Episode 6: The God of Addiction | No Other Gods Series

In this powerful and personal episode of The Victory Podcast, Empress Victory continues the No Other Gods series by confronting addiction from a different perspective.

What if addiction isn’t always about drugs, alcohol, or substances? What if we can become addicted to validation, attention, acceptance, relationships, appearances, and the way the world makes us feel about ourselves?

In The God of Addiction, I take an honest look at my own life and recognize that I became addicted to how the world saw me. I allowed people’s opinions, attention, approval, and perception of me to influence how I saw myself.

But when something outside of God becomes the source of our identity, worth, comfort, or validation, it can begin occupying a place it was never meant to have.

This episode is about recognizing those attachments, confronting them honestly, and learning that our identity and worth cannot be determined by the world.

Through personal testimony, Scripture, reflection, and prayer, I invite you to ask yourself:

What am I addicted to that I never called an addiction?

It’s time to stop allowing the world to tell us who we are and begin seeing ourselves through the eyes of God.

No Other Gods. No Other Idols. God first.

🎙️ Episode 5: The God of People Pleasing — When Approval Becomes a False God

Who are you trying to please—and how much power have you given their approval?

In Episode 5 of The Victory Podcast, Empress Victory gets personal about one of the biggest struggles she has faced: people pleasing. From saying yes when she wanted to say no, fearing rejection, silencing herself, and putting everyone else’s feelings before her own, she shares how the desire to be accepted can slowly cause you to lose sight of yourself—and even become more concerned with pleasing people than pleasing God.

This episode explores the fear underneath people pleasing, the importance of boundaries, and the freedom that comes with realizing that “no” is not a dirty word.

Through personal testimony and Scripture, including Exodus 20:3, Proverbs 29:25, Galatians 1:10, 2 Timothy 1:7, and Psalm 56:3–4, Empress Victory challenges listeners to ask:

Who am I without their approval?

You can love people and still say no.
You can care about someone’s feelings without becoming responsible for them.
You can set boundaries and still have a good heart.
And you don’t have to sacrifice who God created you to be just to keep someone else comfortable.

No other gods. No acceptance. No applause. No validation.

It’s time to stop living for people’s approval and start seeking God’s direction.

🎧 The Victory Podcast — Episode 5: The God of People Pleasing

The No Other Gods Series: The God of Selfishness

In this deeply personal episode of The Victory Podcast, Empress Victory continues the No Other Gods series with an honest conversation about one of the hardest idols to recognize: self.

Following the loss of her brother and a season that challenged her faith, identity, and sense of purpose, Victory opens up about what happened when grief, selfishness, fear, and negative thoughts began taking up more space than God. She shares her realization that constantly asking, “How does this benefit me?” had to become “How does this serve God, His Kingdom, and the people I am called to impact?”

This episode explores grief, purpose, humility, spiritual warfare, and the difficult process of learning to surrender our own will to God’s. Victory also speaks candidly about experiencing suicidal thoughts during one of her darkest moments and how choosing to keep fighting allowed her to see another day—and experience the grace waiting on the other side of that moment.

Through prayer, Scripture, personal testimony, and reflection, The God of Selfishness challenges listeners to examine what has taken God’s place in their own lives. Sometimes the idol isn’t money, relationships, status, or possessions. Sometimes, the idol is self.

Victory’s message is simple: Access denied. Negative thoughts don’t get unlimited access anymore. Fear doesn’t get unlimited access. Selfishness doesn’t get unlimited access. And the voice telling you that your life has no purpose doesn’t get the final word.

This isn’t the testimony of someone who has arrived. It’s the testimony of someone who is still walking—choosing faith, choosing purpose, choosing humility, and choosing victory one day at a time.

🎙️ The Victory Podcast with Empress Victory
No Other Gods Series | The God of Selfishness

Content Note: This episode includes personal discussion of grief, depression, and suicidal thoughts. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts or are in crisis in the United States, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.