Two Sides to Every Story

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Trust in God for Victory

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Numbers 13:1–3 NRSV

1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites; from each of their ancestral tribes you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.” 3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them leading men among the Israelites.

Numbers 13:17–20 NRSV

17 Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up there into the Negeb, and go up into the hill country, 18 and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many, 19 and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the towns that they live in are unwalled or fortified, 20 and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not. Be bold, and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now it was the season of the first ripe grapes.

Numbers 13:25–33 NRSV

25 At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land. 26 And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the Israelites in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, “We came to the land to which you sent us; it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. 28 Yet the people who live in the land are strong, and the towns are fortified and very large; and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negeb; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea, and along the Jordan.” 30 But Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.” 31 Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we.” 32 So they brought to the Israelites an unfavorable report of the land that they had spied out, saying, “The land that we have gone through as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are of great size. 33 There we saw the Nephilim (the Anakites come from the Nephilim); and to ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”

Numbers 14:1–4 NRSV

1 Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night. 2 And all the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron; the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become booty; would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” 4 So they said to one another, “Let us choose a captain, and go back to Egypt.”

Two Sides to Every Story

MANY OF US HAVE HEARD THE SAYING.......’’THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY”...... THAT SIMPLY MEANS THAT WE ALL SEE AND EXPERIENCE THE WORLD THROUGH OUR OWN LENS......AND BASED ON OUR LIFE EXPERIENCES.....OUR UPBRINGING......OUR LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES.......WE SEE THINGS AND EXPERIENCE THINGS THROUGH OUR OWN LENS....

JUST IMAGINE WITH ME FOR A MOMENT........

ASSUME EVERYONE IS WEARING A PAIR OF EYE GLASSES AND EMBEDDED IN THOSE GLASSES IS EVERY PAST EXPERIENCE, EVERY FAILURE AND EVERY LESSON, EVERY BELIEF, EVERY JUDGEMENT, EVERY FEAR AND INSECURITY, SPOKEN AND UNSPOKEN. EVERYTHING WE SEE AND EXPERIENCE GETS INTERPRETED (AND DISTORTED) THROUGH THAT LENS.

AND BECAUSE EACH ONE OF US ONLY HAVE THIS ONE LENS, WE ASSUME THAT THE WAY WE’RE SEEING AND INTERPRETING A DIFFICULT SITUATION IS “CORRECT.”

LET ME SEE IF I CAN BRING THAT TO LIFE.....

FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE MARRIED OR HAVE BEEN MARRIED.....OR EVEN IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE...... WHEN YOU HAVE AN ARGUMENT OR DISAGREEMENT WITH YOUR SPOUSE OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER.... WE DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW OUR SPOUSE OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER SEES OUR POINT OF VIEW DIFFERENTLY....AND WHY THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY WE FEEL THE WAY WE DO......

WELL THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS......

OUR SPOUSE OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER.......HAS HIS OR HER OWN LENS THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN OUR OWN.

OUR SPOUSE’S LENS ISN’T “WRONG,” IT’S JUST DIFFERENT.

WE’RE ALL ESSENTIALLY WALKING AROUND VIEWING AND EXPERIENCING THE WORLD THROUGH OUR OWN LENS AND ASSUMING THAT OUR WAY OF THINKING IS “CORRECT,”…(WHICH BY THE WAY, OFTEN TIMES MAKES EVERYONE ELSE WRONG…)

BUT TRUTH BE TOLD....THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THE STORY.....

AND WE SEE HOW TWO SIDES TO THE STORY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CAN EITHER.....STAND ON GOD’S PROMISE....AND WALK INTO THEIR INHERITANCE........OR BE OVERCOME WITH FEAR AND ALLOW THEIR GOD GIVEN PROMISE....TO SLIP AWAY...

IN THESE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURES, WE READ ABOUT HOW MOSES HAD SENT 12 MEN TO SEARCH OUT THE LAND OF CAANAN.

GOD HAD PROMISED TO GIVE THE LAND OF CAANAN TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND GOD HAD COMMANDED MOSES TO SEND 12 MEN TO CHECK OUT AND TO INVESTIGATE THE LAND OF CAANAN, TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT AFTER 40 DAYS OF CHECKING AND SEARCHING OUT THE LAND OF CAANAN, THE 12 MEN CAME BACK WITH A REPORT ON WHAT THEY SAW.

IN NUMBERS 13:27-28, THE MEN SAID, “WE WENT TO THE LAND WHERE YOU SENT US.

