Confession
of Faith - #126
I
have seen my life go up and down. I have seen it go around and
around. I have gone from my own righteousness unto the Lord's
righteousness and unto his righteousness to my own righteousness.
There is no security in this manner of life. My human decisions,
which are rooted in my own righteousness, have continually eroded
the things that could have been accomplished in my life and
in the lives of others. I must make a decision to totally trust
him with all my heart and cease leaning to my own understanding.
He has given me his righteousness. It is an everlasting righteousness.
I determine to trust in him completely, and for his righteousness'
sake, he will deliver me out of all things. I will sing of his
righteousness, for he is gracious and full of compassion. He
is slow to anger and of great mercy. He is good to all, and
his tender mercies are over all his works. I look at his works
and behold how they praise him. I settle to trust in him, and
those who follow me shall speak of the glory of his kingdom
and talk of his power. They will make known to the sons of men
his mighty acts and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. His
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. I cannot control an everlasting
kingdom. I purpose not to disconnect myself from the mind of
Christ and connect to my own mind. I do not know where I am
going, and I do not know what to do. I give my life back to
God, and I remove my hands from the controls. I conclude not
to be another spiritual tragedy but return unto total trust
in him.
Confession
of Faith - 127
God
has cut off the ungodly and given the wealth of the sinner to
me. He prepared me a way and sent me to a place of refuge. In
this house of refuge, I have life. I will not ponder the mystery
of this grace unto me, but I simply believe. As he made a way
for the lightning of the thunder, so has a decree been made
for me. Grace has always been mine even in my times of serious
inquiry. I have inquired of him and answered, "How can these
things be?" I was not born when he laid the foundations
of the earth. My understanding is so limited. God laid the measures
thereof and stretched the line upon it. I do not know where
the foundations thereof are fastened. The Lord laid the corner
stone thereof when the morning stars sang together and all the
sons of God shouted for joy. He shut up the sea with doors when
it brake forth as if it had issued out of the womb. When he
made the clouds the garments thereof and thick darkness a swaddling-band
for it and brake up for it his decreed place and set bars and
doors and said, "Hitherto shall you come, but no further:
and here shall your proud waves be stayed." I was not born
when he did all these things. The gates of death have not been
opened unto me, and I have not seen the doors of the shadow
of death. I give my ear to the Lord and his law. I incline my
ears to the words of his mouth. He will open his mouth and speak
plain. He will make clear the dark sayings of old and will not
hide them from me. He is furnishing me a table in the wilderness
of impossibility. In the place where many have tempted him and
received the meat of lust and covetousness, he is causing the
rock of impossibility to furnish me with fresh waters and fresh
streams. He is giving me the bread of deliverance instead of
the fire of his anger. He has commanded the clouds of discouragement
and opened unto me the doors of encouragement. He has rained
down Rhema for me to eat and given me the corn of spiritual
preservation. I am eating angel's food. I will be content with
this food for angels. I determine to allow its freshness and
completeness to fill me instead of my own desires. God has not
left me in the land of lust and pride. He has cleaned my mouth
of the meat of spiritual death and given me a mouth filled with
the fresh word of God.
Confession
of Faith - 128
I
remember that Jesus is my rock and the high God, my redeemer.
I will speak a word in due season, for the word of life is in
my mouth. He is full of compassion and has forgiven my iniquities.
He did not destroy me when I sinned, but he turned his anger
away from me and did not stir up his wrath. He knows that I
am but flesh; therefore, he has granted me compassion, for he
knows that I am a wind that passes away and does not come again.
There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the ends thereof
are the ways of death. I ended up in a wilderness and a solitary
place. I came to the deserts of spiritual debris. The Lord has
made all these places to blossom abundantly and rejoice with
joy and singing. He has given these places the glory of the
Lord and his excellency. Now shall people see the glory of the
Lord and the excellency of my God. He has placed a highway in
my midst, a way that is called the way of holiness. The unclean
shall not pass over this way, but this way is for the wayfaring
men seeking refuge from lions and ravenous beasts. The wayfaring
of the hour has become the redeemed, and they are walking on
the highway of holiness. The ransomed of the Lord are returning
and coming to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their
heads. They are obtaining joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing
are fleeing away. He has created me in righteousness. God formed
me from the womb. He has begotten me again by a lively hope
and called me by name. I am his. Now when I pass through the
waters, he will be with me. When I pass through the rivers,
they shall not overflow me. When I walk through the fire, I
will not be burned, and the flames will not kindle me. He is
the Lord, my God, the Holy One of Israel, my Savior. I will
not fear, for he is with me. He has created me for his glory.
I am called by his name. I am his witness. I know, and I believe
him. I understand that he is God, and before him, there was
no God formed, neither shall there be after him. He, even he,
is the Lord, and beside him, there is no savior. He is the Lord,
my Holy One, the creator of Israel, their King, and my King.
He has made a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters,
which brings forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the
power, the rockets and the bombs. He shall cause all of the
artillery of the enemy to fall down and not rise up against
me. He shall make the enemy's power against me ineffective and
quench his fire of wrath with the water of his word. I remember,
he is the God of old. He will do for me what he did in former
times. He does a new thing for me. It is springing forth now.
I shall know it. It is making a way in this wilderness. It is
making rivers in my desert of helplessness. There is no temptation
that has taken me but such as is common to me. He is faithful
and will not suffer me to be tempted above that I am able, but
with the temptation also, he makes a way for me to escape that
I may be able to bear it; therefore, I rejoice. A way is made
for me.
