Tree of Life Church - New Braunfels

How To Avoid Victim Mentality Romans 8:35 & 37 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Think on this: Any wounded animal attracts attack. Remember: Weakness is an invitation to bullies. 7 Actions To Avoid Victim Mentality 1. Don’t Talk Or Think Like A Victim Of Your Circumstances. Remember: Our enemy knows what we are thinking by what we are speaking. a. Your words of today are deciding your tomorrows. b. Words you speak paint pictures in your mind. c. Express what you are expecting. 2. Refuse To Fear. Remember: Fear is the feeling of anticipated loss. Think on this: Even if loss is already experienced, don’t fear, God has promised to restore. Joel 2:25 “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. 3. Intimidate Your Intimidator 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. a. Our adversary is a deceiver and intimidator. Fear nothing. b. You have been given authority over him, confront him, bind him. c. Have an attitude of a conqueror today. 4. Never Quit Reaching. Lamentations 3:25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. Remember: Warfare will always surround the birth of your miracle. Remember: Champions keep getting up, one more time. a. Passion is what you must be willing to live without. b. Reaching is the first sign of trust. c. Pursuit reveals passion. d. Your endurance makes your enemy tired. e. Never consider quitting. Remember: Champions know that winning involves more than one battle. They refuse to run from a fight. Remember: HELL FEARS A FIGHTER James 1:12 Blessed the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. 5. Learn The Art Of Attack. Remember: Overcomers are not passive. They pursue. Think on this: What you fail to master will eventually master you. Remember: The Holy Spirit is the wisest mentor a warrior will ever have. Psalm 144:1 Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle— 6. Attend Church Faithfully Hebrews 10:25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. Remember: Your best will come out in God’s house. 7. Pray For Someone Else. Job 42:10 And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. Think on this: One of the master keys to personal miracles is to get involved with the needs of others.