Victory Over the Darkness Quotes

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“Lend me your hope for a while, I seem to have mislaid mine. Lost and hopeless feelings accompany me daily, pain and confusion are my companions. I know not where to turn; looking ahead to future times does not bring forth images of renewed hope. I see troubled times, pain-filled days, and more tragedy. Lend me your hope for a while, I seem to have mislaid mine. Hold my hand and hug me; listen to all my ramblings, recovery seems so far distant. The road to healing seems like a long and lonely one. Lend me your hope for a while, I seem to have mislaid mine. Stand by me, offer me your presence, your heart and your love. Acknowledge my pain, it is so real and ever present. I am overwhelmed with sad and conflicting thoughts. Lend me your hope for a while; a time will come when I will heal, and I will share my renewal, hope and love with others.2”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“such attempts at self-verification worked, then Solomon should have been the most fulfilled man who ever lived. He was king of Israel during its greatest prominence. He had power, position, wealth, possessions, and a thousand wives to choose from. Not only did he possess all that fallen humanity could hope for, but God also gave him more wisdom than any other mortal to interpret it all, and what was his conclusion? “Meaningless! Meaningless! . . . Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless” (Ecclesiastes 1:2 NIV). Solomon sought to find purpose and meaning in life independently of God, and he wrote a book about it. The book of Ecclesiastes describes the futility of”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“In his book The Sensation of Being Somebody, Maurice Wagner wrote: Try as we might by our appearance, performance or social status to find self-verification for a sense of being somebody, we always come short of satisfaction. Whatever pinnacle of self-identity we achieve soon crumbles”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“AS BELIEVERS, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO
BECOME SAINTS; WE ARE SAINTS WHO
ARE BECOMING LIKE CHIRST.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“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

“Is who you are determined by what you do, or is what you do determined by who you are?”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that is left on the heel that crushed the violet.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