Confession
of Faith - #151
The
love of God is shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost that
is given unto me. I will allow faith to be worked by this love,
and nothing shall be impossible for me. Faith works by love.
God's love cannot fail. It will endure all things and grant
me a view of others that is only seen through the eyes of compassion.
A view through the eye of faith is limited. Only when I look
through the eye of faith and the eye of compassion, will I see
what the Lord desires me to see. I may attain unto many things.
God desires to see me profit in the things designed by love.
Though I have faith to move mountains and have not charity,
it does not profit me anything. God has placed compassion within
me. I will now be moved by it, and it shall carry me into the
dimensions of wonder. There are dimensions of the Spirit that
cannot be viewed except God reveals them. There are many dimensions
of the Spirit. I have stood on the platform of faith and viewed
some things, but I have not stood on the platform of compassion
and viewed the people. Many leaders stand on the platform of
faith and view the people, but many have never seen the people
from the multilevel of compassion. I will allow the gift that
is in me to operate from goodness, graciousness, mercy, lovingkindness,
and tender love. I have hindered the power of my gift because
I have opened the valves of faith and shut the valves of compassion.
God is reaching for me this morning to carry me on to greater
levels in him. His hands will not pull me up into this level
unless I yield to humility and compassion. The darkness cannot
dwell in the light, neither can pride and indifference to the
Lord's compassion dwell in the light of true wonders. I have
come to God, and I follow him. 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 go and speak of
his glory and talk of his power, but I will walk in the light
of compassion and humility.
Confession
of Faith - #152
I
am called to follow the Lord. When I follow him, I follow love.
I will follow with a new purpose to see faith, hope, and charity
optimized in my life. God's goodness has passed before me, and
he has been revealed unto me. The mystery of Christ and God
has been revealed. It is no longer hidden from me. His graciousness
has been shown. His tender mercies and lovingkindness are mine.
With great mercies, he has gathered me unto himself while others
have fallen away. With everlasting kindness, he has granted
me mercy. Many have been turned unto fables. As Lot's wife was
turned to a pillar of salt, so are many becoming monuments to
be remembered as people who have forgotten God's goodness and
mercy. While goodness and mercy follow me, I will walk in the
light of love. Iniquity and sin have come as a salty sea. With
love, the Lord has lifted me above the destruction in these
waters. His kindness shall not depart from me. The everlasting
covenant of peace is mine because we are the children of God
by faith. I do not fear the cold love all about me, for in love,
there is no fear. I am preserved by the grace that saved me.
Grace has lifted me and saved me from the waters of wrath. The
miracle of salvation has not started a good work in me and ceased.
The Lord saved me from my sins. He will not lose me to abounding
iniquity and cold love. As many that were deemed faithful and
true, turned unto the spirit of the world; mercy has gripped
my heart and turned me unto true holiness and true righteousness.
I will beware of the leaven of worldliness. It is not an innocent
seed. God is my Maker, the husband to the church. He has not
sown worldliness. A little leaven will become the habitation
of the whole lump. He has sown righteousness and holiness in
me. The light of this sowing shall dispel all darkness. The
light and the darkness cannot abide together. God has only one
table. I will not forsake the great mercies at the table of
the Holy One of Israel. I enlarge holiness. I will not minimize
it, neither compromise it. As God has loved me, so do I love
him. I will not be ashamed for trusting and obeying him. Everlasting
love is awaiting me. I have come to love, and I follow it. It
is the greatest. It is working my faith and is shed abroad in
my heart by the Holy Ghost. I follow in faith. I am preserved
in the hands of goodness and mercy.
