Day One: You are more than a Conqueror.

Beloved, Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father and from the LORD Jesus Christ. Our God has been so gracious and is marvelous in our site. Allow me to wish you all, a Happy New Year. We are in the beginning of an awesome year full of promise. I cannot wait to see what the LORD has in store for us this year.

Beloved, we are in the beginning of our journey. For twenty-one days we will be denying ourselves food and going into warfare for our futures. We will be praying for our children’s future and for the future of the church at large. We will be especially praying for the future of our church and the leadership of our church. We will eating one bowl of soup and drinking all the water we can handle. That means at least eight glasses a day. You can do this. The reason I know you can do this is because of what the bible says about us as believers. Let’s look at the text.

Rom. 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

To get a real perspective on this let’s just see what that means.

conquer |ˈkä ng kər|

verb [ trans. ]

overcome and take control of (a place or people) by use of military force : the Magyars conquered Hungary in the Middle Ages.

• successfully overcome (a problem or weakness) : a fear she never managed to conquer.

• climb (a mountain) successfully : the second American to conquer Everest.

• gain the love, admiration, or respect of (a person or group of people) : the Beatles were to leave Liverpool and conquer the world.

In the Thesaurus is says this.

Conqueror

noun

They may have uncovered the burial ground of legendary conqueror Genghis Khan: vanquisher, conquistador; victor, winner, champion, conquering hero.

So let’s put this into perspective. Paul says we are more than conquerors, and a conqueror is an overcomer. Then you are more than overcomer in whatever you set out to do. You do more than take control. You are more than a victor, winner, champion or a conquering hero. You have the ability to do more than get through this, you can do this with flying colors. Just do one day at a time. We conquerors can do what ever we set our minds to. I am looking forward to real changes and real accomplishments as a result of this fast. I cannot prove it but I know this fast is different somehow.

Enjoy this time with the LORD. We are in for a wonderful time with the LORD. This year we are looking forward to guest bloggers Pastor Maurice Johnson, Pastor Paul Dean and of course our own Pastor Dorothy Colon.

Remember you are well able to do this because you are a conqueror. Live Life On Purpose and Not By Mistake.

Your Because I am His,

Leo Colon

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