start winning the war within start winning the war within we have two lives we have the life that we live and we have the unlived life within us that we are called to the unlived life within us is a sad sad story because I wonder how many dreams I wonder how many hopes how much faith is just buried somewhere in cemeteries just the potential the purpose people that let all that stuff go that never lived that unlived life within them I don't want to die thinking what if what if I'd done that what if I'd
made that choice I saw that why did I draw back wonder what would have happened I couldn't stand living like that that would be more torture to me than failure and you know it says he'll wipe away all the Tears in Heaven I've often thought maybe that's why there going to be tears in heaven when you see what could have been what should have been instead of what was because you didn't you didn't you didn't try what if you failed but try don't fail to try try some of the greatest resistance you will ever face
in your life comes from within you it comes from within me some of it has to do with things that you believe there are some things here today when you're talking about winning the year or learning how to win the day there are things that prevent you from winning the day that have everything to do not with the external pressure that's that comes from the outside world but from the internal belief systems that you have about your life and that you have about God and until we address these things and realize that much of the
resistance comes from within and in your life you may face let's say for example a financial battle which is external but the bigger battle is will you trust God in your heart you might have a relationship battle on the outside but the matter that most important is the internal battle inside you do you know that you face that internal battle every single day of your life and the first problem that we have to face is that those who are Overcomers they don't live from the outside in they live from the inside out this is what
the Bible says greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world the problem problem is not what we were created for the problem is how we're living when you live from the outside in you'll always come up with a long list of reasons why you can't overcome so when it comes to being an overcomer the thing that you have to understand more than anything is the main priority is for you to not overcome The Challenge on the outside but for you to overcome The Challenge on the inside meaning that the
thing you have to overcome is yourself this world wants to overwhelm you and it wants you to be a victim but when you read the word of God it says don't let the outside affect the inside let the man on the inside overcome all of the things in this world greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world 1 John 5:4 says whatever is born of God it overcomes the world and this is the victory that has overcome the world our faith my faith in a God who cannot fail has
given me victory over the world over the Flesh and over the devil you want to win the day you got to get up and have the kind of faith that the Bible says can move mountains that means some Big Dreams you don't play it safe in faith there's no such thing you put your hope out there in what God says you trust it you believe it you speak it you live for it and you go for it and it's not easy but it works when's the last time you did something so risky that your hands
started shaking that's the kind of Faith we're called to we're called to live that way in faith and by faith in everything we do but listen Faith grows in difficulty one of the biggest things you got to remember today is that you got to keep going you got to walk by faith and Faith doesn't grow in comfort you and I we wait for everything to feel right to take a step and that's why we're stuck you got to get moving you got to start walking by faith whether you feel like it or not because faith
is not a feeling faith is a decision to put one foot in front of the other it's time for you to stop making all these plans about what life is going to look like down the road it's time for you to start winning now come on it's an all in call to be a kingdom person you want to win the day learn how to go all in with your faith right now and stop procrastinating stop waiting you're a leader right now God has called you to be a leader to be developed and to be a
leader right now you can serve right now you can use your gifts right now your talents right now that doesn't mean we stop developing ourselves it means that we don't let our lack of development stop us from using what we have been given for the glory of God's kingdom just because you're scared doesn't mean it's over you can act in faith in the middle of fear sometimes we wait for everything to be perfect to do something like God only works in the Serene now listen I want you to understand I think we ought to pray
a lot reserve a lot of time for prayer much prayer but sometimes you just got to act and maybe that's you always reluctant actually to do anything but you're always praying about it it's like God saying Hey listen come in here you already know what to do so now do what you need to do listen to that some of you need to hear that you know what you need to know now do what you need to do some of us are stuck and we know exactly what we need to do to get moving again but
we're just scared if you know what you need to know then do what you need to do and you know what it all starts with a step I mean it sounds stupid but it's true you get unstuck by taking a step that's how it all starts you take a small step pray about every step obey God in every step do it again you got two steps easy do it again you got four steps if you mess up in that step it's okay because God likes Grace God grows faith in the soil of difficulty and pain
what do you see when you look at a at a Mighty Oak Tree it began out as a tiny seed in the soil that had to struggle and push its way up through the rock to the sunshine it fights its way up to air only to wrestle with storms then comes Frost then comes snow before it can become a Mighty Oak it doesn't happen overnight it accomplished over the adversity because adversity leads to achievement adversity leads to achievement God uses no one who does not graduate from his university of adversity remember this winners find Solutions
losers find excuses these excuses keep us from winning no more excuses only solutions come on give your best give your best that means living with a bold audacious Faith where it doesn't matter what's pushing back against me I have faith in my God that he is going to take me through and bring me out the other side and give me the victory that whatever it is you are going to make it through and in every situation with God the story isn't finished until God says it's finished and there's always hope put your hope in God
if your hope is in God it doesn't matter what you're up against the story is not over until God says it's over and let me even lean in to those of you who think your life is on plan b or your life is on Plan D or your your life is on plan Z at this point and you think I really messed up what God had for me God had an opportunity I didn't take advantage of it God put this in front of me I send him messed up this thing that was unexpected happen just
took it all away you are not on God's plan B God fornew the situation you were going to be in today and he has arranged the universe and he has sent his son so that he can give you what you need in this moment whether that is comfort for your pain direction for your confusion encouragement for your soul God has you you are still part of his plan a you were not born to lose God did not breathe the breath of life in you so that you could be overwhelmed and walked upon in this world
he gave you the life that you have so that you could live victoriously he is a mighty God he's a God who conquers he conquered death Hell In The Grave when Jesus rose on the third day that God is the god who created you and he ordained you to be the light of the world in a time of Darkness that you would live life where you are overcoming and not being overwhelmed don't allow someone else's image of you or even your own image of you to put you in a box to not see who you
can be someday people don't know the god potential that's within you in life there will always be people who don't support you just don't be one of them life is hard but you are tougher than you think you are more capable than you can imagine you are more capable than you know you can take on more than you ever imagine and you need to hear this statement if God is for you who can be against you what he is saying is you don't need everybody else to be for you when God is for you and
then you need to add to that reality you have to be for yourself because even when God's for you if you are against you you're going to be Waring against what God's trying to do in your life there are not enough people that can tell you how good you are that will make you feel worthy if you don't even accept your own worth and get up in the morning and wake up and tell yourself I don't have to search for self-worth I already have worth from God I'm going to live my life from worth not
trying to achieve it some of you are still trying to prove to your dad you're good enough some of you are trying to prove to your mom she was wrong some of you are still trying to prove to somebody in your past you're not what they thought you were and you're not even living for your own intention or purpose so you're still trying to earn their validation so stop trying to earn anybody's validation I'm in the family of God I'm a Child of God what you need to understand that you and God can accomplish anything
you're on your way to Victory [Music]