Confession
of Faith - #153
God
is clothed with invisibility, yet he is not limited to the invisible
world. He has limited my eyes and my understanding, yet by his
grace, he has allowed me to see into the invisible. I can of
myself do nothing. With men, many things are impossible, but
with God, all things are possible. I will not refuse charity
and compassion, but I will wear them and allow them to dwell
in me. God is leading me into places of ministry that are forbidden
to those without charity and compassion. A ministry without
charity and compassion will produce indebtedness for me. Many
people have become disadvantaged believers, for they have sought
to minister without charity. Their spiritual returns are not
profitable to the kingdom of God, and their spiritual revenue
is a detriment to their testimonies. I will put on charity and
lay aside this liability. The Lord has given me a relationship
with him. He has chastened me many times. He chastens those
that he loves. Because of his mercy, he has helped me in times
of misery. When I have been pitiful, he has lifted me. The Lord
is full of compassion. His abundant grace has reached me when
sin tripped me. If guilt did not turn off his compassion and
unbelief did not cause him to abandon me, I will not doubt his
love now. I have not deserved the mercy shown me. Hell would
have been my lot if his compassion had turned off. It is on
and flowing unto me. I should have been confused, but I have
peace. To God, belongs mercies and forgiveness; therefore, he
has given to me what he has. The Lord saved me in the moments
of my greatest folly. He delivered me when I acted in total
ignorance. His grace has always been exceeding, abundant with
faith and love. I have always obtained mercy; therefore, he
can show others this same longsuffering through my testimony.
I will go and honor him by witnessing of the mercy and the compassion
that I have experienced.
Confession
of Faith - #154
Traditions
would have me believe that God is too busy to take care of my
problem because he is busy taking care of other people's problems.
Traditions would have me believe that the Lord must stop by
my place to see about me. I know that he lives with me and in
me. He does not have to stop by. He has never left, and he has
heard my cry. He is not too busy taking care of other people's
problems to take care of mine. He does everything at one time.
He has all power. He does not have to leave one thing to go
to another. He is omnipresent and omnipotent. There is nothing
too hard for him. I will not allow Impossibility to discourage
me by comparing my resources to its magnitude. The magnitude
of trouble does not frighten God, neither does it surprise him.
I will not be surprised by the things that come up against my
mind. I will simply look to the Lord's mind and his strength.
I will compare the magnitude of Impossibility's range to his
power. There is no comparison. God has not passed me by in my
dilemma. He has observed the entire operation of Impossibility's
plan. No matter how well structured the plan of Impossibility,
it is too weak for his strength. No matter how well planned
the design of defeat, victory is more successful on my behalf.
The Lord will show me of the glory of his love and compassion.
I believe God. He will not pass me by while I am drowning in
confusion. There is no storm of confusion that can drown a child
of God while he is watching with the careful eyes of love and
concern. Our God is the true savior of the world, not one of
the false saviors of the earth. He is calling on us as he is
calling on others at the same time. I have come to the throne
of mercy. I now believe that at the throne of mercy, there is
help for my unbelief. God is helping my unbelief right now.
I will lean on his strong arms of compassion and rest from the
stress of this dilemma. I rest from my weariness, which has
come by trusting in a human and fleshly answer and source. I
have knelt at the Lord's throne. His throne will be the place
where my unbelief is destroyed. The Lord has heard my cry; therefore,
I will shout for the glorious triumph on my behalf by the arms
of faithfulness. I believe in miracles. I prepare for a miracle.
I need many miracles; therefore, I prepare for more miracles
than I need.
Confession
of Faith - #155
God
is working on my behalf even while I sleep. I come from this
small concept of the Lord, and I will know him in the light
of redeemed fellowship and communion. In the light of this relationship,
God is brighter than all of the blinding troubles of unbelief.
He has not forsaken me in this time of uncertainty. He is not
that kind of God. He is a faithful Savior. He is not simply
called, "Wonderful," but I know that the secrecy of his name
is more than simply a word. There are many meanings to that
name, "Wonderful." I come away from food and learn of the wonderful
fellowship in hunger and denial. The Lord will not condemn me
if I fail. I will try and receive the grace to succeed. God
has not forgotten me, neither has he run away while I was calling.
He does not have an answering machine; neither does he screen
his calls. He hears everyone. He has listened intently at my
prayers. He has also listened knowingly to my heart. He knows
the secret intent of my heart, and he also knows what I do not
know about myself. The decision that God is making concerning
me is rooted and grounded in divine love and not in knowledge
about me. I lift up my eyes from the dungeon of pity and worry.