Confession
of Faith - 129
I
come and follow Jesus. If I do not follow him with a whole heart,
I will fall prey to the diversions sent by the master of diversions.
I must be led by his Spirit to escape the snares of the enemy.
I cannot escape the consequences of these diversions if I walk
after my own mind and thoughts that come into my mind from the
prince of the power of the air. Multitudes of people are walking
down paths that were never meant for them to travel because
they were diverted from prayer this morning. The path of diversion
is filled with many alternatives. I determine not to be corrupted
from the simplicity that is in Christ. I yield to the mind of
Christ, and I will not be diverted. The Lord awakened me and
set me on the path of prayer. Genuine sincerity and concern
out of my own heart and mind changed my course. I can be sincere
and concerned about many things, yet not led by the way that
I should go. I will choose to honor him first in prayer, and
my concerns and sincerity will be more profitable. I hear the
voice of the Lord and hearken unto his commandments. Now shall
my peace be like a river and my righteousness as the waves of
the sea. Many souls could have already been won if I had placed
him first instead of my religious acts. I determine to seize
the power of his words in my ears and allow him to teach me.
I have been detoured long enough. Now I cease my alterations
of his will for my life. His will must be done in my life. My
will in my life is a departure from the faith. It is a costly
divergence that has held up love and grace in my life and the
lives of others. The righteousness of the law is not fulfilled
in those who walk after the flesh. It is only fulfilled in those
who walk after the Spirit. My departure from prayer was to mind
the things of the flesh. I purpose not to deflect into the paths
of death. To be carnally minded, is not life and peace. To be
carnally minded, turns me unto the law of sin and death. This
is a deviation from true faith. I cannot please the Lord if
I walk in paths that branch away from obedience to the Spirit.
The master of diversions uses good religious deeds as bridges
to his by-pass of disobedience. These alternate routes appear
to be good but are weak bridges that lead to bondage. The back
road of disobedience to him is never the road to true service.
I can serve a god, yet think that I am serving God. I am known
of him, so I will not turn again to the weak and beggarly elements
of the hour.
Confession
of Faith - 130
There
will always be a fork in my path. Adam was not deceived. He
came to a fork in his path and followed the divergence of his
wife. I purpose not to be distracted with others. Many have
become sport and amusement for spirits because they have followed
others who fulfill the lust of their flesh and the pride of
life. Many are victims of the bright lights of religious glory
that have been set in the world as advertisement for the devil's
entertainment. Samson became a sport for his enemies because
he allowed Delilah to entertain him for a price. He was amused
with her show and allowed his strength to be dissipated in her
theater of lust and pride. Her entertainment became his altar
instead of the altar of the Living God. If I am living in the
Spirit, then I will walk in the Spirit. The entertainment of
the devil will only bring weariness and fatigue to my body.
After his presentation in the darkness of carnality, he will
depress me with condemnation. After his production that has
left me worn out and emptied of strength, which I should have
given God, he will mock me in his finale. He will give me the
lead role in his show each morning if I will distribute prayerless
flyers advertising religious concerns. I determine not to be
ridiculed in the enemy's mockery of Holy Ghost praying. The
enemy has made spiritual mummies of the Lord's people and led
them down powerless prayer diversions. He has not degenerated
to this form of prayer for me. I choose not to be a laughingstock,
nor a clown in the theater of religious acts of devotion. I
close off this road to religious distraction and entertainment.
I will return to effectual praying in the Holy Ghost where I
may build up myself. I purpose to return to true prayer in the
Spirit. He has poured the spirit of grace and of supplication
upon me. Now I cast out all these diversions from the true path
of prayer, and I allow the Spirit to help my infirmities. The
Spirit desires to make intercession for me with groaning that
cannot be uttered. I do not know what I should pray for as I
ought. The Spirit of Jesus is in my heart. I hear it cry, "Abba
Father." I am not a slave in the minstrel show of the devil.
I am a son and an heir to the glory and the power of God. I
rise up and pray always with all prayer and supplication in
the Spirit. I determine to pray without ceasing and to be careful
for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with
thanksgiving, to let my requests be made known unto God.
Confession
of Faith - #131
The
Lord has come that I might have life more abundantly. The thief
has come to divert me from the fullness of life. I am determined
not to allow this thief to make merchandise of me. I refuse
to allow him to use my time as a commodity. I redeem the time,
for the days are evil. Time is short; therefore, it is one of
the most precious commodities that I have. I must sacrifice
to redeem time. Time is not redeemed without something else
dying for lack of attention. I have allowed the thief to kill
my time. This murderer of time rises with the light and has
a scheme to kill my time. In the night, he is a thief with a
plan to seduce me and carry me along paths of diversion when
I awaken. While I commune with my own thoughts from an unfocused
mind, the trap of distraction is sprung, and another hour has
been stolen by carnal news and internet mail. I am marked for
communion with the darkness. God has chosen the morning for
communion with him. The morning to these thieves is as the shadow
of death. They are swift as the waters. Their portion is cursed
in the earth. They are as the grave, for they are cold and destructive
toward the things that are of life and godliness. I arise from
my bed with praise on my lips, and the thief shall not enter
in. I seek him early, and the bread of the morning shall be
my strength and my guide. Many do not know what they have lost
in the bundles of time that they squander each day. Their habits
of squandering shall be their snares in the hour of his coming.
