We are in a fight; whether we want to be or not, we are in a spiritual battle! The enemy aims to minimise the effect of the Kingdom of God in our lives and to minimise the effect of the Kingdom of God shining through to reach others. Satan does this through deceiving thoughts to build a stronghold in our minds.

Jesus won! He defeated the enemy, and now we have been given the authority to rule and to reign in this life. (Romans 5:17)

Colossians 1:13-14 says that we have been transferred out of darkness and into the Kingdom of His dear son. We once were dominated and manipulated by the devil, but when Jesus came, He disarmed the rulers and authorities of darkness, and He delegated His authority to us, the Church!

When Jesus died on the cross, He completely disarmed and stripped the devil of his power! Since we are Born Again and In Christ, Jesus' victory is our victory! The devil is a defeated foe, and yet he still goes around like a roaring lion.

How do we, as believers, fight a defeated enemy?1 Peter 5:8-9 tells us exactly what we're supposed to do.

For the Born Again, child of God, the law of the Spirit of life that is found in Jesus is working in us! Righteousness, holiness, and justification is the life that comes from the Spirit, and it belongs to us because of the resurrection of Jesus. Condemnation, guilt, and shame work death, and we don’t have to yield to it anymore because we are free from the law of sin and death.

There is absolutely no condemnation for us who are in Christ Jesus! We are called to live in the freedom that the gift of righteousness brings. Freedom to come boldly before our Heavenly Father knowing that He has made us worthy, freedom to declare the promises of God over our lives, freedom to expect God’s goodness to manifest in every area, and the freedom to resist any sense of condemnation or unworthiness.

Why can we, as believers, have strong faith?

We can have strong faith because we have been made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

The righteousness of God is not earned by our own works or our trying to be “good enough” to earn God’s promises. God’s righteousness is made complete and final by the blood of Jesus.

One of the reasons we can have strong faith is because we have been made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus! (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Righteousness means to be in right standing with God. That means the righteous ones have the right and privilege to come boldly to the throne of grace and approach the Father in confidence. (Hebrews 4:17)

Jesus bore our griefs, and He carried our sorrows! What a wonderful truth that is!

It’s the great exchange! He took and carried what we could not carry, and He gave us His joy, His peace, His strength, and His power so that we could live this life, not in our own ability, but in His.

Everything we would ever need in this life, God, in His lovingkindness, put it all in a covenant that is sealed by the blood of Jesus.

That means that there is no situation or circumstance that is bigger than the covenant that we are in!

We live in a world where everything changes constantly. We go through different seasons of life, relationships, jobs, routines, patterns, politics, etc. We’re used to change, so how can we live strong, secure and victorious lives in a constantly changing world?

One of the main reasons that we can trust in God is because He is a God who keeps His covenant. Covenant is not a common word that we use in our culture, but it is a powerful truth found in the Bible, from beginning to end.

God made a promise to mankind that at the right time, He would send a Saviour, Jesus! And because He is a covenant-keeping God, Jesus came!

We are created to rule and reign in this life!

Rather than let circumstances rule and reign over us, we have been created to rule and to reign over circumstances.

The life of a believer is not one of defeat, loss, and suffering; instead, it is one of victory, triumph and dominion!

Our faith in God is what is pleasing to Him.

Whoever comes to God must believe two things:

1. That He is 

2. He rewards those who seek Him

Why is it that there is often no immediate physical manifestation of what we know to be God's will and that which we've asked for in prayer, or commanded? 

We are left with the undeniable conclusion that, either the Apostle Paul was confused in his teaching, or that there is a more nuanced understanding that needs to be applied to these scriptures.