I look upon the eyes and hands of divine love. God's love for
me has not waned in the face of my executors, neither has he
backed away and watched them conspire against me. He has sent
a host here beforetime. I will now watch the wave of his power
on my behalf. I have come to the arms of love this evening,
and now I rest from my labors of worry. I have been stressing
myself out in vain. I will now rest and be renewed in God's
spirit. The Lord is not passing me by. He is passing over and
through this storm with me. I will look upon this storm, for
God has given me more grace to bear looking in the face of frowning
fury. Instead of staring at Fury's expressions, I will look
into the face of love and rest. My mother would not allow me
to fall if she had the strength to prevail in a situation. God
has more than enough strength, for he has all strength. If my
mother being evil would not let me fall, then I know that the
Lord will sustain me. I give God this monster that I have created
by the hands of my own unbelief. I give it to him, and it will
not torment me any longer. I have listened to its voice and
viewed its demonstrations in the realm of thoughts and images.
I come away from Imagination's program, and allow the stronghold
of grace to instruct me. God has a stronghold that will not
crumble in the face of Imagination's horror presentation. Grace
does not fear the presentations by Imagination. It has already
trodden this path and viewed this scene many times. I will lift
up my eyes to the stable position of grace and be strengthened
in my faith. Iniquity has contacted my imaginations and shoved
its images through my mind. The Lord has stopped this show in
the theater of my mind and cut off all the electrical circuits
of confusion. The power of grace is now working to restore the
lost power of faith.
Confession
of Faith - #156
The
storm vented by imaginations and unbelief is over. God has entered
with the work of grace on my behalf. Now shall the tide of iniquity
and defeat be calmed. The disturbance caused by this storm against
my mind is quelled (overcome). The Lord has commanded a calm
mind and restful soul. At the throne of mercy, there is another
conversation and a different viewing of the scenes of the hour.
God sees the end of these things. I will trust in his divine
wisdom, for he has not had thoughts of destroying me but thoughts
of my successful end and future. I will fare well against this
enemy. Grace does not have to prepare for this trial, but this
trial is part of grace's teaching strategy. This trial is simply
an illustration used by grace to teach me of God's love for
me. I take things too seriously. I will learn to rest in every
situation. Meekness is an attribute that God imparts, not something
I possess because of myself. I cannot impress the Lord with
anything I do, for all things that I do that please him come
from his spirit. The things that please him are fruit of his
own spirit. When he called on me this evening, he called on
me to teach me of his love for me. I allow this word to teach
me of his faithfulness and his concern for me. I allow this
word to remove from my mind the limited concepts that I have
concerning his nature and Christ. The Lord is not limited to
a five-word conversation with man, but his conversation with
man is determined by his willingness to trust in him. He is
demonstrating to me now of the restoration I have received.
He communed with Adam this way. He communed with Abraham this
way. He communed with Jacob this way. He communed with Moses
this way. He talked to Isaiah this way. He talked with Paul
this way and revealed to him the truth concerning the gospel
and Christ. He has brought me the same fellowship and communion.
I have power like Peter, power like Paul. I believe it. I have
received power, for the Holy Ghost has come upon me. I will
reach out to the tongues of fire upon me, and I will not return
to the dead works of religion and traditions. God has living
words for the people. I will go and open my mouth and speak
all that he has spoken unto me. God will bring the people back
to life unto himself by the spirit of prophecy, which is in
the building where they gather to worship.
Confession of Faith - #157
Like
a ship that was tossed and driven by an angry sea, I have been
tossed to and fro by the enemy. God has allowed him to toss
me that I might know that on the stormiest sea and in the greatest
dilemma, he is always faithful. When he placed me on this stormy
sea, he knew every wave that would be here. He knew every creature
that would leap up out of the deep with threatening eyes and
hungry mouths. He knew of the coldness on the stormy sea in
the nighttime. He knew everything that I would face. I did not
know, neither must I know. I need only consider that the Lord
will be with me through the stormy sea. He will make a way though
I do not see a way. It is not important to see a way on the
stormy seas of this life. Jesus is my captain. He is my ship.