Numbers 13:27–28 NRSV

27 And they told him, “We came to the land to which you sent us; it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. 28 Yet the people who live in the land are strong, and the towns are fortified and very large; and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.

NOW ACCORDING TO BIBLICAL HISTORY, THE DESCENDANTS OF ANAK WERE KNOWN TO BE SOME TALL, BIG, AND STRONG PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE GIANTS. TO GET A VIVID PICTURE OF WHAT I AM TRYING TO DESCRIBE OF WHAT THE DESCENDANTS LOOK LIKE, THINK OF THOUSANDS OF MEN LOOKING LIKE SHAQ O’NEAL STANDING AROUND IN ONE PLACE. GET THE PICTURE? AND WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE TOLD THAT THE DESCENDANTS OF ANAK WERE THERE LIVING IN THE LAND OF CAANAN, THEY BECAME AFRAID.

BUT CALEB, WHO WAS ONE OF THE 12 MEN THAT SEARCHED OUT THE LAND OF CAANAN, TRIED TO CALM THE FEARS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN NUMBERS 13:30 BY SAYING, NU 13:30

Numbers 13:30 (NRSV)

“Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”

ANOTHER PERSON WHO TRIED TO CALM THE FEARS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WAS JOSHUA. JOSHUA SAID THIS IN NUMBERS 14:7-9 BY SAYING,

Numbers 14:7–9 (NRSV)

7 “The land that we went through as spies is an exceedingly good land. 8 If the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey. 9 Only, do not rebel against the Lord; and do not fear the people of the land, for they are no more than bread for us; their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”

NOW, WHAT CALEB AND JOSHUA WAS TRYING TO TELL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WAS THAT, “YES, THERE ARE SOME GIANTS LIVING IN THE LAND OF CAANAN, BUT GOD IS BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN ANY GIANT IN THE LAND. AND IF WE WOULD JUST TRUST IN GOD AND OBEY HIS WORD, GOD WILL HELP US TO DEFEAT THE GIANTS IN THE LAND, AND HELP US TO POSSESS THE LAND OF CAANAN.”

THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US IN PROVERBS 18:17

Proverbs 18:17 NRSV

17 The one who first states a case seems right, until the other comes and cross-examines.

AND EVEN TODAY, GOD IS ABLE TO HELP YOU DEFEAT THE GIANTS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE TODAY. YOUR GIANT MAY BE SOME OBSTACLE, SOME STUMBLING BLOCK, SOME SETBACK, SOME PERSONAL PROBLEM, SOME HEALTH ISSUE, SOME FINANCIAL ISSUE, OR SOME BAD HABIT.

YOUR GIANT COULD BE SOME MAN, SOME WOMAN, BOY, OR GIRL. BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO LET THE GIANT IN YOUR LIFE TO KEEP YOU FEARFUL AND AFRAID BECAUSE GOD IS BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN ANY GIANT, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE POWER TO BE VICTORIOUS OVER THE GIANTS THAT YOU ARE FACING IN THIS LIFE. BUT NOTICE THIS. EVEN THOUGH CALEB AND JOSHUA TRIED TO ENCOURAGE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THAT THEY CAN TAKE THE POSSESSION OF THE LAND OF CAANAN, THE OTHER MEN SAID THIS IN NUMBER 13:31-33

NUM 13:31-33

Numbers 13:31–33 NRSV

31 Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we.” 32 So they brought to the Israelites an unfavorable report of the land that they had spied out, saying, “The land that we have gone through as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are of great size. 33 There we saw the Nephilim (the Anakites come from the Nephilim); and to ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”

AND BECAUSE THE OTHER MEN GAVE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL A “BAD REPORT” ON THE LAND OF CAANAN WE SEE THAT THE PEOPLE WERE TROUBLED….

Numbers 14:1–4 NRSV

NOW NOTICE WHAT THE BAD REPORT HAD DONE TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. ALL IT DID WAS BRING DISCOURAGEMENT, DEPRESSION, AND FRUSTRATION TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. IT’S THIS KIND OF NEGATIVE NEWS THAT

