This document provides guidance on overcoming obstacles and issues through relying on God. It discusses how to overcome through fasting, praying, reading the Bible, and letting go by giving all worries to God. Specific issues that can be overcome include bad habits, anxiety, depression, sin, addiction, and pride. The document offers Bible verses for dealing with anxiety, depression, fear, sexual sin, and forgiveness. It promises that God will make a way in the wilderness and be with us through troubles. Healing and forgiveness from God are available to those who confess their sins.
2. Conqueror
To conquer:
■ To overcome by force of arms
■ To overcome by mental or moral strength
■ To gain mastery over or win by overcoming obstacles or opposition
■ To be victorious
Overpower, dominate, vanquish, defeat, overcome
3. Overcome
■ Bad habits
■ Anxiety
■ Depression
■ Sin
■ Sexual sin
■ Issues e.g. trust issues, low self-esteem
■ Addiction
■ Pride
■ Idolatry
4. ■ Romans 8:37 - No, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him who loved us.
■ Romans 8:31- What, then, shall we say in response to these
things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
■ Romans 8:18- I consider that our present sufferings are not
worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
5. How to overcome
■ Fast
■ Pray
■ Read the word-Bible plan
■ Mentor
■ Accountability partner
■ Let go and let God
6. Let go and let God
■ Cast your cares unto God – 1 Peter 5:7 - Give all your worries and cares to God, for he
cares about you.
■ Philippians 4:6-7-6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer
and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of
God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in
Christ Jesus.
■ Ephesians 6:11- Put on the full Armor of God, so that you can take your stand against
the devil’s schemes
■ You are not alone – Exodus 33:14The LORD replied, “My Presence will go with you, and
I will give you rest.”
7. Anxiety
■ Philippians 4:6-7
■ 1 Peter 5:7
Depression
■ John 16:33
■ Isaiah 40:31-but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.They will soar on wings
like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
■ Jeremiah 29:11
Fear
■ Joshua 1:6-7, 9- Be strong and very courageous
■ 2Timothy 1:7- For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound
mind.
■ Psalms 27:1-The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear?The LORD is the
stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
8. Sexual sin
■ 1 Corinthians 6:18- Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are
outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.
■ 2Timothy 2:22
■ Philippians 4:8- Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble,
whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if
anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
■ 1Thessalonians 4:3-5-3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid
sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body[a] in a way that
is holy and honourable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;
Forgiveness
■ Matthew 6:14-15-14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your
heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your
Father will not forgive your sins.
■ Colossians 3:13-Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a
grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
9. ■ Isaiah 43:19- See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not
perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the
wasteland.
■ Isaiah 43:2- When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and
when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.When
you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set
you ablaze.
■ Psalm 23:4- Even though I walk through the darkest valley,I will fear no
evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
10. What’s next?
Healing and forgiveness awaits
Healing:
– Psalms 147:3- He heals the broken hearted and bandages their wounds.
– Ecclesiastes 3:1-3- For everything there is a season, a time for every activity
under heaven. 2 A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to
harvest. 3 A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to
build up.
Forgiveness:
– 1 John1:9- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our
sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
– Romans 8:1-Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in
Christ Jesus,
God has forgiven us so we must forgive ourselves so that we can heal and move on