He is my safety. He is my defense. He is everything that I need.
I take courage and rest in the voyage across this sea. God has
determined already to not take me out of the stormy sea but
to give me faith to cross it. My flesh wants to come out of
the stormy sea, but faith will not be built on the calm sea
that I seek right now. The calm sea is ahead but not now. God
has new confidence that he must place in me. It can only be
built in the midst of the waves of depression ahead. I am already
dressed for it, but he must dress me within with new confidence
and new contentment.
Confession
of Faith - #158
I
said this race is hard to run because I had not considered that
Jesus had already run this race. I am racing with an enemy named
Fury. Fury runs to and fro on the stormy seas created by confusion.
It has chased me and tormented me upon every wave and even in
between waves. Fury fell upon my mind and wrapped its cold winds
around it, but as a warm cap, God has covered me with the thoughts
of victory and confidence. I stand on my feet and look Fury
in the face. I have shunned the sight of Fury. As a man without
confidence, I have turned my head when Fury stared at me and
blew its wind of threat in my face. I will turn my head to the
face of Fury, and I will not be condemned for my mistakes and
sins. There is forgiveness at throne of God. I accept the forgiveness
and mercy that he has provided. I now stare Fury in the face,
and say to my soul, "Soul, do not worry. The way is made."
Grace has conquered Fury and tied it up. Fury is bound,
and confidence is restored. I rejoice in the face of Fury, and
now will I see it led away in the presence of its own wrath
and destruction. The winds that it created shall be its own
vehicle out my presence. The winds of Fury shall even carry
away my sorrows, for God shall order Fury and sorrow out of
his presence while he expresses his everlasting love toward
me. I believe on the Lord according to the scriptures, and I
disbelieve the lies of Fury. God has given me the name of this
storm. Now as an animal that no man has ever sat upon, I shall
observe the taming of this furious storm. It shall subside now,
and I shall understand God's purpose for the storm. I may now
serve the Lord without fear but in total confidence of his love
for me. I may now rest and be confident of God's faithfulness
at all times. He is not a man that he should lie. Men are able
to carry me through some difficulties, but men will not always
respond to my needs. The Lord is able and willing to respond
with results that will prove that I can place my trust in him.
I know that he is not only able to carry me through, but he
will carry me through.
Confession
of Faith - #159
I
do not know what to do with my problems. I do not have to know.
God knows what to do with them. This is the hour in which his
people will have to trust in his faithfulness. I must trust
in his love and be confident that he is not here to drown me.
He is not here to destroy me. He is not here to cause me to
be ashamed. He is not here to condemn me. He is not here to
rebuke me. He is here to carry me through. I do not have to
know the results. I do not have to know the direction the answer
will come from. I simply know that God is the source. I receive
the sweet relief of knowing that he is my faithful source. I
do not believe on the Lord as I would believe on men. I do not
search his attributes for weakness; neither do I search myself
for qualifications. I simply trust God. He is dealing with me
according to his everlasting, enduring mercy. He is able to
do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that I have asked or thought.
He has made a way out of what I thought was "no way." In his
arms, there is no frailty. He is the source of strength. He
is the creator. The Lord can make a man, and he can create what
the man needs. I come from the altar of redemption, and enter
into the presence of the "Voice" of my day. He is Adam's
voice walking in the garden. He is my voice walking in the garden
of the last days. This garden is not a garden of humanism, but
it is the restored heavenly Eden for the children of God. Jesus
is walking with me. I now look upon him and not on my troubles.
He is all that I need. He is all that I need. When all have
forsaken me, the Lord is enough. This stormy weather was created
that I might learn that he is all that I need. All I need is
the Eternal Source of all things. He made all things, and without
him, was not any thing made that was made. He is has made a
way for me. I believe. The magnitude of the storm, the velocity
of the storm, the strength of the storm, and all the difficulties
in the storm shall help me in the future to determine: Who?