"Watch," God says, for I do not know what hour that he
is coming. If the goodman of the house had known in what watch
the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have
suffered his house to be broken up. I purpose to be ready, for
in such an hour as I think not, the Son of man will come. He
has spiritual news for me in the morning. I come and receive
the kingdom news and cancel my entertainment before the voice
of my own thoughts. I will go and cast myself before him, and
the first-fruit of my strength, mind, soul, spirit, and heart
shall be embraced by God as precious incense. He has given me
the kingdom of God. It is his good pleasure to give it to me.
I immerse myself into a relationship with the King of the kingdom
each morning, and no thief will approach me, nor corrupt my
treasures. God's treasures are my treasures. My heart will be
buried where I have buried my treasure. The Lord is more valuable
to me than anything else.
Confession
of Faith - #132
Jesus
is coming as a thief in the night. Many will be caught unaware
because they do not watch with their loins girded about and
their lights burning. He is returning soon. I must be ready
when he comes and knocks so that I may open unto him immediately.
I will not be ready in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye if
I do not arise for prayer. Blessed are those that are found
watching when he comes. I watch and pray so that I will be counted
worthy to escape all the things that are coming upon the earth.
I am determined to be ready, for he will come at an hour when
I think not. I am fully aware of his presence. I have entered
by the door. God opened the door and allowed me to hear his
voice. He has called his sheep by name, and he will lead them
out of this world. The stranger has diverted many and changed
their direction for the morning. I behold the traffic of believers
diverted through the side streets of confusion and wasted time.
I purpose to go and direct them back to the main road of prayer
where the voice of the peace is heard. The Lord is my beloved,
my Rose of Sharon, and my Lily for freshness. If he is my beloved,
then I seek him as the lily among the thorns of the morning.
The Lord is the apple tree among the trees of the wood. I will
go and sit down under his shadow with a delightful heart, and
his fruit shall be sweet to my taste. The thorny diversions
offer painful regrets and empty plates at tables of distraction.
Banners of bitterness are over the heads of the travelers that
dine there. God has brought me to his banqueting house where
his banner of love is over me. He has placed his left hand under
my head, and his right hand has embraced me. The flesh momentarily
diverted me. God has caused grace to bring me back to new heights
of love.
Confession
of Faith - #133
My
God brought me to the kingdom. I could not come of myself, for
none can come unto him unless his Spirit draws them. As he sought
true worshippers, he found me and called me to come. His grace
reached out and drew me nigh by the precious blood of Christ.
Peace became mine, and I entered into this glorious kingdom
by faith. The power of the resurrection translated me out of
darkness and brought me into marvelous light. I was translated
into the everlasting kingdom of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
God has brought me into a kingdom of priests. On the wings of
the resurrection, he brought me unto himself and made me a peculiar
treasure unto him. I am called. Now I give diligence to make
my calling and election sure. None can withstand the kingdom
of the Lord. Man's kingdom is weak. God rules in the kingdom
of men and gives it to whomsoever he wills. I envy not those
who rule now. The Lord will set up the basest of men over their
kingdoms. I regard my relationship with him precious. I concentrate
on knowing him and then will I be in agreement with him and
not against him. I will scatter all those that do not gather
with God. As many as are led by his Spirit, they are the sons
of God. He is pouring out his Spirit on all flesh, and sons
and daughters are prophesying. I cannot be with him if I despise
prophecy. I covet to prophesy. By the spirit of prophecy, I
will give my testimony, and many shall know the mysteries of
the kingdom. Many have eyes and do not see. Many have ears and
do not hear. Many have minds and do not understand. Many people's
hearts are waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing.
Their eyes have they closed; therefore, in them, is fulfilled
the prophecy of Esaias, which says, "By hearing, you shall hear,
and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see, and shall
not perceive." God has blessed my eyes and ears. I see and hear.
Many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things
that I am seeing and have not seen them. Many have desired to
hear the things that I am hearing and have not heard them. Out
of envy, they will separate me from their company and shall
reproach me and cast out my name as evil. They shall hate me.
This is for the Lord's sake, for the spirit of prophecy is his
testimony and not mine. I rejoice in that day and leap for joy,
for my reward is great in heaven. In the like manner, the prophets
of old were hated and cast out. I rise up and prophesy. God
placed his Spirit upon me. I have read, "Enviest thou for
my sake? Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets,
and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!" (Numbers
11:29) He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He
is the LORD, and he changes not. I hear the word of the LORD
this morning and tremble at his word. The brethren that hate
me and that cast me out for his name's sake said, "Let the
LORD be glorified." God tells me, he shall appear to my
joy, and they shall be ashamed.
Confession
of Faith - #134
God
is looking to those who are poor and of a contrite spirit. He
is looking to those who tremble at his word, not to those who
take his word and try to prove his Spirit wrong. I do not fear
them, for they have chosen their own ways. The Lord will also
choose their delusions and will bring their fears upon them.
Many of them were called to hear the same voice, but they did
not answer out of fear. God spoke to many, and they did not
hear, but they did evil before his eyes and chose that in which
he delighted not. I am not discouraged, neither will I be turned
away from prophesying. Many desire to prophesy but will not
endure persecution. Blessed are they that are persecuted for
righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed
am I when men shall revile me and persecute me and shall say
all manner of evil against me falsely for his sake. Prophecy
is for the Lord's sake, because it is his testimony. I rejoice,
and I am exceeding glad, for great is my reward in heaven. I
do not marvel at what is happening to me. God has told me before,
and he tells me again, "I shall be hated of all men for his
name's sake, but he that endures to the end shall be saved."
