Vujicic - Limitless devotions for a ridiculously good life

Life Without Limits

Unstoppable

L IMITLESS
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Material in Limitless is excerpted from Life Without Limits and Unstoppable by Nick Vujicic.

Copyright 2013 by Nicholas James Vujicic

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Vujicic, Nick.
Limitless devotions for a ridiculously good life / Nick Vujicic. 1st ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-73092-3
1. Christian lifeMeditations. 2. Consolation. I. Title.
BV 4501.3. V 855 2013
242dc23
2012037878

v3.1

Hello and welcome to my first Christian devotional. This book draws on material from two of my previous books, Life Without Limits and Unstoppable. It is intended to provide you with a series of quick inspirational and faith-building stories to be read daily or whenever you feel you need them. There are no rules other than Gods.

I do want to comment on the title, Limitless, which refers not to my abilities or your abilities but to Gods limitless love and power. As you may already know from my speeches, books, and videosor you may suspect from photographsI am technically more limited physically than most people.

I was born without arms or legs. Though I lacked limbs, I was blessed with a loving and supportive family that includes not just my parents and my brother and sister (both of whom came fully equipped) but also many cousins, aunts, and uncles. Even better, I was given the gift of Christian faith.

Thats not to say I did not struggle with my faith, especially when I reached those difficult adolescent years when we all try to figure out our place in the worldwhere we fit in and what we have to contribute. I prayed to God that I would wake up with arms and legs. Those prayers were not answered. I grew angry and then depressed. Thoughts of suicide drove me to make an attempt on my own life, but I stopped short when I realized my death would burden my loved ones with guilt and grief.

Over time, I came to understand that God had not brought me into the world without limbs to punish me. Instead, He had a plan for me, an incredible plan to serve Him by inspiring and leading others to lives of Christian faith.

If God can take someone like me, someone without arms and legs, and use me as His hands and feet, He can use anybody. Its not about ability. The only thing God needs from you is a willing heart.

What do you need to live in faith on this earth and then to be blessed with eternal life in the kingdom of heaven? You need a relationship with Jesus Christ as your personal savior. Where you are weak, God is strong. When you walk in faith each and every day, your life has no limits.

You can take that on faith, which I highly recommend, or you can take it from the pages that follow, which offer my life as testimony to the incredible power of the Lord our God. I am a man who is not disabled but enabled. I travel the world on Gods business, reaching out to believers and sinners, rich and poor. Im allowed to deliver my messages of faith, hope, and love in nations where many Christians fear to tread.

I have a ridiculously good life, and now since my marriage in 2012, I have the honor and the joy of sharing it with a strong Christian wife who is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside. In my days of despair, one of my most depressing thoughts was that no woman could ever love a man without arms or legs. I was so, so wrong. My vision was limited. I forgot that ours is a loving God, wise in ways that we cannot comprehend.

Like me, you may not be able to see or even imagine what He has in store for you. My goal with this devotional is to help you expand your vision and build your faith by sharing what God has done for me and for the special men, women, and children Ive met in my travels around the world.

I hope you enjoy the devotions and you benefit from them. But more important, I hope they help you get on the right track with God so that you are transformed with Him and come to trust that, through Him, all things are possible.

When I was beleaguered and bitter,

totally consumed by envy,

I was totally ignorant, a dumb ox

in your very presence.

Im still in your presence,

but youve taken my hand.

You wisely and tenderly lead me,

and then you bless me.

Youre all I want in heaven!

Youre all I want on earth!

P SALM 73:2125, MSG

A question Im often asked is, Nick, how can you be so happy? Ill give you the short answer: I found happiness when I realized that as imperfect as I may be, I am the perfect Nick Vujicic. I am Gods creation, designed according to His plan for me. Thats not to say that there isnt room for improvement. Im always trying to be better so I can better serve Him and the world!

I believe my life has no limits. I want you to feel the same way about your life, no matter what your challenges may be. As we begin our journey together, please take a moment to think about any limitations youve placed on your life or that youve allowed others to place on it. Now think about what it would be like to be free of those limitations. What would your life be if anything were possible?

Im officially disabled, but Im truly enabled because of my lack of limbs. My unique challenges have opened up remarkable opportunities to reach so many in need. You have your own challenges, and you, too, are imperfect. But you are the perfect YOU!

Too often we tell ourselves we arent smart enough or attractive enough or talented enough to pursue our dreams. We buy into what others say about us, or we put restrictions on ourselves. Whats worse is that when we consider ourselves unworthy, we are putting limits on how