The believer was not designed to live life on their own. Our lives were designed to be lived in Christ Jesus, depending only on His finished work on the Cross. This plan explores the believer’s path to experiencing a life of victory through faith in the gospel of God’s love.
The LOGIC Church
Day 1
Scriptures: John 11:40, 1 Samuel 17:45-47, Genesis 1:3, John 20:29, Mark 11:24
The Believer’s Operating System
As believers, we understand that the principles of the church (the believer in Christ) operate differently from the principles of the world. We are not physical beings having a spiritual experience; rather, we are spiritual beings having a physical experience.
- In the world, you “see” to believe. In the kingdom of God’s grace, you first believe to see. (John 11: 40)
- In the world, “talk is cheap.” In the kingdom of God, talk is EVERYTHING. —So you better start talking! (1 Samuel 17: 45-47)
- In the world, when you create, you touch. In the kingdom of God, creation starts from speaking. (Genesis 1:3)
- In the world, you obtain and then confess ownership. In the kingdom of God, you confess first before you obtain. (John 20:29)
- In the world, cash is king. In the kingdom of God, faith is the only currency.
The Bible shows us that faith is the operating principle of the kingdom of God. Believing in the gospel is as powerful as having the full glory of God manifesting physically in front of you. You believe that you’re healed, and you will see the healing power of God in your life. Likewise, when you believe you are blessed, you see the blessings of God. As believers, when we are faced with challenging situations, we do not speak from fear, suspicions, or feelings of anxiety. We are called to SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD. In Genesis 17, we see that Abraham and Sarah started confessing their new identity even before the promise came to pass. That’s how the kingdom of God works! (Mark 11: 24)
The words we speak create the atmosphere around our lives. So consider today: what atmosphere are you creating? What are you speaking over your life?
Today, God is calling you to confess His promises to you.
Declaration:
- I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus
- I am the redeemed of the Lord
- I am the beloved of Abba
- All my sins are forgiven
- I am passionately loved by God
- I am powerfully helped by God
- I am kept and protected by God
- I enjoy angelic assistance
- I am irrevocably blessed
- I am eternally forgiven
- I am the healed of the lord
- I enjoy divine health
- I have the favour and the wisdom of God
- I am fruitful; I flourish, excel, and prosper in all that I do
- I have the multipliers anointing
- Nothing is against me
- Nothing dies in my hands
- The supernatural is natural to me
- I am never stranded
- All things are working together for my good
- God loves me more than the devil hates me
- Grace is working for me
Gloooory!!!
Day 2
Scriptures: Romans 10:9-11, Luke 15:1-32, Ephesians 2:4-5, 2 Corinthians 3:5, Hebrews 8:10
The Nature of God’s Grace
Can you imagine receiving a fancy invitation to dinner at a Michelin-star restaurant, and upon arrival, you’re handed a list of ingredients and directed to the kitchen to prepare your food? I wouldn’t be showing up for that. This is how salvation is. We are not partners with God—working to uphold one end of a bargain. We are beneficiaries, recipients, esteemed, and beloved guests. The message of salvation is an invitation to enter fully into God’s presence and feast at His table until we are full of His goodness! (Romans 10:9-11)
Our salvation does not depend on our works, strength, or goodness. The story of the prodigal son (Luke 15) was not really about the son with all his flaws and colourful failings. The story was about the nature of the father—our God, who is full of mercy and madly in love with us. (Ephesians 2:4-5) He is the same Father who takes away our filthy rags and clothes us with His righteousness. He is the same Father who sacrificed the Lamb, that there might be rejoicing over us.
As believers, our identity is rooted in this recklessness of God’s love for us. There is no part of our journey with God where we can suspend grace. God did not require our input, works, perfection, or even our effort to save us. As believers, our faith is accepting our identity as beneficiaries of God’s gift and recipients of His covenant with HIMSELF to save us through Jesus Christ. Therefore, our walk can only be undertaken in total dependence on the finished work of Christ Jesus because that is where our strength lies! (2 Corinthians 3: 5)
The only condition to walk in the promises of God as believers is faith in Jesus and nothing else. We do not need to offer anything to God before we can access him. God invites us to come as we are, believing only in Jesus Christ and His finished work on the cross. (Hebrews 8:10)
That’s what being HIM-Dependent means—trusting in the strength of God’s love through the finished work of Christ. This is where our power comes from. God shows up when we have reached the end of ourselves and are fully reliant on him. The same Shepherd who would leave the 99 sheep to go looking for us is the God who is responsible for us.
What rest we have in Jesus!
Day 3
Scriptures: Genesis 32:24-29, Colossians 2:6, Philippians 2:13, 1 John 4:16, 1 Corinthians 5:12
How to Walk on Water
Genesis 32: 24-29
What happens when you come to the end of yourself? When you’re faced with an insurmountable challenge, what happens when you meet your limits? As we saw in Day One, this is the believer’s comfort zone.
Everything that we need as believers is wrapped in that same gift of salvation in Christ Jesus. That means we already have healing, victory, abundance, and breakthrough! For if God sacrificed His most precious son to prove His love for us, there is nothing good that He has withheld from us. All we need to ‘bring to the table’ is our belief in this finished work and our faith to receive. The same way we received Jesus—through faith, is the same way we receive His life and promises for victory. (Colossians 2:6).
The Believer’s growth is premised on how pressed in and dependent on Christ Jesus we are, not how independently “perfect” we are. God’s Grace supplies us with the ability to manifest God’s life and to do His will. (Philippians 2: 13). We are called first to trust in His love for us and then to walk in that consciousness. (1 John 4:16).
Our opening text meets Jacob at the end of himself. A lifetime of trickery and deceit is about to come full circle as he prepares to face his brother Esau, whom he betrayed. He was right to be afraid of what Esau would do to him. Alone at night, he had a supernatural encounter and wrestled with God. The blessing which changed his name from Jacob to Israel came after he was weakened and his hip was out of joint. He might have limped away from the place called Peniel, but in his new identity, there was no accusation from Esau, only love.
As believers, our power is in our identification, which is in the finished work of Christ Jesus. We are free because He has called us free. We are blessed because He has called us blessed. 1 Corinthians 5:17 lets us know that we are completely new creatures in Christ. So, we must remain conscious of our new identity and remain dependent on Him as we live as spiritual beings here on earth.
Pray:
Abba, today I stop relying on my strength; I rest in your all-encompassing love for me. Teach me to depend on the finished work of Christ Jesus to see your victory, in Jesus’ name. Amen