I am not above my master. The servant is not above his lord.
The Lord tells me that they are of the world. The world hates
me. I know this of a truth, that it hated him before it hated
me. If I were of the world, the world would love his own, but
I am not of the world. God has chosen me out of the world; therefore,
the world hates me. I remember the word that he said unto me,
"The servant is not greater than his lord." If they have persecuted
Jesus, they will also persecute me. If they have kept his saying,
they will keep mine also. All these things will they do unto
me for his name's sake because they know not him that sent Jesus.
If Jesus had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had
sin, but now they have no cloak for their sin. I press on across
the bridge of hatred and pass from death unto life in the vehicle
of love. I will only pass from death unto life by loving the
brethren even those who hate and persecute me. I do not despise
their pits, their self-designed slave chambers, or their prisons
designed by men. They are not for me. All these things are for
their own judgment and demise. God has placed the dreamer's
clothes on me and granted me liberty in their own chambers.
Though I hurt, suffer, and grieve deep within, I set my eyes
on the end of the dream. I behold those who oppose prophecy
as they bow. The spirit of the stone has given all the gifts.
I do not come behind in any that God has granted. It is not
me that is speaking. It is the spirit of my Father that is speaking
in me. I rejoice. The cloak of the dreamer is upon me. The mantle
of the prophet has been given. No one shall take it away. I
go and prophesy.
Confession
of Faith - #135
The
gates of hell shall not prevail against the Lord's body, the
church. He has stormed hell's gates with an army of praisers
walking in holiness and righteousness. There is no value in
wicked and unrighteous praisers in a holy priesthood. The sacrifice
of the wicked is an abomination to God. The way of the wicked
is an abomination to him. He loves those who follow after righteousness.
I behold the lively stones offering up spiritual sacrifices
that are acceptable and effectual. I cannot deal treacherously
without profaning the holiness of the LORD. God is holy, and
he inhabits the praises of holy people with the high praises
of him in their mouths. This holy priesthood swings two-edged
swords and executes vengeance as they glorify the Lord in praise.
The gates of hell have no power to resist against the redeemed
of the LORD, for they are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, a peculiar people showing forth praises unto
him, their King. Many of God's people have allowed the enemy
to oppress them at the gate. I do not retreat because of his
oppression. I hasten toward the gate in praise unto God. David
hastened and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. He
did not retreat because of Goliath's oppression. I offer praise
unto my King, the Stone, and he will be my Stone in the sling
of praise. God shall sink his fist into the heads of the enemies
at the gate. I do not fear the enemy at the gate. He has made
a pit and has fallen into the ditch that he made. His mischief
shall return upon his own head. His violent dealings shall come
down upon the crown of his head. The Lord has destroyed the
enemy, who had the power of death, by Jesus' death in the flesh.
I shall go forth in praise and the beauty of holiness, for God's
mercy endures forever. I shall go forth in praise. God has set
ambushments against the spirits at hell's gate. I do not fear
these spirits. I purpose to go and bring out the souls. These
spirits shall be as chaff before the wind, for the angel of
the LORD shall chase them. Their way shall be dark and slippery,
for the angel of the LORD shall persecute them. I am determined
to go and bring out the souls that are promised to me. They
are as the stars of heaven. I will go and bring them out. By
the finished work of Calvary, I possess the gates of hell, and
nothing can prevent the deliverance that God has brought to
these gates. I shall go and bring out those who are his. The
Savior is in me doing a mighty work.
Confession
of Faith - #136
I
do not follow in the path of my enemies. I walk in the path
of righteousness for his name's sake. I do not walk in the counsel
of the ungodly. I do not sit in the seat of the scornful. I
delight myself in the law of the LORD and meditate continually
in it day and night. I am planted by the rivers of water. My
leaf is not going to wither. The grace of God has assured me
that I will prosper. I have found favor in his sight, and now
he will give me favor with man. The Lord is going to give me
favor with the princes of the earth. My gift shall make room
for me in places outside of the church. There are many in darkness
that are wiser than the children of light. God has commanded
blessings for me out of the hands of darkness. As the pharaoh
blessed Joseph, so shall men of stature bless me. The gift in
me is speaking to them now, for God has appointed these words
beyond the light. He has sent them into the darkness to draw
out many for his name's sake. God turned my opponents against
each other. He has set them against themselves. The spirit of
the world, which has opposed me, shall fail in the midst of
the world. The Lord will destroy the counsel of those that oppose
the living word. They shall be turned to idols and familiar
spirits. The spirit of sorcery has come to take those who oppose
the truth. Jesus is the chief cornerstone. His body is built
upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. In Christ
Jesus, all the building is fitly framed together and grows unto
a holy temple in him. In Christ Jesus, his body is built together
for a habitation of God through the Spirit. I look unto tomorrow
with confidence in the Lord Jesus, a tried stone, a precious
corner stone, and a sure foundation. I let patience have her
perfect way in me, for he that believeth on him shall not make
haste. The refuge of lies that has stood in my face shall be
swept away by the acts of his Spirit. I have laid judgment to
the line and plunged righteousness headfirst into this war.
The waters of prophecy shall flood the hiding place of the enemy.
