SURVIVAL - Dag Heward-Mills

READ: Hebrews 10:32-38
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;... perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
2 Corinthians 4:8-9

Asurvivor must continue to exist or function in spite of adverse conditions. We are in a battle with a real enemy. The conditions are not good. Satan is the god of this world and in a sense, we are on his turf. Every survivor must come through and pull through.

Every survivor must carry on and carry through. Every survivor must continue. I also have been through a lot. After I had preached in one church, the pastor told me, "It seems you have been through hell." Certainly , but I am still around; I have survived!

Real leaders often come under extreme and varied pressures because they are in the front line of the battle with the enemy . They receive all the blows and face constant pressure. Some people break down under pressure. If you cannot stand pressure, then you cannot be a leader. Develop a hard forehead. Do not go mad. God told Ezekiel not to be afraid of the people's faces. Be harder than everything that comes against you.

Confess boldly , "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Say aloud, "I am able, more than able, to prevail and to win this battle. Though a thousand fall at my side and ten thousand at my left hand, I shall survive. I am a survivor in the name of Jesus. God will strengthen and keep me in all my ways!"