Overcoming Defeat

Journey Into The Promised Land

Psalm 103:1–22 (CSB)

My soul, bless the Lord,

and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

My soul, bless the Lord,

and do not forget all his benefits.

He forgives all your iniquity;

he heals all your diseases.

He redeems your life from the Pit;

he crowns you with faithful love and compassion.

He satisfies you with good things;

your youth is renewed like the eagle.

The Lord executes acts of righteousness

and justice for all the oppressed.

He revealed his ways to Moses,

his deeds to the people of Israel.

The Lord is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.

He will not always accuse us

or be angry forever.

10 He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve

or repaid us according to our iniquities.

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his faithful love

toward those who fear him.

12 As far as the east is from the west,

so far has he removed

our transgressions from us.

13 As a father has compassion on his children,

so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.

14 For he knows what we are made of,

remembering that we are dust.

15 As for man, his days are like grass—

he blooms like a flower of the field;

16 when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,

and its place is no longer known.,

17 But from eternity to eternity

the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear him,

and his righteousness toward the grandchildren

18 of those who keep his covenant,

who remember to observe his precepts.

19 The Lord has established his throne in heaven,

and his kingdom rules over all.

20 Bless the Lord,

all his angels of great strength,

who do his word,

obedient to his command.

21 Bless the Lord, all his armies,

his servants who do his will.

22 Bless the Lord, all his works

in all the places where he rules.

My soul, bless the Lord!

Depth In The Word

We must know what God has said in His Word. We must be able to recall His promises in order for them to be activated in our prayer life.

We must know that, “He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).

We must know that David the psalmist declared under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, “Bless the Lord, Oh my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases” (Psalm 103:2-3).

It is not enough in your hour of need to look at the Bible sitting on the shelf and then say, “Yes, Lord, I believe everything that is written in that book,” when you really don’t know what is in there because you have never taken the time to find out.

Does this mean that you have to be a Bible scholar to have answered prayer? No! In fact, here is where the standing — which is one of our steps to victory — comes in. You not only must know the Word of God, you must put it into action.

There is another very important reason for standing upon the Word of God as we make our petitions known to our Father in Heaven. We are living in an age of confusion where people are running about eagerly following any new thing that comes along and it seems that the farther that it is from the real truth of the Gospel, the more people are ready to follow.

Sad to say, confusion has taken hold of the hearts and minds of many of God’s people. I can’t tell you the number of people that have come to me in our Schools of Ministry and declared that they were in an utter state of confusion. They have told me that even in their Spirit-filled churches they are confronted with conflicting doctrines from one week to the next until they don’t know where they are.

It is the devil’s aim to bring confusion to God’s people and it comes through a lack of knowledge of what the Bible really says. Sometimes teaching is only considered deep if a person cannot fully understand it. I call that confusing! I know that there is a teaching that the Holy Spirit wants to bring to every Christian that is beyond the basic foundations of our Christian life.

Depth, to me, is the degree of power of the Spirit in the life of the believer to live a more victorious, overcoming, meaningful life for the Kingdom of God. Teaching that motivates a person to greater holiness, not by separating himself from the world but by being able to live in the world, be a witness for Christ in the world and yet keep himself holy before God — that is what I call depth.

Make this declaration:

As I go deeper into the Word of God, the power of the Holy Spirit will be released in my life to enable me to live a more victorious, overcoming, meaningful life for the Kingdom of God.

*Adapted from MCWE email – Journey Into The Promised Land by Morris Cerullo

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