The waters of prophecy are God's testimony for my own sake.
Confession
of Faith - #137
I
was marked for death. God disannulled death's covenant and gave
me the words of the covenant of life. I take the words of his
testimony and speak them. The keys are in my mouth. Whatsoever
I shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven. Whatsoever
I shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Words are
being spoken in prayer for me. God has moved upon members in
the body all over the world to pray for me. When one member
suffers, all the members suffer with it. The prayers of others
are building me up. I am encouraged in the Lord. I have coveted
earnestly the best gifts. The Lord has given them unto me. I
do not halt here. I now seek love, for without it, none of these
things profit me anything. God has set all in the church for
his own purpose and as he has willed. He does not accept any
man's person. There are many that seem to be. I do not let them
bother me. They cannot add anything to me, and they cannot take
anything away. He has given me grace, and the gospel has been
committed unto me. God works effectually in all. I turn my eyes
toward the multitudes that await the word of the Lord. He will
work mightily in me towards them. I am determined to go preach
the gospel and not be distracted by those who make issues over
the gifts. God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily
prophets, thirdly teachers, after that, miracles, the gifts
of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. All
are not apostles. All are not prophets. All are not teachers.
All are not workers of miracles. All do not have the gifts of
healing. All do not speak with tongues. All do not interpret
tongues. I purpose to go and minister as of the ability that
God gives, for he is the only one that should be glorified.
All praise and dominion is unto him. I rest in this hope and
this truth. The Lord is for me then no one can be against me.
He has not given me gifts and turned against them. I rest in
him.
Confession
of Faith - #138
God
is. No one can fully understand him. He is not a man. He is
God, a spirit. All who worship him must worship him in spirit
and in truth. I may understand things about him, but there is
no one who understands him. He is eternal, and I was created.
I have read, "Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither
can the number of his years be searched out." I cease assuming
how he will respond in relationship to how I would respond to
situations, and I will find new liberty in my walk. He is not
anxious to judge anyone. He is not agitated by the decisions
of others. God knows their responses before they respond. I
do not know what tomorrow holds in its hands. Though I may know
what he tells me, there is much yet unknown. I place my trust
in Jesus, the Everlasting God. He understands all things, for
he made all things. He understands the spreading of the clouds,
and he sees the bottom of the sea. He sees man and knows all
about him. There is none that doeth good, no, not one. In the
days of his flesh, he would not accept the title of good Master,
for only one is good and that is God. The goodness that I have
is of him. The grace that I have found is of him. The righteousness
that I have is of him. I look to his love and trust its nature
and response instead of my own then will compassion flow from
me when others fail.
Confession
of Faith - #139
They
that seek God understand all things. The Eternal God, who made
all things, is past finding out. I look unto the heavens and
behold the clouds that are higher than me. If I could ride on
the clouds and count the stars, I still would not be able to
count them and call them by name. I do not confuse the ability
to profit the son of man with understanding him. He has taught
man more than the beasts of the earth. The Lord has made him
wiser than the fowls of the air, yet the pride of man is a weapon
in his own side. Jesus is the rock that is higher than I am.
He is my shelter and strong tower from the enemy. By his grace,
he will keep me in his holy tabernacle. I trust him, and he
will keep me in the covert of his wings. I must keep my trust
in him and not in myself. His thoughts are higher than my thoughts,
and his ways are higher than my ways. I look to God, the Eternal
Spirit. He has given me the heritage of those that fear his
name. He has brought me before his throne and prepared mercy
and truth, which shall preserve me. I offer praise unto him,
for the good that I would do is of him. He does not cease. He
is Jesus, and he continues forever. His priesthood is unchangeable.
He is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by
him. He lives forever to make intercession for me. He is holy,
harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and higher than
the heavens. He is high and lifted up. His glory shall fill
the temples of men. I behold the coming glory of God Almighty.
Confession
of Faith - #140
Jesus
is the Rock of my salvation, a tried stone, a sure foundation,
the stone that the builders rejected, and my comforter at all
times. He has drawn me into his presence for communion and fellowship.
This is a personal relationship. He desires that his people
know him in this personal way. His sheep know his voice, and
they hear it. I have need of many things that I do not know
of. The Lord is the great high priest, and he is aware of the
ministry that I need. He is the minister of the sanctuary, my
body. I am not limited to ministry through men and other members
of the body. He is the great minister that lives inside of me.
As the sun is to the earth and the things therein, so is God
unto me. The warmth of his love shall remove the coldness and
indifference from my heart. He has arisen with healing in his
wings. He has healed my heart and given me a new one. I send
forth praise out of this new heart as he ministers unto me by
the Rhema of God. The light of wisdom is shining upon me. This
light shall cast out ignorance and abandon unawareness on an
island of darkness. As he ministers unto me, understanding is
imparting meaning to my life and ministry. The ray of counsel
is beaming plans with advice from on high that shall instill
a new desire for discretion. I soak up the rays of his love
this morning, for might has brought radiant power and strength.
Now shall weakness flee away.
Confession
of Faith - #141
I
will lift up my eyes unto the ministry of God's Spirit and saturate
myself with knowledge from this heavenly source. I will lift
up my hands and allow the fear of the Lord to generate wisdom
as a continual stream of power. He has sent forth the ray of
righteousness that my standing before him is without condemnation
and guilt; therefore, I will go forth in a new quality of life,
for he has touched me with the anointing that destroys all yokes.
