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    Victory Over the Darkness Study Guide: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ
    Victory Over the Darkness Study Guide: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ
    Victory Over the Darkness Study Guide: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ
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    Victory Over the Darkness Study Guide: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

    By Neil T. Anderson

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    "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:32 niv).

    It's Jesus's promise to you--the promise that you will live triumphantly. But what keeps you from really walking in the joy of the Lord? The powers of darkness attack us daily. But, as Dr. Neil Anderson shows in Victory Over the Darkness, you can have the power to conquer them by knowing who you are in Christ. In this book, you will learn how to
    · realize the power of your identity in Christ
    · find freedom from the burdens of your past
    · stand against the spiritual forces of this world
    · win the battle for your mind
    · become the victorious person you want to be
    · discover the truth about God's view of you

    Victory Over the Darkness     spells out practical ways to experience Christian growth based on Christ's promise. Learn to apply the truths of Scripture as a base from which to renew your mind and become the person Christ empowers you to be.

    Study guide and DVD also available.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateJun 2, 2020
    ISBN9781493430628
    Victory Over the Darkness Study Guide: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ
    Author

    Neil T. Anderson

    Dr. Neil T. Anderson is founder and president emeritus of Freedom in Christ Ministries. He was formerly chairman of the Practical Theology Department at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University in the USA. He holds five degrees from Talbot, Pepperdine University and Arizona State University. A former aerospace engineer, Dr. Anderson has 20 years of experience as a pastor and has written several best-selling books on living free in Christ.

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      Victory Over the Darkness Study Guide - Neil T. Anderson

      © 1994, 2000 by Neil T. Anderson (First Edition)

      © 2013 by Neil T. Anderson (Second Edition)

      Published by Bethany House Publishers

      11400 Hampshire Avenue South

      Bloomington, Minnesota 55438

      www.bethanyhouse.com

      Bethany House Publishers is a division of

      Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan

      www.bakerpublishinggroup.com

      Ebook edition created 2020

      Previously published by Regal Books

      ISBN 978-0-7642-3600-6

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

      ISBN 978-1-4412-6565-4

      Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the New American Standard Bible, © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

      Scripture quotations labeled NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com

      Cover design by Rob Williams, InsideOutCreativeArts

      Contents

      Cover    1

      Half Title Page    2

      Title Page    3

      Copyright Page    4

      A Note from Neil Anderson    7

      1. Who Are You?    9

      2. The Whole Gospel    25

      3. See Yourself for Who You Really Are    39

      4. Something Old, Something New    53

      5. Becoming the Spiritual Person God Wants You to Be    67

      6. The Power of Believing the Truth    79

      7. You Can’t Live Beyond What You Believe    89

      8. God’s Guidelines for the Walk of Faith    101

      9. Winning the Battle for Your Mind    111

      10. You Must Be Real to Be Right    123

      11. Healing Emotional Wounds    135

      12. Loving One Another    147

      Back Cover    159

      A Note from Neil Anderson

      Luke 5:1–11 illustrates how our Lord and Savior taught. Jesus was instructing the multitudes from Peter’s boat. When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, ‘Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch’ (v. 4). Jesus had stopped talking, but He had not stopped teaching. Peter heard what Jesus said, but he hadn’t fully learned until he got into the boat and put out the nets.

      This study guide gives you an opportunity to get into the boat and put out the nets. You can skim the surface, or you can venture into deep water. You can do it alone, but I recommend that you do it with other faithful learners. It provides an opportunity to hear another person’s perspective, and greater learning always takes place in the context of committed relationships. Developing trusting relationships and being devoted to one another in prayer are what make group study so enriching.

      It is my prayer that you will comprehend who you are in Christ and be equipped to live as a child of God. If this study guide helps make that possible, I will be forever grateful. May the grace and love of our heavenly Father bless you with all the riches of your inheritance in Christ.

      Neil T. Anderson

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      Who Are You?

      Jesus promised that you will know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32). Our identity in Jesus Christ is a fundamental truth that we believers need to understand if we are to experience this promised freedom and to mature in Christ. Who are you? sounds like a simple question, but attempting to answer it soon reveals the complexity of the issue.

      We tend to identify ourselves and each other by what we look like, what we do, where we live, and what our social standing, political affiliation, or denominational preference is. But does that determine who we are, or does who we are determine what we do? That’s an important question, especially as it relates to our self-perception, and how we live.

      How you ever thought about who you are and formed an opinion about yourself? How has that self-perception affected how you live?

      What influenced this perception of yourself?

      Why can’t the sciences of psychology and biology unlock the mystery of the person?

      People cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with what they believe about themselves. How important is it that we have God’s perspective for who we are?

      FALSE ATTEMPTS AT SELF-VERIFICATION

      PAGES 22–24

      I shared the story of an attractive young woman who, from the outside, seemed to have everything going for her: excellent grades, musical talent, a full-ride university scholarship, an attractive wardrobe, and a new car.

      Upon talking with her, I discerned that what was on the inside didn’t match the outside. I asked her, Have you ever cried yourself to sleep at night because you felt inadequate and wished you were somebody else? Through her tears, she asked, How did you know?

      How we appear affects the perception that others may have of us, but how does that affect our understanding of who we are? Why are so many concerned about what others think of them?

      Have you ever felt inadequate and wished you were somebody else? Have you ever been tempted to project an image of who you are to others that

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