{"id":37366,"date":"2026-02-13T13:23:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=37366"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:42:16","slug":"pastors-ponderings-god-is-able-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=37366","title":{"rendered":"Pastor&#8217;s Ponderings: God Is Able! (February 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Wednesday Bible studies have recently featured testimonies from a variety of people, both from within and outside of our church.\u00a0 The testimonies have all demonstrated a presence of God in their lives along with a background of God&#8217;s activity.\u00a0 God is always present and He&#8217;s constantly guiding lives at critical points.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Pastor Mike offered the following thoughts for the February 2026 issue of PUMC&#8217;s church Newsletter, Steeple Notes.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It has been wonderful to hear the testimonies of people in our bible studies. It is amazing how Christ works in every single person.<br \/>\nWith this broken world, we all have different ways we need to be transformed, healed and made well beyond our need for forgiveness of sin.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class='author-shortcodes'>\n\t\t\t<div class='author-inner'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='author-image'>\n\t\t\t<img src='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/Bible-LifeApp-Study-_0644x600-217582_60x60.jpg' alt='' \/>\n\t\t\t<div class='author-overlay'><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .author-image --> \n\t\t<div class='author-info'>\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #993366; font-size: 14pt;\">Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ephesians 3:20\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .author-info -->\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .author-inner -->\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .author-shortcodes -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just as I am amazed by how many ways we as humans have become broken, it also amazes me how God can redeem. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-3508\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sistine-Chap-God-Adam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sistine-Chap-God-Adam.jpg 277w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sistine-Chap-God-Adam-207x136.jpg 207w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sistine-Chap-God-Adam-260x170.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How has God been creative and healed the brokenness in your life? Christ so badly wants to bring redemption to our lives, but we need to respond to His grace. Let us continue to be faithful to responding to grace everyday, not just the moment we were born again. Let&#8217;s see the power of God displayed in your life!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Pastor Mike Chapman<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 18pt;\">+\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0+<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more Pastors Ponderings articles, click the below button:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?cat=131' class='big-button bigpurple'><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pastors Ponderings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God  can do more than we can ask for or even more than we can imagine.  In the life of a Christian, God constantly works behind the scenes to heal, challenge, and guide.  How can we better see and respond to God&#8217;s power that He&#8217;s displaying in our lives?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[144,137],"class_list":["post-37366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pastors-ponderings","tag-godspresence","tag-godsprotection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37366"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37409,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37366\/revisions\/37409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}