Men walk about in the earth with earthly crowns of achievement.
He is my crown of glory and a diadem of beauty. He has placed
the spirit of judgment upon me. Now will I make right decisions
while he fights for me in the battles at my gate. I have come
to God, and he is carrying me in the spirit of his ministry.
I look to the valleys of this world and see the need of life
in the dry places all about me. The people are as dry bones.
They need a living voice spoken over them. I will prophesy according
to the proportion of faith that is in me. I will speak unto
the dry bones of the day and say, "Hear the word of the LORD."
I am not afraid to speak, for it is not me that is speaking.
It is the spirit of my Father that speaks in me. I hear the
noise and behold the shaking caused by the wind of God's spirit.
He has sent a wind rushing into hopeful vessels that have sat
in darkness and have not seen this great light of love. I rise
up in faith and believe that the power of the resurrection is
creating new creatures in Christ Jesus because of promise and
love. God is the minister within me. Because of his Spirit,
there are no secrets that can trouble me. The dream upon my
bed was readily interpreted as I prayed. The minister of my
sanctuary has caused the interpretations of dreams to grow up
inside of me. The sunlight of grace has caused it to grow. This
ability is for the edification of the body; therefore, I am
filled with the spirit of grace and of supplication so that
pride is banished in the Lord's consuming fire. He has ministered
unto me by his spirit this morning. He anointed me to preach
the gospel. He has improved my personal relationship with him
through this spiritual ministry. Now I will go and preach the
acceptable year of the Lord.
Confession
of Faith - #142
God
is my Sun of righteousness. He is the source of life. The source
of life abides in me. I abide in him and allow his word to abide
in me. Now shall I ask what I will, and it shall be done unto
me. I have the source of spiritual energy. God is the strength
of my life, a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Everlasting life works in me. It is the resurrection power that
raises the dead. This power can raise the dead. It is not powerless
to energize me. The Lord has not brought me here to struggle.
He has drawn me in the presence of my strength. I will not conceive
this experience as a chore, but I accept it as a relationship.
He is the Light of the world. He has arisen upon me. When I
turned to face him, he was there waiting on my arrival so that
I might kiss the Sun of righteousness. The darkness of my morning
has been driven into tomorrow. The light of eternity has enlightened
my heart and eyes. No shades are upon my heart and eyes, for
he has granted me vision within and light from eternity. As
angels ascended and descended this morning, I was considered
in their ministry. While I slept, he imparted understanding
in my dreams. He has assured me again that he is with me and
that he will keep me in all places wherever I go. He will not
leave me, and he will perform the things that he has promised
me. I awakened to the hands of the Lord. He placed his left
hand under my head and embraced me with his right hand. Love
greets all that love him. I arose to offer praise as I faced
the rising of the Sun of righteousness. His love stood still
for me this morning. He has waited on his people to arise and
praise the Rock of Israel. He desires them to know that he is
as the light of the morning when the sun rises up. He is as
a morning without clouds and as the tender grass springing out
of the earth by clear shining after rain. I will teach the people
his way so that they may learn to approach his invisibility
with a greater confidence than approaching man's visibility.
He is their sun and shield. Grace and glory are given to them.
No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
They have trusted in the rising of the Sun of righteousness.
Now he will bless them. I will go and announce the sunlight
of blessings upon the morning of faith's expectancy. This sun
shall not be darkened, and his moon, the church, shall keep
her light. His name shall be praised today. It shall be great
among the people. I will go and offer praise unto his name as
a pure offering, for great is his name among the people of the
earth.
Confession
of Faith - #143
God
has made his yoke available unto me. I will take it upon me
and learn of him. As I learn of him, the desire for lowliness
and meekness shall flourish, and rest shall be my reward. I
will not struggle with the unnecessary burdens carried by so
many. They have taken unto themselves another yoke and are made
to bear heavy loads. The Lord has supplied grace to follow him.
The enemy will place his yoke upon me if I allow him to. I will
not be joined to him by the collar of unbelief. The burden of
an evil heart that promotes departure from the Lord is given
to everyone that wears his collar. His collar is an unequal
yoke designed to steer me away from love. Jesus has offered
me his yoke. It is a frame that is designed so that my load
will be light and that the steering of my life would rest in
the hands of love. I am steered by love, so I will not despise
the constraints that are for my benefit. I am given rest from
the many days of adversity. I will rest here in the Lord's easy
yoke while the pit is dug for the wicked that oppress me. The
Lord will not cast off his people. They are his inheritance,
and he is our help. My soul is dwelling in silence today. I
have looked backward and beheld how my foot was slipping. I
behold how the Lord's mercy held me up, and his voice of comfort
delighted my soul. It is evening time. God has given rest in
the light of the evening. As an animal that has labored hard,
he has given me a space in his green pastures; therefore, I
submit to his constraining love and lie down to rest awhile
in new pastures of peace. I look away from the battle and look
unto the victory already won by my burden-bearer.
