At the end of a calendar year, we tend to reflect on the past 12 months. We think about all the things that have happened in a year's time and how those happenings affected us throughout the year. Sometimes we find ourselves grieving the loss of a relationship, sometimes a long-time friendship and sometimes a family member. No matter the grievance that separated a once very close relationship, there is hope of reconciliation. You might be thinking, "Oh but you don't understand. There is no way I can ever get over what that person did to me," or you might be thinking, "Oh but you don't understand. There is no way that person can ever forgive what I did to him or her. I caused so much pain." Well, I understand that. I know that some things take a lot more effort than other things. Some relationships are broken over a level of betrayal and hurt that our human hearts could never heal on our own - on our own - but when Jesus meets us in our hurt, reconciliation is possible. This is different from circumstances where there was abuse. God can forgive that too but I know that sometimes we have to draw boundaries, sometimes permanent boundaries, especially where abuse is part of the equation. In those cases, forgiveness is still possible and that is a whole other conversation for another day with someone much more qualified than me to address those situations. For now, let's focus on reconciling relationships that were broken over other things. There is a whole list of possibilities here but let's go straight to scripture and look at Paul's letter to Philemon. Paul's letter to Philemon deals with forgiveness and reconciliation.
This post is written from my personal Bible study notes taken during my pastor's sermon.
Reconciling Relationships
1. Don't put an issue over a relationship.
Remember that tone and words matter. Sometimes it is not what we say that is hurtful but it's how we say it. In Philemon, verse 9, Paul writes that his letter is for love's sake.
Yet for love's sake, I rather appeal to you - since I am a person such as Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus. - Philemon 9
Motives matter. Reconciliation is drawn out of love.
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
The gospel can change anyone. No sin or any past is bigger than the gospel. The gospel changes relationships.
A renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, and free, but Christ is all, and in all. Colossians 3:11
In Philemon, verse 16, Paul writes about Onesimus.
No longer as a slave, but. more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. Philemon 16
Relationships will never be what they were meant to be unless all parties know Jesus. The gospel is the foundation for reconciliation.
3. Don't miss the providential workings of Almighty God.
In Philemon, verse 15, Paul writes about the separation between Philemon and Onesimus.
For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever. Philemon 15
God's plans are eternal, not temporal.
Finally, let's remember that in some way or another, we are all an Onesimus.
This post was written from my personal Bible study notes taken during my pastor's sermon. You are invited to watch that sermon here:
Recently our pastors have been taking our church congregation through a Margin Series. Margin is the space between your load and your limit. We need margin space in our lives so that we can make the best decisions in areas where we are not overloaded with busyness. One area in our lives where we need more space is in our physical space. Today, we are talking about setting physical margin space.
Setting Physical Margins
This post is written from my personal Bible study notes taken during my pastor's sermon titled Physical Margin.
Margin is a heart issue. Margin is ultimately about God's glory.
Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31
Physical margin glorifies God.
Setting Physical Margins
1. What is physical margin?
Physical margin is intentionally taking care of the body God gave us. This is for His glory and our blessing.
For bodily training is just slightly beneficial, but godliness is beneficial for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8
1 Timothy 4:8 tells us that bodily training is slightly beneficial. We should definitely take care of the body God gave us. We should eat the right foods. We should exercise to keep our bodies strong and fit. We should also use caution so that we don't idolize fitness. Physical fitness is important. Staying in good health and in good physical shape pleases God. He gave us our bodies so we should take care of what God has given us but if health and physical fitness is an idol, then we don't have good physical margin space.
2. Why should I care about physical margin?
So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27
Then God said, "Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth." So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; make and female He created them. Genesis 1:26-27
God intentionally chose to make you the way you are. YOU ARE NOT AN ACCIDENT. You are here for a purpose. God values ALL life but only people are made in God's image.
God took time to knit you.
For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalms 139:13-18
Your body is not your own. The body is the Lord's.
All things are permitted for me, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12
We cannot be controlled by anyone or anything but God. Are you being controlled or dominated by something?
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God and that you are not your own? 1 Corinthians 6:19
You are not your own. You were bought with a price so glorify God with your body.
3. Physical margin is an act of worship.
Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1-2
You can have physical margin. In fact, God wants us to have physical margin.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self control in all things. So they do it to obtain a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such as way as not to run aimlessly; I box in such a way as to avoid hitting air; but I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Start with small wins. Small wins every day are good. Here are a few tips.
Go to bed on time.
Slow down and rest.
Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath." Mark 2:27
When you aren't at work, don't be at work. Be home.
Find physical margin in Christ.
Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28
Keep all things in perspective.
There is a high price for sin. Jesus paid it.
You will never make a greater decision than the one to follow Jesus.
