VL - Issue 18 - November 2015
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Table of Contents<br />
<strong>Issue</strong> 4 <strong>2015</strong><br />
Are you experiencing victorious living?<br />
Is your life filled with<br />
purpose, love,<br />
joy, and peace?<br />
Do you have hope for your future?<br />
Forgiveness for your past?<br />
Strength for your tomorrow?<br />
Right now you might be thinking, “Are you kidding me? Joy, peace,<br />
purpose? Worth, strength, forgiveness? I’ll never have those things! Look<br />
at where I am! Look at what I’ve been through. Look at what I’ve done.<br />
Look at what has been done to me.”<br />
Friend, right now, no matter what your past<br />
or present, all of these things can be<br />
yours. You can have peace that passes all understanding, joy in the<br />
midst of hardship, love and acceptance despite your failures, forgiveness,<br />
and a fresh start. Your life can have purpose.<br />
It doesn’t matter if you are sitting in a mansion or in a jail cell or<br />
somewhere in between, a victorious life can be<br />
yours TodaY!<br />
How? Through a relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ.<br />
If you do not currently have a relationship with God, begin one right<br />
now. Romans 10:8–10 nkjv explains how: “The word is near you, in your<br />
mouth and in your heart…that if you confess with your mouth the Lord<br />
Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead,<br />
you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and<br />
with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”<br />
As you accept what Christ has done for you and put your<br />
faith in Him alone for salvation, you are then<br />
free to have a relationship with God and experience His peace, power,<br />
presence, and love. You don’t have to do anything to earn God’s love and<br />
forgiveness. It’s yours for the asking!<br />
After you’ve received this free gift of salvation, guess what? You are<br />
then able to step into the life of victory Christ died to give you—an<br />
abundant life of peace, joy, worth, love, and purpose. As you grow in your<br />
relationship with Him through studying and applying the Word of God<br />
and by trusting Him, these things are released in your daily life.<br />
Will you pray with me right now and<br />
receive all that God intends for you?<br />
Dear Lord,<br />
I confess that I am a sinner in need of salvation. I thank You for<br />
sending Your Son, Jesus, to save me from my sins. Thank You that<br />
He laid down His life for me so that I could have a new life in Him. I<br />
receive, by faith, this forgiveness of sin. I now give my life, my past,<br />
and my future to You. Guide my steps and speak to my heart, Lord.<br />
Amen<br />
6 A Wardrobe Change | Kristi Overton Johnson<br />
7 Uniquely You | Rick Renner<br />
8 Watermelon on the Rocks | Kristi Overton Johnson<br />
9 He Hears | Roy A. Borges<br />
9 One Unanswered Prayer | Jeremy W.<br />
10 Choose to Live | Todd Ingersoll<br />
11 Switch That Label | Aleshia Dye<br />
11 Beautiful You<br />
12 The Train Ticket | Becky Coursen<br />
12 Winter | Becky Coursen<br />
14 Fast and Furious | Linda Cubbedge<br />
15 This Is Only a Test | Bonnie Hagemann<br />
16 A Work in Progress | Kenny Munds<br />
19 Opening for God | Kenny Munds<br />
20 Burying the Fox | George Beasley<br />
20 Words Unspoken | Dan Stewart<br />
21 The Perfect Fit | Kayla Miller<br />
21 Be Available | Roy A. Borges<br />
22 Under the Hat | Jacob Miller<br />
22 Hat Check | Jacob Miller and Kristi Overton Johnson<br />
23 Patience Is a Virtue | Kristi Dews Dale<br />
24 Unbroken Donkey | Carey Morford<br />
26 KOJM Ministry Update<br />
26 Back on Track | Corey C.<br />
27 Jewelry for Jesus | Kristi Overton Johnson<br />
28 IHW Ministry Update<br />
29 No Rope-a-Dopes | Nate Miller<br />
30 God Made a Way | Calvin M.<br />
Share Your Story!<br />
Do you have a story of victory? Share it with our readers!<br />
Your story has the power to transform lives and bring<br />
much needed hope. Here are the guidelines:<br />
• Submissions are not guaranteed to be included in the magazine.<br />
• Submission is acknowledgment of your granting KOJM and<br />
Victorious Living publication rights to produce your submission in this<br />
magazine and other ministry publications.<br />
• Photos submitted must have photographer’s and each photographed<br />
subjects’ consent of use. Photographer’s name must be included. Hard copies of<br />
photographs will not be returned.<br />
• Victorious Living does not pay for submissions.<br />
• Submissions should be a maximum of 800 words and are<br />
subject to editing.<br />
• Mail submissions to: Victorious Living, PO Box 120951, Clermont, FL<br />
34712-0951; or submit online at kojministries.org.<br />
• Victorious Living is a free quarterly publication distributed to KOJ<br />
Ministries partners, at various distribution locations, and within the<br />
prison system.<br />
Victorious Living<br />
MISSION<br />
The purpose of Victorious Living is to declare freedom for the captive through true<br />
testimonials of God’s grace, love, and power in the lives of everyday people. A captive<br />
is anyone enslaved to their circumstances, relationships, thought patterns, habits, or<br />
emotions. A captive can be incarcerated or living in a free society. They can be of any age,<br />
gender, race, and socio-economic background.<br />
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