VICTORY OVER CHALLENGES OF LIFE

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THEME OF THE YEAR: UNCOMMON REWARD (GEN 15:2)

THEME OF THE MONTH: MOVING UNTO VICTORY (EXODUS. 14:13-19; HEB. 6:108)
TOPIC:
VICTORY OVER CHALLENGES OF LIFE
UNDERSTANDING THE HEART

INTRODUCTION: Victory over challenges of life is a broad topic. Life in general can be broken into various segments for the purpose of direct application of the word of God. For instance; is it the aspect of marriage? Career? Relationships? Health? that we want the word of God to address? Any of these areas can have its peculiar challenges. We are particular about the principles of the doctrine of Christ that will help us to address, resolve and survive any areas of life that is experiencing challenges. We should be looking at the foundational principles and the fullness of person of Christ. What do we mean by all these?
1.     FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES. As enumerated in Hebrews 6:1-8, we expect to have a situation whereby anyone who proclaims faith in Christ enjoys all the benefits of redemption attached to his or her relationship with Christ membership of the Church, participation in the ordinances and submission to the leadership of the church.
2.     FUNCTIONAL PRINCIPLE.With the above taken care of, the believer is expected to move on, building on the effect of the former with specific attention given to resolving the problems of sin and self and moving on to fruitfulness in service (John 15:1-7; Ps 92:12-15). A functional faith in Christ builds on the knowledge and application of His grace to overcome obstacles to a godly lifestyle and fruitful ministry. (II Peter 1:3-11).
3.     FULLNESS OF THE PERSON OF CHRIST. Moving along with foundational principle and functional life of fruitfulness in service, we need another level of victory which is abiding in the fullness of His person. That is the estate of divine blessing of graduating grace and glory (John 1”16; II Cor. 3:18).
It is the estate of divine life of manifesting sonship and abiding in His love. (Rom 8:14, 19,31-39)

CONCLUSION: Our victory is in Christ Jesus. We live in Him and He in us. We are under obligation to express through our lives and service His fullness that will make us fruitful in all good things (Gal 2:20; Ephesian 2:6-10)


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