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Overwhelming Victory Is Ours
by Pastor T. Anthony Thompson
There is a common phrase that sounds like truth.  
The phrase, “It’s all good” sounds like a good, positive
quote, and it is that. “It’s all good?”  No, it’s not all
good.  “It’s never all good.”  This is truth. It’s NEVER ALL
GOOD. This doesn’t negate the truth of Romans 8:28.
GOD WILL WORK “ALL THESE THINGS TOGETHER FOR
GOOD” IN MY LIFE AS I TRUST HIS PLAN, FOLLOW HIS
CALLING, AND LOVE HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY. All things
are not good, but God takes “all things” (the good, the
bad, and the ugly) and “works them together for good”
to and for whom?  To those who love God and are the
“called according to His purpose.” 
“Overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved
us.” Rom 8:37 NLT
Everyone has problems. The only people who don’t
are in cemeteries. The real problem is how we handle
our problems. Often we try to solve them with our
own power. How can you tell when you’re doing
that? Because you’re tired all the time! You’re like the
guy who said, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and
tired.” Or we’re like the lady who said, “Just about the
time I try to make ends meet, somebody moves the
ends.” We say things like, “I’m doing okay under the
circumstances.” Well, what are you doing under them?
Someone has said that circumstances are like a
mattress; if you’re on top you rest easy, but if you’re
underneath you suffocate! What’s the answer? Take
your focus off your problems and put it on God’s
promises. Here’s one of them: “Can anything ever
separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean He
no longer loves us if we have trouble?” (Rom 8:35
NLT). Paul answers, “No, despite all these things,
overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved
us.” The word “conqueror” means “one who overcomes
by gaining control.” And Paul says that we are “more
than” conquerors (Rom 8:37 NKJV). To be a conqueror
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means to fight a battle and win. To be more than a
conqueror means to win a battle without having to
fight. Jesus fights on your behalf; He does it in you,
and through you, and that makes you “more than”
a conqueror.
When Jesus hung on Calvary’s cross over 2,000
years ago, He took your place. Your problem became
His problem. Your pain became His pain. Your battle
became His battle. And when He rose victoriously
from a grave that couldn’t hold Him, Jesus won your
victory once and for all. You don’t have to fight in your
own strength! The battle is not yours . . . the battle is
the Lord’s!
So, don’t let the enemy steal your joy or rob your peace.
Even in the midst of the battle, you can fight with the
assurance that Jesus has already won the victory!
Victorious in Christ,
Pastor T
WORDS OF
INSPIRATION
Victory in the Name of Jesus
by Jackqueline Meadows
“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and
believe in your heart that God raised Him from the
dead, you will be saved.” Romans: 10:9,10
“Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and
gave him the name that is above every name, that at
the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven
and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue
acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father.” Philippians 2:9-11
Peace and Blessings LFCC Family,
1 Corinthians 15:57 (NIV) says, “But thanks be to God!
He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus