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God.
According to 1 John 4:4, “Greater is He that is in us, than he that is in the world.” This means what is inside us is not only able to match, but is also able to overcome, what is in the world. The good in us is greater than the bad in the world. The passion, the power, and the strength inside of us are greater than the negative demonic activity in the world. The health in us is stronger than the disease in the world. The prosperity in us overpowers the poverty in the world. The God in us is so much more everything than the devil that is in the world. Yes, in this world we might face some tribulation, but when we grab hold of this promise, we can realize we really can be of good cheer because Jesus lives inside us and can overcome anything in the world through us!
The good in us is greater than the bad in the world. The passion, the power, and the strength inside of us are greater than the negative demonic activity in the world.
However, here’s what happens to many Christians: They walk out into the world, and they don’t match its intensity with the power of God within them. They listen to worldly songs, watch negative news, believe the bad reports, and very soon they find themselves twenty points down in the game of life with a backache and a headache, and they say they can’t take it anymore. How did their faith become overwhelmed by the enemy? Because they started trusting in the world and didn’t match the intensity of the world. Pretty soon, they become depressed, discouraged, and overwhelmed, and they think that he that is in the world is greater than He that is in them. Let’s not let this happen to us—ever. Let’s have this mind-set: The world can’t depress me. The world can’t push me down because when it tries, I push back!
When Jesus showed up, the demons would start to shake and quiver and ask, “Have you come to torment us?” The devil was stressed out because of the presence of Jesus, and He lives inside each one of us. Don’t get stressed out by the world; the world gets stressed out by us. We don’t get scared and intimidated by what the world throws at us; we intimidate it. We never need to worry or have fear because the life, the love, the energy, and the power of the Almighty God resides in us and is far greater than anything the world can muster up.
When the Storms Come
Some Christians believe if they have enough faith, they will never have a problem, but like I said at the beginning of this chapter, this isn’t the case. As long as we live on this planet, there will be storms of life every one of us will face, and we will have to deal with those sufferings and those issues. But just because a storm strikes, that does not mean that we have to be struck down. There are ways to walk through storms with the mighty strength of God. We can do this in three ways, and I’m going to use some biblical stories of actual storms to illustrate each of the three.
Some storms we speak to.
When evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!” (Mark 4:35-41)
When Jesus was awakened from His nap, He simply spoke to the storm, and it calmed down. With some of the storms we face in life, we can just speak to them, and they will lie down. If an economic storm comes, and we speak to it in
According to 1 John 4:4, “Greater is He that is in us, than he that is in the world.” This means what is inside us is not only able to match, but is also able to overcome, what is in the world. The good in us is greater than the bad in the world. The passion, the power, and the strength inside of us are greater than the negative demonic activity in the world. The health in us is stronger than the disease in the world. The prosperity in us overpowers the poverty in the world. The God in us is so much more everything than the devil that is in the world. Yes, in this world we might face some tribulation, but when we grab hold of this promise, we can realize we really can be of good cheer because Jesus lives inside us and can overcome anything in the world through us!
The good in us is greater than the bad in the world. The passion, the power, and the strength inside of us are greater than the negative demonic activity in the world.
However, here’s what happens to many Christians: They walk out into the world, and they don’t match its intensity with the power of God within them. They listen to worldly songs, watch negative news, believe the bad reports, and very soon they find themselves twenty points down in the game of life with a backache and a headache, and they say they can’t take it anymore. How did their faith become overwhelmed by the enemy? Because they started trusting in the world and didn’t match the intensity of the world. Pretty soon, they become depressed, discouraged, and overwhelmed, and they think that he that is in the world is greater than He that is in them. Let’s not let this happen to us—ever. Let’s have this mind-set: The world can’t depress me. The world can’t push me down because when it tries, I push back!
When Jesus showed up, the demons would start to shake and quiver and ask, “Have you come to torment us?” The devil was stressed out because of the presence of Jesus, and He lives inside each one of us. Don’t get stressed out by the world; the world gets stressed out by us. We don’t get scared and intimidated by what the world throws at us; we intimidate it. We never need to worry or have fear because the life, the love, the energy, and the power of the Almighty God resides in us and is far greater than anything the world can muster up.
When the Storms Come
Some Christians believe if they have enough faith, they will never have a problem, but like I said at the beginning of this chapter, this isn’t the case. As long as we live on this planet, there will be storms of life every one of us will face, and we will have to deal with those sufferings and those issues. But just because a storm strikes, that does not mean that we have to be struck down. There are ways to walk through storms with the mighty strength of God. We can do this in three ways, and I’m going to use some biblical stories of actual storms to illustrate each of the three.
Some storms we speak to.
When evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!” (Mark 4:35-41)
When Jesus was awakened from His nap, He simply spoke to the storm, and it calmed down. With some of the storms we face in life, we can just speak to them, and they will lie down. If an economic storm comes, and we speak to it in
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