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  Welcome back to Fostering Faith. We are going
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  to be in our final episode for April and we are
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  talking about victory and we have had some victories
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  here recently. As I talked on that last podcast,
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  we were able to take dad home and do therapy
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  and at the time of this recording is doing really
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  well for an 85 year old who was following that
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  surgery and we are so fortunate that he was able
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  to go home. and have in -home therapy and we
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  have just been just so blessed to see the progress
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  that he has made thus far and he's up painting,
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  he's moving, he's doing his therapy so we're
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  so thankful that my mom and my brother can be
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  there to do therapy with him and he didn't have
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  to go to rehab and so we're very thankful over
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  the surgery and the surgeon and his staff and
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  just allowing my dad to go home and just heal.
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  in his own home. And so that what it kind of
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  brings me to this episode is victory through
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  Christ. And so we've had a victory because God
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  has just kept him moving. And as we walked in
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  the hospital and walked in therapy for every
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  step, I just told dad. I said, you just say thank
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  you, just say thank you, just say thank you,
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  just say thank you. And so for every step that
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  he took in the hospital, he would say thank you.
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  Every time that he was able to get up, he would
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  say thank you because the victory is through
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  Christ. And so it's not in our own strength.
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  It is by God's strength that we are up and moving.
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  And so through victory and so. There is something
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  inside every believer that knows down deep, life
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  is more spiritual than it looks. And by week
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  four of this series, I hope that in this moment,
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  you've recognized the battles, you've put on
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  the armor, we've walked through hard things and
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  we learn how to stand firm. And now we step into
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  something, that truth that changes everything,
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  is that you fight from victory, not for it. You
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  are not trying to win. You are enforcing a win
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  already secured. And you belong to the victor
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  and you're not the victim. Victory is not a personality
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  trait. Victory is not optimism. Victory is not
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  having it all together. Victory is not pretending
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  everything is fine. Victory is a position of
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  every believer because of Jesus. And this episode
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  is about walking in that victory. Not as a theory.
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  Not as a memory. Not as a Sunday school truth.
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  but a daily reality in your mind, your emotion,
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  your home, your purpose, your battles, because
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  the enemy's only chance at winning is that he
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  convinces you that you've already lost. And so
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  the foundation is Jesus won total, complete,
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  and final victory, and the entire gospel rests
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  on this. The cross defeated sin. The resurrection
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  defeated death. The Spirit inside of you defeated
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  powerlessness. and the authority given to you
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  defeated fear, and the ascension defeated hell.
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  Victory isn't partial. It's not eventually. It's
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  not symbolic. It's not theoretical. It isn't
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  spiritual only. Victory is total. Colossians
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  2 .15 says that Jesus disarmed the powers and
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  authorities, and He made a public spectacle of
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  that. He embarrassed the kingdom of darkness.
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  He humiliated it. He destroyed it, completely
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  exposing the powerlessness that the devil had
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  compared to him. And this is a Jesus you belong
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  to. So why do believers still feel defeated?
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  So this is important. You can become victorious
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  positionally, but defeated mentally. Position
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  doesn't always match your perception. An enemy
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  cannot take your salvation, but he can confuse
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  your identity. He can drain your confidence.
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  He can exhaust your hope, discourage your spirit,
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  intimidate your thoughts, and distract your focus,
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  distort your perspective. He's really good at
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  whispering those lies, stirring insecurity, isolating
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  you, and pull your eyes up Jesus. He can't undo
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  the victory, but He tries to keep you from walking
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  in it, which is why spiritual warfare starts
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  in the mind, but ends in your stance. Victory
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  isn't about how loud you shout. Victory is about
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  who you believe. And the enemy fears believers
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  who know their victory. Satan does not fear Christians
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  who attend church, know worship songs, repost
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  Bible verses, have Christian decor, own a Bible,
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  and say, Believe in God. He could care less.