AND EVEN IN TODAY TIMES, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALLOWED A “UNFAVORABLE REPORT” TO MAKE THEM DISCOURAGED, DEPRESSED, AND FRUSTRATED BECAUSE AN BAD REPORT DOES NOT GIVE HOPE, BUT IT GIVES YOU DESPAIR. INSTEAD OF GIVING YOU PEACE, A BAD REPORT TRIES TO GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT. INSTEAD OF GIVING YOU JOY, A BAD REPORT TRIES TO GIVES YOU SORROW. INSTEAD OF GIVING YOU STRENGTH, A BAD REPORT TRIES TO MAKE YOU FEEL WEAK. INSTEAD OF GIVING YOU VICTORY FOR THE PRESENT AND FOR THE FUTURE, A BAD REPORT TRIES TO MAKE YOU FEEL DEFEATED AND TRIES TO MAKE YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. BUT I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT NO MATTER WHAT RACE YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHAT GENDER YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHAT FINANCIAL OR ECONOMIC STATUS YOU MAY BE IN, NO MATTER WHAT SIZE YOU ARE, NO MATTER HOW OLD OR YOUNG YOU ARE, OR NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE………. YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING THAT YOU SET YOUR HEART AND MIND TO DO BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER STORY THAT IS CALLED THE “VICTORY” AND THE VICTORY SAYS, “YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST THAT STRENGTHENS YOU.” VICTORY SAYS, “YOU ARE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR THROUGH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO LOVES US.” VICTORY SAYS, “ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO THOSE WHO BELIEVES IN THE LORD.” VICTORY SAYS, “YOU ARE BLESSED GOING IN AND BLESSED GOING OUT. YOU ARE BLESSED IN THE CITY AND BLESSED IN THE FIELD.” VICTORY SAYS, “YOU ARE THE HEAD, AND NOT THE TAIL. YOU ARE ABOVE, AND NOT BENEATH.” VICTORY SAYS, “YOU ARE VICTORIOUS IN CHRIST JESUS.” VICTORY SAYS, “YOU HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN THE SPIRIT TO FEAR, BUT OF POWER, OF LOVE, AND OF SOUND MIND.” VICTORY SAYS, “GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME… THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.” VICTORY SAYS, “GOD IS ABLE, AND THERE IS NOTHING TOO HARD FOR GOD.” INSTEAD OF BELIEVING AND LISTENING TO THE BAD REPORT, YOU NEED TO BELIEVE, LISTEN, AND ACT UPON THE VICTORY REPORT. AND THE VICTORY REPORT SAYS YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING BECAUSE GOD LOVES YOU. HE WANTS THE BEST FOR YOU. GOD CARES FOR YOU. HE WANTS TO SEE YOU PROSPER IN ALL THINGS AND IN HEALTH.

THERE IS A STORY.....ABOUT THIS OLD MAN........

OLD MAN SAT IN HIS ROCKING CHAIR WITH HIS GRANDDAUGHTER OUTSIDE A PETROL STATION, GREETING TOURISTS WHO PASSED THROUGH THEIR TOWN.

ONE DAY, A MAN WHO SEEMED TO BE LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO LIVE ASKED, "SO WHAT SORT OF TOWN IS THIS?" "WHAT SORT OF TOWN DO YOU COME FROM?"

THE OLD MAN REPLIED. THE TOURIST ANSWERED, "EVERYONE CRITICIZES EVERYONE. IT'S REALLY BAD." "THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS HERE," SAID THE OLD MAN.

A FEW DAYS LATER, ANOTHER MAN ASKED, "SO WHAT SORT OF TOWN IS THIS?" "WHAT SORT OF TOWN DO YOU COME FROM?" THE OLD MAN REPLIED AGAIN. THE TOURIST ANSWERED, "IT'S GREAT. EVERYONE GETS ALONG SO WELL." "THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS HERE," SAID THE OLD MAN.

AFTER THE MAN LEFT, THE GRANDDAUGHTER SAID, "HOW COME YOU TOLD THE FIRST GUY THIS WAS A BAD PLACE TO LIVE, AND THE SECOND GUY THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE?"

"BECAUSE WHEREVER YOU GO, YOU TAKE YOUR ATTITUDE WITH YOU, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT GOOD OR BAD.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE....AND TRUST IN GOD.......YOU CAN DO WHAT GOD SAYS YOU CAN DO.....

AND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT AND ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING IN LIFE, YOU MUST DO WHAT PROVERBS 3:5-6. IT SAYS TO “TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEAR, AND LEAN NOT TO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL THY WAYS, ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE WILL DIRECT YOUR PATHS.”

THE PROBLEM IS IF I CAN BE REAL WITH YOU MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW ABOUT THE VICTORY WE CAN HAVE....WE OFTEN ALLOW DOUBT TO CREEP INTO OUR THOUGHTS……WE ALLOW WORRY TO CREEP INTO OUR THOUGHTS…..AND IT GETS THE BEST OF US.

BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU FBC……”THERE’S TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY”.

