Living Above Your Circumstances
by Dr. Dora Sanders Hill  

Problems abound in the lives of Believers....Make no mistake about it; everyone is challenged on some level. But God has made a way for every Child of God to not only endure these times of testing but to come out with Absolute Victory! Our testimonies need not change every time our circumstances change.... Times are not going to get any better. Our best efforts against Satan, has produced nothing more than frustration...Well you ask, "Why would you say that?".... It’s evident in the fact that if we could "bind" Satan effectively...Why then do we have to do it everyday?   

He's on an assignment and God Himself has ordained it.  Read Matthew 24 chapter and you will see that all these things must need be. My heart's prayer for the people of God is for us to come into a place of safety and assurance. We must believe God's Word. When we do...It will not matter what is happening around us or to us....We will trust God for the outcome.

We have a classic example of this in the Apostle Paul, who even though he was imprisoned in Rome, in the midst of dire, bleak and hopeless situations, his joy and his peace remained full... Paul was able to rise above his many afflictions..... How did he do it? And how can we surmount our trials and tests? He didn't overcome in his own strength. He pointed to his one and only true source--Jesus Christ! Paul said," I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13).  The word Joy occurs 16 times in various forms in this letter.....He rejoiced, not in his own will and courage, but in the power of God that was in him. We have access to that same power. Paul suffered for four years as a prisoner of Rome. While in jail he wrote 4 letters that we read in the New Testament...... Philippians, Colossians, Ephesians, and Philemon.