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Understanding the Ministry of Angels

There are angels, right now, assigned to every believer on the planet. They are present and ready, commissioned by God with specific instructions. They are assigned to believers as ministers to help them, yet many remain idle. They are not idle because God hasn’t given them something to do; they are standing idle because we have not yet given them the thing they need to become active in our lives. They are waiting for something they have a right to respond to.

The Believers’ Voice

The thing they are waiting for is not a prayer formula or some special anointing. It’s not a certain level of faith or spiritual maturity reserved for the spiritual elite. The signal they wait for is God’s Word given voice through the believer.

God’s Word coming from our mouth is one of the ways we access Heaven’s help. For many of us, the reason we have not experienced this dimension of supernatural assistance is not that God has withheld it; it is that we have not been taught how to access it.

Let’s dive into the Bible and build a solid foundation for this truth to rest on.

Psalm 103:20-21 Bless the Lord, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word. 21 Bless the Lord, all you His hosts, You ministers of His, who do His pleasure.

Angels operate in response to the voice of God’s Word. And when we give voice to the Word of God, angels hear and respond.

We know they exist. We see them throughout the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Yet many think of angels as figures who only appear to people like Abraham, Daniel, Mary, or Peter, but not active participants in our daily lives.

This kind of wrong thinking and wrong believing can rob the Church of one of the powerful revelations of our covenant inheritance. Scripture depicts angels as active, ongoing servants of God, sent here to minister on our behalf. They are not on vacation, and they have not been decommissioned. They are at work right now, or at least, they should be.

When angels are not working in our lives, it is not a failure on the Lord’s part; it is often a failure of understanding on ours. We have not been taught the Word concerning the ministry of angels. Without this understanding, we can leave an entire host of angels standing idle while we try to fight spiritual battles in our own natural strength.  

We have tremendous power and help available to us if we will just activate that help. God did not send us into the world unarmed. He gave us His Word, His Spirit, His blood. the authority of His name, and His angels.

Angels are activated by words spoken through the lips of the believer. These words must align with God’s Word, or angels have no legal right to help us.

Without the Word of God on our lips, the angels have no instruction to carry out. They are waiting for their marching orders, and those orders come through believers giving voice God’s Word.

As born-again believers, filled with the Spirit, equipped with a Bible, and authorized to speak in the name of Jesus, we become the voice of God’s Word on the Earth. When we open our Bibles and confess, “By His stripes we are healed,” (Isaiah 53:5) that is the voice of God’s Word. When we declare, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want,” (Psalm 23:1) that is the voice of God’s Word. When we stand against demonic attack and declare, “No weapon that is formed against me shall prosper” (Isaiah 54:17), that is the voice of God’s Word. When angels hear it, they respond.

They respond not because we command them directly, but because they are already commissioned by God Himself to respond to His Word wherever and whenever it is spoken.

Hebrews 1:13-14 But to which of the angels has He ever said: “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?

This describes their assignment with undeniable clarity: “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?”That is us. We are the heirs of salvation. They have been sent to minister, to serve, to help, as agents commissioned by God.

When we speak the Word of God over our circumstances, we are not only encouraging ourselves, feeding our spirits, and strengthening our faith. We are engaging in a spiritual activity that the angelic realm recognizes and responds to. The angels are not moved by our needs, or our emotions. They are moved by the Word of God given voice from the lips of a believer.

The Word of God must be spoken. It must leave our lips and enter both the natural and the spirit realms as a declared present reality.  

The angel responded to Daniel’s words

Daniel set himself to pray and fast for twenty-one days, seeking understanding from God. On day 21 an angel appeared and said something remarkable.

Daniel 10:12 Then he said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words. 

Elderly man praying with vision of angel and demon fighting above

Notice what the angel said: “I have come because of your words.” Not for his fasting, not because of his need. He came because of his WORDS. We see from the story that the angel was dispatched on the first day. The delay was not on Heaven’s side. Daniel 10:13 explains that a demonic principality resisted the angel’s efforts to help Daniel. Yet the activation of the holy angel being sent was triggered by Daniel’s words.

This is not an isolated Old Covenant practice; it is a spiritual principle that operates across every dispensation. The angelic realm responds to words. And if that was true for Daniel under the Old Covenant, how much more for us under the New Covenant? 

