[Applause] you are more than conquerors amid the fog of war that is beseeching you right now in your hearts the curse of defeat in your life is rooted in two things typically self-reliance one and unbelief so we spend our whole lives just chewed up and spit out and the enemy loves it that way you want to know why cuz you'll never do licate so you can have no other identity other than being a Victor everybody [Music] [Applause] [Music] tracking and a couple announcements here uh real quick for the online Church body one is uh the summit obviously we have announced that um get signed up I think there might be a couple cabins still left we added six new cabins to the camp this year are we're going to oh my goodness two and a half months there will be six new cabins added uh before the thing so and then we also have the glamp tents and stuff like that and the RV hookups for people who don't like to rough it you know you guys know every year it's such a make some people are do airbnbs or verbos or hotels other people camp some people sleep in their cars and trucks then we have the cabins then we have the glamp Sid then we have campers you can dry camp anywhere it's like a it's like a hot mess during the Summits but it's awesome because it's like hey just come whatever get here set up we'll figure out everything else in between so um The Summit this year is the June 19th to the 22nd and uh we got our worship Bros coming in from Cali again this year so that'll be awesome and uh I just got the green light for them and I think right now we're leaning towards doing the excursions again it seemed to really blessed the body and people really enjoyed that so I think we're going to we're going to try to pull it off again uh Show Me Your Glory movie is coming out I believe it's May 13 1415 in 800 theaters across the country uh and here's the thing is if it does well the first three days this is apparently how the movie production World works then goes out to 2,000 theaters but only depending on those first three days so this is a call to action the churches I'm calling other pastors and stuff like that to get everybody out there to see this movie Show Me Your Glory and it's a uh Marine brother of mine and his wife and they have a an awesome family and they're the ones that produced it and there's testimonies from like the Iranian underground Church uh Finley's testimonies and there a lot of testimonies of how God showed up and and other testimonies about how the Lord sustained people when their prayers weren't answered and if you don't understand what's coming on the pipeline then you've never heard a word I said we need to know and understand our God that he's the same today as he was yesterday as he will be forever more Our God works miracles he works in the miraculous because he's magnifying his own name sake all the time in the land of the living so anyways get out for that movie tell your pastors online church if you have other churches or people that would hear this tell them get everybody mobilized to go see this movie Show Me Your Glory all right we'll get going today I want to talk about the reality that we are more than conquerors amid the war of the ages there's this recurrent Thorn In the Flesh and the hearts of the majority of the Lord's Warrior redeemed it's a thorn that has the ability to so perfectly grind The Souls of the Saints down to the bone and leave them in utter dejection this Thorn is of high level strategic importance amid a multi-dimensional battle space and it's ravaging God's people right now it's a mission set to actually steal kill and destroy the glory and the Majesty of the Ancient of Days the Holy One of Israel the Lord God Almighty the lord of the heavens armies the God of all power and might and Glory the God of all compassion and all comfort and love the god of consumate Victory and Supremacy the mission set is to steal kill and destroy his glory and all these attributes that he is through you that's how he gets it through you it's asymmetric hybrid psychological warfare tactics to convince you the warrior redeemed of the Lord those who are fully United with the Conquering King Jesus who is literally in you those who are Overcomers and Victors those who are more than conquerors and who do valiantly through their God those who have been given all power how much power all power to overcome all the powers of the enemy how much of the powers of the enemy those who have been afforded the literal armor of the creator of all the universe and have been assured the force multipliers of the Heavenly Coalition forces who have been promised by the one who swears by himself that nothing by any means will harm you not even death and Hades themselves those who have a certainty of ET etal life of immortality those who have a battle flag over your head at all times snapping over you a battle flag of Love who's been assured all spiritual giftings how many spiritual giftings all all spiritual giftings in Christ Jesus for the ne for your necessary martial Endeavors to stand and withstand and advance and tear down and overcome and build up and defeat and Advance through who have been assured a refuge a strong tower a Bastion and a shield that can never be be penetrated who have been assured incomprehensible peace and comfort and compassion and healing and Vindication and exaltation those who have literally been given the very sword of the spirit of the Living God himself to wield against all mations on this battlefield and exact all forms of superiority on this battlefield in the name of Jesus Christ to convince you who are all these things that you are the one who conquered you're the one who's defeated you are the one who is overcome not the one who will overcome that's the thorn and the Flesh and the majority of Believers yet just don't understand who you are in Christ Jesus the sufficiency of the victory the sufficiency of the power the sufficiency of the glory the sufficiency of the blood of the Lamb of the Conquering of all these things so much so that he says you are more than conquerors amid the fog of war that is beseeching you right now in your hearts we just don't get it and I see it every day and I fall prey to it as well too you get the little whisper you get the little lie you get the little discouragement you get the little hit you get the little despondency you get the little woe as me and you forget who Christ is in you and all that he's afforded you and you know what it does it's completely offensive to the Lord God Almighty and All His glory it's offensive and antagonistic to the spirit of living God because we're given testimony a very public witness even in the internal monologue of our hearts and minds and our despondency and the meditations of our hearts and our wo is me Eeyore mentality that we walk in we are giving bold public witness that God is not who he said he was and Jesus is is not who he said he was and we are not who he has told us we are this is why it's a big deal the thorn of the Flesh of the warrior redeemed is to suffocate you with discouragement and despondency and a poverty of spirit and a mind and a heart and a defeatism in spirit and your mind and your heart to suffocate you with fear and anxiety and self-loathing and self-c condemnation and