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  He will eat you for lunch. He fears the Christians
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  who know their authority, who stand firm in truth,
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  who refuse intimidation, who pray with confidence,
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  who use Scripture as weapons, break agreements
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  with lies, discern spiritual battles, live submitted
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  to God, and walk boldly in their calling. They
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  understand who they are in Christ and speak to
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  the storm and don't run from it. A believer who
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  knows their identity is dangerous. A believer
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  who knows their purpose is unstoppable. A believer
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  who knows their authority is untouchable. And
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  a believer who knows their victory is unshakable.
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  This is who you are becoming. Victory is not
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  a feeling. It's a posture. You are all not always
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  going to feel victorious. You're not always going
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  to feel strong. You're not always going to feel
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  confident or bold. Victory doesn't start in emotions.
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  It starts in position. Victory is a decision.
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  Jesus already won, so I will stand like someone
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  who believes it. Bottom line. Victory is not
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  avoiding the battles. Victory is remembering
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  who stands with you in them. What walking in
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  victory looks like. So here's some practical,
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  pastoral, simple, strong, like, just ice of ideas.
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  And so walking in victory looks like, one, stop
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  agreeing with the lies. Every lie you believe
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  empowers the liar. Victory says, I reject that
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  lie in Jesus' name. You have to know what the
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  lie is. And so if the enemy comes with scripture,
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  he leaves out a couple words and twists it around.
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  Oh, I remember that. That's in John, or that's
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  in Matthew, and oh, that's probably stuck around
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  in Leviticus somewhere. No, that's not what Scripture
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  says. I reject that lie. I am not a liar. I'm
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  not a manipulator. I am not addicted to whatever.
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  No, I reject that lie in Jesus' name. Two, speak
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  Scripture and not emotion. Jesus defeated Satan
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  with it is written, not I feel like it is written.
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  Victory talks with truth. And where do we get
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  truth from? Scripture. And what happens? You
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  actually have to read Scripture to know what
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  you're talking about. And so it's about knowing
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  what Scripture says. It's so important to fight
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  it because that is your sword. Three, pray with
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  authority, not insecurity. Authority is not yelling.
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  It's knowing who backs you. Victory prays with
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  clarity. Four. You refuse intimidation. Fear
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  is a spirit. You don't entertain it. Victory
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  stands its ground. Why would I, if God be for
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  me, who dare be against me? Fear is not welcome
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  here. Five. you worship before you see the breakthrough.
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  Victory worships in advance. I say this all the
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  time. And so whenever someone's believing for
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  something or just asking, no, we say it, thank
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  you. We thank him in advance. We thank him for
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  this day. We thank him for yesterday. We thank
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  him for the healing. We thank him for the pregnancy.
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  We thank him for the breakthrough. We thank him
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  for the overflow. We thank him because we know
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  if it's not good, he's not finished with it yet.
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  And so in that instance, we're praying for healing.
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  We're praying for discovery. We're praying for
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  discernment. Thank him. Thank him in advance.
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  Thank you. And so if you've ever seen my prayers,
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  I just enter his corpse with worship. I enter
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  his courts with thanksgiving and I thank him
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  for all those things in advance because I know
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  that he's a God that can do it. And so will he
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  do it? That's up to him. I'm just going to thank
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  him in advance. I know that he could do it because
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  I want his will to be done and not my own. Six.
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  You shut down shame quickly. Shame is hell's
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  easiest trap, and you don't step into it. Victory
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  stands in righteousness. Why would you stand
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  in shame? If you've asked for forgiveness and
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  if you've repented, you've forgiven. He loves
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  you. He knew that you were going to do that mistake
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  anyway, but he was going to use that to help
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  somebody else out. And so let go of the shame.
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  Let go of the guilt. Repent. Take that to God
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  and walk away from it. Seven, you stay consistent
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  in spiritual habits, even when feeling like you
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  don't want to. If you stay rooted to the vine,
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  you will thrive. And if you're not, you're gonna
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  wither and die. He is the vine. He is what keeps
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  us alive. Eight, use the armor actively. not
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  theoretically, not as a symbol, as protection.