The Power of the Tongue

There is a sobering side to this truth that we must not overlook. If our words can activate angels when we speak God’s Word, what happens when we speak words that contradict His Word? Words of fear, words of doubt, defeat, complaint, and unbelief? What happens when we give voice to those words? Proverbs 18:21 tells us plainly:

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

The same tongue that can commission angelic activity can summon demonic activity. Our Words have profound impact on the spirit realm.

James 3:13-16 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your heartsdo not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. 16 For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.

Pay close attention to this passage. If you have bitterness, envy, or selfishness in your heart, James is instructing us “not to boast and lie against the truth.” In other words, if it’s in your heart, don’t let it come out of your mouth, because if you do, it is demonic, unwise, and confusion and every evil work are then present.

If we are complaining, gossiping, boasting, or lying, we become a landing strip for demonic influence and demonic activity. But it goes much deeper than that. If we speak anything against what God has prepared and provided for us, devils have a right to steal it or hide it from us.

Practically speaking, when we wake up and say, “This is going to be a terrible day,” devils are listening. If we look at a concerning medical report and say, “This is going to kill me,” devils are listening. If we are facing a financial crisis and say, “We will never recover from this,” devils are listening. In those moments we have spoken words that do not agree with God’s Word, and they do not give holy angels clear instruction, but they do give devils a legal right to try and make that come to pass for you. Death and Life are in the power of our tongue.

Jesus Spoke, Then Angels Ministered

We can also see this principle practiced in the life of Jesus. When He was tempted in the wilderness (Matthew 4). He did not argue with the devil, He spoke the Word. Three times the enemy came with temptation, and three times Jesus answered, “It is written.” Then Matthew 4:11 records, “Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.” Notice the order. The Word was spoken and then angels came to minister. The Word was the weapon; the angels were the reinforcement that followed to back up the spoken Word.

Jesus defeated the enemy with the spoken word. If the Son of God relied on the spoken Word as His primary weapon, then the spoken Word is not merely one option among many for us. It is a primary instrument of spiritual warfare, and it is a primary way the angelic realm is mobilized to minister on our behalf.

Speaking in Agreement with Heaven

God is not withholding angelic assistance from us. He has already assigned His angels. He has already given His Word. He has already placed the authority of the name of Jesus on our lips. The whole provision is in place. What is often missing is our voice, our confession, our willingness to speak God’s Word over our lives, our health, our families, our finances, and our future.

Psalm 91:11-12 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. 12 In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

The assignment has been given. And as we walk in covenant with God and speak in agreement with His Word, angels receive clear direction to minister in the ways God intends.

We need to reshape the way we speak. Angels are assigned to us; they are present, powerful, and ready. And they respond to the Word of God spoken by believers. Every time we confess what God says about a situation, we are placing our hearts and our mouths in agreement with Heaven. Every time we give voice to fear, doubt, or defeat, we leave our angels without clear instruction to help us.

We must bridle our tongues. Words are the steering wheel of our lives. They can activate angels, or they can activate devils. They can bring life, or they can bring death.

JESUS IS COMING!

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The Mechanics of Faith: Unlocking Promises

Jesus taught faith to His apostles and repeatedly demonstrated faith. Jesus eventually sent them out in pairs to practice what they learned. They continued to practice these teachings long after His death and resurrection. The spiritual laws and faith principles that Jesus taught and demonstrated work without fail when properly understood and applied.

Somewhere down the line, the Church let these truths slip. She stopped teaching and demonstrating faith. The demonstration of the gospel began to weaken until it had all but disappeared. We must now contend for the faith that was lost by the early Church.

Jude 3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

How faith works has largely been forgotten by the modern church. In fact, most Christians have never been taught how faith works.

Most Christians approach faith legalistically. They try to believe harder, read more, pray longer, cry louder, confess constantly, but nothing changes. The result of this striving trains one to think that faith is unpredictable. It also suggests that God’s will is always a mystery. But that’s not biblical faith.

When we understand biblical faith and we operate according to the principles that Jesus revealed, faith works every time. The practical application of faith will always produce measurable results. We need to understand how faith works. Let’s start with the gospel of Mark.

Mark 11:23-24 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

This passage of scripture reveals the mechanics of faith. Notice the order.

First: We speak to the mountain; we speak to the problem. We exercise our God-given authority and command it to move, stop, leave, live, die, whatever the case may be.

Second: We refuse to doubt in our hearts. We maintain our confidence regardless of what we see or feel.

