Do you sometimes feel like the odds are stacked so high against you that you can't see the top of the stack? Do you experience attacks from the enemy or personal struggles that are too much for you? Take heart!
Revelation 12:10-11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony ESV
How do you overcome? It's not by being the "best that you can be" or by having some super secret weapon or by bucking up or depend on anything here in this world. You conquer by two things:
1. The blood of the Lamb. Jesus' blood cleanses you from sin; sin being anything that is outside the character of God. So anything Satan tries to throw your way in terms of accusations just bounces off. It's like double jeopardy (not the game show kind but the criminal kind). You can't be tried to the same crime twice. Jesus already paid the penalty for your crimes so there is no more trial or punishment.
2. The word of your testimony. The only way for Jesus' blood to take effect in your life is for you to make Him your Lord and Savior. If you can say "Jesus is my Lord" and mean it in your heart, then that is your testimony.
He paid the price, you took the deal. That's overcoming. You can now ignore the taunts of the enemy telling you you are no good and don't deserve God's love. We already know that - but He gave us His love anyway.
No matter what odds are stacked against you, you can rise above them because you are clean and loved and accepted by God who is much more powerful than any accusation brought against His children.
Pastor Tom
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Thanks to God for your wisdom. Please pray for my marriage.
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