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Victory is Ours!

    The biggest challenge for all of us as followers of Christ, I would say, is to apply what we say we believe to our actual circumstance. It is easy to hear something and agree with it and never to use it in our lives because we are so used to the world's way of doing things. Too many Christians are living a defeated lifestyle because we just give over to the enemy without a fight. 

    We are told multiples times in the Bible that we have the power of Jesus Christ living in us. He sent His Spirit to dwell within us on the day of pentecost. Since then, all of God's power is available to us through the baptism of the Holy Spirit. It is free for the taking! The problem is that we don't use it. We are told that we have complete power over the enemy available to us, yet we continue to be run down by him as if he is a threat. It's like letting a three year old beat you in wrestling. 

1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? (ESV)
Matthew 3:11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. (ESV)

    Today I encourage you to take the authority we were given over the enemy's works in your life using the name of Jesus. You do not have to stand for Satan's plots against you. Speak to those situations and actually believe what you are saying. Believe you have the same power that rose Jesus from the grave living in you right now. Use that power going forward to be victorious for Jesus Christ!

John 14:13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (ESV)

Titus 2:15 Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you. (ESV)

Romans 8:11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. (ESV)
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (ESV)

1 John 4:4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. (NIV)

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