Third: We believe that what we said will come to pass. Not hoping and wishing. Believing! We reinforce that belief by calling things that don’t exist as though they did. (Romans 4:17) We speak the answer, not the problem.

Fourth: We believe we receive the answer the moment we pray, not after we see results.

Fifth: We shall have what we believed we received if we don’t quit. 

This is the divine order of faith. None of this works without first being filled with truth. It’s essential to have a constant intake of the Word of God.

F.F. Bosworth, the author of Christ the Healer, makes a very profound observation in his writings. He is quoted.

“Faith begins where the will of God is known.”

The Bible is God’s Word, and His Word is His will for man.

Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Faith comes by hearing His Word, and His Word reveals His will. The prayer of faith never contains the words, “If it be thy will Lord”. The prayer of faith is prayed when the will of God is known.

It is God’s Word that fuels our faith in Him and His promises. It feeds our faith the nourishment it needs, it strengthens us when faith seems weak. It is God’s Word we speak and stand on to move the mountains we face.

Our faith in God is governed by spiritual laws like the natural world is governed by physical laws. When we understand the laws and operate accordingly, we get results. If we violate the laws, results are delayed or denied.

Laws work off of legalities and faith is a legal exchange. Faith is the currency of the Kingdom of God. The promises of God are ours, but we can only receive them in exchange for our faith.

Now, let’s break down this law step by step. First, faith requires declaration. Notice Jesus said, “Whosoever shall say, not whosoever shall hope or think, whosoever shall say.”

Faith without corresponding works is dead.

James 2:17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

The primary work of faith is declaring what we believe. We must speak. We must declare. We must voice what we believe.

Romans 10:10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Notice the pattern. We believe in our heart, and we confess with our mouth. Both are required. We can’t just believe in our hearts and stay silent. We must give voice to our faith because words are the creative force that brings life to our faith. It is only a living faith that brings things from the unseen realm into the visible realm.

Here’s where many Christians fail. They declare and confess their faith, and then they start talking about the problem again. They declare God’s promises one day and then complain about their circumstances the rest of the week. And then they scratch their heads and wonder why faith didn’t work.  

Strong faith requires consistent intake of God’s Word and consistent confession, not occasional, but consistent.

Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

“Hold fast” means to maintain, to keep, to continue. Our confession must be unwavering until we see the manifestation.

The reason many believers don’t see results is that they don’t hold fast to their confession. They believe for a moment, confess for a day, and then go back to speaking doubt and fear.

Faith requires sustained confession. Our faith-filled words tell everyone listening that we still believe. Our words reveal to all people listening, to God, the angels, devils, and ourselves what we actually believe.

We must keep saying what God said, no matter the circumstances. It does not matter how we feel or how long it takes. Our consistent confession is what keeps faith activated.

When we stop declaring the answer, we stop the answer from coming. If we start speaking doubt and unbelief, we actually reverse the process. We give the enemy license to steal from us and take back any ground we have gained.

Romans 4:20-21 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.

This passage describes Abraham’s faith. It says, “He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief. He was strong in faith, giving glory to God. He was fully persuaded that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.”

Abraham was fully persuaded, not partially convinced, not mostly sure, fully persuaded. And that full persuasion came from meditating on God’s promise until it became more real to him than his circumstances. This is the primary area where Christians struggle. I believe this is the reason the early Church let faith slip.

Without a heart and mind full of the Word, they say the right things. However, the words are empty and powerless. This is because they don’t believe them in their hearts. They declare their healing, but are still convinced they’re sick. They declare provision, then continue to worry about money. They declare the victory but then talk defeat defeat.

There is a disconnect between what they say and what they believe. This cancels faith. Faith requires heart belief, not just mouth confession.  

We cannot separate what we believe in our heart from what we confess with our mouth. If there is any contradiction, our heart’s belief will always win. We can say, “I’m healed a million times.” But if we believe in our hearts that we’re still sick, nothing will change.

Faith requires agreement between our words and our convictions.

That agreement comes from getting God’s word so deeply rooted in our hearts that it becomes our reality. We meditate on the word. We speak the word. We think the word. We see ourselves through the word.

Over time, our hearts will come into complete agreement with what God said. When that happens, when there’s no doubt in our heart, faith produces results with absolute certainty. That’s the foundation and the beginning of the process. The Word in our heart creates faith. The Word in our mouth creates our reality.