loneliness and isolationism and a sense of abject weakness and and adequacy so that you will never never arise and shine and your privileged immovable Eternal identity in Christ Jesus your identity as the one who is Victorious It's ever presentent who is Victorious because of his eternal posture and glory of the one who was Victorious past tense you think Christ kind of meant something when he said it's finished what do you think think he meant when he said it's finished it's done the victory is done it's a done deal cuz we don't understand the victory that has been secured for us in Jesus we fight and we claw and we kick and we screen and we whail and we moan and we despondent and we shake fists and we tear and we isolate and we despond it because we don't understand that we're not fighting towards Victory we are fighting from a position of Victory does everybody understand that y it is finished meant exactly what he said it is finished disarmed vanquished fo triumphed over them the Triumph is secure and as we'll get into later he's already said he's leading you in the triumphal procession you're already in it and we just don't understand it so we spend our whole lives just chewed up and spit out and the enemy loves it that way you want to know why because you'll never duplicate that's why you'll never duplicate you've heard me say before the powers of Darkness do not care about converts everybody tracking they do not care that you're in the faith it's not about keeping people out of the faith listen they know the word they know the word more than we know the word the powers of the darkness they know not one that's been given to Christ will be snatched from his hand they know all these scriptures about how God works in men their goal is to keep you you from understanding who you are in Christ Jesus so that you'll never duplicate because if the people of God actually understood their identity in Christ Jesus this whole thing would be over it's true this whole thing would be over if a thousand Believers knew fully their identity in Christ this whole thing what's it say one to 1,00 one of you will send a th000 a flight two of you will send 10,000 a flight how many do you think it takes thing to overturn the world I'm not this isn't dominionism this isn't S mountain mandate disgusting Paula White garbage stuff right this is for Real our identity in Christ what it looks like to live as those who are more than conquers that is not hyperbole that is not Sensational that is not emotionally predatory that's what he said you are through his holy scriptures that is who you are period I don't care if you agree with it I don't care if you understand it I don't care if your emotions resonate with it it doesn't matter that's just who you are because he is in you and you are in him so you can have no other identity other than being a Victor an overcomer a more than conqueror in the triumphal procession of Jesus Christ everybody tracking one of the most often spoken two attributes of God the Father and Jesus Christ Messiah been David the Conquering King and their people is that of valiant Victors and conquerors and Overcomers and that triumphant over all the mations of this world and the powers of Darkness including death itself were you at death he says here's how secure your Victory is where's your victory at death that's literally the punk that is given to the powers of darkness in Satan where you at bro where's your Victory more than conquerors look at my people look at me seated at the right hand of the father where's your Victory it's mine I took back the keys of death in the grave I hold them in my hand I punch that counterfeit lion and shatter his teeth in his mouth and I took back the keys I am the Victor and if you are in me and I am in you then you're the victors too it is finished but the majority of us Shuffle through each and every day in a cursed posture of defeatism a helpless and hapless as helpless and hapless scrubs just happy to survive another 24-hour cycle without being utterly drowned by the ground of life we are content to survive that's not that Christ say I came that you might have life and might have it in mediocrity what did he say I came that you might have life and have it more AB abundantly not survival thrival I don't even know if that's a word but it made sense right now it's not about survival it's about thrival this has to stop and this has to change the glory of the Lord and the testimony you bear regarding who his son truly is has been given to you to Proclaim before all things seen and unseen and we have to get this right in this generation Deuteronomy uh 21-4 says this when you go out to battle against your enemies and you see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you do not be afraid of them for the Lord your God who brought you up from the land of Egypt is with you when you are approaching the battle the priests shall come near and speak to the people here o Israel you are approaching the battle against your enemies today do not be faint-hearted do not be afraid or Panic or tremble before them for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you I'm coming near to you today to call you up in and myself all the time up into our identity to remind our feeble Hearts this day hear this oh people of God you are approaching the battle against your enemies today do not be faint-hearted do not be afraid or Panic do not tremble before them for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you and to save you do you understand this you have been kned through the covering of the blood of the lamb and his triumphal procession against all that is in this world as more than conquerors the problem is you don't believe it the word Victory is defined as this the overcoming of an enemy or antagonist the achievement of Mastery or success and a struggle or Endeavor Against All Odds and all difficulties the term Victory comes from the Latin word Victoria and it is applied specifically to Warfare and it denotes success and achievement and personal combat after a military operation it is success in a military campaign which constitutes a strategic Victory why do you think the Lord says victory victory victory victory victory victory the victory this the victory that the Triumph This the Triumph that the Conquering this the Conquering of that because in the war of the ages that is Raging Against The Souls of men and the glory of God a war of Ages there is only one one way to be deemed a Victor is amid the throws of War but it's an assurance of success and the Endeavor for strategic military accomplishment that's what it means to have victory in Christ Jesus however most of us rather than understanding the weight of the completed work of Christ Jesus we walk in the curse of defeatism all day most days most times the curse of defeatism the curse of defeat in your life and within the warrior redeemed of the Lord is rooted in two things typically self-reliance one and unbelief self-reliance and unbelief the word is replete with scriptures speaking speaking to it then when you relied on yourself then when you relied on yourself then you rely oh but those who rely on the Lord those whose trust is in the Lord those whose hope is in the Lord cursed is the one Jeremiah 