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“Don't wait to forgive until you feel like forgiving; you will never get there. Feelings take time to heal after the choice to forgive is made.”
― Neil Anderson

“Remember: What you do doesn't determine who you are; who you are determines what you do.”
― Neil T. Anderson

“Your greatest fulfillment in life will come when you discover your unique gifts and abilities and use them to edify others and glorify the LORD." (pg. 146)”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness

“The more you reaffirm who you are in Christ, the more your behavior will being to reflect your true identity.”
― Neil Anderson

“The most important belief we possess is a true knowledge of who God is.
The second most important belief is who we are as children of God, because we cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with how we perceive ourselves.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Who I Am in Christ

“Who I Am in Christ I Am Accepted   John 1:12 I am God’s child. John 15:15 I am Christ’s friend. Romans 5:1 I have been justified. 1 Corinthians 6:17 I am united with the Lord, and I am one spirit with Him. 1 Corinthians 6:20 I have been bought with a price. I belong to God. 1 Corinthians 12:27 I am a member of Christ’s Body. Ephesians 1:1 I am a saint. Ephesians 1:5 I have been adopted as God’s child. Ephesians 2:18 I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit. Colossians 1:14 I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins. Colossians 2:10 I am complete in Christ. I Am Secure   Romans 8:1-2 I am free from condemnation. Romans 8:28 I am assured all things work together for good. Romans 8:31-34 I am free from any condemning charges against me. Romans 8:35-39 I cannot be separated from the love of God. 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 I have been established, anointed and sealed by God. Philippians 1:6 I am confident that the good work God has begun in me will be perfected. Philippians 3:20 I am a citizen of heaven. Colossians 3:3 I am hidden with Christ in God. 2 Timothy 1:7 I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind. Hebrews 4:16 I can find grace and mercy in time of need. 1 John 5:18 I am born of God and the evil one cannot touch me. I Am Significant   Matthew 5:13-14 I am the salt and light of the earth. John 15:1,5 I am a branch of the true vine, a channel of His life. John 15:16 I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit. Acts 1:8 I am a personal witness of Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:16 I am God’s temple. 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 I am a minister of reconciliation for God. 2 Corinthians 6:1 I am God’s coworker (see 1 Corinthians 3:9). Ephesians 2:6 I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realm. Ephesians 2:10 I am God’s workmanship. Ephesians 3:12 I may approach God with freedom and confidence. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“We don’t serve God to gain His acceptance; we are accepted, so we serve God. We don’t follow Him to be loved; we are loved, so we follow Him. It is not what we do that determines who we are; it is who we are that determines what we do.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“Why should I say I can’t when the Bible says I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength (Philippians 4:13)?  2. Why should I worry about my needs when I know that God will take care of all my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19)?  3. Why should I fear when the Bible says God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7)?  4. Why should I lack faith to live for Christ when God has given me a measure of faith (Romans 12:3)?  5. Why should I be weak when the Bible says that the Lord is the strength of my life and that I will display strength and take action because I know God (Psalm 27:1; Daniel 11:32)?”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness

“Being filled and led by the Spirit may take you places you never planned; but the will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness

“You don’t become a Christian by acting like one. You are not on a performance basis with God. He doesn’t say, “Here are My standards, now you measure up.” He knows you can’t solve the problem of an old sinful self by simply improving your behavior. He must change your nature, give you an entirely new self—the life of Christ in you—which is the grace you need to measure up to His standards.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU IS THE GREAT ETERNAL CONSTANT IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE INCONSISTENCIES OF YOUR DAILY WALK.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“It takes time to establish trust in something or someone because it requires consistent and continuous behavior demonstrated over time. That is why our relationships are so fragile. It may take months or years to establish a high level of trust, but one act of unfaithfulness can destroy it. We can choose to forgive those who betray us, but it would take a long time to regain the trust that was lost.”
― Neil T. Anderson

“sin-confess-sin-confess-sin-confess-and-sin-again cycle does not deal with all of reality. It”
― Neil T. Anderson, Setting Your Church Free: A Biblical Plan for Corporate Conflict Resolution

“We have a sanctuary in Christ, and He has equipped us with the armor of God. We”
― Neil T. Anderson, Setting Your Church Free: A Biblical Plan for Corporate Conflict Resolution

“The Bible says we were dead in our “trespasses and sins” (Eph. 2:1) and “were by nature children of wrath” (2:3, emphasis added). In other words, we were born physically alive but spiritually dead. We had neither the presence of God in our lives nor the knowledge of His ways.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“We can know all about God, but not know Him at all. We”
― Neil T. Anderson, Setting Your Church Free: A Biblical Plan for Corporate Conflict Resolution

“All Christians have their sins forgiven, but in most cases they are not experiencing revival.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Setting Your Church Free: A Biblical Plan for Corporate Conflict Resolution

“Fear of anything other than God is mutually exclusive to faith in God.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“When we expose the lie, the enemy’s power is broken. Often”
― Neil T. Anderson, Setting Your Church Free: A Biblical Plan for Corporate Conflict Resolution

“Jesus did not come just to forgive our sins and give us life; He came to undo the works of Satan (see 1 John 3:8).”
― Neil T. Anderson, Discipleship Counseling

“The fruit of the Spirit is not spouse control or staff control or environmental control; it is self-control (see Gal. 5:23).”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“The major strategy of Satan is to distort the character of God and the truth of who we are. He can’t change God and he can’t do anything to change our identity and position in Christ. If, however, he can get us to believe a lie, we will live as though our identity in Christ isn’t true.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“the will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you. I”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“Our churches are being destroyed by gossip. What is it about us that wants to hear all the garbage?”
― Neil T. Anderson, Setting Your Church Free: A Biblical Plan for Corporate Conflict Resolution

“There are many ways to go wrong, but only one path leads back to God. There”
― Neil T. Anderson, Setting Your Church Free: A Biblical Plan for Corporate Conflict Resolution

“Because wholeness and meaning in life are not the products of what you have or don’t have, what you’ve done or haven’t done. You are already a whole person and possess a life of infinite meaning and purpose because of who you are—a child of God.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“We already have all the power we need, because of our position in Christ.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Setting Your Church Free: A Biblical Plan for Corporate Conflict Resolution

“Faith is something you decide to do, not something you feel like doing.” So”
― Neil T. Anderson, The Bondage Breaker®

“For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another” (Gal. 5:17). They are in opposition because the Holy Spirit, like Jesus, will not operate independently of our heavenly Father, but the flesh does. The flesh may be defined as existence apart from God—a life dominated by sin or a drive opposed to God. The flesh is self-reliant rather than God-dependent; it is self-centered rather than Christ-centered.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“Chapter 20

Another story involving Jesus and a boat is found in
Mark 6:45-50 NASB
"Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away. 46 After bidding them farewell, He left for the mountain to pray. 47 When it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land. 48 Seeing them straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night He *came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them. 49 But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out; 50 for they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and *said to them, “Take courage; it is I, do not be afraid.”

My mind is riveted on the phrase, "He intended to pass by them." I believe that even today Jesus intends to pass by the self sufficient. If we think getting to the other side is a question of how we row, we may never get there. We must never forget that it is He who began the work in us, and it is He who will carry it to completion.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Living Free in Christ