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Good Evening Church Family! God is able and faithful! As I was getting ready to type this week's P&P I kept hearing the word, VICTORY! God is so amazing and throughout the Bible He has given us story after story of His ability to give His people the victory that they need in their lives. It doesn't come the same way each time, but the end result is the same... God's people are victorious! The key to our victory is realizing that you and I already are victorious because of Jesus. When Jesus said "It is finished," we had the victory! But the devil isn't just going to roll over and give us everything. He is going to try to make us think that he is greater than we are and that he is the one in charge. He has been very successful in keeping the church under his feet for many years but not any more! We are a Church Family that knows what the Word says and we know victory is ours! Victory is an interesting word and an even more interesting concept. How many people do you know right now that are not living in victory in their life because they think they don't deserve it? Or that they have to earn it? Or that they will never be victorious because they aren't strong enough in their faith? All of these ideas stem from one place... the devil. We were talking in Bible study this week that the devil is crafty and he isn't going to try to steal from you head on. He comes on the sly and in a back door most of the time with a thought that is so close to the truth it almost seems like the truth... but it isn't. This is one of those times. He makes us think that we aren't victorious yet the truth is we are! The only way you are going to know the truth is to be in the Word. If you know the Truth, the Truth you know will set you free! Here is a truth for you today about your victorious life... Luke 10:19, "Behold, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you." If you have authority over all the power of the enemy... doesn't that mean you have victory? Yes! Then he continues by saying and nothing shall by any means hurt you! Yep, that sounds like victory to me too! How about this truth, Revelation 12:11, "And they overcame him (the devil) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony." What is another word for overcame? Victorious! You see, the devil knows that if we get a hold of this Truth of who we are in Christ and what is ours, he's in trouble. That is why he has worked overtime to beat us down and make us think we are nothing. He knows the authority that Jesus gave us can destroy him.
Victory! That's what you already have in your life today because of Jesus. So let's think about what things should look like.... think about a battle you have been facing... now imagine that it's over and you won! What if I told you that every time you go to war with the devil no matter what he tries to throw at you, you have already won. Would you start approaching situations in your life differently? You know you would! If you were guaranteed the win, you would be confident and aggressive. This is what Jesus already did for us, Church Family! We already have the WIN!! So, why are we not living in the victory? I know for me it starts with needing to close some back doors in my life. It means I need to stop letting the devil pull strings in my heart to evoke fear, worry, anxiety. It means I have to be in the Word so that I know what the truth really is for each situation I am facing so when a lie tries to present itself as truth, I know it and can stop it! It means I have to know who I am and the authority I have so when the devil tries to bully me or mine, I know I can put him in his place because of the victory that was already paid for! Isn't it time that we rise up as a Church Family and say, "Enough is enough!"? Isn't it time to live the victorious lives God had planned? I don't know about you, but I'm ready. I'm ready to take care of things on my part so that I get my heart in line with God's plans and purposes. It's time we reminded the devil, "Greater is He that is in us than you, so get out of what's ours!" "We are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus and you have been conquered, so leave!" I'm ready for a Carmen song line... "Devil, bite the dust!" This comes when we realize that we are already victorious and we start making demands that the devil get out of where he doesn't belong... our lives! So, spend some time asking the Lord, why am I not living in the victory you have for me? Then whatever He reveals, because He will, take care of it. Don't waste another minute letting the devil lord it over you. He's a liar and a thief that's been defeated! That's who he is... who are you and I? We are sons and daughters of the most high God who he has given His authority to to live in VICTORY! Now let's start living like it! Amen? Amen!! Have a victorious rest of your day, Church Family!
Blessings, Pastors Sheli and Steve
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