17 cursed is the one who trust in man that means yourself everybody tracking you are all mankind sorry all you feminists just kidding not sorry at all to feminists you are all mankind I'll Drink To That cursed is a one who trusts a man who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord that one verse told you both things cursed is the one who is self-reliant cursed is the one who walks in unbelief their heart turns away from the Lord that person will be like a brush in the Wasteland they will not see Prosperity when it comes they will dwell in the parched places of the desert and the salt land where no one lives Joshua 7 speaks to it when it's talking about the sin of Ain he says you are going to be defeated because you have deliberately chosen a curse aching at AI because you've squired away some of the devoted things and hidden them in your Camp he says you cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them you have been made liable for Destruction on the field of battle you have an assurance of defeat a cursed defeat in your life total defeatism total despondency because of your self-reliance and because of your unbelief in the sufficiency of God even aen well God won't provide so I'll take something for myself God won't cover so I'll do this for myself God's not going to show up so let me grab the EOD myself God's not who he said he is I don't believe him therefore in self-reliance I will make this maneuver and now you have been made liable on a field of battle that you don't even understand this is why the curse that defeated them is so prevalent in many of our Lives Psalm 78 says this the men of Ephraim though armed with a bow turned back on the day of battle they did not keep God's commands and they refused to live by his law self-reliance unbelief they forgot what God had done the Wonders he had showed them it goes on to say they continued to sin against him rebelling in the wilderness against the most high they willfully put God to the test and demanded the food that they craved they spoke against God they said can God really spread a table for us in the wilderness have you heard the self-reliance and now you're hearing the unbelief could God God couldn't do that too yeah he shattered the Egyptians sure he split the Red Sea yeah he's made mana come from the earth and things come from the sky and yeah a pillar of fire yeah had a cloud by these guys are seeing these things and yet still the curse of defeat entered into their soul so much so that they say but could God spread a table for us in the wilderness too true he struck the Rock and water gushed out and streams fold abundantly but can he also give us bread no he couldn't do that can he Supply meat for his people when the Lord heard them he was Furious he's furious at our unbelief it's interesting that pastors don't want to tell you that God gets angry with you he is furious with their unbelief and their self-reliance he was Furious and his fire broke out against Jacob and his wrath Rose against Israel for they did not believe God or trust in his Deliverance anybody is that anybody in here in spite of all this they kept on sinning in spite of all the wers he showed him they did not believe him so he ended their days in futility and their years and Terror the curse of defeatism because of self-reliance and undefeat Psalm 106 25-27 says this then they despised the pleasant land that the Lord had provided for them because they did not believe his promises they grumbled in their tents and they did not obey the Lord so he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the wilderness make their descendants fall among the Nations and scatter them through the land 2 chronicles 16 7-9 says this you guys hear me often times quote for the eyes of the Lord Reign throughout the holy Earth to strengthen those who are fully committed to him right I I use that scripture all the time because the Lord is speaking an eternal truth right there the full context of what he's speaking to is actually the cursing of Asa and the defeat the Assurance of Defeat of defeatism for the rest of his life because of his unbelief in the Lord 2 chronicles 16 7-9 at that time hananiah the seir came to ASA king of Judah and said to him because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the Lord your God remember what we read in Jeremiah 17 cursed is the one who trusts in man whose strength comes from the Flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord because you relied on men rather than God the army of the king of Aram has escaped your hand we not the ites and the libyans a mighty army with great numbers of Chariots and Horsemen yet when you relied on the Lord he delivered them all into your hand is that not true ASA for the eyes of the Lord Reigns throughout the whole the Earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him you have done a foolish thing and your self-reliance in your unbelief and from now on you will be at War that's the full context but then we have this amazing jposition of the cursedness a defeat that so many live our lives out from of the Assurance of a blessed Victory because guess what Jeremiah 17 goes on to say because I didn't finish the verse but blessed blessed is the one who trust in the Lord whose confidence is in him they will be like a tree planted By the Waters that sends out its roots into the stream I pict the stream of living water is running out from a stone room it's literally pulling from Christ himself pulling from God himself the tree is there and it's just it's sned right to that River of Life and it says it will never cease to flow out from his St room and it's pulling this lifegiving streams of living water from the river life all of its life and it says it does not fear when the heat comes its leaves are always green it has no worries even in the year of drought no matter what's going on in your life and it never fails to produce fruit the cursedness of a defe mentality and perspective and personality and posture and walk versus a blessedness as somebody whose identity is so secure in the Lord that they actually walk as Victors in Christ Jesus over all that this world can throw at them 2 Chronicles 20:15 says this listen King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem this is what the Lord says to you do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast Army for the battle is not yours but God's you idiots I say that with all love it's all sincerity of love you idiots don't you know that the battle's not yours it's God's how could you ever walk in despondency I get it I've I've fallen pray to to do I have to confess and repent when I do because of what it makes God out to be and what it makes Christ out to be I have to confess and repent all the time oh God forgive me why was I so trembly why was I so wavering why was I so unbelieving why would I do that God I know who you are the fight is not mine it's yours God therefore I will arise and shine for the glory of the Lord has risen upon me I don't care that darkness is over the Earth and thick darkness is over the people for the glory of the Lord has arisen upon me and you said blessed are those who fear you and who take great Delight in your commands you said to those who fear you a banner is