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VICTORY

WHAT I LONG TO COMMUNICATE IN MY
MESSAGE ON VICTORY
I desire to show how Jesus alone has victory. Our only hope for
victory over the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the boastful
pride of life is the fact that the victorious One lives in my heart. He
is the overcomer and He lives in me. The enemy is far too strong
for me to go to war with him. Jesus did not win the victory as my
example; He won the victory as my Substitute. All that He has, does
and is belongs to me by faith in Jesus. If I seek a victory of my own,
I will be frustrated and disappointed. The battle over my flesh is His
and not mine!

The Indispensable Principle

Once again as we come to prepare to look into the word of the Lord
I remind you of an indispensable principle; total reliance on God’s
Holy Spirit. The Bible is like the Lord Jesus. It’s both human and
divine. There’s a human side and there’s a divine side. If we only
see the human, we miss everything. Only God can show us the divine
side. Romans 8:32, “He who did not spare His own Son, but
delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely
give us all things?”

God doesn’t give His Son and something else called “peace”. He
doesn’t give His Son and something else called “power”. He
doesn’t give Himself and something else called “joy”. If you have
Christ you have peace. If you have Christ you have joy. If you have
Christ you have power. If you run after joy, peace or power you’ll
find nothing. You’ll only get frustrated. Let’s pray together and ask
the Lord to focus our eyes on Christ.