Whenever God is made second to anything even if they are good things is unacceptable.

Dr Tony Evans says it's not only time to reconsider what we're doing, but why we're doing it.

So evidently you can be doing right stuff and be in wrong relationship.

This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, author, speaker, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship

in Dallas, Texas and president of the Urban Alternative. Over time, our love for God either tends to grow more rich or more routine.

Well today Dr Evans explains that when routine becomes the norm it's time to take a serious look at our priorities.

Let's join him as he helps us do that.

The Greek word for Overcoma is Nakeo.

Even if you don't know Greek, you know the word because you know the word Nike.

Nike is from Nike. It is the English cognate of that Greek word.

Nikeau referred to in Greek the goddess of victory.

So when you see the swish, the logo for Nike, you are actually looking at them borrowing from Greek, Greek mythology,

the goddess of victory, and that's where we get the word in the Bible

overcomer.

When you look at Nike paraphernalia, they want you to win.

The Swiss means they want to call you to victory in whatever sport you may be participating in.

God wants you to win.

Because the word means to overcome something which means

there's something that you need to overcome. Something that is seeking to defeat

oppress to make you a victim and not allow you to be a victor. The number seven in the

scripture means to come to completion. So when we unpack each one of these seven messages to the seven

churches, you will have enough to overcome. You can overcome in a number of different ways, but the principle should be operating

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