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  Victory wears armor. And as we went through the
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  helmet of salvation, the breastplate, the belt,
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  the shoes, memorize what scripture says and go
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  through it and put it on before your feet ever
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  hit the floor in the morning. Put on your armor,
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  getting ready for war. Nine, you declare who
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  you are in Christ. Truth shapes perception and
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  victory controls the narrative. And so truth
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  shapes your perspective. And so what's the truth?
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  I am a child of God. I do have victory. I do
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  have a God that loves me. And so that changes
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  your perspective versus like, who am I? Oh, maybe
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  I am this. Maybe I am that. No, truth shapes
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  your perspective. 10. You accept God to move.
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  You expect God to move. I expect Him to answer
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  me. I expect Him to show up to me every year.
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  I expect Him to give me a word. I expect Him
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  to give me a verse. I expect Him to have and
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  give me clarity. I expect Him to meet me where
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  I'm at. I have high expectations. And so victory
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  is hope -filled, not hopeless. Expectation is
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  warfare. I have a big God and I have never been
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  let down by Him. because He's overly, exceedingly,
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  and abundantly above of what I ever could think.
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  And so the power of declaration, speaking victory
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  out loud, and so you need to say it until your
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  spirit believes it. Say it out loud right where
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  you are, I walk in authority. I overcome by the
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  blood of the lamb. I am not shaken. I am victorious.
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  Declarations are not empty positivity. They are
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  spiritual realignment. You are not talking to
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  yourself into confidence. You're talking yourself
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  into the agreement with heaven. And victory does
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  not mean no battle. Victory means the battle
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  doesn't break you. The storm does not drown you.
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  The fear doesn't control you. The temptation
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  doesn't win. The attack doesn't define you. And
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  the enemy doesn't get the final word. Victory
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  is not the absence of warfare. It's the presence
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  of Jesus in the warfare. And the secret is submission.
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  Proceeds power. In James 4, 7, it's the formula.
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  Submit yourselves to God. Resist the enemy and
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  He will flee from you. Power follows submission.
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  Authority follows surrender. And victory follows
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  obedience. You don't fight for God. You fight
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  with God. And nothing can stand against Him.
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  And so, this week in your workbook, where do
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  you need to walk in victory instead of intimidation?
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  Your mind? Your emotions? Your marriage? Your
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  parenting? Your calling? your finances, school,
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  sports, your confidence, your fear, sit with
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  the Holy Spirit and ask Him. He will meet you
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  if you expect Him to. And then write down one
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  declaration that you need to speak daily that
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  aligns with Christ's victory. I will walk in
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  the authority that Jesus gives me. I will not
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  fear the enemies He schemes. I choose faith over
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  feeling. I am covered by the blood of Jesus.
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  Victory belongs to Christ, and I walk in Him.
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  And speak that every day. Speak it until you
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  believe it. I mean, if you don't believe it,
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  the more that you say it, it will become truth.
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  And so we hope that this message inspired you.
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  We hope that this message encouraged you. And
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  as we move into May, I hope that these workbooks
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  are helping. I hope that you guys are finding
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  them. And as small group starts, maybe use one
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  of these for small groups. Make sure that you're
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  leaving us a comment, making sure that you're
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  leaving us a review. As we are going into the
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  new year, we are just expecting God for overflow.
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  We're expecting God because He has the plans
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  for us. And so we are just expecting huge things
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  in 2026. And so we would love to pray for you
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  guys. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you so much
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  for today. Thank you so much for yesterday. Thank
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  you for the victory that Jesus won on the cross
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  through his resurrection. Thank you for teaching
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  me to walk in the victory with confidence and
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  boldness. Thank you for silence, seeing every
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  lie. Thank you for the strength in my spirit.
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  Thank you for helping me stand up in your authority.
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  Thank you that you have my life in your hands.
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  Thank you that my life will reflect the triumphant
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  battle of Christ. Thank you for all that you
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  do. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen and amen. We
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  hope that this message inspired you, encouraged
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  you, share with a friend, share on social media.
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  Leave us a comment or review. We love you guys.
