Congratulations, you are about to read a lesson that is going to revolutionize your way of thinking. It is going to give you an attitude of victory, to live the victorious life that God had in mind for you.

Open your heart, and get ready to receive some victorious thoughts.

Victory is ours. God has made us more than conquerors, Romans 8:37, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us," in Christ. You’ve just begun to embark upon a journey that is going to renew your way of seeing things, to see them in the light of the victory of God’s Word.

Victory in Jesus is what we have.

Before we get started with this study, let's enter into some praise and worship. Prepare your spirit to receive this wonderful concept of thinking. Begin to think of who you are, in Christ, instead of who you were in yourself without Him.

Worship God now, and lift Him up. Jesus, we love you, we worship you. Jesus, we praise you. How great you are, Lord. All glory to you, Lord.

Praise the Lord. He is worthy. He is worthy to receive power, honor, glory and praise. Jesus we give you all the praise. Let’s pray.

Right now, Father, we are asking you to anoint what we are about to read, by Your Spirit. That you would bless these words, that you would enrich these words to the heart of the person reading this study, right now. We praise you, Jesus, we give you the glory and the honor, right now, and we lift up your name above all things. Hallelujah! Amen!

God wants you to begin to see yourself the way He sees you. You are complete in Him and you can become everything that God wants you to be simply by internalizing the things that God has said about you and understanding who you already are in Christ. Philemon 1:6 says that your faith becomes effective through the acknowledging of every good thing that is in you in Christ Jesus.

Not through acknowledging the bad. Not through an I can’t mentality, but through an I can mentality. The Word of God says in Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." He strengthens you to do that which you think is impossible.

Jesus said in Mark 4:26-27, "And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how," that the Word of God is a seed. Seeds, as you know, must be planted. And if they are to grow they must be planted in soil. If they are to grow properly they must be planted in fertile soil. A seed cannot germinate in the wrong environment. A seed cannot germinate in an environment that it was not meant to germinate in. Jesus said that the words He spoke are spirit and life. John 6:63, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." His words are spirit and life.

Therefore, the Word of God being spirit must enter into the human spirit before it can germinate. It cannot and will not germinate in the mind. But the mind is the place at which it begins its journey to your spirit. Entering in through your eyes by reading, Luke 11:34, "The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness," or through the ears by hearing, Romans 10:17, "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

The process begins in the mind through the revelation of the Holy Spirit and a repentance begins to occur. A 180° turnaround is set in motion through a continual fortifying and nurturing. The Word bores a hole through your soul as you are converted to Christ in a given area, leaving a clear conduit through which Christ-life can flow. It transfers to your spirit where the Holy Spirit waters the Word in your spirit through prayer. The Word will germinate and become life to you after its kind. The Word of God talks about the seed of the serpent or the seed of the devil in, Genesis 3:15, "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel," and that seed, in that particular reference, is the thought or the word of the devil. Jesus said it contains a lie, John 8:44, "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it." Hence the term corruptible seed. 1 Peter 1:23, "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever."

Many people have an image in their mind that was not put there by the Word of God. It is a bad image, it is a wrong thought. Not only do they have a bad image of themselves, but they have a bad image of God as well. Yet, we were originally created in the image of God. Satan has warped mankind's view of himself, his view of his fellow man, and his view toward God.

You are about to read and study qualities from God’s Word that you can release through putting your faith in the work of Christ through confessing to yourself, and meditating, therein. This will change the image that you have of yourself and the image that you have of God into the image that God intended, to help you build faith and confidence to face the encounters of life. Jesus Christ is in your heart, if you have accepted Him as your Lord and Savior. HE IS THE GREAT I AM. He is everything to you that you need.

The Word of God must germinate in you that it might bare fruit after its kind. Each natural seed on the earth bares fruit after its kind. An apple seed produces an apple tree which produces apples. Each one of the qualities listed in this study are supported the Holy Scriptures and will enable you to release fruit through you. If it is planted in your spirit through regular meditation it will activate that virtue that is in you in Christ Jesus, Psalms 1:2, "But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night," and whatever you do will prosper.

People build physical muscle through physical exercise, they build intelligence through intellectual exercise, now we must come to the realization that we can build our faith through a labor to enter into rest that consists of a general, consistent, profession of our faith and the internalizing of the Word of Faith. When the disciples asked Jesus Christ to increase their faith, He told them to have faith as a grain of a mustard seed. Matthew 17:20, "And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."

In essence what He was saying was that you must plant the seed into the soil of your spirit, and wait for it to grow. Therefore, my friend, you may begin to build your faith with these qualities through the reading and internalizing of the I AM’s and by speaking them out loud to yourself during your daily prayer and devotional time. You will activate them and they will manifest through you.

It is very important to remember that it is only by the mercy and grace of God, and the sacrifice through Jesus Christ on the cross, that these gifts and qualities are rightfully obtained. John 15:5, "I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing." On that basis alone you have the right, by the Word of God as a joint heir, to take hold of and receive all of the promises of God. 2 Corinthians 1:20, "For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen."

May God bless you in your endeavors to incubate and internalize His Word in your spirit.

Now, turn on your internal cameras and begin to focus in on the pictures you are about to read and see about yourself. When the Hebrew people of the Old Testament spoke in Hebrew, their language was pictorial, so that they could see exactly what was being said and conveyed. Begin to see with your heart and mind, as best you can, all of the qualities you are about to read, as being inside you so as to renew your way of seeing and believing.

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I am a witness, Acts 1:8, "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." See yourself as a witness for Christ, having many opportunities to share the Gospel.

I am gracious, Luke 4:22, "And all bare Him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?" The Word of God says that Jesus spoke gracious words and He obviously was gracious. You are gracious, in Him. Say it to yourself and think it, "I am gracious, in Christ."

I am thankful, Colossians 3:15, "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." Consider yourself a grateful individual, thankful to be alive, happy to be alive. Happy to receive all the benefits of the work of Christ for your life, knowing that it is finished, in Him. Amen.

I am a vessel of honor, 2 Timothy 2:21, "If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work." I am a vessel of honor through which God's gifts and fruit can pour.

I am anointed by His Spirit, 1 John 2:27, "But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him." Know that you are anointed by the Spirit of God, even as God would have you to know as a result of the work Christ. God has placed the anointing of His Spirit in you. That anointing teaches you and others around you. It is through the anointing that the gifts and fruits are dispensed. Amen.

I am made in God’s image, Genesis 1:27, "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them." God made you in his very image. God is beautiful. God is intelligent. God is creative, and He made you in His image. Jesus came to restore that image to you. Receive it. Accept it. Don’t be afraid. It’s O.K. to see yourself made in the image, the very image of God Almighty.

I am visionary, Proverbs 29:18, "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." I have a vision, from God. Say it with your own heart and mind, I have a vision, from God. He gives me insight. He shows me the way He wants me to go. He gives me goals that my life might be enhanced and full of vitality and refreshing times. Thank you, Lord, for vision from your Spirit.

©1998, D.L. Kurcz