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“As the days passed, my soul was at war within itself. I was torn between my feelings of anger and what I had been taught my whole life about forgiveness. The problem was, I needed justice. I began to think and write about what true justice”
― Jason Vallotton, Winning the War Within: The Journey to Healing and Wholeness

“One of the things we all need to keep in mind when we are setting boundaries is that the primary goal should be to build stronger and deeper relationships with people. Yes,”
― Jason Vallotton, Winning the War Within: The Journey to Healing and Wholeness

“First, we took Christ’s authority to silence the enemy. Second, we asked the Lord to clear from our minds any presumptions and preconceived ideas. Third, we waited…believing He would speak in the way and in the time that He chose.”
― Loren Cunningham, Is That Really You, God?

“The account of King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in the fourth chapter of Daniel shows us that learning humility doesn’t mean we have to think of ourselves negatively. In the dream, Nebuchadnezzar sees an angel cut down a huge tree, leaving only the stump. Daniel, his most trusted dream interpreter, tells him that the dream is about him. He is the tree, and he is about to get cut down because of his pride. Daniel urges the king to humble himself before God humbles him. Twelve months later, Nebuchadnezzar is on the roof of his castle talking to himself about how awesome he is to have accomplished so much by himself. Suddenly he loses his mind. He is driven into the fields and lives like an animal for seven years. Finally, after seven long years of complete insanity, God restores his mind. The first statement out of his mouth when he can finally talk again is stunning: At that time my reason returned to me. And my majesty and splendor were restored to me for the glory of my kingdom, and my counselors and my nobles began seeking me out; so I was reestablished in my sovereignty, and surpassing greatness was added to me (Daniel 4:36). If we didn’t know better, wouldn’t we think that this was the kind of statement that provoked God to humble him in the first place? Once again, he is saying, “I am awesome!” But look at the next verse! He says, “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride” (Dan. 4:37). Did you get that? King Nebuchadnezzar is saying that he’s awesome, but God is more awesome. God’s problem with Nebuchadnezzar was not his greatness, but his taking all the credit for it without acknowledging that God gave him his kingdom in the first place. God gave him back everything he had lost because he learned his lesson, that “Heaven rules” (Dan. 4:26). The point is that as long as we acknowledge where our greatness comes from, we’re not in danger of pride. We don’t glorify God by saying we’re not great, we glorify Him by acknowledging that He is the source of that greatness. Humility is not demeaning ourselves but exalting our God.”
― Kris Vallotton, The Supernatural Ways of Royalty: Discovering Your Rights and Privileges of Being a Son or Daughter of God