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  We will see you next week. Welcome back to Fostering
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  Faith. We are gonna be in our final episode for
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  April and we are talking about victory. And we
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  have had some victories here recently. As I talked
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  on that last podcast, we were able to take that
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  home. and do therapy. And at the time of this
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  recording, he is doing really well for an 85
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  -year -old who has fallen through that surgery.
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  And we are so fortunate that he was able to go
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  home and have in -home therapy. And we have just
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  been just so blessed to see the progress that
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  he has made thus far. And he's up painting. He's
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  moving. He's doing his therapy. So we're so thankful
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  that my mom and my brother can be there to do
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  therapy with him. And he didn't have to go to
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  rehab. And so we're very thankful. over the surgery
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  and the surgeon and his staff and just allowing
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  my dad to go home and just and heal in his own
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  home. And so that what kind of brings me to this
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  episode is victory through Christ. And so we've
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  had a victory because God has just kept him moving.
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  And as we walked in the hospital and walked in
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  therapy for every step. I just told dad, I said,
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  you just say thank you, just say thank you, just
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  say thank you, just say thank you. And so for
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  every step that he took in the hospital, he would
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  say thank you. Every time that he was able to
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  get up, he would say thank you because the victory
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  is through Christ. And so it's not in our own
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  strength. It is by God's strength that we are
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  up and moving. And so through victory. And so.
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  There is something inside every believer that
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  knows down deep. Life is more spiritual than
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  it looks. And by week four of this series, I
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  hope that in this moment, you've recognized the
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  battles. You've put on the armor. We've walked
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  through hard things, and we learned how to stand
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  firm. And now we step into something, that truth
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  that changes everything, is that you fight from
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  victory, not for it. You are not trying to win.
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  you are enforcing a win already secured, and
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  you belong to the victor, and you're not the
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  victim. Victory is not a personality trait. Victory
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  is not optimism. Victory is not having it all
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  together. Victory is not pretending everything
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  is fine. Victory is the position of every believer
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  because of Jesus. And this episode is about walking
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  in that victory, not as a theory, not as a memory,
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  not as a Sunday school truth. but a daily reality
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  in your mind, your emotion, your home, your purpose,
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  your battles. Because the enemy's only chance
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  at winning is that he convinces you that you've
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  already lost. And so the foundation is Jesus
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  won total, complete and final victory. And the
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  entire gospel rests on this. The cross defeated
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  sin. The resurrection defeated death. The spirit
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  inside of you defeated powerlessness. and the
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  authority given to you defeated fear, and the
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  ascension defeated hell. Victory isn't partial.
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  It's not eventually. It's not symbolic. It's
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  not theoretical. It isn't spiritual only. Victory
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  is total. Colossians 2 .15 says that Jesus disarmed
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  the powers and authorities, and He made a public
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  spectacle of that. He embarrassed the kingdom
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  of darkness. He humiliated it. He destroyed it,
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  completely exposing the powerlessness that the
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  devil had compared to him. And this is a Jesus
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  you belong to. So why do believers still feel
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  defeated? So this is important. You can become
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  victorious positionally, but defeated mentally.
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  Position doesn't always match your perception.
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  An enemy cannot take your salvation, but he can
• 19:08
  confuse your identity. He can drain your confidence.
• 19:12
  He can exhaust your hope, discourage your spirit,
• 19:17
  intimidate your thoughts, and distract your focus,
• 19:21
  distort your perspective. He's really good at
• 19:23
  whispering those lies, stirring insecurity, isolating
• 19:27
  you, and pulling your eyes off Jesus. He can't
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  undo the victory, but He tries to keep you from
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  walking in it, which is why spiritual warfare
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  starts in the mind, but ends in your stance.
