{"id":545,"date":"2018-05-13T10:51:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T14:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/?p=545"},"modified":"2018-05-13T11:40:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T15:40:36","slug":"victory-in-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2018\/05\/13\/victory-in-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory in Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-545-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5-6-18.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5-6-18.mp3\">http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5-6-18.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your victory does not come when the trial concludes<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is the battle won when the soldiers are returning from the field, with the spoils of war?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The battle is won while the soldiers are still on the field. Returning home with the spoils can only come after victory has been won.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul and Silas: Acts 16:16-34<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul destroyed a work of darkness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KJV Translation of v. 18 reads that Paul was grieved; He was bothered that Satan had possession of the young woman and he set her free.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He picked a fight with the devil!<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whenever you destroy some work of darkness, you&#8217;re picking a fight with the devil. When you take a swing at him, be ready because he&#8217;s going to take one back<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The slave girl&#8217;s masters had Paul and Silas arrested &amp; beaten<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They made the claim that these men were troubling the city<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The claim resonated with the people because they did not have God&#8217;s truth, but rather a warped and distorted lie that originated from Satan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was all about the material things of the world and living for oneself.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Paul &amp; Silas took away one person&#8217;s source of profit by bringing freedom, what was to stop them from hurting other people&#8217;s sources of profit?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people should have rejoiced that the girl was set free<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul and Silas are now in a trial<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are in prison.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do they do?<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do they complain, cry, whine?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do they ask God for deliverance?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They praise &amp; worship!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is where the battle was won.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they had contented themselves with complaining, or wallowing in self-pity, they would&#8217;ve been stuck in prison.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These men had their victory the moment they chose to obey God&#8217;s Word. The devil couldn&#8217;t break them or change their mindsets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conclusion of the trial was not the victory over the trial.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was the part where the victorious soldiers clear off the field with the spoils. The spoils, in this case, were the souls of the jailer&#8217;s family.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was anointed king in 1 Sam. 16<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lord saw his heart and it pleased Him<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David was a man after God\u2019s own heart &#8211; this set him up to be victorious in any of his trials<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goliath (1 Sam. 17)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Philistine giant comes out mocking and slandering Israel and the Lord every day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The men of Israel are cowering at the sight of the giant<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David, however, wants to take care of this guy (v. 26)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you stand up courageously to deal with a problem that has everyone else scared, you\u2019re going to get opposition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know fear is a spirit and one that is not of God (1 Tim. 1:7); When David rose up, he was challenging a spirit from the enemy and he got opposition for it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David\u2019s victory over Goliath came when he decided in his heart to stand, not when he sunk the stone into his skull.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He understood the value of the covenant that he had with the Lord. He understood that the Philistine did not have one.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiding from Saul<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David went about in the anointing of the Lord as a military commander. Because the Lord was with him, he brought many victories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saul became jealous and decided that he wanted to kill David (1 Sam. 18:7-8).<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operating in the anointing around people who are not operating in it but should be will provoke jealousy, anger and resentment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is exactly the same underlying spiritual cause for the Pharisees\u2019 jealousy and resentment towards Jesus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David went out into the wilderness and hid.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even hiding in the cave however, David was victorious.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He didn\u2019t give up or give in.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He could have killed Saul on multiple occasions and ended the trial.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He understood, however, that if the Lord placed Saul in that office, who was he (David) to take him out?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This understanding gave him courage also that no man could remove him from the office into which the Lord placed him.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the Lord has put you someplace, man cannot move you out of that place <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose life<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deut 30:19-20<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The common thread to David, Paul and Silas is that they chose life in their trials. The moment they chose life was when they had their victory.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The outward circumstances may not have immediately changed, but in their hearts they were victorious.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every decision we make is a choice of life or death.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s like our eating habits; everything we eat will either promote life and health to our bodies, or sickness and death.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choosing to obey God\u2019s Word is like eating your vegetables. It may not always bring joy to your natural self, but it promotes health and life in every aspect of your life.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complaining, murmuring, self-pity, etc. is more like a deep-fried Oreo cookie. It might taste good for a moment, but there\u2019s no life in it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Scriptures:\u00a0<\/strong>Acts 16:16-34, 1 Samuel 16, 17, 18:7-8, Deuteronomy 30:19-20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your victory does not come when the trial concludes Is the battle won when the soldiers are returning from the field, with the spoils of war? The battle is won while the soldiers are still on the field. 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