© 2012 A.D - BORN TO OVERCOME
Dr. D. K. Olukoya

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover Image

Title Page

Copyright & Permissions

Introduction

FACTS ABOUT OVERCOMING

Chapter One: INSTRUCTIONS TO THOSE WHO WANT TO OVERCOME

PRAYER POINTS

Chapter Two: BIBLICAL SECRETS OF GREATNESS

WHAT DOES GREATNESS MEAN?

FACTS ABOUT GREATNESS

Chapter Three: KEYS TO GREATNESS

Chapter Four: WAKE UP YOUR INNER TREASURE

DIAMOND MINE OF GOLCONDA

THINGS THAT CAN AFFECT YOUR HIDDEN TREASURE

THE SEVEN TREASURES IN THE LIFE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

Chapter Five: SIGNS TO KNOW YOUR INTERNAL TREASUR

PRAYER POINTS

Chapter Six: THE WAY UP IS DOWN

BENEFITS OF BROKENNESS

THE UNBROKEN

PRAYER POINTS

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INTRODUCTION

This book focuses on the principles of overcoming and the secrets of greatness.

Deuteronomy 28:13 says, "And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shall be above only. And thou shall not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them."

The agenda of the Almighty is that all His children should be overcomers.

John 16:33 says, "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world, ye shall have tribulations. But be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

FACTS ABOUT OVERCOMING

It is emergencies that make or produce giant men. Goliath was an emergency and when David showed up, the emergency made David a giant killer.

It is the rough seas and storms that make good sailors. You cannot claim to be a real pilot or captain, when you have not faced turbulent seas or situations.

It is wars that make generals. And without adversity, you will never know the kind of materials you are made of.

The same sun that melts the wax also hardens the clay. The same trouble that some people face and they collapse will strengthen others.

For a Christian, every adversity is usually a blessing in disguise.

Every failure will teach you a lesson and that you will need to learn. Proverbs 24:10 says, "If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small."

When your spiritual temperature is high enough, it will kill all internal demons. It is only a mad fly or mosquito that can perch on a hot electric iron.

A man is not a sinner because he is a drunkard but he is a drunkard because he is a sinner. Sin is a disaster to everyone who wants to overcome.

If television is the lord of your evening, do not expect divine visitation or night vision because you are probably going to carry into your vision what you have been watching.

If you try to please everybody, you are a student in the school of failure; that is, if you try to be everything to everybody, you will end up being nothing to everybody.

All men must stumble often before they reach the top. Only a worm is free from worry and stumbling.

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CHAPTER ONE

INSTRUCTIONS TO THOSE WHO WANT TO OVERCOME

1. You must have the fighting spirit: The Bible says, "Fight the good fight of faith" (1 Timothy 6: 12). It also says, "From the days of John the Baptist until now; the kingdom of God suffereth violence, and the violent taketh it by force" (Matthew 11 : 12).

Many times we are too passive for God to do anything. Often times, we allow the status quo to just go on without the desire and action for a meaningful change. Anytime our expectations are not met or we do not get something right, we have a tendency to collapse or give up. Such an attitude annoys heaven. The reason we read about Jacob in the Bible today is that he was a fighter.

He knew that he was not in the position of blessing and if he continued that way, he would die a wretched man. He fought his way out until the angel of God blessed him. The reason we are also reading about blind Bartimaeus is that he was a fighter. Unfortunately, we have a new generation of Christians whose only objective is to occupy conquered territories. They are only looking for comfort zones, which is very sad. The Bible regards the house of God as a military barracks; a place where you fight. That is why these days, you see some young men, who are looking for women who already have flats and cars to marry so that they will do nothing.

That is laziness, and I consider such young men to be strange. You also notice another category of young men who should rather sit down and do their carpentry, tailoring, or building work but they would say, "I want to be a pastor, for God has called me."

This is contrary to the Scriptures because the people God calls are those who are very busy doing their work. They do not even want to leave their work to serve God. But nowadays, you see some people carrying suitcases with stickers on them and claiming to be pastors. At this juncture, I would like you to declare this loud and clear: "O God, arise and give me the fighting spirit, in the name of Jesus."

Fighters do not give up in a hurry. They see life as a challenge and their desire is to make it. They see life as a duty and want to perform it. They see life as an opportunity and they want to take it. They see life as a journey and they want to complete it. They see life as a promise and want to fulfil it. They see life as a field and want to cultivate it. They see life as a struggle and want to fight it.

I know a sister who comes from a humble background. She struggled and got her first degree and struggled and got a Masters degree. Thereafter, she had no job for five years. One day, she attended a service; where the preacher quoted the Scriptures which say that the violent takes it by force and she got angry within her and began a seven-day dry fast.

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