Anything is possible! This should be your 

mentality. Never think defeat, failure or 

weakness. Cultivate the winning mentality; the 

mentality that believes and affirms, “I can do all things 

through Christ which strengtheneth me”  (Philippians 

4:13). That’s the victor’s mentality, and you develop it 

through the Word. 

It doesn’t matter what your life has been like or 

the experiences you’ve had; one thing is certain: you’re 

a victor in Christ Jesus! Irrespective of the affliction, 

tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, destitution, 

perils, wars etc., that may be ravaging today’s world, 

you’re more than a conqueror:  “Nay, in all these things 

we are more than conquerors through him that loved 

us” (Romans 8:37). 

Trust the Lord and hold on to His Word. When you 

go through challenges, don’t complain! The Lord knew 

there’d be challenges, but He gave us the assurance 

that we’ll be triumphant always:  “Now thanks be unto 

God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, 

and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by 

us in every place”  (2 Corinthians 2:14). 

Before Jesus came, there were sacrifices and 

offerings for the atonement of sins in the Old 

Testament. The Jews always had to offer sacrifices year 

after year for sins. These involved the killing of animals; 

several bulls and goats, but the Bible says in Hebrews 

10:4, “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and 

of goats should take away sins.” 

The blood of bulls and goats couldn’t provide 

remission, but when Jesus came, with one sacrifice, 

He perfected forever all those who are called in Him. 

He offered Himself once, not for the forgiveness of our 

sins, but for the total blotting away or remission of sins. 

(Hebrews 9:14). He made remission of sins possible. 

Too many around the world aren’t aware that their 

sins have been remitted. He didn’t do it for Christians; 

He did it for the whole world (John 3:16). There’re 

those today who ignorantly put themselves through 

some harsh penance; they punish themselves for their 

sins, thinking if they suffered enough, God would be 

sympathetic towards them and overlook their sins. But 

it doesn’t work that way. 

The new creation didn’t come from the cross, 

but from the resurrection of Jesus Christ; we’re 

the fruits of His resurrection. When Jesus died, you died 

with Him. When He was buried, you were buried with 

Him. When He resurrected, you also arose with Him 

as a new man, a new species. 

Romans 6:4 says, “Therefore we are buried with 

him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was 

raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, 

even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Your 

new life started with the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

The old life has been supplanted by this new life, the 

divine life. 

Understand that there’s no connection between 

the new creation and your past. In fact, the so-called 

past doesn’t exist. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says,  “Therefore 

if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old 

things are passed away; behold, all things are become 

new.” Quit judging or appraising yourself on the basis 

of your past. Your past was nailed to the cross. 

In Romans 7:6, the Apostle Paul, stressing 

To believe is to act your faith; believing is the 

action of faith. Faith itself is the response of the 

human spirit to the Word of God, and that response 

is evidence. When you act your faith (believe), you 

receive and it’s endorsed; you no longer require further 

evidence.

It’s like the judgment that’s given in a court of 

law on the basis of evidence produced. Once the 

judgment is passed, you don’t have to come again 

with further evidence; the evidence has been accepted 

and that’s why the judgment was made. Likewise, 

when you believe, you’ve judged whatever it is that 

you’ve believed to be true, and as a result, something 

happens: you receive! We don’t believe for nothing; 

the believer is a “haver.”

For example, the Bible says, “He that believeth 

on the Son hath everlasting life…” (John 3:36). When 

you believed in Jesus Christ, you received eternal life: 

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me 

hath everlasting life”  (John 6:47). That’s why John said, 

“These things have I written unto you that believe on 

the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that 

Sometimes it’s easy to think, “Since no one 

cares about me, I won’t care about anyone!” 

Don’t be that way. Be the one to remember, care for, 

and love others! Be the first to love. Be the blesser and 

the giver. The blessing you get from receiving is less, 

compared to that which you get from giving to others. 

Jesus said, “…It is more blessed to give than to receive”  

(Acts 20:35).

God’s promise isn’t to the one who receives but to 

the one who gives. So, rather than seek attention, for 

example, give it instead. Give love. Demonstrate love 

to everyone, including those who may have offended 

you, and to the ungodly that have no hope. That’s how 

God wants you to live. 

Some people only know how to enjoy attention; 

they only crave love from others. That’s dangerous, 

because when they don’t get the love and attention 

they seek, they could become cruel and wicked. You’re 

the seed of Abraham, and the seed of Abraham reaches 

out; he’s a blesser; he hears the cry of the needy and 

responds. 

