The Choice You Have of Victory or Defeat

Mark 16: 1-13

Hebrews 12:7-11

4 Details from His Victory to Help Get Your Mind off of Your Defeats.

1- The stone has been rolled away. It is easier to act like the stone is still there than to live like the grave is empty. Only you can decide if you will live like the grave is uncovered… or if you cover the victory of Jesus with the stones of defeat and death you have had to walk through.

2- Where they laid him to die became the place he stands alive. Death has only ever been a symbol of defeat, Jesus makes it a symbol of victory. Are there areas of your life others have laid you to die… or you have even laid yourself to die in… that Jesus wishes to turn into a place you stand in victory.. What are you laying in today that Jesus wants you to leave behind by the power of his spirit, truth, grace and forgiveness?

3- The discipline to develop your beliefs will determine your perspective of God's power available to you, that you then walk in. The rhythms of your behavior will dictate if you live in defeat or walk in victory. Doubt happens when healthy discipline isn't present, and a disciplined life in Christ determines if you see death every time you encounter a grave moment in life, or an opportunity to press into God for victory.

4- If the enemy can get you to think you serve a victorious king with a defeated mind and undisciplined life then he wins and he knows it. Our life in Christ is tied to the victory of the cross and the discipline of following the one who overcame it. A defeated and undisciplined mind and heart to the ways of Jesus rolls the stone in front of the grave, and places ourselves inside a dead existence. He rose, so you too may rise from whatever grave you have found yourself in.