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  Victory isn't about how loud you shout. Victory
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  is about who you believe. And the enemy fears
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  believers who know their victory. Satan does
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  not fear Christians who attend church, know worship
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  songs, repost Bible verses, have Christian decor,
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  own a Bible, and say, Believe in God. He could
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  care less. He will eat you for lunch. He fears
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  the Christians who know their authority, who
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  stand firm in truth, who refuse intimidation,
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  who pray with confidence, who use Scripture as
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  weapons, break agreements with lies, discern
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  spiritual battles, live submitted to God, and
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  walk boldly in their calling. They understand
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  who they are in Christ and speak to the storm
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  and don't run from it. A believer who knows their
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  identity is dangerous. A believer who knows their
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  purpose is unstoppable. A believer who knows
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  their authority is untouchable. And a believer
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  who knows their victory is unshakable. This is
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  who you are becoming. Victory is not a feeling.
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  It's a posture. You are not always going to feel
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  victorious. You're not always going to feel strong.
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  You're not always going to feel confident or
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  bold. Victory doesn't start in emotions. It starts
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  in position. Victory is a decision. Jesus already
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  won, so I will stand like someone who believes
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  it. Bottom line. Victory is not avoiding the
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  battles. Victory is remembering who stands with
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  you in them. What walking in victory looks like.
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  So here's some practical, pastoral, simple, strong,
• 21:46
  like just ice of ideas. And so walking in victory
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  looks like one. Stop agreeing with the lies.
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  Every lie you believe empowers the liar. Victory
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  says, I reject that lie in Jesus' name. You have
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  to know what the lie is. And so if the enemy
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  comes with you with scripture, he leaves out
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  a couple of words and twists it around. I remember
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  that that's in John or that's in Matthew and
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  all that's probably stuck around in Leviticus
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  somewhere No, that's not what scripture says.
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  I reject that lie. I am NOT a liar. I'm not a
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  manipulator I'm not addicted to whatever no,
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  I reject that lie in Jesus name To speak scripture
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  and not emotion Jesus defeated Satan with it
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  is written not I feel like it is written. Victory
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  talks with truth. And where do we get truth from?
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  Scripture. And what happens? You actually have
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  to read Scripture to know what you're talking
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  about. And so it's about knowing what Scripture
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  says. It's so important to fight it because that
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  is your sword. Three, pray with authority, not
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  insecurity. Five. you worship before you see
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  the breakthrough. Victory worships in advance.
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  I say this all the time. And so whenever someone's
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  like believing for something or just asking,
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  no, we say it, thank you. We thank him in advance.
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  We thank him for this day. We thank him for yesterday.
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  We thank him for the healing. We thank him for
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  the pregnancy. We thank him for the breakthrough.
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  We thank him for the overflow. We thank him because
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  we know if it's not good, he's not finished with
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  it yet. And so in that instance, we're praying
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  for healing. We're praying for discovery. We're
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  praying for discernment. Thank him. Thank him
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  in advance. Thank you. And so if you've ever
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  seen my prayers, I just enter his corpse with
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  worship. I enter his courts with thanksgiving
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  and I thank him for all those things in advance
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  because I know that he's a God that can do it.
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  And so will he do it? That's up to him. I'm just
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  going to thank him in advance. I know that he
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  could do it because I want his will to be done
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  and not my own. Six. You shut down shame quickly.
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  Shame is hell's easiest trap. And you don't step
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  into it. Victory stands in righteousness. Why
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  would you stand in shame? If you've asked for
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  forgiveness and if you've repented, you've forgiven.
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  He loves you. He knew that you were going to
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  do that mistake anyway, but he was going to use
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  that to help somebody else out. And so let go
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  of the shame. Let go of the guilt. Repent. Take
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  that to God and walk away from it. Seven, you
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  stay consistent in spiritual habits, even when
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  feeling like you don't want to. If you stay rooted
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  to the vine, you will thrive. And if you're not,
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  you're gonna wither and die. He is the vine.
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  He is what keeps us alive. Eight, use the armor
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  actively. not theoretically, not as a symbol,
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  as protection. Victory wears armor. And as we
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  went through the helmet of salvation, the breastplate,
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  the belt, the shoes, memorize what scripture
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  says and go through it and put it on before your
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  feet ever hit the floor in the morning. Put on
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  your armor, getting ready for war. Nine, you
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  declare who you are in Christ. Truth shapes perception
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  and victory controls the narrative. And so truth
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  shapes your perspective. And so what's the truth?