The cure for a bad attitude is gratitude. Paul knew this well and wrote to Timothy about it. Let's read what Paul wrote.
I thank Christ Jesus, Our Lord, who has strengthened me because He considered me faithful, putting me into service even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus. It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost. Yet for this reason I found mercy so that in me as the foremost sinner, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:12-17
The Cure for a Bad Attitude is Gratitude
This post is taken from my personal Bible study notes written during my pastor's sermon.
The Cure for a Bad Attitude is Gratitude
Paul was:
1. grateful for strength.
I thank Christ Jesus, Our Lord, who has strengthened me because He considered me faithful, putting me into service. 1 Timothy 1:12
In everything give thanks for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Notice that Paul said he was grateful IN all circumstances, not FOR all circumstances.
God strengthened Paul to do His service.
Paul had the strength to walk through difficult times.
But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me so that through me the proclamation. might be fully accomplished and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion's mouth. 2 Timothy 4:17
2. grateful for mercy and grace.
Even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief; and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 1:13-14
Paul had been a blasphemer and a persecutor, yet he was shown mercy.
Mercy is when we don't get the punishment we do deserve.
Grace is when we get something good that we don't deserve - the unearned lavish love of God poured out on us.
3. grateful for God.
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17
God wants us to make room (margin space) for gratitude.
God wants us to:
- forgive others.
- let go of unmet expectations.
- let go of anger toward God.
God loves us deeply. He wants us to come back to Him.
Are you feeling grateful? Sing your gratitude. Write your gratitude.
If you struggle with gratitude, write down what you are grateful for daily.
Finally, give your gratitude daily to others.
Grateful people are giving people.
This post is taken from my personal Bible study notes written during my pastor's sermon. You are invited to watch that sermon in its entirety here.
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The Cure for a Bad Attitude is Gratitude
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This post is taken from my personal Bible study notes during my pastor's sermon titled Money Margin.
Creating Financial Margin Space
Let's take a look at a verse in Proverbs.
There is precious treasure and oil in the home of the wise, but a foolish person swallows it up. Proverbs 21:20
This verse does not speak to the rich person or the poor person. This verse speaks to the wise person. We've been covering the topic of margin space. Margin is the space between your load and your limit. We need margin space so that we don't become overloaded with busyness, so that we make the best choices in life, so that we can deal with our feelings, and so that we can concentrate on our best relationships. We also need financial margin space so that we can wisely manage our resources.
No financial margin space leads to no joy, no peace, and no contentment.
Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very edges of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God. Leviticus 19:9-10
We should not consume everything. The more margin we create, the more free we are and the more freely we can give.
We shouldn't live above our incomes. This creates bondage. Let's not fall into toxic financial traps.
Let's act our wage.
Creating Financial Margin Space
Financial margin is a heart issue and a wisdom issue, not an income issue.
1. Financial margin is a heart issue no matter what our income is.
Greed and discontentment are bad things.
Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flows the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23
Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with little, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both having abundance and suffering need. Philippians 4:11-12.
We aren't born with contentment. We learn it.
Christ is sufficient. Jesus meets our every need.
I can do all things through Him Who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, "I will never desert you, nor will I ever abandon you." Hebrews 13:5
God will never leave us. Money will.
Let's be free from the love of money . . .
So that we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper. I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?" Hebrews 13:6.
Jesus is our "ever constant." The world is not.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8
But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. For we have brought nothing into the world so we cannot take anything out of it either. If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. 1 Timothy 6:6-10
This post is taken from my personal Bible study notes during my pastor's sermon titled "Relational Margin."
Relational Margin
My church pastors are taking us through a series called Margin. It's about the margin space we need in life so we don't overload ourselves. With enough margin space, we can make better choices and deal with our emotions. With enough margin space in our relationships, we have all the time we need to love the most important people in our lives.
How do we nourish our relationships with our children?
Teach our children what the Bible says about obedience.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise so that it may turn out well for you and that you may live long on the earth. Ephesians 6:1-3
We cannot farm out the discipleship of our children to others. We must teach them and nourish them at home.
When can we nourish them? We can take advantage of the time we have with then in the mornings while everyone is getting ready for the day, during the drive to school,
Whenever the kids are captive, teach them about Jesus. Take advantage of every opportunity.
Plan to have dinner together at least several times per week. Someone suggested a rose/thorn conversation at dinner. Talk about the best part of your day (the rose). Listen to your kids when they tell you about the thorns, the parts of their day that hurt.
At bedtime, talk, pray, and read. Time is fleeting. My "children" are now 24, 27, and 29 and I have a 1 month old granddaughter. I know all too well how fleeting time really is. Trust me when I say:
Take advantage of every opportunity to nourish and disciple your children.
Let's talk about technology. One of the biggest time thieves of our time is technology.