Believing and receiving are supposed to happen when we pray. The having happens later. There’s usually a bit of a time gap with faith, and most Christians can’t handle that time gap. They pray and believe for a minute, but when they don’t see immediate results, the doubt starts. Faith requires us to maintain our position. Once we’ve prayed, believed, and received, we must stand on that belief regardless of how long the manifestation takes. Faith stands until.

Faith doesn’t keep praying the same prayer repeatedly. Faith doesn’t beg God to give us what He already promised or provided. Faith says thank you for the answer. Faith speaks as if we already have it. Faith acts as if it is already done.

The difference between getting results and failure lies in our actions. It is found between the moment we pray and believe, and the moment we see the answer.

Feelings are not the indicator of whether we received. God’s word is. So, if God’s word says, “By whose stripes you were healed” in 1 Peter 2:24, then you were healed.” Past tense, finished, and you believe that regardless of what your body feels.

The same thing applies to deliverance, to provision, to any breakthrough in any area. We find what God promised in his word. We speak, pray, and ask for it based on the integrity of God’s Word. We believe we receive it the moment we pray. And then we thank God, declare the answer, and thank God for the finished work.

We then continue to feed our faith with God’s Word. We speak only words that affirm our belief in Him. These words confirm His finished work.

Faith isn’t hoping God will do something. Faith is knowing He has already done it in Christ. We are receiving what He provided by believing what He said.

John 14:12-14 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

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Confessing Scripture: Unlock Your Spiritual Growth

Declaring God’s word over our lives is tremendously powerful. It establishes us in truth and builds our faith in Him and His promises. It moves us forward in our spiritual growth. God’s written word contains the building blocks of our faith. In essence, it is the mortar that holds it all together. It solidifies our identity in Him. It raises us up into a holy and righteous temple, a fit dwelling place for the Holy Spirit.

Speaking God’s word should be a priority in every Christians life, unfortunately, for most, it is not.

Confession should not be a mindless reciting of scripture, but an intimate part of our relationship with God. When approached properly, it will enhance our relationship with our Father and enrich our prayer life beyond measure.

God’s word should be spoken intentionally and with reverence. Our confession should be charged with faith. It should affect us emotionally as it stirs us up and feeds us spiritually.

Speaking God’s word lets Him know that we agree with what He says about us. We hold this faith no matter what the situation or circumstance. Embracing His Word aligns us with His thoughts. It sets our hearts in agreement with His plans and affirms our identity as His children.

We see in Isaiah 55 how God uses His Word. He sends His words to accomplish things. His Word is like the rain and snow that falls from Heaven and gives life to the Earth and causes it to bear fruit. Our words should give life as well.

Isaiah 55:8-11 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. 10 “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

God’s Word still bears fruit when we speak it intentionally and in faith.

Speaking God’s Word activates Angels

Hebrews 1:13-14 But to which of the angels has He ever said: “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?

Notice in verse 14 that angels are sent to minister FOR us, not TO us. If a nurse comes to clean a wound, take your blood pressure and temperature, he is ministering TO you. If a Lawyer goes before a judge on your behalf he is ministering FOR you. Angels DO things FOR us. The primary thing they respond to is God’s Word.

Psalm 103:20 Bless the Lord, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word.

Angels are here for the purpose of ministering FOR us. They hearken unto God’s word that we give voice to.

Psalm 119:88-90 Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth. 89 Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. 90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides.

According to Psalm 119:89 God’s Word is forever settled and established in Heaven. When we speak His Word in faith, we settle and establish it in our heart. We also establish it on the Earth and in our lives.  

There is a principle in scripture that we see in Deuteronomy 17:6 and 19:15. Paul refers to it in 2 Corinthians.

2 Corinthians 13:1 This will be the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.”

When our mouth is speaking what God has already said about us that word becomes established.

Job makes an interesting statement that helps put this in perspective.

Job 22:28 You will also declare a thing, and it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways.

What we speak with our mouths continually will be established in our lives. If we speak lack, loss, limitations, failure, sickness, and death, that is what we are establishing in our lives. If we speak life, blessings, victory, and the promises of God, those things become and established reality in our lives.

If we could only see what happens in the spirit realm when we speak God’s word in faith, we would never go a day without doing it.