unfurled against its foes and you raise it over me in it's love you say when an enemy comes in like a flood you're going to raise that Battle Flag against them God I say who and of whom should I be afraid Whom Shall I Fear though a troop Advance against me though War break out against me still I will be confident of this I know my God see that's the right posture the battle's not my but the Lord's you will not have to fight this battle he goes on to say you take up your position you stand firm see this requires belief doesn't it this requires believing God at his word you take up your position and you stand firm and see the Deliverance that the Lord will give you oh Judah and Jerusalem do not be afraid do not be discouraged go out and face them tomorrow for the Lord will be with you Exodus 14:13 then Moses answered the people and said don't be afraid you idiots Moses answered the people do not be afraid stand firm again what does standing firm presuppose You Must Believe God at his word and you will see the Deliverance of the Lord that he will bring you today the Egyptians you see today you ain't going to see him tomorrow don't worry about it Psalm 1112 blessed are those who fear the lord who find great Delight in his commands their children will be Mighty in the land the generation of the upright will be blessed surely the righteous Will Never Be Shaken how often are you going to be shaken never never never they will be remembered forever they will have no fear of bad news their hearts are steadfast trusting in the Lord their hearts are secure they will have no fear and and in the end they will look in Triumph on their foes Victory concrete triumph over all your foes the only reason why a blood blood bought believer could ever be overcome in this life is not a matter of your sin does everybody understand your sin has been dealt with and if you don't understand that we'll just keep preaching the gospel till you do your sin has been dealt with done removed from you as far as the East is from the West it's not by works it's not by whatever it's not by the self- whipping whatever combination stuff your sin has been dealt with so if you're ever overcome in spirit and posture in heart and mind or whatever in your emotion it's not because of your sin that's what most people chalk it up to right oh wo is me oh my sin oh my sin get off of it the Lord has dealt with your sin it's not a matter of sin it's a matter of unbelief that's why you're overcome that's why you're despondent that's why you're discouraged that's why you're brokenhearted that's why you Eeyore that's why you strive that's why you jealous that's why you envy that's why you quarrel that's why you whatever you do that looks so defeated and chewed up and spit out every day that you nobody wants to know your God nobody wants want to know your God because it's not a matter of sin it's a matter of belief 1 John 53-5 says this in fact This is Love for God to keep his commands and his commands are not burdensome for everyone what's the qualifier how many people everyone born of God overcomes the world period everyone born of God overcomes the Lord this is the victory that has overcome the world are you ready for it this is the victory your faith that you actually believe him for who he is that's the victory that overcomes the world belief belief beloved and where we walk in this defeated attitude amid the throws of all this thing that this world can throw at us which it is right now as we're coming into the fullness of time it's belief this is the victory that has overcome the world that you would believe it who is it that overcomes the world only the one who believes that Jesus is the son of God that's how we operate as Overcomers by belief so then what would disbelief look like it would look like me on a daily basis it would look like you on a daily basis disbelief looks pathetic and it makes him look insuff efficient that's why this is a big deal more than conquerors beloved more than conquerors when we die to self self-reliance and renounce the curse of unbelief and distrust you must be victorious because Christ in you already is you couldn't help but be an overcomer everybody tracking you couldn't help but be more than a conqueror you couldn't help but be triumphant you couldn't help but be bold steadfast resilient Resolute radiant think of all the scriptures courageous I eagerly expect and hope that no way I'll be ashamed but that now as always I will have sufficient courage so that Christ will be exalted in me I won't be frightened in any way by those who oppose me this will be a sign to them that they're going to be destroyed but that I've been saved and that by God we do not shrink back knowing that if we shrink back he will be displeased with us we are those who believe and are saved are you hearing the scriptures today anybody are you guys awake am I just yelling at you guys like crazy like always wake up more than conquerors beloved do you believe it man we have to die to the self-reliance we have to die to the curse of the unbelief and the distrust and you couldn't help but be victorious in every sing doesn't mean you're not going to take hits but you win doesn't mean you're not going to get knocked off your feet but you win it doesn't mean you're not going to fall flat on your face so righteous man fall seven times still he'll rise again it doesn't mean that you're not going to have accusations and persecutions and woes without number and mourning and despond and loss and you're not going to have consternation and perplexities but guess what we're those who are pressed on every side but we ever crushed bro that's right I'll never be crushed we are those who are persecuted I'll never be given over to death that's right never never we win they lose because he won they lost that's right don't you know your identity in Christ Jesus man Joshua 1 7-9 be strong and very courageous you have one posture anyone who is in Christ has overcome everyone everyone who is in Christ has overcome the Lord and this is the victory that you believe him so then he says be strong and very courageous be careful to obey all my law my servant Moses gave you do not turn to the right do not turn to the left and you will be successful wherever you go keep the book of the law always on your lips meditate on it day and night so that you may be careful to do everything written in it then you will be prosperous and successful have I not commanded you did he say have I not suggested to you have I not alluded to you have I not passively suggested to you have I not commanded you because your posture reflects me be strong and courageous do not be afraid do not be discouraged that's right have you heard the language of the scriptures for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go when we walk in the spirit of living God and not by the flesh you cannot help but overcome in every way Zechariah 4 not by might nor by power but by my spirit says the Lord don't you understand it's not on you you don't have to fight the battle he already told you that I'm the one fighting and you think I'm weak you think my arm's too short I can see the Lord saying that it's like how I would yell at the boys what you think I'm weak bro you think I can't still work you come