too can win.



       What is the strategy? Don't get discouraged no matter how insurmountable
the odds.  Don't give up, don't throw in the towel, and don't lose hope.   Keep
your head up, keep on keeping-on, keep on trying, keep on persevering and keep
the faith.  Take it one day and at a time, and eventually you will win, because
with God all things are possible!



Peace and Blessings,

   Pastor Kip Banks




East Washington Heights Baptist Church