The following are some examples of how I pray God’s word. They are scriptures that speak to my heart. passages that the Holy Spirit has illuminated to me as being important in my life. The scriptures have been personalized for a conversation with God in relationship. Be mindful of scriptures that jump out to you, that have an unction on them and personalize your own declarations.

2 Corinthians 4:13-14 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. 

It is only natural as a child of God to speak what our Father speaks.

The spirit of faith is that we believe, and therefore speak. If we truly believe God’s Word, it will be coming out of our mouth.

GOD’s WORD for YOU!

Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

SAY THIS ~ I keep God’s Word in my mouth. I meditate on it day and night. I am mindful to do according to all that is written in it. By this, I make my way prosperous and I have good success.

Mark 16:17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

SAY THIS ~ I am a believer in Jesus and these signs follow me. I cast out devils; I speak with new tongues. If I touch or consume anything deadly, it will in no way hurt me. I lay hands on the sick and they recover.

John 16:13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

SAY THIS ~ The Spirit of truth abides in me and guides me into all truth, showing me things to come.

Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me, Says the LORD.

SAY THIS ~ No weapon formed against me will succeed, and every tongue that rises against me in judgment shall be condemned. This is my heritage as a Son of God and my righteousness is from Him.

Colossians 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

SAY THIS ~ I agree with the apostle Paul’s prayer for me. I have perfect knowledge of what to do in every situation and I am filled with all wisdom, spiritual understanding and the knowledge of Gods will for me.

Acts 19:6 And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

SAY THIS ~ The Holy Spirit has come upon me and I speak with tongues and prophesy.

Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

SAY THIS ~ The power of the Holy Spirit is upon me and I am a witness for Jesus to the end of the earth.

Philippians 4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

SAY THIS ~ I do not worry or get anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving I make my requests known to God and the peace of God that surpasses all understanding keeps and guards my heart and mind through Christ Jesus.

Mark 11:23-24 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

SAY THIS ~ I speak to things, sickness, devils, and situations, and they obey me. I believe in my heart that those things I say will be done so I have what I say. My words have power. I use that power to change situations, help people, to resist the enemy and give glory to God.

Psalm 103: 2-5 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, 4 Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, 5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

SAY THIS ~ Lord You have forgiven all my iniquities; You have healed all my diseases; You have redeemed my life from destruction; You have satisfied my mouth with good things and my youth is renewed like the eagles.

Philippians 4:19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

SAY THIS ~ There is no lack in my life, for my God supplies all my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

SAY THIS ~ I love God and I am called according to His purpose. All things work together for my good. Everything works out well for me.

Philippians 4:8, 9 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 9Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

SAY THIS ~ I think on the things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely and of good report. If there is any virtue or praise, I think on these things. I am a doer of the word of God and the peace of God is with me.

Job 22:28 You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways.

SAY THIS ~ When I declare and decree things they are established in my life. Light shines on my ways making my path clear.

1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

SAY THIS ~ Jesus bore my sins therefore I am dead to sin. I live unto righteousness and by His stripes I am healed.

Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

SAY THIS ~ The Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in me. That same Holy Spirit brings life to my mortal body.

Isaiah 54:14 In righteousness you shall be established; You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; And from terror, for it shall not come near you.

SAY THIS ~ I thank you Lord, for I am established in righteousness. I am far from oppression, I do not fear, and terror shall not come near me.

Colossians 3:1-2 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

SAY THIS ~ I have been resurrected with Christ. I seek those things which are from above. That is where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. I set my mind and my affections on things above, eternal things, not on the things of this earth.

Proverbs 3: 5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

SAY THIS ~ I trust in the Lord with all my heart and I do not lean on my own understanding. In all my ways I acknowledge Him, and He directs my path.

Mark 12:30-31 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

SAY THIS ~ I love the Lord my God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength and I love my neighbor as myself.

Galatians 5:16-18 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

SAY THIS ~ I walk in the Spirit and I do not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. I am led by the Holy Spirit and I am free from the law.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails….

SAY THIS ~ Because the love of God is shed abroad in my heart, I am patient and kind. I do not envy or boast and I am not proud. I do not dishonor others, I am not self-seeking, I am not easily angered and I keep no record of a suffered wrong. I do not delight in evil but I rejoice in the truth. I believe the best of every person. I always protect, trust, hope and persevere. I never fail.