What? How many can be against me? God is for me. Since I have
had a host to chase me, now I know that, in relationship to
me, God is greater than the host and for me. I have read about
God being against armies for others, but now I believe that
he is for me when a host is against me. He is the same, and
he is not a respecter of persons. He is for me. No one can be
against me. I will not give out now. I will not be weary. Well-doing
is a friend. Well-doing shall produce a harvest for me that
I cannot imagine or dream. I lift up my head from the difficulties
of the road ahead. Easy paths do not bring tenacity and hardness.
The Lord is building soldiers, not soft men. I will endure the
hardness as a good soldier, and now will I eat the benefits
of the strength imparted by my God. I will keep going. He is
with me to the end.
Confession
of Faith - #160
God
has come that I might have life. He has given me that life.
It is eternal. In the times that have past, I almost cast aside
the most precious thing that I have possessed. I almost cast
aside eternal life. God's grace kept me from casting the Lord
aside for dung. His love and mercy reached me when I was at
my weakest moment and granted me grace to withstand the wiles
of the devil. The Lord did not allow the enemy to take me into
the darkness because he loves me, not because I am good. There
is no good thing in my flesh. God is my goodness. He is my holiness.
He is my wisdom. He is my love. I will be thankful today and
everyday that Jesus is the God who lives inside of me. Inside,
he dwells, and none can take him from me. I will not give myself
to anything unholy. The Lord is a jealous God. Grace is given
to me that I might make Jesus first in my life. Grace is leading
me back to my first love. By this same grace, I will now follow
the spirit of grace and show it no insult. God has loved me
with an everlasting love. I will now allow grace to show forth
the reciprocal of what has been freely given me. The love of
God is shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost. I am inhabited
by divine love. By grace through faith, I allow God's love to
be expressed unto others. Now it will naturally be expressed
unto him.
Confession
of Faith - #161
I
am not afraid to follow the voice of the Spirit, for his sheep
know it. I will not follow another voice. He has secured me
in the grace of God. The Lord saved me by grace. He is keeping
me by the same grace. I do not fear. Jesus is the good shepherd.
He has not given me a stone. He has not given me a scorpion.
I asked to know him. He has not given me a serpent. I came to
him as a little child. He answered me as a loving parent. I
will not be intimidated by those who doubt the voice of the
Lord in this measure. I prophesy according to the proportion
of faith; therefore, I accept the measure that has been poured
to me and go on to the high calling of God. Everyone is not
called to fulfill the same thing. I must minister as the ability
that God gives. I can lose my relationship while fighting with
others over whether God is in me or not. My fruit justifies
who I am. I determine not to fight them. If they fight to destroy
me, then they are my enemies. Vengeance is the Lord's. He will
repay. When he called me to prayer, he called me to encourage
me in the face of things that I do not understand. I am assured
that angels are with me to fight against all who oppose me.
I am called to do something for God. It will be done, for it
is his will. Evil spirits are helpless in the hands of the angels.
Angels go with me everywhere I go, for they are on assignment
from God. I take heed unto them, for they are holy. They are
empowered and can destroy entire cities. Their swords are not
borne in vain. I do not need to protect myself. They are my
protection. I am an heir to salvation, and they are ministering
spirits sent forth to minister for me; therefore, I take heed.
Confession
of Faith - #162
The
Lord has allowed me to fall into his hands and not the hands
of men. I am in his hands. He is very great in mercies. The
angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him.
I will be delivered from the things that have hindered the ministry
in me. God ordained it. As I ministered, the angels ministered
to me and delivered me from tormenting spirits of the night.
The spirits of the night were confounded and put to shame, for
they sought to afflict me. Angels turned them back and brought
to confusion the spirits that devised my hurt. They became as
the chaff before the wind, for the angels of the Lord chased
them. Their way became dark and slippery. The angels persecuted
them because they persecuted me. So will the angels persecute
those who persecute me. God has sent me. The cause that I bear
is his. Those who persecute without cause and have hidden nets
for me shall meet destruction and shall be caught in their own
nets. I determine not to defend myself. I simply minister as
the ability that God has given. If men believe not, I minister.
