Changing Your Confession

Changing Your Confession
4/22/2009
What was the one thing you did when you accepted Christ as your Lord and Savior? You changed your confession form death to eternal life, and that took faith and that faith came from hearing the word. Romans 10 :17 "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Romans 10: 8-9 "But what does it say? the word is near you in your mouth and in your heart (that is the word of faith which we preach), that if you CONFESS with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead you will be saved." In doing this you have taken the first step in changing your confession.
( My change of confession started when I was about 8 years old in the Assembly of God church just down the road from here although I never really fully grasped the concept of what I was doing till about a year ago when My wife and I rededicated ourselves here at Liberty Church)
Romans 4:17 “As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations" in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; Let's focus mostly on the last part of this verse "God who gives life to the dead (that is when you become born again you were spiritually dead) and calls those things which do not exist as though they did." God wants us to have this kind of faith.
( Talk about Kristin and I calling our baby in after two miscarriages and our separation)
All good Confessions begin with Faith, Hebrews 11:1 "Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen." 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. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them." Now I don't know what Mountains are in your life ,but God does. All you need to do is have faith and He will move those mountains for you. Change your confession from one that says "I'll never make it, this mountain is too high, its too wide, I cant do this", to one that says "Thank you God for moving this mountain so I can make it." You know God has no limits there is nothing He can't do. Nothing is too big for God, and He Lives in you, so you can say " I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13
( One of my mountains is finances in my job it is really is to look at the lack and God has really opening my eyes to see that I don't have to live in the land of lack but I can live in the land of OVERFLOWING all I have to do is speak to my Mountain and have the bible kind of faith and believe that I am not lacking but I AM prosperous I need to change my confession about my finances. and so can any of you no matter what you mountain is if you will change your confession and have full trust (FAITH) in God those mountains will move)
Our words are life people, because we have accepted Christ as Lord and Savior and He lives in us. In John 6:63 He says " It is the Spirit who gives life ; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I ( JESUS) speak to you are spirit and they are life." It is important that we learn this we must change our confession for if we confess unbelief and fear and then we gain nothing, but if we confess life and belief then we will gain everything God has promised us in His word.
( because Jesus lives in us our words are life and when we speak things they become life. If you start you day With Jesus and confess a great day the day will go easy For His Burden is Light. But if you wake up grumpy and start out throwing your arms around and bo hoin saying man this day stinks it will. Monta and i have been starting our day at work with prayer and been confessing favor with our coworkers and with our customers and we have noticed a great increase in the number of people that have there work ready so our days are easier)
Psalm 19:14 "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your Sight, O Lord my strength my Redeemer" Like David said our words we speak should be found pleasing in the sight of the Lord. God desires to see us thrive and be prosperous. If your confession is not pleasing to God then you are keeping yourself from the blessings He has for you, but when you change your confession, to one that pleases Him, towards any situation, you unleash God to do what He desires in your life.