overcoming

I can’t stand what we did to ourselves…And I can’t stand what the devil does to us as a result of it.

We sin. And he attacks. He gets us on the ground and he kicks and kicks and kicks until he has us broken and bloody.

Romans 3:23 says that we all fall short of the glory of God. And with that falling short, we exist in a broken world. That will never change. And there is nothing that we can do about it.

I am glad that is not the end of the story.

Since we were sitting ducks for hell and all of the things that go with it, God made a decision.

He sent Jesus.

And Jesus came as a Lamb so that He could come back as a Lion.

Romans 5 ¹⁵ But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!

Romans 8 ³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

His grace is enough. It is enough to bind the enemy’s plan, it is enough to overcome our sin, and it is enough to raise us from the dead. And we can be assured that this Jesus … this Lamb of God … is also the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. And we, are More Than Conquerors.

He is the Holy One.

And He is coming to rescue His bride and bring justice for those who were pushed into the pit.

These are not just words in a book … They are the hope of ages.

They are not unattainable wishes … We HOLD these promises.

We are not the victims … We are More Than Conquerors.

So do what you have to do.

Cry.

Mourn.

Sit in sadness.

But get up.

And when you get up … throw haymakers. Swing for the knockout and go for blood. You are not called to lay on the ground and take a beating.

You are called to get up and fight.

And FIGHT you will … because Jesus took on the gates of hell so that you could be free.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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In the third chapter of First John God decides to knock our socks off with the greatest verse in the Bible (besides all the other ones). He gives us a word so deep that it cuts to the depths of our soul.

1 John 3 ¹⁹ This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence ²⁰ whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

We KNOW that we belong to the truth. And we know it because we can set our hearts at rest in His presence. And we do it even when we condemn ourselves because He is greater. So even though it is our choice to condemn ourselves and even know we think we know everything, God is greater. And He fixes all that is broken.

I don’t know how to even fathom this.

But I will simply say this: If Jesus can be fully man and go to sleep in a boat during the storm of the century, then you can too.

If He can be the Truth, then we can have the truth in us.

And if He can choose not to condemn us, then we can receive it and no longer be condemned.

This word is better than any gift that you can receive from the world … And it lasts forever.

So as you run the race today, choose Jesus.

And as you choose Him, give His mighty power away to someone else.

And if they reject that mighty power, love the stuffing out of them. Because His love can cut through whatever they might want to put in front of Him.

Be blessed today.

And go forward in love.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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