One of the synonyms for the Greek word 

translated “edify” is to “charge,” like a 

battery. Jude 1:20 (AMPC) says, “But you, beloved, 

build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy 

faith [make progress, rise like an edifice higher and 

higher], praying in the Holy Spirit.” He’s telling you to 

get charged up in the Holy Ghost; embolden yourself 

in the Holy Ghost through speaking in tongues. 

This is what you do when there’re matters arising: 

you charge yourself up in the Holy Ghost! Are there 

projects you want to undertake and you’re somewhat 

not sure what steps to take? Get charged up in the 

Holy Ghost! Activate the wisdom and power of God 

by praying in the Holy Ghost until you’re filled with 

the Spirit. 

Ephesians 5:18 says, “And be not drunk with wine, 

wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.” This 

is the secret to a day-to-day life of the miraculous and 

supernatural: being filled with the Spirit. If someone 

was timid, and began the exercise of speaking in 

tongues consistently, soon enough, he’d become bold 

and sound. 

When you speak in other tongues, and your spirit 

Some people don’t know the value and power 

of a grateful heart; therefore, they complain 

over everything. If they aren’t bemoaning the economic 

situation, they’re complaining about the pains in their 

bodies or about some other problem. They’re hardly 

ever happy, because they’re blind to all the good things 

happening in, and around them, for which they ought 

to be grateful. 

There’re many who don’t appreciate or even 

recognise the progress they’ve made or the blessings of 

God in their lives. Life itself is a gift from God to enjoy 

every day; that you can even think that you deserve 

better is a blessing. So, look into your life and see that 

there’s a lot to be grateful for. 

Perhaps you’ve learnt something new; your 

knowledge and understanding of God’s Word have 

improved; your prayer life has become richer; all these 

and more are important blessings to be grateful for, 

and excited about. The ministry and work of the Holy 

Spirit in your life, for example, is far greater than any 

physical or material blessing you could ever get. In 

fact, it’s what will give rise to other material blessings 

Have you ever thought about the fact that 

God chose you before you were born, to be 

His witness? He knew you and foreordained you to 

live for His glory. The Bible says,  “For whom he did 

foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed 

to the image of his Son…” (Romans 8:29). 

God foreordained and planned that through you, 

He’ll bless and transform the lives of those in your 

world and in regions beyond. He set you apart to do 

His will, and to be His witness.  

The Apostle Paul, understanding this, echoed 

the same message in Galatians 1:15-16: “But when it 

pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s 

womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son 

in me, that I might preach him among the heathen….” 

Paul’s passion and unrivalled commitment to the 

Gospel resulted from his knowledge and understanding 

that he was chosen and sent of God to turn the 

Gentiles from darkness to light, and from the power 

of Satan unto God. 

The Bible says in John 10:10,  “The thief cometh 

not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: 

I am come that they might have life, and that they 

might have it more abundantly.”  The Lord Jesus died, 

was buried, and raised back to life by the glory of the 

Father. When God raised Him from the dead and 

showed Him openly, He called all to life. So, Jesus 

made eternal life possible. John said, “(For the life was 

manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and 

shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the 

Father, and was manifested unto us;)”  (1 John 1:2). 

In John 17:3, the Bible says,  “And this is life 

eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, 

and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”  Jesus is the 

embodiment of eternal life. He said in John 14:6, “…I 

am the way, the truth, and the life….” He said in John 

6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth 

on me hath everlasting life.” Everlasting life is eternal 

life. The one who believes in Jesus has it. 

The question is, do you believe in Jesus Christ? If 

you do, then you have eternal life. You’re not going 

to get it when you get to heaven; you have it now; it’s 

your present-hour possession. Also, if you’re not sure 

that you have eternal life, perhaps, you’ve not been 

Notice the words of the prophet in our theme 

scripture: “Take with you words,” not bulls 

and goats. We’re to take the calves (bulls) of our lips; 

the sacrifices of our lips, which are better than the bulls 

(animals) offered as sacrifice. Remember, the blood 

of bulls and goats couldn’t take away sin (Hebrews 

9:13-14). 

Hebrews 13:15 says, “By him therefore let us 

offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, 

the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name”; then 

he explains what the fruit of our lips are: words! We’re 

to give thanks to His Name, rendering words. The 

expression “giving thanks” in the Greek is ‘homologeo.’ 

It means to make confessions; to say what God has 

said in harmony with Him. Two can’t walk together 

except they be agreed (Amos 3:3). Thus, God expects 

us to walk in agreement with Him. 

When you declare that Jesus Christ is Lord of all, 

as Peter did in Acts 10:36, you’re making confession