As God's children we are to be victorious people, a glorious church against whom the gates of hell shall not prevail. We are to walk this earth as the invisible body of Jesus Christ, using His authority to defeat the attempts of the enemy to prevent us from exercising God's will in every area of our life.

Instead of being a shining illustration of this example, you may be thinking that you are anything but victorious tonight. Satan has trampled over you at will and you have felt powerless under his assaults.

This is not God's intent. His plan for you is victory—total and complete—in Jesus! It is not God's will for you to live with a strangling sense of hopelessness and despair when He has designed you for the joy that comes with His victory!

Take heart! God has not left you cast down, defenseless, and defeated.

"But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory—making us conquerors—through our Lord Jesus Christ" (I Cor. 15:57, AMP)

Recognizing that your victory over the enemy has already been won by Jesus is half your battle. Exercising your authority according to God's Word completes the victory. Take up your challenge and win the war!

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for the victory I have in Jesus. Tonight I exercise my weapon of prayer and claim back those surrendered areas of my life. I renounce and rebuke the enemy in each and every area (name them out loud). I thank You, Jesus, for winning the battle for me. In Jesus' Name, Amen.