If men believe, I minister. I will go and preach unto others
this great salvation. God is jealous over those that he has
redeemed. The intimacy of the relationship that he has offered
with him to hear his voice is precious. He has come with mercies
and granted this so that I might know him as he has designed
it. He lives inside. It is not a wonder that he should speak
to me. I belong to the Lord. Those who are his, hear his voice.
Confession
of Faith - #163
I
am not in darkness. I am in the light. I will walk in the light
as Jesus is in the light. I will have fellowship with him, and
the blood of Jesus will cleanse me of all sin. I will not be
self-righteous and say that I have no sin. God is not a liar.
It is impossible for him to lie. If I say that I have no sin,
I accuse him of being a liar. Being in the light does not exclude
me from warfare and fiery trials. The light is in a constant
conflict with the darkness. Rulers of the darkness of this world
oppose the Lord's kingdom. There are principalities and powers
using their wiles to ensnare and beguile us. As the serpent
beguiled Eve, so are these rulers and spirits attempting to
beguile us through his subtlety to corrupt our minds from the
simplicity that is in Christ. I will beware of another Jesus.
Another Jesus has come to offer liberty as a cloak of maliciousness.
I will refuse his cloak and continue to walk in the light of
love. I will not allow my liberty to become a stumbling block
to others. I will not seek my own way, and I will not damage
the conscience of others. There are no new liberties in Christ.
He has not changed, for he is the same yesterday, today, and
forever. He is the Lord, and he does not change. The Lord called
me unto liberty. The flesh will embrace another Jesus offering
occasions to it. I will not use liberty for an occasion to the
flesh, but by love, I will serve others. The flesh is filled
with lust. I will walk in the Spirit, and I will not fulfill
the lust of the flesh. Another Jesus has schemed to use the
nature of the flesh to oppose the kingdom of God and ensnare
the people of God. Liberty is being perverted, and grace is
being turned into lasciviousness. I will not deny Jesus for
another Jesus, for all who do such things, deny the only Lord
God and our Lord Jesus Christ. As the angels, which kept not
their first estate but left their own habitation, so are people
leaving true righteousness and true holiness. I will hold fast
to the truth, and I will not be corrupted by another Jesus.
Confession
of Faith - #164
It
has been recorded that God came, worked miracles, and manifested
signs and wonders. No one can dispute the fact of his existence,
for his mighty acts are recorded and confirmed by many witnesses.
I believe that he will do greater works. I determine not to
doubt the truth of the written word of God and not to be moved
away by the idolaters of the age. The enemy has used the spiritual
prisons of the age to pressure my mind and intimidate me to
doubt his word. When John the Baptist was imprisoned, he questioned
if Jesus was the one to come or should he look for another although
he had baptized Jesus himself. My spiritual prisons are the
dwelling places of spirits of doubt, fear, and discouragement.
I make up my mind not to allow these antagonists to cause my
faith to fail when prayers of faith have been prayed for me.
The Lord said, "Believe the gospel and the good news concerning
revival in the land." He has manifested healing and deliverance
through the sons of God of this age; just as miracles were manifested
before in the body of the Christ. I will stop looking for signs
of his faithfulness and believe in him. His nature and expression
of love at Calvary was enough. My own salvation should be a
witness of God's faithfulness. I have sinned, yet I am alive
to worship and do obeisance unto the Lord today. I worship him,
the Living God, the Eternal Spirit, and the Everlasting Father.
His name has been manifested and declared unto me. I do not
doubt the truth of this revelation, and I will not be enticed
to worship the images of the gods of the age. Their beautiful
fleshly images are manifested to appeal to the lust of my eyes,
the lust of my flesh, and the pride of life. I will not look
to a fleshly wonder to form opinions of his faithfulness and
his realness, but I will look to God's word.
Confession
of Faith - #165
God
despises the idols of the age. They will take my mind and my
heart if I give them my eyes or my ears; therefore, I will love
the Lord with all my heart, mind, soul, and all my strength.