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  I am a child of God. I do have victory. I do
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  have a God that loves me. And so that changes
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  your perspective versus like, who am I? Oh, maybe
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  I am this. Maybe I am that. No, truth shapes
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  your perspective. 10. You accept God to move.
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  You expect God to move. I expect Him to answer
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  me. I expect Him to show up to me every year.
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  I expect Him to give me a word. I expect Him
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  to give me a verse. I expect Him to have and
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  give me clarity. I expect Him to meet me where
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  I'm at. I have high expectations. And so victory
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  is hope -filled, not hopeless. Expectation is
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  warfare. I have a big God and I have never been
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  let down by Him. because He's overly, exceedingly,
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  and abundantly above of what I ever could think.
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  And so the power of declaration, speaking victory
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  out loud, and so you need to say it until your
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  spirit believes it. Say it out loud right where
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  you are. I am a child of God. I am covered. I
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  am protected. I am strong in the Lord. I am filled
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  with the Spirit. I am equipped. I walk in authority.
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  I overcome by the blood of the lamb. I am not
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  shaken. I am victorious. Declarations are not
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  empty positivity. They are spiritual realignment.
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  You are not talking to yourself into competence.
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  You're talking yourself into the agreement with
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  heaven. And victory does not mean no battle.
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  Victory means the battle doesn't break you. The
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  storm does not drown you. The fear doesn't control
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  you. The temptation doesn't win. The attack doesn't
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  define you. And the enemy doesn't get the final
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  word. Victory is not the absence of warfare.
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  It's the presence of Jesus in the warfare. And
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  the secret is submission. Proceeds power. In
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  James 4 -7, it's the formula. Submit yourselves
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  to God. Resist the enemy and He will flee from
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  you. Power follows submission. Authority follows
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  surrender. And victory follows obedience. You
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  don't fight for God. You fight with God. And
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  nothing can stand against Him. And so this week
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  in your workbook, where do you need to walk in
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  victory instead of intimidation? Your mind? Your
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  emotions? Your marriage? Your parenting? Your
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  calling? your finances, school, sports, your
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  confidence, your fear, sit with the Holy Spirit
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  and ask Him. He will meet you if you expect Him
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  to. And then write down one declaration that
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  you need to speak daily that aligns with Christ's
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  victory. I will walk in the authority that Jesus
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  gives me. I will not fear the enemies He schemes.
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  I choose faith over feeling. I am covered by
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  the blood of Jesus. Victory belongs to Christ,
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  and I walk in Him. And speak that every day.
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  Speak it until you believe it. I mean, if you
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  don't believe it, the more that you say it, it
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  will become truth. And so we hope that this message
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  inspired you. We hope that this message encouraged
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  you. And as we move into May, I hope that these
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  workbooks are helping. I hope that you guys are
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  finding them. And as small group starts, maybe
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  use one of these for small groups. Make sure
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  that you're leaving us a comment, making sure
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  that you're leaving us a review. As we are going
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  into the new year, we are just expecting God
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  for overflow. We're expecting God because he
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  has the plans for us. And so we are just expecting
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  huge things in 2026. And so we would love to
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  pray for you guys. Dear Heavenly Father, thank
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  you so much for today. Thank you so much for
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  yesterday. Thank you for the victory that Jesus
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  won on the cross through his resurrection. Thank
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  you for teaching me to walk in the victory with
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  confidence and boldness. Thank you for silence,
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  seeing every lie. Thank you for the strength
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  in my spirit. Thank you for helping me stand
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  up in your authority. Thank you that you have
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  my life in your hands. Thank you that my life
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  will reflect the triumphant battle of Christ.
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  Thank you for all that you do. In Jesus name
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  I pray. Amen and amen. We hope that this message
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  inspired you, encouraged you, share it with a
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  friend, share it on social media. Leave us a
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  comment or review. We love you guys. We will
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  see you next week.