“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”. Philippians 4:13. All things folks. You name it, you can do it. It’s a shame none of the apostles – not least Paul – thought of this while they were being beaten, flogged, imprisoned, stoned and the rest. Could have saved a lot of hassle if they used it like we will.

Not enough people are abusing scripture these days. It seems everyone is struggling to rip verses out of context and apply them to suit their own purposes. If you’ve been struggling with that too, here are 10 great ways you can abuse scripture this year.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4

Always a favourite with the health and wealth crowd, this verse allows you to claim that you love the Lord whilst indulging whatever sinful desire you have set your heart upon. This is a good one because you can literally claim that your desire for anything at all is something given to you from the Lord because you love him so much, obvs.

Truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

Matthew 18:19

Another cracker for all those times you want the Lord to sanctify whatever decision you have already made or thing you have set your heart upon. The problem with this one is that you need someone else to agree with you but – in a ‘if you scratch my back I’ll scratch yours’ kind of deal – you can surely find someone to agree with you, so long as you’re willing to agree with them whenever they want random stuff too.

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