Scripture speaks of several things God has foreordained about our lives. We have been sanctified, which allows us to be obedient to God. All this is accomplished by the sprinkling of Christ’s blood. Not only does this blood cover past sin, but continues to have power today. Through this blood we have an unmovable inheritance with God.

This message is for those who are in despair and are wondering how they will ever get free. The cry of God to you is, “don’t make peace with your sin, and don’t try to break free in your own strength”. Sin is waiting at the door of our hearts ready to usher us through life. But God declares that sin shall not master you but you shall master it. Sin loses its power over us because of Jesus Christ. We are not called in our own strength to get the victory we are called to believe in Jesus. When Jesus cried, “It is finished”, He broke the power of sin.

Seasons of hardship in our lives often leave us wondering. The children of Israel were familiar with hardships through numerous seasons of exile, but God had a purpose in these exiles. God allows these times to strip away things that have taken His place in our lives. When we understand God's purpose, we will look at our times of exile differently.

Often we live our lives defeated because of a label someone has placed on us or an image of failure that we have placed upon ourselves. In ourselves there is no way to remove this image, but God has spoken an overcoming word to us — chosen. He believes in us and with this knowledge wants us to walk in confidence and power.