Listen closely, parents:
Do not let your children hold the devil's word in their hands.
There are positive and useful things about technology. Without it, I couldn't be writing this post and you wouldn't be reading it . . . but we are adults. Technology can be dangerous for children. In fact, without parental wisdom and Godly parenting, technology IS dangerous for children. Parent wisely.
An unmonitored phone is like playing Russian Roulette with your child's life.
Someone recently mentioned the idea of relationship worship. Are we worshiping others before worshiping God? Even our children? Are we placing our "family activities" before our family time with the Lord?
I know this is an area where I could have done better when my kids were growing up. They are all doing well now but looking back, I can see areas where we were placing "family fun" before worship. There were too many places where opportunities were too available for them to stray.
How do we nourish our work, our careers, our callings?
Again, we must prioritize our time. We need to do away with time killers and time wasters. Many of the time killers in our personal lives area also time killers in our work lives.
What sin or sins are sucking up our time?
Sexual immorality, laziness, gossip? Other sins not mentioned? What came to mind when you read that question?
What about other things? Alcohol?
And do not get drunk with wine, in which there is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18
For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of indecent behavior, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries. 1 Peter 4:3
We need to ask ourselves . . . is my life defined by my sin or my Savior?
What about "toxic" relationships . . . relationships that lead only to sin? Are there any of those in our personal lives and work lives where we need to draw boundary lines?
Let's end with an open question.
How can God change our families if we start focusing on the right relationships today?
This post is taken from my personal Bible study notes during my pastor's sermon titled Relational Margin. You are invited to watch that sermon here.
Our pastors are taking us through a series called Margin. Margin is the space between our load and our limit. We need margin in our lives to keep us from getting overloaded and to help us make the best choices in life. We also need margin in our lives to help us deal with how we feel. Good things in life happen in our margin space.
This post is taken from my personal Bible study notes during my pastor's sermon titled, "How To Deal With How You Feel."
How To Deal With How We Feel
Think of life like a fuel gauge. Some people will refill the tank when they reach the 3/4 full mark (like me). Others will run on fumes before refilling the tank (like my husband). Everyone else fits somewhere in between. The more fuel we have in our tanks, the more margin space we have to make the best choice about when to refill. When the fuel tank runs near empty, there is little margin space. That's when the stress sets in. Don't allow this to happen in your real life, not in your walk with the Lord or in your relationships. We need spiritual margin and relationship margin. We need financial margin. We have to watch that fuel gauge.
Today, we are talking about emotional margin. Without emotional margin, we can become emotionally unhealthy. People are struggling. Here are some things people are struggling with.
These emotions creep into the margin of our lives. Emotions are God-given and are good but when they become unhealthy, they can hurt us. Sometimes they can take our lives away.
Deadly emotions are life killers and margin thieves. Negative emotions will eat up our margin space. Negative emotions can steal margin space from other areas of our lives. Sometimes we impulse buy to medicate our emotional stress, for example. This creates less financial margin space. Negative emotions create negative feelings. Let's talk about how to deal with how we feel and let's start with scripture.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life, and have it abundantly. “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep." John 10:10-11
In this passage, Jesus is talking about the devil. Jesus tells us three things about him. He is a:
1. Murderer
2. Thief
3. Destroyer
Let's think about our emotions. For those of us who are believers, if the devil can't drag our souls to hell, he will make us feel like hell emotionally. If the devil can't kill us, he will defeat us. He'll mess with our minds. He'll steal our joy and our peace of mind by going after our emotions.
Jesus came to give us life and abundant life in the here and now. The Lord wants us to have joy and peace. He wants us to have emotional margin but we have to learn how to deal with how we feel.
How To Deal With How We Feel
God gives us three tools to teach us how to deal with how we feel.
God's Word, worship, and prayer are three tools God gives us to deal with unhealthy emotions. Anytime we are reading the Bible, God is talking to us. Do you want to hear the voice of God? Read the Bible out loud. We speak to Him through prayer. One way to worship is through worship songs.
The Emotion of Rejection
Do you feel rejected? People who feel rejection often feel worthless. We don't want to be rejectors either. We need to love others as Jesus does.
So He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired from His journey, was just sitting by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
The Woman of Samaria
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” John 4:5-7
Jesus and his disciples had traveled to a place called Samaria. The disciples had gone into town for food but Jesus was there at the well. At noon, a woman came to draw water. Back then, women didn't go to the well at noon because it was the hottest time of the day. Something wasn't right with this woman. The women in the community would go to the well early in the morning, but this woman came at noon because she felt rejected by the other women.
This woman was shocked that Jesus spoke to her. Back then, men didn't speak to other women and Jews didn't speak to Samaritans. Jesus was both a man and a Jew. Yet He spoke to her. He offered here water so that she would never thirst again. Of course, she would want that so Jesus said, "Go get your husband."
