No More! No More! No More!

No more! That's it! We're done with the old man, we're done with the old things of this world!
We're done with being walked all over by the evil one. No more! No more! No more!

Do we realize who we are in Christ? I mean it, do we?
Do we realize that we are "more than conquerors"? Don't believe me, check out God's Living Word!

Romans 8:31-39 (NIV)
³¹ What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? ³² He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? ³³ Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. ³⁴ Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. ³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ³⁶ As it is written: For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, ³⁹ neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

It's time to declare No More! Satan get behind me NOW! Stop letting the enemy steal your joy. Know and remain who you are in Christ! I love that verse: "No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." You are loved and made victorious through the Giver of Life, the Redeemer, Jesus Christ!

I heard Dr. David Jeremiah preaching this week on 88.5 FM (WBNH...just a small plug there) about the Armour of God! He said something that became even more clear to me and has equipped me as a Follower of Christ. We need to realize that the Armour of God is CHRIST! PUT ON CHRIST! PUT ON CHRIST! When you put on the helmet of salvation you are putting on Christ. When you take up the sheild of faith and the sword of the Spirit you are TAKING UP CHRIST! Do you want to be victorious in this life? Then PUT ON the One who has never failed, never sinned, never lost a fight...PUT ON CHRIST!

Here's the real challenge in this life: REMAIN THERE and KEEP THE ARMOUR ON (Christ!) Our identity is secure when we remain in Him. Check out John 15 (NIV) for a moment...

John 15:1-8 (NIV)
¹ “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. ² He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. ³ You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
⁵ “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. ⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸ This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

Listen, I'm not just trying to find scriptures to simply support my own idea. Sincerly, I sense this need to declare unto you DON'T GIVE UP and that you need to tell the adversary...NO MORE! Put on the Armour, put on Christ, remain in Christ, be secure in who you are in Christ, stop letting satan walk all over you. You are a child of God and you are actually above the evil one.

Stand strong and be steadfast.

The Press

Are you facing hardships right now that just seem to be taking a toll on you?
Do you feel as though you are in a season of things being 'pressed' out of your life?
Do you feel change in the air? Does it seem like the trials you are facing are causing you to 'reprioritize?'

Let me encourage you to not curse the season or changes you are going through. Worship the King of kings right on through it. I too am going through a season of pressing. I've shared this with believers here at Victory about this very thing and many, many others are also experiencing this. A season of reprioritizing is going through the entire Church, and I mean The Church, not just our local congregation.

I repeat, don't curse this season you are in. Bless it and thank God for His faithfulness to rip things from our lives that cause us to be blind or idle or deaf to His move.

Remember, at times, the pressing point, or to some, the point of feeling like you're going to break down, is actually you're point of BREAKTHROUGH. DON'T GIVE UP! PLEASE don't give up!

Throughout the Psalms we read worshippers laments, cries for mercy, declarations of God's goodness and enduring love, and sometimes even, Lord forbid, expressing anger or depression or disappointment. Be filled with courage right now to not give up! Worship through you're season and trust in the Lord. Don't curse the season but bless it and thank God for it! Why??? Why??? Why???
Here is an analogy to consider: Did you know that in order to get the 'impurities' out of gold they have to put it through the fire!? You may feel like you're in a fire work pit right now but hold on and stay faithful. When you come out of the firey season you are in...you'll be coming out as pure gold ready for the next season of use in God's Kingdom that He is setting up even now.

This is to the Glory of God and the praise of the risen Savior Jesus Christ. Worship through your season and hold on. Don't give up. Even when things fall to peices all around you let your worship grow in genuineness and give God the praise due His Name!

I look forward to sharing more with you soon. We're Preparing for the Rain of God's Spirit in these Last Days!