Confession
of Faith - #144
God
is my covert from the searching things of the hour. As he did
not allow me to plunge to the bottom of the canyon of ignorance,
he has also kept my feet from falling and given me more grace
in the time when many are falling. I lift up my voice and offer
sacrificial praise. Praises that do not cost me anything are
worthless praises unto the Lord. He desires effectual, fervent
praises that are poured out unto him as precious water that
I have risked my life for. I will not offer the Lord anything
that did not cost me something. He is the Living Eternal God;
therefore, I predicate my worship upon his worth and not upon
my feelings and blessings. I must decide to worship him according
to his worth. I cannot effectively worship him if I have not
discovered that his worth is not calculable. There is no instrument
that will measure his worth. The value system of the kingdom
of God is not the same as the value systems of the world. I
come to the marketplace of fiery trial and weigh the worth of
experiences found in the treasures of fire. The Lord has not
allowed me to go down to the low pit of destruction, but he
has continually expressed love toward me even when I was disobedient
and ignorant. He has sent forth the surging power of his knowledge
and allowed me to eat again of life's bread. He has placed bread
on the platter of my praises. I will now eat and drink without
the leaven of hypocrisy and unbelief. I lift my eyes again to
true faith. True faith will bring me into the large room of
sincerity and truth. The room of truth is not fashioned after
the room of lies. The architect of religion has fashioned rooms
of lies that now hold many in the prison cells of religious
bondage. God has brought me out of the religious performances
of the age and placed me before a throne of grace. Before this
throne, I am elected because of love and not because of religious
advantage. I come and behold the light of truth in this large
room for my habitation. This light will not shine in vain, for
it cannot be turned unto vanity. The light of truth has shined
and glorified Jesus, the only Lord God. I will go and declare
the beauty of holiness and the power of sacrificial praise.
Confession
of Faith - #145
God
has brought me into a secret place. I am hidden in Christ Jesus.
As many as have been baptized into Christ, have put him on.
Wearing Christ has adorned me with a new identity for a new
creature. I will walk worthy of this new identity. I am clothed
with the garment of righteousness. By faith, I now shod myself
with the shoes of peace and go forth as the peacemaker that
I am created to be. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall
be called the children of God. The secret place of the Lord's
hand is a fertile pasture of grazing for his children. Prosperity
is a successful crop in his hand. There are no shortages here,
and no credit report is asked for. God has given me grace without
considering my past. I have a new life. It is hidden because
I have died with Christ. Now my life is hidden with Christ in
God. I rejoice. God has concealed me in a secret place. He covered
me with his name in baptism. The remarkable name that I am privileged
with has identified me as his. Jesus is the Prince of Peace.
He rules over his own government, and there is no end to this
government and his peace. The Lord's secret is with them that
fear him. He has shown me the true covenant and revealed the
name of the Prince of Peace unto me. I know the Son's name,
and I know the Father's name. Jesus is the King of the entire
earth. There is only one Lord, and his name is one. There is
no name higher than his name. A name describes all that one
is. There is no other name high enough to describe the one that
is holy, holy, and holy. The Lord's name is called the Word
of God. The sharpness of his name is real. I will speak it with
authority, for it is given to me because I am in the family.
It is the family name. I will hide myself in this household
and pass the benefits of safety on to my offspring. In the household
of God, I am counted righteous, and God's secret is with me.
His covenant has been shown to me. He has placed his law in
my inward parts and written it in my heart. He is my God, and
I am his son. To me, it is given to know the mysteries of the
kingdom of heaven. I will do his will and then will I know the
doctrine as the doctrine of God and not the doctrine of man.
Through faith, I abide by these principles that I have found
in the government of peace, and I am comforted by the King of
my heavenly government. I am not comfortless. Jesus is in me
forever. I come and follow him. He will lead and guide me into
all truth.
Confession
of Faith - #146
I
place my confidence in God. He is my hope, the hope of glory.
This is his church. He is building it and not man. I labor together
with him, but he is the builder and the founder. He will place
the people in his building as he has planned aforetime. He is
not finding out who goes in this place and that place. He knows
where each person belongs. I will not look to the actions of
people to determine my directions. I will look to Jesus. He
is shaking everything that can be shaken. As a tree is shaken
to bring down fruit, he is shaking the church. The Lord is pulling
up everything that he did not plant. Security is not found in
human strength. Some have held on by human strength and simply
used the church for a place to hide. They come to the building
but are not of him. Lust has consumed many. It has made a way
for sin to take them into bondage. Worldliness has leaped upon
those who have gazed with their hearts at the false religious
system. Their love of the world has become evident to the family
of God. Some must be removed so that their spirit does not contaminate
the others. I will not love the world, neither the things that
are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the
Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, is the lust
of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. This
is not of the Father but is of the world. The world shall pass
away and the lust thereof, but everyone that does the will of
God will abide forever. God has shown much compassion and granted
abundance of patience and mercy. They have mocked the Lord.
They have mocked the people of God. Now God will move to teach
them of the folly of rebellion, deception, and disobedience.
He has called, and they did not come. He has beckoned, and they
did not hearken. Their crops are sown, and now the reaper shall
come through their lives. A strong delusion has been sent to
some because they did not receive a love of the truth. The ungodly
are not so but are as the chaff which the wind drives away.
The Lord is spewing the lukewarm out of his mouth. He is blowing
away the ungodly. I will not be surprised who is spewed out
and blown away. I will not attempt to hold on to those that
the Lord is spewing out of his mouth. I will not attempt to
hold on to those that he is blowing away. The trash of their
attitudes and their words will only cloud my vision. Through
faith, I will stand aside as God purges his body. I behold the
multitudes in the distance that are appointed to be heirs of
salvation.
Confession
of Faith - #147
God's
creative power is working continually. As he adds to the church
daily, he is making new creatures in Christ Jesus. The newness
of my heart is his doing and not my own. The impossibilities
that have confronted his people are no match for his power.
