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When I Am Winning - Favour Follows The Fight
Are you winning?
Are you in the middle of a fight?
Today you will walk away from this message, knowing that YOU. ARE. A. WINNER! and HOW TO KEEP WINNING!
This is the promise that we have learnt from the life of King David…
1 Samuel 17:46 NLT
Today the Lord will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel!
….defeats 31 kings and kingdoms as the WARRIOR KING!
DAVID Set’s up a legacy for the PEOPLE of God..to come up out from under the SHADOW of oppression, exile. To rise to be a people who were feared, to be fearless...and powerful, and mighty…
This is how the BIBLE speaks about the VICTORIOUS PEOPLE of GOD…YOU!
Psalm 108:12-13 MSG
Give us help for the hard task;
human help is worthless.
In God we’ll do our very best;
he’ll flatten the opposition for good.
Colosians 2:15 TPT
Then Jesus made a public spectacle of all the powers and principalities of darkness, stripping away from them every weapon and all their spiritual authority and power to accuse us. And by the power of the cross, Jesus led them around as prisoners in a procession of triumph. He was not their prisoner; they were his!
IF WINNING is our PROMISE, there is a nagging question that begs an answer….
IF the VICTORY is GUARANTEED?HOW does a WINNER live their life like a CHAMPION?!
The Three Challenges of the Champion
1. Complacency
We are only where we are because of the great work we have done....and it will take a growing level of great work to see us keep winning in the future. Let’s not grow complacent!! There are kings to defeat, battles to win...are you ready for what’s next?!
2. Coasting
A rising tide lifts all ships.
Even if you aren’t doing well, it will appear as though you are if you’re in a healthy culture and a growing organisation.
1 Samuel 17:46 NLT
Today the Lord will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head.
WE STILL HAVE SOME KILLING TO DO!!
3. Comparison
When we are WINNING we need to make sure that we use our own internal expectations and goals to measure our progress and NOT the success or failures of our friends or competition.
If we we can master these 3 challenges of a champion...we are ready to make the
3 Commitments of a champion
The 3 Commitments Of a Champion
Winners know that GOLIATH is just theBEGINNING- King David defeat 31 kings from 31 kingdoms…
If there are VICTORIES to BE WON then there are BATTLES to be FOUGHT!!!
The 3 commitments of a champion Keep WINNERS WINNING?!
Winning costs us something...so to keep winning we need to keep our account full...the biggest account drawn down upon in our spiritual battles is the our EMOTIONAL account ...to keep that account topped up!!
Proverbs11:25TPT
“Those who live to bless others will have blessings heaped upon them, and the one who pours out his life to pour out blessings will be saturated with favor.”
2. Reflect
What have you done in the past that has meant you are wining today?
3. Repeat
You are winning TODAY because you have been applying these KINGDOM principles in the past! So keep them up!
“I’ll win because of the positive habits I’ve developed, and because of the consistency I use in applying those habits.” - The Compound Effect, Darren Hardy.
Faithfulness and consistency COMPOUND!!!
Hebrews 3:14NLT
“For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.”
If you are winning, YOUR first step was inviting Jesus into your life!
Jesus is everybody’s first step into this VICTORIOUS life? Have you said YES to Jesus today?
Jesus, this is my decision
Today I say yes to you
You died on the cross
To pay the price for my sin.
I invite you to be my saviour.
Come into my life.
Forgive my sin.
Fill me with the power of your holy spirit.
Amen