at me then and I see the Lord saying that to us too what do you think I said you stand you stand firm and watch the Deliverance that I bring about you don't have to fight the battle not by power no by might watch my spirit working in your life more than conquerors when we live out from anointing of our God can't help but go forth and do Valiant as Psalm 20 says with our God we will do Valiant you cannot help but be Victorious and overcome and triumphant in every way this is why we must put to death the curse of defeatism and of self-reliance and of the Flesh and walk by the spirit of living God in this generation Psalm 27 says the Lord is my light and my salvation the Lord is my light in my salvation Whom Shall I Fear dude how simple of a statement is that who in the world could come against me I know my god dude he went straight to sheld and snatched back up the keys of death and Grave and he has so much power within himself he took his own life back up again after preaching to the captives and then he sat down done that you guys hear me say this all the time what's the lord's pure oh jeez what's going on George Soros oh man Trump is making alignment with the British oh geez AI oh no what are they doing they're messing with genetics the the CERN cern's going to break open a gate that's what we do that's right oh my God is seated he is Seated on his throne and he's laughing and scoffing at all the mations of the elite to throw off his yoke and say we will not have this one rule over us he's laughing at him as he's chilling out sitting and you are in him and he is in you so of whom shall you be afraid the Lord is the stronghold of my life of Whom Shall I Fear when evildoers assail me and they will to eat up my flesh that's pretty gnarly my adversaries and foes it is they who will fall don't an army a camp against me my heart shall not even fear not even not even a fear the war arise against me yet I will be confident more than conquerors but do you believe it dude we get rocked by the stupidest hits weak it's weak not weak in a way that like we shouldn't be we should be weak right so the power of God but weak belief it's weak faith that we get so rocked by the simplest nuances of life and then people go I thought I thought you were a Believer I thought doesn't your God or your Jesus do something with eternal life or like forgiving sins or whatever and like dude your testimony is like I don't want your God I want the god of Islam cuz he's powerful and they walk in power and they walk I'm saying their perspective right everybody tracking cuz they go that is look at there's power there's strength there's resolve they'll sweep across the whole earth to do whatever like they're Fearless they're whatever then you look at the Christians and they're pathetic they won't even stand up against their kids being sexualized in school they won't even stop trainees from doing whatever they will do anything they they can't even handle the fact that their Ira dropped by 0.000000 32% in the Dow and they freak out and they pull in dude more than conquerors I don't want your God I'll find another God I'll make I'll make a an I I'll make an altar to the unknown God I'll just create or actually I'll be God myself I'll make myself God how about that this is why it's so important that we understand what it means to be more than conquerors I'm getting way behind a lot of times often times our defeatism in this life comes simply from a matter of quitting the fight before it's truly won weariness besets in self-reliance fails us a whisper of unbelief enters into the hearts and we simply just acques and surrender but not to the Lord to the LIE we have Exodus 17 speaking when Moses's hands were raised and then he would get weary right and they'd start to drop and and what would happen when they would drop the enemy starts F oh no the fight's not done like help me hold my hands up and if my hands drop before the fight's over oh we're going to be overcome Joshua 1 he's talking to the Israelites and he's saying listen you are not done fighting till everybody's done fighting he's talking to the half tribe of manessa and these other tribes are like hey you guys may think you're done fighting these guys are going to cross the Jordan they get still got a lot of land to take you do not get to stop until all the battles are won also judges 84 where it talks about Gideon and his 300 men it says they were weary yet pursuing the enemy they knew if we stop the fight now if we stop the fight now we are going to end up being defeated in the long run same thing in 1 Samuel 30 at zigg David at zigg it says they were so we that 200 of the men stopped fighting and it says and David and these other pursued them it says they fought from Dust Till Dawn the next day without ever ceasing knowing that the fight was not yet won sometimes our defeatism comes simply because we've counted the cost of being in the fight and we've said it's too high and we B and we surrender and we acquest and we weary and the enemy is like you idiot if you would have repelled us for just 20 more minutes you would have got the victory but now we got the victory over you this is what it looks like to walk in an identity in the Lord where we know that we can stand and withstand all things because he's given us the Assurance of urance Unto the victory everybody tracking never out of the fight anybody's ever emailed me not you guys I get to see you guys face to face a lot of times that's how I sign the emails never out of the fight fight simpy delis in the Lord fight the good fight you're never out of the fight it's called a good fight of the faith faith interesting it's a good Noble worthy valorous Valiant fight for belief that God is who he said he was and Christ said is who he said he was and therefore I am who he says he and I am in him and he's in him as he's in the father and the father's in him and now there's fullness of unity and I am more than a conqueror it is a good fight a noble fight to believe your identity in God through the completed work of Jesus Christ everybody tracking man the Lord says he gives power to the faint he increases the strength of the weak even yous grow T tired and weary and young men stubble and fall but those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength they will Mount up on wings like eagil they will run and not grow weary they will knock and walk and not grow faint you have an assurance of endurance unto the victory do not stop fighting until the battle is won all power has been given to you and nothing by any means will harm you your enemy literally doesn't have weapons in their hands everybody tracking they're disarmed it's a valley of the shadow of death death isn't even true anymore it's a holographic projection it's a faint maneuver it's a fake little game that they're playing it's a shell game smoking mirrors all this is done so at the end of the day our ability to walk and stand and withstand and advance and go and do and tear down and build up and all these things has nothing to do with our sin or with anything else in our lives or the weakness of our carnality it only has to do with our belief in the sufficiency of Christ it's not about knowledge it's not about AC is dude number one thing I hear all the time