There are a lot of so-called Christians walking around defeated. By defeated, we mean that they have not yet fully experienced all that God has made available to them through the new covenant, “a better covenant, which was established upon better promises” (Hebrews 8:6). By defeated, we mean that they have not yet experienced that “more abundant life” that Jesus spoke of in John 10:10. The really sad part is that they do not even realize that they are defeated, living a defeated life. They claim the blood of Jesus over their lives but it is of no effect or at best, it has a partial effect on their lives. The biggest culprit is not the devil or any other outside forces, but it is an internal force known as “self,” what we will refer to as “an image problem.”
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: …” (Proverbs 23:7).