1 Peter 1:13-21 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”17 And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you 21 who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

SAY THIS ~ I gird up the loins of my mind with the word of God. I am sober and my hope rests fully upon the grace that is mine in Christ. I am an obedient child of God and I am not conformed to former lusts. I am holy in my conduct as He is holy. I walk in the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 3:9,10 Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the first fruits of all your increase; 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.

SAY THIS ~ I honor the LORD with my possessions and the first fruits of all my increase. I overflow with material and spiritual blessings.

Romans 5:17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

SAY THIS ~ I have received an abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness. Therefore I reign as a king in this life by Jesus Christ.

Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

SAY THIS ~ I will fear no evil for thou art with me Lord, your Word and your Spirit they comfort me.

Proverbs 21:23 Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

SAY THIS ~ I guard my mouth and my tongue and I keep my soul from trouble.

Psalm 112:1-7 Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who delights greatly in His commandments. 2 His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches will be in his house, And his righteousness endures forever. 4 Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness; He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. 5 A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion. 6 Surely he will never be shaken; The righteous will be in everlasting remembrance. 7 He will not be afraid of evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

SAY THIS ~ I am blessed because I fear the Lord and delight greatly in His commandments. My descendants are mighty on the earth and they are blessed. Wealth and riches are in my house and my righteousness endures forever. I am gracious and full of compassion. I guide my affairs with discretion. I will never be shaken. I am not afraid of evil tidings. My heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

Romans 12:1-3 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

SAY THIS ~ I present my body a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God. This is my reasonable service and spiritual worship. I am NOT conformed to this world, but I am transformed by the renewing of my mind to God’s word. I do not think of myself more highly than I ought to think. I think soberly according to the measure of faith God has dealt me.

SAY THIS ~ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20

SAY THIS ~ All of my children are taught of the Lord, and great is their peace. 
Isaiah 54:13

SAY THIS ~ Behold, I and the children the Lord has given to me are for signs and wonders  Isaiah 8:18

SAY THIS ~ God said that this is His covenant with me: His Spirit that is upon me and His words which He has put in my mouth, will not depart out of my mouth, nor out of the mouth of my seed, nor out of the mouth of my seed’s seed Isaiah 59:21

SAY THIS ~ I am the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and my offspring with me. Isaiah 65:23

SAY THIS ~ The Lord will contend with him who contends with me, and He will save my children Isaiah 49:24-26

SAY THIS ~ According to God’s everlasting covenant, my offspring will be known among the nations and their descendants among the peoples. All who see them will recognize and acknowledge that they are the people whom the Lord has blessed Isaiah 61:8-10

SAY THIS ~ The seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Proverbs 11:21

Confessions to strengthen your faith In God

Psalm 3:3 ~ But You, O LORD, are a shield for me, my glory and the One who lifts up my head.

Psalm 8:9 ~ O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth!

Psalm 9:1-3 ~ I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. 3 When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.

Psalm 139:14~ I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.

Psalm 12:6 ~ The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.

Psalm 13:5-6~ I trust in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. 6 I will sing to you LORD, because You have dealt bountifully with me.

1 Samuel 2:2 “…My heart rejoices in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation. 2 “No one is holy like the Lord, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.

2 Samuel 22:32“For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?

Psalm 18:2 ~ I will love You, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.

Psalm 18:46~ The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.

Psalm 19:7-9~The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

Psalm 23 ~ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.  4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.  5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Psalm 24:8-10 ~ Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah

Psalm 25:4-6~Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. 5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day. 6 Remember, O LORD, Your tender mercies and Your loving kindnesses, For they are from of old.

Exodus 15:2 ~ The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him;

Psalm 27:1 ~ The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 28:6-7~ Blessed be the Lord, Because He has heard the voice of my supplications! 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.

Isaiah 12:2 ~ Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.

Psalm 31:19 ~ Oh, how great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You, Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men!

Psalm 34:1-2~I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise –shall –continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make its boast I in the LORD; The humble shall hear of it and be glad.

We must all find ourselves in the context of the written word. To do this, we must avoid the tendency to “cherry pick” God’s word, choosing only to focus on the blessings and not paying attention to the parts of God’s word that challenge us and demand change.

I encourage you to commit to reading the word for yourself daily, with emphasis on the New Testament. It is my hope that these personal confessions of mine will help you on your journey to intimacy with our glorious creator. Be blessed.

JESUS IS COMING!

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