Seven Steps to Victory: Episode 6

Main Ideas

• The teaching is based on Deuteronomy 2:24. Andrew Wommack describes Moses giving Israel final instructions after their years in the wilderness. God tells the people to rise, journey onward, cross the Arnon River, and confront Sihon. Wommack draws seven lessons from the verse; this episode focuses on the fourth: “Behold, I have given”—see the victory as already provided.

• The first three steps set up the fourth:

  1. Rise up: Don’t remain settled in a situation that falls short of what God has intended.
  2. Take your journey: Find and pursue the particular path Wommack believes God has called you to, rather than copying someone else’s.
  3. Cross into enemy territory: Don’t let fear of risk, opposition, or persecution keep you from moving forward.
  4. Behold the victory: Before the battle begins, recognize by faith that God has already given the victory.

• Faith, in Wommack’s teaching, means seeing spiritually before seeing physically. He says people can “see” something inwardly through faith even when their physical senses offer no evidence. He applies this to healing, provision, and other prayers: believers should trust God’s promises and regard them as received when they pray, before the outcome becomes visible.

• He distinguishes a “carnal” mindset from a spiritual one. Wommack uses carnal to mean being governed or limited by the five senses—not necessarily living a particularly sinful life. A spiritual mindset, as he presents it, is shaped by God’s Word rather than by symptoms or circumstances.

• His practical application is to picture oneself in line with the promise being prayed for. For example, he urges people praying for healing or financial provision to envision themselves healed or provided for, rather than waiting for physical proof before believing. He presents this as a way to receive what he believes God has already made available.

• Scriptural examples support his point:

  • He cites Mark 11:23–24, interpreting Jesus’ teaching about believing, speaking, and receiving as a pattern: believe you receive when you pray, then expect the result to appear.
  • He refers to Jesus cursing the fig tree, emphasizing that Jesus spoke without making a physical change to it at the time; the tree’s condition became visible later.
  • He cites 1 Peter 2:24 (“by his stripes you were healed”) and Ephesians 1:3 (“hath… blessed us”) as statements he interprets as describing provision already accomplished.
  • He uses Romans 8:6 to contrast a sense-led outlook with a spiritually minded one, and John 6:63 to connect spiritual thinking with Jesus’ words.

• Illustrations: Wommack recounts an anecdote about a legally blind pastor’s wife who, after prayer, was asked to imagine herself seeing before opening her eyes. He says she then opened them and could see. He also describes conceiving building plans inwardly before the buildings were constructed, saying the inward vision was more exciting than seeing the finished buildings.

• Overall lesson: Wommack encourages listeners to act rather than remain complacent, pursue their individual calling, accept that moving forward may involve risk, and—in his interpretation of faith—regard God’s promises as true before they are physically evident.

Speakers and Sources Featured

• Andrew Wommack — main speaker and teacher.
• Unnamed program announcer — briefly directs viewers to the ministry’s channels and teaching materials.
• Scriptural sources cited: Deuteronomy 2:24; 2 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Peter 2:24; Ephesians 1:3; Mark 11:14 and 11:23–24; Romans 8:6; John 6:63; Isaiah 26:3; and Ephesians 1.
• Unidentified people in Wommack’s anecdotes: a healing evangelist and a pastor’s wife; neither is named or heard directly.