I just need to study more I'm like no stop please stop studying sit rest dwell abide lift the Hem of His Garment Sleep At His Feet dwell with him walk with him in the coolness of the garden stop studying with much knowledge comes much sorrow please don't why don't you sit with your Lord that you might actually know him not know about him not know what other men have to say about him but that you yourself would know him so it's not a matter of sin it's not a matter of knowledge it's not a matter of academics it's not a matter of striving it's not a matter of works it's not a matter of spiritual superiority or faulty sense of self like the Pharisees it is a matter of belief either you're Victorious or you're not and if you say you're not then that means he wasn't everybody understand the reason why you are more than conquerors victorious in every way against all enemies both foreign and domestic foreign enemies without domestic the enemy of your own flesh right is because he presently is seated enthroned in the fullness of Victory already that's why you are more than conquerors that is why radiancy is so often talked about that is why the invinci complex we so often talk about this is why steadfast resolve and boldness in Christ Jesus is what we so often talk about this is why Ephesians 1:1 18-23 says I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people and his incomparably great power for us who believe incomparably great power for us who believe that power is the same as the mighty strength that he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in Heavenly Realms far above all Rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is invoked not only in the present age but also in the pra to come and God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church which is the body the fullness of him who fills everything in every way this is why this is why Colossians 23-15 when you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh God made you alive in Christ Jesus he forgave all your sins how many oh but what about but I still but I still I'm strug is that what it says no you're forgiven once you get it figured out that's what religion teaches that's right that's what all these crappy denominations teach right once you get it figured out then you're forgiven no good luck with that let me know if you figure that one out Pharisees he forgave us all our sins all having canell the charge of our legal indebtedness which stood against us and condemned us he has taken it away nailing it to the cross and having past tense disarmed the powers and authorities he made a public spectacle of them triumphing over them at the cross the Triumph the victory the Conquering is done the victory is secure the war is one the Triumph is past tense everybody understanding this again what do you think your wor King meant when he said it's finished it's finished so what do you are you worried about it's a belief issue it's a belief issue John 16:33 says this I told you these things so that in me you may have peace in this world you will have tribulation everybody tracking check that you good to go promise it's Assurance you will have tribulation but take courage be indwell with courage in Courage for this is Jesus speaking I have past tense overcome the world see you're not fighting for victory you're living and fighting from a position of Victory what would ever make you balk what could ever make you balk you're L like the fight's rigged it's hilarious the fight's rigged as my dad told me the fight's rigged every time you hear the bell ring get up again it's rigged as many times as it takes as many many times as your cut guy has to cut you as many rounds as you have to go every time you hear the bell ring you get back up because the fight is rigged the victory is won are you understanding this so let perseverance finish its work so that you can be mature and complete lacking nothing if you're in Christ Jesus you are in the triumphal procession it's time we act like it beloved 2 Corinthians 24-16 says this but thanks be to God who always leads us captives we are captivated by Christ in the triumphal procession A procession of the victors and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere see you walking in Triumph and in Victory is an aroma to everybody's watching it's a testimony it's a witness for we are to God the pleasing Aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing to the one we are the aroma that brings death and to the aroma the to the other the aroma that brings life does everybody understand what that means to be walking through a city as a Victor in a triumphal procession maybe we've lost it in our modern lexicon like in the days of the Roman legion years or whatever when they would come into a city and they would conquer it then they would have their Victor's parade a victory parade and as they're marching through the city half the people are going yes the aroma of their Victory is pleasing to them they've overthrown the death spot they've overthrown the this they've overthrown the whatever and they're like to one they're the aroma of life but there's other people that are in there nashing their teeth and they see the triumphal possession of Victory and all smells the putrescence of death at the exact same time it says that that's what we are in Christ the triumphal procession of Christ let them Nast your teeth let them let them think that it's a smell the putricant of death because those who really know their God it is the pleasing Aroma of life when they see the Victorious life that you walk in if you are in Christ you are more than conquerors beloved it's time we act like it don't you think don't you think it's time we act like it like within each other dude I don't want your despondency you shouldn't take mine I know I've heaped it on you guys I don't want your despondency I want to be encouraged in the Lord and edified to go dude I'm taking this hit but God is good I will see the Deliverance of the Lord no one whose hope is in the Lord will ever be ashamed my face will be radiant oh I took a bad hit today I like praise God dude you just encouraged my spirit right courage begs courage just like fear beets fear like praise God dude more than conquerors Victor Triumph or procession no fear no striving quiet confidence in the Lord and now like dude we'd be this Powerhouse body not for our glory for the glory of the Lord that's right for the glory of the Lord and now we know that in all things how many all interesting God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose skipping down and those he predestined he also called and those he called he also Justified and those he justified he also glorified What then shall we say in response to these things anybody you got anything to say to that sure you've been called Justified glorified H what in the world could I say to that reality and that truth if God is for us who could ever be against us he who did not spare his own son but gave him up for us how will he not also along with him graciously give us all things who will bring a charge against Those whom God has chosen it is God who justifies who will or who is it that will condemn no one Christ who died more than that who has been raised Al life is at the