The woman said, "I don't have a husband."
Jesus said, "You're right. You've had 5 and now you are living with a man who is not your husband."
She wanted to know how Jesus would know this. Jesus revealed to her that He was the Messiah and healed this woman of her emotional rejection. He gave her forgiveness, love, acceptance and she became a child of God.
Then she ran into town to the very people she had been avoiding before those precious moments with Jesus. He had healed her and she couldn't wait to tell others about Him. Many people in Samaria came to know Jesus because of this woman's testimony.
Your past does not define you!
Your stupid decisions do not have to be carried into the future.
You who are reading this, I am praying that God will speak this truth to your heart.
Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1
Let the pride, bitterness, and resentment go.
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name. John 1:12
The Emotion of Grief
Grief is not rare. Most of us are experiencing grief or we are close to someone who is. When grief is large, it can take away our margin space so that we don't get the help and encouragement we need. We might start isolating ourselves instead of reaching out for help.
Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizable crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her and said to her, “Do not go on weeping.” Luke 7:12-13
At this time, Jesus and His disciples were walking and came by this funeral. Jesus had compassion on this woman because He knew that she was a widow and her only son had just died. In Biblical historical times, a woman with no husband and no children was a serious situation. She was all alone.
Do you feel alone today? Are you grieving a loss?
Grief and loss are not always due to a death but also a broken relationship. The Lord has compassion for you.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18
A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows is God in His holy dwelling. Psalm 68:5
God has not lost sight of you. He sees you. He feels your grief.
Turn your pain into praise.
To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit. So they will be called [a]oaks of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified. Psalm 61:3
Who does this for us? A good, good Father.
One thing about grief . . . we will never grieve the absence or the death of God because He is a good, good Father who will never leave us.
When things come to mind . . .
If it's pain, turn it to praise.
If it's a sweet memory of someone you have lost, it's the Lord healing you.
If it is a negative thought, reject it. The enemy will use grief to keep you dominated by negative thoughts.
You will get through it.
If you are a believer and you've lost a believer in your life, you will see that person again.
I'm so thankful for a Father who grieves with me.
The Emotion of Fear
When fear invades our lives, our emotions become unhealthy. Every unhealthy emotion has a root of fear attached to it.
Jesus Calms the Storm
When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. And behold, a violent storm developed on the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing!”He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” Matthew 8:23-27
Our pastor asked us the same thing Jesus asked them, "Why are you afraid?
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7
Whatever fear you are feeling . . .
Failure?
Finances?
Health?
God holds this world in His hands. He holds us. He holds our families. He holds our jobs, our futures - so what fear today is robbing you of your margin space?
Let it go today.
Fear will never conquer me. I am never alone, never abandoned. I belong to Jesus.
When you belong to Jesus, nothing can separate you from Him. Know Him today.
The Emotion of Doubt
Thomas was a disciple who had spent three years with Jesus. When bad things started happening to Jesus, Thomas' world was flipped upside down.
When we live long enough, stuff will happen. We can plan ahead and make everything seem like it will all fit together and will all work out as planned and then . . . stuff happens. Our world is flipped upside down and we begin to doubt. Does God really hear me? Does He see me? Does God even care about me?
Thomas doubted Jesus.
Jesus among His Disciples
Now when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were together due to fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord. John 20:19-20
Thomas wasn't there. When negative emotions run away with us, we tend to isolate ourselves from our groups.
When we are full of doubt, the devil loves to isolate us. When wild animals attack their prey, they rarely attack a herd. They will usually attack the lone critter who is isolated from the pack. The lone critter is most vulnerable. The lone critter is easy prey. When we isolate ourselves from others, from our Christian brothers and sisters, from our church family, we are easy prey for our enemy, the devil.
Thomas shows up with his doubts. He needed proof.
But Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”
Eight days later His disciples were again inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be to you.”Then He said to Thomas, “Place your finger here, and see My hands; and take your hand and put it into My side; and do not continue in disbelief, but be a believer.”Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you now believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” John 20:24-29
Any time you think God doesn't love you, go to the cross. When you think God doesn't care about your marriage, your finances, your relationships, your grief, your loss, your broken heart . . . go to the cross
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
Do you doubt that God will forgive you for your sin?
Did my pastor not mention an emotion that you are struggling with? For every emotion, there is God's grace. He is with us in both the mountains and the valleys.
And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9
God gives grace abundantly! You'll never run out of God's grace.
Speak the name of Jesus. We are victors in his name!
As I stated at the beginning, this post is taken from my personal Bible study notes during my pastor's sermon. You are invited to watch that sermon in its entirety here.
