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Training for Reigning

Dr Dharius Daniels

Change Church • Dec 5, 2024 • 50 min

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Summary

In this message, Dr. Dharius Daniels teaches from Judges 6 on how believers are called and trained to exercise spiritual authority and reign over adversity. Rather than waiting for opposition to vanish, Christians must learn to overcome through spiritual strategy, divine resilience, and embracing God's vision for their future. By conquering past consequences, allowing trials to awaken dormant faith, and trusting God without demanding every answer, believers can step into supernatural victory and freedom.

Themes

Spiritual WarfareOvercoming AdversityResilienceIdentity in ChristGod's DisciplineTrusting God

Pastor's Points

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Conquer the consequence

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Allow the adversity to introduce you to a new you

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Embrace ambiguity

Key Points

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Gladiator Point 1: You have to learn how to conquer the consequence once you have learned the necessary lesson.
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Gladiator Point 2: Allow the adversity to introduce you to a new you.
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Gladiator Point 3: Embrace ambiguity and learn to win without receiving every answer to your 'why' questions.
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Adversity is inevitable in this world, making it unwise to make success dependent on the absence of opposition.
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Fighting spiritual battles requires divine strategy and skill rather than raw human willpower, which wears down under persistent trials.
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Being surprised by a trial does not mean you are unprepared, because God orchestrated prior seasons to build the necessary strength within you.
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The enemy often targets believers at the moment of harvest, making resilience essential to experience the return on faithful seed-sowing.
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Under the New Covenant, God corrects His children out of love rather than punishing them, freeing believers to seek His help without lingering in self-condemnation.

Sermon Moments

“The gospel is not a gospel that promises avoidance; the gospel is a gospel that promises we overcome.”

“Just because you're surprised doesn't mean you aren't prepared.”

“When God starts talking to Gideon about his identity, Gideon starts talking to God about his past. Don't let your yesterday get in the way of your tomorrow.”

“Don't develop a lifelong philosophy based on temporary pain.”

“God gives you what you need, not what you prefer. Understanding why you're in it doesn't change the fact that you're in it.”

“Move forward based on what you do know rather than getting stuck by what you don't know.”

This Week

Square your shoulders and decide to fight spiritual battles with biblical strategy rather than relying solely on raw willpower that leads to weariness.

Stop waiting for opposition or difficult circumstances to disappear before moving forward and walking in God's promises.

Identify areas where past mistakes or past consequences are keeping you trapped in self-imposed guilt, and ask God for help to conquer the consequence.

Shift your focus from your past failures or present limitations to who God says you are in your future destiny.

Persist in faithful seed-sowing (praying, serving, giving) even when you do not see an immediate harvest, trusting God's promise that you will reap if you do not faint.

Release the tormenting question of 'why' bad things happened, and instead move forward based on the truths you know about God's character and presence.

Refuse to let temporary pain or setback establish a permanent negative philosophy in your life.

Remember This

God equips believers with the skill, strategy, and divine strength to conquer consequences, embrace their true identity, and move forward even through unanswered questions.

A Challenge for You

Instead of getting stuck by what I don't know, I got to move in what I do know. I don't know why I got in it, but He's going to get me out of it.

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