Thoughts
that have come from various quotes taken from the book, "Victor - Breaking
Free From a Victim Based Society" by John H. Hovis. Click here to link directly to
the audio file.
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"Victors’ confidence doesn’t come from being better. Their confidence doesn’t come from their success. Heavenly confidence comes from relationship with God."
As quoted from the book "Victor - Breaking Free From a Victim-Based Society" by John H. Hovis Page 47.
The world teaches that our confidence is to come from what we do. The more you accomplish the more people expect a confidence to be there. God forbid that the confident person face failure after failure in their lives. It is in these difficult times that the victim thinker is separated from those living the victor’s life.
The Bible has a lot to say about confidence. One of my favorite verses dealing with confidence is shown below.
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)
We can approach God for one reason, and one reason only. It is because of what Jesus did for us that opens the doors to the throne room of God for the victor. There isn’t a single thing, big or small, that we will do that will give us the ability to enter God’s palace. In fact our works are described as filthy rags (actually a lot more gross than that) in the Bible.
Victim thinkers are stuck in the false belief that their efforts will one day be enough to make them feel deserving of the Love God gives to them freely. The more success they have in their work the better they feel. When their work doesn’t measure up to their expectations the steps backwards they take way out pace any forward progress they find in their success. Relying on our own efforts is a losing battle and something that victim thinkers find very difficult to get rid of in their lives.
It isn’t that victors don’t like to work hard. They do their best to not let their work become something it isn’t suppose to be - proof that they measure up to a standard they will never be able to achieve on their on. Victors want to prove their worth but realize that it is impossible and unnecessary to prove anything when it comes to their Heavenly Father. Confidence for victors comes in the fact that God’s door is always open to them because they are His Child.
We all need to find mercy and grace in our day today. Victim thinkers will be busy trying to earn the right to approach God for that mercy and grace. Victors will barge right looking for the source of that mercy and grace. Once there, victors realize that the mercy and grace they need is in the very presence of God, not in the results of what they are doing. Walk right in. Bask in the power of God’s Presence. Take what God gives for you to do what’s on your plate today and leave the results of your efforts in the hands of your Heavenly Father.
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"Victors’ confidence doesn’t come from being better. Their confidence doesn’t come from their success. Heavenly confidence comes from relationship with God."
As quoted from the book "Victor - Breaking Free From a Victim-Based Society" by John H. Hovis Page 47.
The world teaches that our confidence is to come from what we do. The more you accomplish the more people expect a confidence to be there. God forbid that the confident person face failure after failure in their lives. It is in these difficult times that the victim thinker is separated from those living the victor’s life.
The Bible has a lot to say about confidence. One of my favorite verses dealing with confidence is shown below.
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)
We can approach God for one reason, and one reason only. It is because of what Jesus did for us that opens the doors to the throne room of God for the victor. There isn’t a single thing, big or small, that we will do that will give us the ability to enter God’s palace. In fact our works are described as filthy rags (actually a lot more gross than that) in the Bible.
Victim thinkers are stuck in the false belief that their efforts will one day be enough to make them feel deserving of the Love God gives to them freely. The more success they have in their work the better they feel. When their work doesn’t measure up to their expectations the steps backwards they take way out pace any forward progress they find in their success. Relying on our own efforts is a losing battle and something that victim thinkers find very difficult to get rid of in their lives.
It isn’t that victors don’t like to work hard. They do their best to not let their work become something it isn’t suppose to be - proof that they measure up to a standard they will never be able to achieve on their on. Victors want to prove their worth but realize that it is impossible and unnecessary to prove anything when it comes to their Heavenly Father. Confidence for victors comes in the fact that God’s door is always open to them because they are His Child.
We all need to find mercy and grace in our day today. Victim thinkers will be busy trying to earn the right to approach God for that mercy and grace. Victors will barge right looking for the source of that mercy and grace. Once there, victors realize that the mercy and grace they need is in the very presence of God, not in the results of what they are doing. Walk right in. Bask in the power of God’s Presence. Take what God gives for you to do what’s on your plate today and leave the results of your efforts in the hands of your Heavenly Father.
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