Victory Life KY

  Exactly What do I Believe 2/16/22   “Imitate God like little children” really got me thinking, just exactly how much of who God is and what He does are we supposed to imitate? A key point to this truth is, like little children   Mark 10:15,NKJV- Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.   The question is, just exactly what d...

  Two Worlds Part 4 2/13/22   Everything about this series hinges on the reality that the moment we give our lives to Jesus we’re born into a new world, into the Kingdom of Heaven, all while still confined to this natural world.   But here’s the deal, most of us, most of the time are more aware of and committed to this natural world than our new world because its just easier, it’s more real to us....

Occupy   Meaning: To take or fill up, to take or hold possession    Possession: the state of having, owning or controlling something. An item of property: something belonging to one.    When I see Occupy, it’s a verb, it’s an action. It’s not a spectator sport, you can’t be an armchair quarterback.    It’s being intentional, engaged, and doing.    It is taking ownership of what belongs to you.   ...

Ephesians 1:3-7,NLT- All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. 4, Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5, God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ...

Ephesians 1:3-7,NLT- All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. 4, Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5, God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ...

James 1:22-25,NLT- But don ’ t just listen to God ’ s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don ’ t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don ’ t forget wha...

1 Corinthians 12:27,MSG- You are Christ ’ s body—that ’ s who you are! You must never forget this. Only as you accept your part of that body does your  “ part” mean anything.   In Ephesians 4 Paul says it a little different way, Jesus fits His whole body together perfectly. And as each part does it’s own special work, it cause the whole body to grow.   I personally don’t think God’s plan for His c...

Here’s the thing, seeing what God is saying is the only way we embrace our new lives, our spiritual lives.   Revelation (spiritual seeing) is what empowers us to rise above the fears, failures, disappointments, circumstances, excuses, and become the person God created us to be. To experience some of His supernatural. Or like the apostle Paul says, “we walk in the spirit instead of the flesh.”   Bu...

Here’s s quick review as we get into part 2, Even when we find ourselves consumed with time, right now in our humanity, we are eternal people.   Which means we need to maintain an eternal perspective. And the only way that happens is by allowing the eternal book to inspire, challenge, motivate, to direct us toward the realities contained within it’s pages.   The psalmist tells us, God’s word is wh...

  Here we are, turning the page on another year, and as I was waiting on the Lord’s leading, here’s something I began to entertain; Although we find ourselves consumed with time, truth be told, even though confined to humanity, we are, right now eternal people.   Which means we should probably maintain a little more of an eternal perspective. And the only way that happens is by allowing the eterna...

As we continue our journey with Luke, obviously honoring the birth of our King. But our focus is actually on Jesus’ mom, her faith inspiring each of us to live our own life of faith.   Remember Luke’s bold intro to his writing, “I’m writing this so that you may know beyond a shadow of a doubt the reliability of what you’ve been taught.”   Luke highlights many wonderful truths from the Holy Spirit,...

Luke 2:8-11,NKJV- Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is bor...

John 16:7 (NKJV) “Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.”   John 14:26 (AMP) But the Comforter, Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby, the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name, in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf...

Isaiah 7:14 (NKJV) Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.   As I was thinking and praying about our Christmas series, this miraculous story of Jesus’ birth, that had been prophesied for generations is obviously the focus of our celebration.   But what really motivated my direction this year is Jesus’ moth...

Genesis 12:2 (NKJV) “ I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.”   Romans 4 (MSG)  We call Abraham “ father” not because he got God ’ s attention by living like a saint, but because God made something out of Abraham when he was a nobody.  Abraham was first named “ father” and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what...

Hebrews 12:28,NIV- “ Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.”   Throughout the scriptures one common characteristic associated with thankfulness is humility. You won’t see one without the other.   Psalm 25, He leads the humble in justice, and teaches them His way.   There’s a beautiful story in Luk...

  Isaiah 1:19,NKJV-  “If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;” MSG- If you willingly obey, you’ll feast like a king.   Living inspired starts with with a willing heart.   Like we said last week, our Father is waiting for each of us to take the next step in the life He's already seen we could have.   What if we started each day with the expectation that today’s gonna be...

  Hebrews 4:12,AMP- For the word of God is living and active and full of power, making it operative, energizing, and effective. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit, the completeness of a person,  and of both joints and marrow ,the deepest parts of our nature, exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.   A very i...

  Psalm 37:3-5,NKJV- Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.  Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.  Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.   This is why Paul reminds us, “Don’t focus on things that are seen, but on things that are unseen. Because things that are seen are...

  1 Peter 2:9-10, NKJV- But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God...   Communion is possibly one of the greatest acts of a humility we can display. It's our reverent acknowledgement of Who Jesus...

According to Galatians, we are heirs of God, joint heirs with Christ. Philippians reminds us that we are currently citizens of Heaven. And Corinthians instructs us that we are ambassadors for Christ.   And because we are still in this world but no longer of it, it’s up to each of us heirs, citizens, ambassadors, to make room in our thinking for the realities of our new world.   This is why Jesus t...

2 Corinthians 5:14-15,17-21,NKJV- For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;  15, and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. 17,Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.  18,Now all...

By a show of hands who here text??    Silly question right… I mean how can you survive in today’s day and age without it?    I have friends that if you try and call they hit ignore and say hey what’s up? Is my voice that annoying?    It has become a normal part of life… Brief, quick, and often to the points.    Or how about those 3 dots meaning they saw it and was going to type something or is typ...

As we get into part 2, we’ve got to get this issue settled in our thinking if we’re ever going to be successful in our ambassadorship. The things of the Kingdom are spiritual in their reality.    Brought into this world through the born again yielding to the Kingdom that’s already functioning in us.   Remember what Jesus told us, “We’re in this world but not of this world.” Paul adds to this revel...

As I was thinking on our talk, I was going through our homework and the Lord began taking me in another direction. Lets be real, none of us want to hear a lot about anger management…   Now we’re still going to look at the peace and joy Jesus left us because I’m 100% convinced that a big part of our witness will be our peace and joy form the Lord.   But as I was hanging out in John 14 looking at wh...