Before I was born again in 1975, I owned a business in American Indian Arts.
A man came into my shop looking for art objects that contained "special powers".
I told this man there is a special power but it is not in any art object.
Power is in God, the creator of heaven and earth.
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Jesus left a commission to "overcome", cited in Revelation 2-3, to each of the 7 churches.
We overcome through God each time God reveals to us a word from HIS Spirit and we apply that word properly to our lives. The gates of hell cannot stand against that word revealed by God through HIS spirit to us.
However, the Holy Spirit does not make us do anything. It is up to us to learn to recognize the Holy Spirit when HE speaks and choose to follow HIM, doing as HE instructs from God.
By this, we overcome as we live on this present earth.
This is the subject of this book: Overcoming Through God
Joan Boney