Date: 07-Feb-2025

Name: Neil Fairbrother

Topic: OVERCOMING VICTIM MENTALITY

Content: 

Revelation 12.11 

Everyone has a story.

testimonies of abandonment as a child, violent & abusive upbringings, psychological abuse. substance abuses...

physical abuses. betrayal, 

broken promises.

historical invasions,  bad decisions & losses. medical issues and disablements. the misunderstandings, tensions and unfairness' death & loss. dependency burdens, & demands in this broken world. we call life...

we can remain victims  trapped & imprisoned 

By the 

consequences of sin. feeling justified to abuse others, or self medicate, we can believe we deserve it &

cultivate condemnation. 

(a recipe for depression.)

However the alternative.

the recipe  of Hope & freedom.

there is good news: 

In the name Jesus.

who promises:

abundant life,

Spiritual life,

eternal life.

enabling us to be lifted above the circumstances & situations & destroy the devils trap  -

of Victom Mentality.

my story or 'His testimony,'

in my life started  when I was 30 years old 

at the time - seemingly successful owning & operationing a business for 9 years: beautiful wife 3 beautiful children, an  expensive house, show winning cars, 

prestige within the hot rod community.  

but this all came crashing down when my wife left me for my best friend, she took my 3 children  & had left the country.

devastated I took on a victom mentality & began to wollow in self pity. my solution was to commit suicide .

( spiritually I took on a spirit of suicide) I had very real peace about it, like it was the right thing to do.

carrying a hose over my shoulder, walking out to plug it into the exhaust & go to sleep.

however the phone rang a friend asked me to lunch, which snapped me out of it.

psalm 51:17b

a broken & contrite heart God will not dispise

Isaiah 54 11- 17.

Jesus came into my life, showed me who he is, I got born again  spiritually & he told me what he was going to do. then He did it.

I was water baptized 3 weeks later. the prophesy was My Spirit has drawn you I will do a quick work

.Everyday through the Word &  experiences God revealed himself - His word.. 

example spiders. = Grace.

love = giving

opposite to love is not hate, but selfishness . I had no one to give to.

difference between wanting to believe & knowing.

visiting speaker - ear blockage.

baptized in the Spirit in my 5th week.

work for catholic Church

pete . items in workshop.

priest 

audible? voice twice 

around religion 

called into radio ministry.

called to Perth WA 

confirmed 9 times.

called into youth work

Homeless Youth 30 yrs.

CFAC. 

overseas ministry.

Prayer Points: