1 Corinthians 15:57

 

Christ overcoming for us

1Cor.15:57 But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.   1John 5:4 For everything that has been begotten of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory which has overcome the world - our faith. Once you let go and believe, you will see the Son of God fighting the battle for you. He will overcome for you.  The Son of God has taken away your temper. He has taken away your stubbornness, pride, and jealousy. Hallelujah! There is only one Overcomer in the world!  Our flesh is weak, we have no strength in ourselves, but Christ in us is conqueror over all! When we try to do things in our own strength we are sure failures, but our Lord is the sure Overcomer!  Throughout history there is only one Overcomer (!) this is the reason we boast in the Lord the Christ! Brothers and sisters, What do we have that we did not receive? Of what can we boast? Do you point your finger at the robbers and the prostitutes? Except for God's grace, we would be the same as they are.... Brothers and sisters, all we have to do is fulfill the conditions. On the one hand, we cannot make it, and we should not try to make it. On the other hand, we live in the faith of the Son of God. This is victory. Hallelujah! He has accomplished everything! We have to ask God to show us that His Son has accomplished everything and that we do not have any part in His work. This is victory. Prayer: Lord Jesus, You are my victory. Apart from You, I am defeated by many things. You have accoumplished everything and have overcome. You are the only overcomer. Hallelujah, Amen.

 

Winning the battle

Here's a wonderful example of what can happen to a Christian when the strongholds of the mind are overthrown by God's truth. Mary is a beautiful and talented woman in her mid-twenties. As an active Christian for 13 years, she sings in a professional singing group, writes music, leads worship at her church, and oversees a discipleship group. Mary once attended one of my conferences. As I saw her smiling at me from her seat at the conference, what I didn't know was that she was bulimic, having been in bondage to the strongholds of food and fear for 11 years. When she was home alone she would be captivated by Satan's lies about food, her appearance, and her self-worth for hours at a time. She had submitted to counseling without success. All the while she believed that the thoughts prompting her to induce vomiting were her own based on a traumatic experience from her childhood. When I was talking during the conference about destroying strongholds, I happened to be looking at Mary - quite unintentionally - when I said, "Every person I know with an eating disorder has been the victim of a stronghold based on the lies of Satan." "You have no idea how that statement impacted my life," she told me the next morning. "I have been battling myself all these years, and I suddenly understood that my enemy was not me but Satan. That was the most profound truth I have ever heard. It was like I had been blind for 11 years and could suddenly see. I cried all the way home. When the old thoughts came back last night, I simply rejected them for the truth. For the first night in years I was able to go to sleep without vomiting. The truth has set me free." If you think Mary's experience of finding freedom in Christ is unique, you're wrong. Winning the battle for the mind is possible for everyone who is in Christ. Prayer: Heavenly Father, help me take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ today. I choose to think upon that which is true.