The Lord did not use anything to hang the earth upon. He does
not need anything to hang my miracle upon. I have not come to
this place in time to worry about how he will accomplish this
and how he will accomplish that. He does not need anything to
perform the miracles that he will do in my life. He has all
things. He is the Creator. He will make all things new. He will
make a new heaven and a new earth. He will create the substance
to make these things. This is not a problem for him. He is past
finding out. I accept the fact that he can do all things. The
marvelous works that he has done testify of his greatness. The
wonders and the judgments of his mouth are remarkable. He is
mighty in strength. No one can harden himself against him and
prosper. He made the sun. He can command it, and it will not
rise. He made the stars. He can seal them up, and they will
not shine. He made all things, and he has all power. From the
dust, he created man. The wonder of this accomplishment enlightens
my understanding and instills confidence within me. He will
take the things that have no shape and fashion them into living
dreams before my eyes. He will take the dusty things before
my eyes and frame miracles beyond my comprehension. I will not
be discouraged by the dust in my presence. God will use these
things that seem like only dust and formulate structures of
wonder. I believe this.
Confession
of Faith - #148
I
will not be discouraged because some do not believe in God's
voice in the earth today. It is their loss. I will not be distracted
by their criticism. They have fenced themselves in a prison
of their own words and locked themselves up with their own tongues.
I will lie down on my bed and dream. The Lord will open my understanding
as I journey with him in the secret chambers of the Spirit.
He has not saved these experiences for Abraham, Joseph, Daniel,
Elijah, Elisha, and the Old Testament prophets while excluding
people today. He has saved the best for last. The first shall
be last, and the last shall be first. The Lord did not say to
any of the Old Testament prophets, "Greater works than these
shall you do. The glory of this latter house is greater than
of the former house." The prophets inquired and searched diligently
for what we have received. They prophesied of the grace that
has come unto us. The Spirit of Christ signified and testified
in them. The same Spirit of Christ testifies in God's people
today. The prophets knew that it was not unto them, but unto
us they did minister the things that are now reported unto us
by them that have preached the gospel unto us with the Holy
Ghost sent down from heaven. I have received a glorious gift.
The angels desire to look into what I have received. I gird
up the loins of my mind and refuse to drink the wine of spiritual
drunkards of unbelief. I will be sober and hope to the end for
the grace that is to be brought unto me at the revelation of
Jesus Christ. God has called me. He is holy. I will be holy,
for he is holy. I will be holy in all manner of conversation.
I will continually call on the Lord, who without respect of
persons, judges according to every man's work.
Confession
of Faith - #149
I
do not understand the way of the wind. I do not understand the
way of the sea. I cannot understand the things of the Spirit
unless I am taught. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and I
hear the sound thereof, but I cannot tell whither it cometh
or whither it goeth so is everyone who is born of the spirit.
I am born again. The way that I take, God knows. I do not know,
neither can I know except he reveals it unto me. I cannot by
thought add one cubit to my stature. The Lord knows every hair
on my head and their number, yet I do not know these things.
I will not trust myself. I will trust in Jesus, the Omniscient
God of glory. I have leaned to my own understanding long enough.
I will not trust mentality when mentality is finite. I must
lean on the omniscience of my God, for here will I find the
source of my need. He is the source of all that I seek for.
I will trust and not be afraid to trust. The Lord has accepted
my life and received it according to my commitment. I will not
take back that which I have committed unto him. I am not my
own, but I am bought with a price, the precious blood that he
shed. I look to Jesus, the finisher of my faith, and I find
that everything is complete in him. I am complete in him, the
head of all principality and power. The light of the Lord's
glory is shining. I will not be frustrated by the time frame
of human reasoning. God is doing a work that I will not believe.
No, not even if a preacher told me. He is working in the realm
of faith. I look through these eyes of faith that the Lord has
given, and now I see that the spectrum of his light is one,
yet many. I have glimpsed a few of the dimensions of his spectrum,
but there is depth, height, width, and breadth to all that I
have seen, and there is much more that I have not seen. I will
not cast away my confidence. God is paying a reward for confidence
that is not cast aside.
Confession
of Faith - #150
The
Daystar has already arisen. Rivers of living water are already
flowing in me. I will stop trying to control the valve of these
rivers and let them flow. The rivers, which are in me, know
where they are going, for they have been there before. I have
not traveled this way before. These rivers just keep on rolling
along. The boat of faith shall not be overthrown by the circumstances
around me. The gift in me is destined for that which God has
foreordained even before the foundation of the world. The gift
in me is making room for itself. There is no force that can
prevent the gift from arriving at its destination. When the
gift arrives at its destination, I will have arrived. I will
rest and know assuredly that the gift and the calling are without
repentance. The gift in me is not borrowed; therefore, I will
not fear that I will lose the sharpness of the axe-head of power
and revelation, for it is given and not borrowed. The Lord is
my exceeding, great reward; therefore, I do not fear the threat
of my adversary. I am redeemed and bought back from the stocks
of slavery; therefore, I rejoice, and I am glad, for God has
made me free by the truth. I come and worship God in spirit
and in truth. He is the friend who sticks closer than any brother.
I believe.
Hebrews
10:22 - 23
Let
us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies
washed with pure water. Let
us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering;
(for he is faithful that promised;)
Ephesians
2:8-9
For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
