WoW 119: On how to achieve victory
Show notes
In this episode, the path to victory over personal struggles is explored with a focus on surrendering control to God. Taking time each morning to reflect and surrender uncertainties and fears can lead to a more peaceful existence. It also emphasizes on waiting and resting, and suggests that true courage often involves patient waiting and listening. The episode ends with some introspective questions intended to guide personal reflection and prayers.
00:00 Introduction to Achieving Victory
00:18 Understanding Your Struggles
00:38 The Power of Surrender
01:04 The Role of Courage and Patience
01:46 Inspirational Quotes and Verses
02:55 Reflective Questions for Personal Growth
03:14 Conclusion: The Path to Peace
About Josh Kalsbeek, LMFT
• As a Psychoherapist I help people overcome their greatest struggles.
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Links
Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past
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Transcript
Words of wisdom one 19 on how to achieve victory.
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:Victory starts with surrender.
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:Do you want victory over
your greatest struggle?
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:Do some days feel like you're out of
control, with victory just out of reach?
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:Consider the thing that feels
like you're Achille's heel,
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:always waiting to take you down.
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:Maybe you're longing for
a loved one to change.
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:Maybe you feel stuck in a job or
a situation that feels impossible.
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:Maybe you're fighting an addiction.
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:Whatever your struggle,
surrender it to God.
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:The only way to victory
is peaceful, surrender.
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:Learn each morning to get quiet
and surrender the day to the Lord.
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:Take it easy and rest.
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:Identify any fears or uncertainty
and recognize that the outcomes
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:are in God's hands, not yours,
and let go of taking control.
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:Sometimes God is inviting you to
take courageous action, but so often
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:courage looks like waiting, resting.
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:Listening.
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:Being willing to do whatever
God has for you while you wait.
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:Open your heart to whatever the Lord
might say to you and trust your will and
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:your life and your loved ones to God.
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:The surest path to victory in the war for
your soul is to surrender to the mighty
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:one who has all power wherever you are.
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:Whatever you're facing,
surrender to him today.
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:Quotes, we do not receive wisdom.
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:We must discover it for ourselves after
a journey through the wilderness, which
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:no one can make for us, which no one
can spare us by Marcel Proust in his
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:novel, Remembrance of Things Past.
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:I will bless the Lord at all times.
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:His praise shall
continually be in my mouth.
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:My soul makes its boast in the Lord.
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:Let the humble hear and be glad.
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:Oh, magnify the Lord with me and
let us exalt his name together.
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:I sought the Lord and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
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:Look to him and be radiant so
your faces shall never be ashamed.
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:This poor soul cried and was heard
by the Lord and was saved from every
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:trouble by King David in Psalm 34
verses one through six questions.
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:What do you need to
surrender to God today?
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:Will you wait for him to
do what only he can do?
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:Will you honor God, come what may?
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:Use these questions as a journal prompt
and to guide your prayers this week.
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:And note, learn to live the surrendered
life of the flourishing way of love.
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:It's the only way to peace.
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:Live wisely, Josh.
