God has given you victory over your flesh, the world, and the devil. You are a conqueror.

God has given you victory over your flesh, the world, and the devil. You are a conqueror.

“Then Joshua said to them, Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage, for thus the LORD will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.” (Josh 10:25)

“Put [enduo] on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” (Eph 6:11)

“But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.” (Rom 13:14)

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.” (1Jn 5:4)

“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (Jn 16:33)

“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors [hupernikao] through Him who loved us.” (Rom 8:37)

“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory [nikos] through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1Cor 15:57)

“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.” (1Jn 2:15-17)

“casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2Cor 10:5)

“For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” (Rom 6:14)

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.” (Gal 5:1)

“Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” (Heb 2:14)

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present [paristemi] your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing [anakainosis] of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (Rom 12:1-2)

Reading: Josh 9-12; Mk 2