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Encourage Yourself In the Lord

Before David was King of Israel he faced some extraordinary challenges. One time he and his army returned from the battleground to find their homes burnt to the ground and families were missing. The men were so filled with horror over what had been stolen they wept with no hope. But David was different. Although filled with great sorrow, he chose to encourage himself so he could do something about it.

“David was greatly distressed…the souls of them all were bitterly grieved, each man for his sons and daughters. But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God.” (1 Sam 30:6 AMP) How did he do that? He followed the timeless principle God uses to help us receive salvation today. He believed in his heart and spoke with his mouth. The Word says, “…if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.” (Romans 10:9-10)

David spoke aloud to himself of how faithful and good God is. He encouraged himself with truth out loud. As he spoke, his faith grew. As His faith grew so did his vision of victory.

When we are facing giant odds that overshadow our view of victory we must pick ourselves up and look to Him and His Word. God responds to faith not fear, belief more than tears of sorrow.

If you make a habit of speaking these verses out loud declaring them to be true your faith will rise, hope will grow allowing God to produce a victorious image of Jesus inside your heart for your every need.

Keep your eyes on Jesus!

He is your Victory.

Pastor Kevin Casey

“But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God.”

I Samuel 30:6 (AMP)

Whatever the Word of God says I am… I AM!

I am a new creation, created in Christ Jesus. (II Cor 5:17)

I am the righteousness of God in Christ. (II Cor 5:21)

I am healed by the stripes of Jesus. (I Peter 2:24)

I am more that a conqueror through Him that loves me. (Romans 8:37)

I am strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. (Eph 6:10)

I am rich through Jesus. (II Cor 8:9)

I am complete in Him. (Col 2:10)

I am His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works. (Eph 2:10)

I am a son and an heir of God. (Gal 4:7)

I am redeemed from the curse of the Law (Gal 3:13)

I am walking in the blessing of Abraham. (Gal 3:14)

I am like a tree planted by the rivers of water. I bring forth my fruit in my season. My leaf won’t whither and whatsoever I do shall prosper. (Ps 1:3)

I am as bold as a lion. (Prov 28:1)

I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. (Rom 1:16)

I am free from fear. (I John 4:18)

I am a world over comer. (I John 5:4, 5)

I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I; but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God. (Gal 2:20)

I am of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord. (Is 11:3)

I am strong in faith giving glory to God. (Rom 4:20)

I am not afraid of evil tidings. My heart is fixed, established and trusting in the Lord. (Ps 112:6-8)

“Let the redeemed of the Lord say so who He has delivered and redeemed from the enemy”(Ps 107:2)

Whatever the Word of God says I have… I HAVE!

I have the faith of God residing in me. (Mk 11:22)

I have boldness and access with confidence before God (Eph 3:12)

I have the peace of God that passes understanding. (Phil 4:7)

I have redemption through the blood of Jesus. (Col 1:14)

I have joy unspeakable and full of Glory. (I Peter 1:8)

I have God’s love. (I John 4:16)

I have victory that overcomes the world. (I John 5:4)

I have the mind of Christ. (Phil 2:5)

I have all my needs supplied according to His riches in Glory by Christ Jesus. (Phil 4:19)

I have godly wisdom and understanding. (Eph 1:17,18)

I have been given the spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind – not the sprit of fear.

(II Tim 1:7)

I have the right to come boldly to the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (Heb 4:16)

I have Christ in me, the hope of glory. (Col 1:27)

I have the spirit of the Lord resting upon me, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of council and might, and the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. (Isa 11:2)

I have the tongue of the learned, so that I should know how to speak a work to him that is weary. (Isa 50:4)

I have the joy of the Lord, which is my strength. (Neh 8:10)

It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, (2 Cor 4:13)

Whatever the Word of God says I can Do… I CAN DO!

I can do all things through Christ, which strengthens I can always triumph in Christ. (II Cor 2:14)

I can walk by faith. (II Cor 5:7)

I can call those things, which be not as though they were. (Rom 4:17)

I can reign in life by Jesus Christ. (Rom 5:17)

I can lay hands on the sick and see them recover. (Mk 16:18)

I can use the authority in the Name of Jesus to overcome sin, sickness, demons, fear, lack and death. (Phil 2:9-11)

I can lead others to Jesus as an ambassador and a minister of reconciliation. (II Cor 5:19,20)

I can believe that all things are possible to me. (Mk 9:23)

I can mount up with wings as eagles because my strength is renewed. (Isa 40:31)

I can run and not be weary. (Isa 40:31)

I can walk and not be faint. (Isa 40:31)

I can preach the gospel to the poor, heal the broken-hearted, preach deliverance to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, set at liberty them that are bruised and preach the year of jubilee because the Spirit of the Lord is upon me and has anointed me. (Lk 4:18)