JUST AS IN THE CASE OF MOSES AND ISRAEL, WE, THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE FACED WITH A CHOICE: TO WALK BY FAITH, AND CLAIM THE PROMISES OF GOD, OR TO WALK BY SIGHT, TAKING WHAT LIFE GIVES US. CALEB SAID, IN VERSE 30, ‘LET US GO UP “AT ONCE”. CAN YOU HEAR THE URGENCY IN HIS VOICE? DO YOU FEEL THE PASSION IN HIS DESIRE.

CALEB KNEW THAT NOW, RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO CLAIM OUR VICTORY. GOD HAD ALREADY CAME THROUGH ON HIS OTHER PROMISES….AND NOW WAS THE TIME TO ACT….

· GOD HAD DELIVERED ISRAEL FROM THE BONDS OF SLAVERY! · HE HAD PARTED THE RED SEA! · HE HAD TURNED BITTER WATER INTO SWEET! · HE HAD RAINED MANNA FROM HEAVEN! · HE HAD POURED WATER FROM A ROCK! · HE HAD CAUSED THE SHOES AND CLOTHES OF A 4 MILLION PEOPLE TO LAST NEARLY 40 YEARS. · HE HAD ALLOWED THE SPIES TO GO INTO THE LAND, TO PROVE TO THEMSELVES THAT THE PROMISED LAND WAS ALL THAT GOD PROMISED IT WOULD BE. SO NOW, RIGHT NOW, CALEB STILLED THE PEOPLE OF GOD, AND DECLARED THAT ISRAEL MUST CLAIM THEIR VICTORY AT ONCE. WHEN YOU’RE READY TO ACCEPT THE VICTORY, YOU’LL REALIZE THAT NOW IS THE TIME! · REGARDLESS OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES! · REGARDLESS OF YOUR PROBLEMS! · REGARDLESS OF YOUR FINANCES! · REGARDLESS OF YOUR HEALTH! · REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK! · REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU FEEL! WHEN YOU’RE READY TO ACCEPT THE VICTORY, YOU MUST REALIZE THAT VICTORY IS IN SEASON RIGHT NOW! WHAT DOES THE SONG SAY? “VICTORY IS MINE. VICTORY IS MINE. VICTORY TODAY IS MINE.” NOT TONIGHT. NOT TOMORROW. NOT NEXT WEEK, OR SOMETIME IN THE DISTANT FUTURE. TODAY! AND, GOD IS COMMANDING HIS CHILDREN TO STAKE THEIR CLAIM TO VICTORY TODAY. RIGHT NOW!! HOW DO I KNOW? BECAUSE GOD IS NOT A LOSER, AND HE DIDN’T MAKE US TO BE LOSERS! 1 JOHN 5:4 SAYS

1 John 5:4 NRSV

4 for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.

RIGHT NOW, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MAKING INTERCESSION FOR YOU AND FOR ME, ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD.

RIGHT NOW, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS LOOKING INTO THE EYES OF HIS FATHER, AND SPEAKING YOUR NAME AND MINE, ASKING THE FATHER TO DO FOR US, AND CHARGE IT TO HIS ACCOUNT.

RIGHT NOW, ANGELS ARE BEING DISPATCHED, FORMING A HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND THE PEOPLE OF GOD.

WHY? BECAUSE, RIGHT NOW, THE DEVIL IS PLOTTING AND CONNIVING, SETTING TRAPS AND PLACING SNARES, TO ENTANGLE AND DESTROY THE CHILDREN OF GOD. WHY? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE SPIRITUAL BATTLES ARE BEING FOUGHT IN THE HEAVEN, AND MANIFESTED ON EARTH RIGHT NOW, THIS VERY MOMENT IN TIME, IS WHEN THE PEOPLE OF GOD MUST STAKE THEIR CLAIM TO THE GOD-INSPIRED, CHRIST-HONORING, HOLY GHOST EMPOWERED VICTORIES OVER THE WORLD, THE FLESH, AND THE DEVIL.

AND IT ALL BEGINS WITH THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT NOW IS THE TIME FOR VICTORY. REMEMBER THE WORDS OF SCRIPTURE, “CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM YE WILL SERVE; …BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.” WHY? BECAUSE NOW IS THE TIME FOR VICTORY

THERE’S TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY.....

WE EVEN SEE THAT WITH GOD’S NATURE.......IN THE CASE OF THE HUMMINGBIRD AND THE VULTURE....