right hand of the father and he's interceding for us who shall separate us from the love of Christ shall trouble our hardship our persecution our famine or nakedness or danger or sword as it is written for your sake we Face death all day long we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered no in all of these things all of them lot of junk in this world in all of these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us that's what we got to get for I am convinced I'm convinced you need to test your heart to see if you're convinced and if you're not say Lord help me with my unbelief I believe you help me with my unbelief but I am convinced that neither death nor life neither angels nor demons neither the present nor the future I don't care what's coming I'm just aware of it everybody tracking nor any powers neither height nor death nor anything else in all of creation will be able to separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our lord your fears ought to be stilled when you hear this Beloved the storms quieted the heart C Cry of the warrior redeemed deafening to the powers of Darkness do your worst bro of whom shall I be afraid I don't care what you do I know my God actually you're disarmed he's laughing at you death you think I'm scared of death There Is No Death you idiots not you guys that was to the powers of Darkness that wasn't a loving idiot that was actually an offensive idiot There Is No Death what is this thing everybody's scared to die you're scared of pain you're scared of loss you're scared of finances you're scared of betrayals you're scared of everything why don't you put your fear on the Lord yes then you have no fear you'd have no space to fear anything else what if you reserved all your fear for God and you couldn't bestowed on anything else in your reality cuz our God is a jealous God a consuming fire he's even jealous for your fear give it to him alone and to nothing else because you are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus our way of conquering is more secure than anything else in the land of living think about it think about it militarily or man or woman grinding their way to the top to be a conqueror to gain the victory right think about it with Satan in the powers of Darkness always fighting striving clawing Waring to gain a victory over God but yet in all these cases they're only ever suffering loss along the way to their road to a fleeting sense of Victory the reason why we are more than conquerors you this is cool because I was digging into it the reason why we are called more than conquerors is because as we are conquering we are never suffering loss the only thing we're ever doing is gaining and the knowledge and the wisdom and the love and the glory of the Lord that's why we are more than conquerors as people understand it more than the only thing we suffer on our road to Victory that's already been assured for us the only thing we suffer is draw us being risen to the top and scrap being scraped off so that we are more here we are more blameless we are like gold tried seven time silver tried seven times in a fire though he test me I'll come forth as pure gold I've held closely to his ways his word hasn't departed from my lips we are more than conquerers because we only gain on the entire field of battle they suffer loss all the way to their fleeting notion of Victory that's why we are so much more than mere Earthly conquerors every battle every Affliction every trouble every hardship all the hard fat fought Wars the only thing we ever lose is the Flesh and the unbelief that so easily besets us that's the only thing we lose and our reward is power glory honor crowns upon crowns Treasures upon treasures and Spoils of War that are never fading they are never fading and kept in heaven for us a suffering Saint is a triumphant Saint is being kned as more than a conqueror more than a conqueror holy courage Heavenly Comforts love secured invincibility and the completed work of Christ Jesus this is how the warrior redeemed the Lord ought to stand in this life why do you think Revelation 1211 says and they have conquered him past tense the Antichrist and all the powers of darkness and everything that comes along with this crap show coming on the earth they have conquered him how by the blood of the Lamb the word of their testimony and they do not love their lives so much as they're afraid to lose it even unto death therefore Rejoice oh heavens and you who dwell in them that's how in closing it's time for us to wield the sword of the spirit and put to death the curse of defeatism among the warrior redeemed of the lord we can't keep walking in it I can't keep walking in it you guys can't keep walking in it I need you to be on your spiritual aame you need me to be on my spiritual a game going to go I need to know when you're praying things are happening because the prayers of a righteous person are powerful and effectual you need to know when I pray things are happening we should have this Mutual Assurance of Band of Brothers the espr de cor of the body of Christ that we are standing in Valor valiantly because we know our God not moving not shaking our hearts are steadfast stressed and LGE our hearts are secure we have no fear because we actually believe them we believe them when he said it's finished you go sweet o taking some hits I win is that all you got I mean you should have that kind of tenacity I know I get intense sorry I'm A og Warf fighter M like come at me bro I remember our firefights side note we'd hear like po pop right as we're like Patron guess what they would hear back and the blocks leveled that's how we ought to walk in the spirit of living God you hear a couple pop shots and then you have a platoon of marine Warf Fighters go is that right and then we smile we high five we give Knuckles and we walk on that's how we should be in the spirit of God we take the hits you're going to take it in this life you will have tribulations be of Courage he's already overcome the world man our posture reflects Christ or not beloved or not you're Haggard or you're radiant you're hopeless or you're an overcomer you're defeated or you're a Victor you're slave or you're free you're a coward or you're courageous Christ is weak his arm is too short he is not good he is not able he cannot Comfort he did not overcome he's not sufficient he's not all powerful he's not Victorious your hope is not secure the enemy is greater than him and he's greater than you the world is greater than him and greater than you he cannot deliver he cannot rescue he cannot save he is not strong he will not uphold your foes and your afflictions and the the battles will separate you from the love of God and ultimately Jesus is not good or he is you get to choose what you believe or disbelieve about your God because he's already gave it all on display it's all been done so now you get to choose your posture is a testimony unto Christ Jesus or not more than conquer or a helpless hapless scrub tread in water holding bricks what do you choose all you must do is believe it and walk out from it believe in the sufficiency of Christ and the victory that has been past tense bestowed on you through nothing of yourself but only to the glory of the one who is