A Winning Spirit

I love this little devotional and is something I can relate to. My son, is dealing with be on the B team of his school's wrestling team.

Although, he isn't on the varsity squad, the JV team has out wrestled the varsity without seeing the benefits of what being on varsity brings.

But he and the other JV wrestler's still hit the mat and give it all they got. I would say they have a winning spirit.

And I have come to the realization, being a winner isn't about how much you accomplish in life but you never stop trying and keep going when all you want to do is quit when the bowel breaks and the crap keeps piling up all around you.

God Bless.

A Winning Spirit

by Kenneth Copeland

“We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak.” 2 Corinthians 4:13 The spirit of faith speaks! It calls things that be not as though they were. It makes faith confessions—not because it’s “supposed to” or out of desperation, but because it’s so full of eager anticipation and confident expectation, it can’t keep its mouth shut! The spirit of faith says, “I don’t care what God has to do, He’ll turn the world upside down if He has to, but He will change this situation for me.” Every time I talk about the spirit of faith, I think about my high-school football team. For years the school had losing teams. But something happened to the bunch on my team. A spirit of winning got into them. When we were sophomores, we were on the B-squad. We were the nothings. But we somehow got the idea that we could win. Every year the B-squad would have to scrimmage the varsity team, and usually the varsity just beat the daylights out of the sophomores. But the year our B-squad played them, that changed. We didn’t just beat them, we had them down by several touchdowns, just daring them to get the ball, when the coach called off the game. He was so mad at the varsity team, he didn’t even let us finish. What happened to that little B-squad? We reached the point where we expected to win.

We had an inner image of ourselves as winners, and it eventually took the best team in the state to beat us. If a varsity giant is staring you in the face today, get that winning spirit in you. Get an inner image of yourself as the real winner. Stir up the spirit of faith. Confess over that situation, “I don’t care what God has to do, He’ll turn the world upside down if He has to, but He will change this situation for me. I am more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus (the Anointed One and His Anointing). I am an overcomer by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony.” And then celebrate the victory because you’re a winner! Speak the Word “I have the spirit of faith. I believe, therefore I speak.” —2 Corinthians 4:13

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