BOTH THE HUMMINGBIRD AND THE VULTURE FLY OVER OUR NATION'S DESERTS. ALL VULTURES SEE IS ROTTING MEAT, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY LOOK FOR. THEY THRIVE ON THAT DIET.

BUT HUMMINGBIRDS IGNORE THE SMELLY FLESH OF DEAD ANIMALS.

INSTEAD, THEY LOOK FOR THE COLORFUL BLOSSOMS OF DESERT PLANTS.

IN OTHER WORDS.......THE VULTURES LIVE ON WHAT WAS. THEY LIVE ON THE PAST. THEY FILL THEMSELVES WITH WHAT IS DEAD AND GONE.

BUT HUMMINGBIRDS LIVE ON WHAT IS. THEY SEEK NEW LIFE. THEY FILL THEMSELVES WITH FRESHNESS AND LIFE.

EACH BIRD FINDS WHAT IT IS LOOKING FOR.

TRUTH BE TOLD MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.......WE ALL DO.

CONSIDER THE WORDS OF HEBREWS 11, THE GREAT FAITH CHAPTER. NO LESS THAN 16 SAINTS ARE MENTIONED BY NAME.

EACH BEING CREDITED WITH THEIR DISPLAY OF FAITH AND TRUST TOWARD GOD.

· ABEL OFFERED A MORE EXCELLENT SACRIFICE THAN CAIN

· ENOCH HAD THE TESTIMONY THAT HE PLEASED GOD

· NOAH BUILT AN ARK, TO THE SAVING OF HIS FAMILY

· ABRAHAM OBEYED GOD, AND LEFT HIS COUNTRY, NOT KNOWING WHERE GOD WOULD SEND HIM

· SARA, THOUGH WELL PAST CHILD BEARING YEARS, BELIEVED GOD, JUDGING HIM TO BE FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD

· MOSES REJECTED THE RICHES OF PHARAOH’S HOUSE, CHOOSING TO SUFFERING AFFLICTION WITH GOD’S PEOPLE.

· RAHAB, THE HARLOT, HID THE SPIES, WITHOUT THOUGHT TO HER PERSONAL SAFETY.

· AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON..

EACH ONE OF THESE SAINTS, AND OTHERS, HELPED ALL OF US CLAIM OUR VICTORY. EVERY TIME WE READ OR HEAR THEIR STORIES, THEY HELP US AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN, LAY CLAIM TO OUR OWN VICTORIES!

· DON’T LISTEN TO THE LIES OF THE DEVIL, TELLING YOU THAT YOUR VICTORY CAN’T BE WON.

· DON’T GIVE IN TO THE DECEIT OF THE FLESH, AND BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU LESS THAN HIS BEST!

GOD DOES NOT LOSE! GOD CANNOT LOSS! AND, HE DOES NOT MAKE LOSERS! AND HE HASN’T CALLED YOU TO BE A LOSER.

HE HAS ORDAIN ALL OF HIS CHILDREN TO BE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS. HOW CAN WE KNOW THIS? BECAUSE THE MOMENT THAT YOU WERE SAVED, SEVERAL THINGS HAPPENED:

· YOUR RESERVATION IN THE LAKE OF FIRE WAS CANCELLED!

· YOUR SIN LIST, THAT THE ANGELS HAD BEEN KEEPING, WAS DESTROYED!

· YOUR NAME WAS WRITTEN DOWN IN THE LAMBS BOOK OF LIFE!

· YOUR MANSION IN HEAVEN WAS PUT UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

· THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS PLACED INSIDE OF YOU, TO BE YOUR COMFORTER!

· THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BEGAN TO INTERCEDE TO THE FATHER, ON YOUR BEHALF!

· YOU WERE PLACED INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND SURROUNDED BY A HEDGE OF PROTECTION

WE are the people Born for Victory!

TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY........

RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE: EITHER TO BE LIKE JOSHUA AND SAY, BY GOD’S GRACE WE ARE WELL ABLE TO OVERCOME IT…OR TO BE LIKE THE OTHER SPIES AND SAY, “WE CAN’T DO IT, WE’RE JUST GRASSHOPPERS” MY ADMONITION TO YOU IS TO CHOOSE THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE, BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD!

AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL ACCEPT THE VICTORY! RIGHT NOW, MAKE A BETTER CHOICE. YOU MAY HAVE CHOSEN, IN THE PAST, TO HELP THE DEVIL TAKE YOUR HEART, TAKE YOUR MIND, TAKE YOUR EMOTIONS, BUT RIGHT NOW, MAKE A BETTER CHOICE. CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THE VICTORY!