in you and that's why it says finally be strong in the Lord and the strength of his might whose might his dude the Lord is my refuge of Whom Shall I Fear I'm going to stand in the power of His might put on the whole armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might more than conquerors Psalm 44 3-8 it was not by their sword that they won the land nor did their arm bring them the victory your own arm of self-reliance cannnot bring you the victory everybody tracking cursed is the one who trust in man whose strength is in the flesh it was your right hand your arm and the light of your face because you love them you are my king and my God who decrees victories for Jacob he decrees victories think about that he's going he's got all these Scrolls he's got all these Heaven he's like victory victory V I have I have another decree today guess what it's going to be Heavenly Host Victory I got another decree victory victory that's his decrees he decrees them it's legal rits it's put in the Scrolls he decrees victories for Jacob through you we push back our enemies through who through the Lord we push back our enemies through your name we our foes I put no trust in my bow my sword does not bring me Victory but you give us victory over our enemies you put our adversaries to shame and God we make our boast all day long and I will praise His name forever amen see what it looks like to walk is more than a conqueror this is what it looks like beloved Psalm 33 quote it all the time no king is saved by the size of his army no Warrior escapes by his his great strength a horse is a vain hope for deliverance despite all of its strength it cannot save but the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him and whose hope is in his unfailing love to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine we wait and hope for the Lord for the Lord is our shield and him our hearts Rejoice for We Trust In His holy name more than conquerors Psalm 60112 give us Aid against the enemy for the help of men is worthless with God we will that is a certain declarative statement with God we will gain the Victory and he will trample all of our enemies Deuteronomy 24 for the Lord your God goes with you to fight for you in your stead you don't have to do you understand that all he had to do is get out of his way get out of it he said you don't I will fight for you you come out you got some skin in the game you show up and then you stand firm and then you watch me fight on your behalf I will fight for you he says to give you the victory victory beloved a Victorious life is what we've been called to walk in and I'll leave you with this we go through this several times a year because it's so powerful and what are The Spoils of living a Victorious Life what are the spoils about being one who overcomes versus one who is overcome do you hear the distinction mixed in there what are The Spoils of being amid the triumphal procession of Christ Jesus not shaking not wavering patiently enduring fighting the good fight of the faith the good fight I'll tell you Revelation 2 and3 he who has ears to hear Let Him hear what the spirit is saying to the church to the one who is Victorious I will give the right to eat from the Tree of Life which is in the paradise of God these are your Spoils of the good fight of War of a victory that's been assured for you to the one is Victorious will not be hurt by the second death to the one who is Victorious I will give some of the Hidden Mana I will give that person a white stone with a new name written on it known only to the one who receives it to the one who is Victorious and does my will to the end I will give authority over Nations that one will rule them with an iron scepter and will Dash them to pieces like potery just as I received Authority from my father I will also give that one the morning St star the one who is Victorious will like them be dressed in white I will never blot out their name from the Lamb's Book of Life but will ackowledge that name before my father in the heavens one my favorite verses in all the scriptures that's the end goal the end goal is to hear him say your name out loud the voice that spoke all of creation into existence super Theory quantum mechanics quantum physics superpositional stuff he spoke it all into existence to hear the power of that voice say your name before the father in The Heavenly this is Shawn this is Raquel this is Virginia this is Mark this is Bridget this is Brooke and they go and you hear that voice say your name and I can imagine every sell in your spiritual man now because the the carnal is gone the corruptible is gone you put on The Incorruptible you put on Immortal and whatever is going on in the cular realm at that level I don't know and the glorified body is just reverberating with like a thousand tasers hitting you at the same time you can't even express it he's you heard him say your name to the one who is Victorious to the one who is Victorious I will acknowledge that name before my father in the the Heavenly Host to the one who is Victorious I will make them a pillar in the temple of my God never will they leave it and I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God the New Jerusalem which is coming down of Heaven from my God and I will also write on them a new name to the one who is Victorious I will give the right who notice it doesn't say privilege I will give them the right to sit with me on my Throne just as I was Victorious and sat down with my father on the throne Whoever has ears to hear Let Him hear what the spirit is saying to the church more than conquerors beloved more than conquerors it's time to renounce the curse of defeatism in your life despondency discouragement depression whatever woe is me self-absorption self-reliance unbelief disbelief distrust don't you know your God and if you don't cry out to him oh God I want to know you and he goes awesome because I want to be known by you perfect you're praying in alignment with my will so whatever you pray in alignment with my will it's going to be done you want to know the Lord more say God I need to know you more I'm a hot mess I got identity issues all over the place I got woundings and I got curses and I got unbelief I got all this junk I'm walking in God I want to know you God because you said those who know you are going to be strong and they're going to go forth and do daring Feats of Valor and we're going to stand in Victory Lord I Want To Know Your Love because you said your perfect love will cast out all fear it'll cast out all the fear in my life all these stupid nuanced fears going on around me he said it'll cast it all out God I want to know your love for me and he goes perfect I want to be fully known let's walk this out together you are more than a conqueror I don't care if you believe it or not you are you are a warrior you want to know why cuz he is the Lord is a warrior the Lord is his name the Lord like a mighty man of war will stir up his Zeal and he will show himself Mighty against his foes the Lord is with me like a dread Warrior I don't care if you feel like it you are more than conquer you are a Victor you are the warrior redeemed to the most high God so now it's time we start acting like it that's right that's a WP [Applause]