I am no match for these idols; therefore, I am conscious of
my heart, which will seek that which is desperately wicked and
deceitful. If I give my heart to another love other than my
first love, then that love will ask for my head on the platters
of the idols and lords of the earth. I return to my first love
and counsel with him to buy gold tried in the fire that I might
be rich; that I might be clothed with righteousness and holiness
and not be found naked before the world; that my eyes might
be washed with eye salve so that I will not be blind in the
age of gross darkness. I am feeling the pressure of the demands
of a love that is not supposed to be my first love. I examine
my heart to see if the Lord is my first love. I now repent of
this evil, and I will be reinstated to the floor of humility.
When God has been declared Lord again, then will the hand of
other loves be withdrawn. I cannot keep my faith if my faith
is in myself and other loves. The prophet that was greater than
all others questioned his faith, so if I do not have God as
my first love, I will question my standing in this hour. I can
come from my spiritual prisons if I cast my loves before his
feet and exalt him, the lover of my soul. I allow God to position
my loves and then will they be arranged in perfect order and
in proper perspective. If he is not first in my life, then I
can do nothing in the face of death. The Lord is life. When
Jesus is my first love, then life will be my defense in the
face of death. God is the defense in the face of death and my
defense in the face of all things. Now I rise up from defeat
and worship the King of all kings. He is near. If I would only
feel after God with all my heart, then I would find him. The
Lord has a refreshing for me today. I will go and be refreshed.
Confession
of Faith - #166
I
have come unto the Lord, and he has shown me how to contend
with the assumed terror on the horizon. I will beware lest I
focus on the fears of what could happen rather than focusing
on him. I will read Hebrews 11 carefully. God has opened my
understanding that I might understand the scriptures. I know
that the Lord is not anxious or afraid. Men's hearts shall fail
them for fear and for looking after the things which are coming
on the earth. I determine not to let my heart fear but to be
focused on the one who knows no fear. I look to Jesus and hear
his voice. I close my ears to men and their assumptions. I open
my ears to his voice. He tells me that the powers of heaven
shall be shaken and then shall they see him, the Son of man,
coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things
begin to come to pass, then I shall look up and lift up my heads
for my redemption draws nigh. I turn my eyes upon the Lord.
I believe in him. I believe his word that he has spoken in my
ears. There is no contradiction between them and what is written.
If I halt here to give credibility to man's reasons, evidence,
and conclusions of their minds, I will be persuaded by the knowledge
of man's person and deceitful spirits. There is no authority
in their evidence. I remove my trust from the strength of men's
probability. I place my total trust in him and hold a firm persuasion
to not abandon him as the object of my faith. I really believe
on him, and I will place my full confidence in God and his love
for me. If I really love him, then I will trust him and rest
in his arms by the faith of Jesus Christ.
Confession
of Faith - #167
There
is a raging attitude that is rampant among the people of God.
Many are caught up into a dimension of imaginations. I purpose
to go and bring focus to their lives. There is an attack on
the true anointed ones of the Lord. The enemy has taken counsel
among themselves and set themselves against God's anointed ones.
I will not worry about them, for the Lord shall laugh at them
and have them in derision. I shall not be distracted by this
trickery, for the attack against me is a subtle device to remove
me from purpose. I leave the enemy unto him. God shall vex them
in his sore displeasure. He shall break them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. I remember,
they shall surely gather together but not by him. Whosoever
shall gather together against me, shall fall for my sake. I
am not intimidated because of their number. The children of
the desolate have more children than the married wife. I shall
break forth in due time, for I shall break forth on the right
hand and on the left hand. My seed shall flourish among the
Gentiles. Jesus is my husband, my Maker; the Lord of hosts is
his name. He is the Holy One of Israel, the God of the whole
earth. I cease looking for trouble to come. I cease looking
to be swept away by the floods of the hour. God is not wroth
with me, neither will he rebuke me. Mountains shall depart,
and the hills shall be removed, but his kindness shall not depart
from me, neither shall the covenant of his peace be removed.
He is showing forth mercy unto me.
Confession
of Faith - #168
I
will not be afraid of what man can do unto me because of their
assumed relationship that they boast about having with the Lord.
They shall hear the Lord say, "I never knew you" in the
end of time, for they are workers of iniquity. I will not fear
them, for he has not sent them to say the things that they speak
against me. God is granting great peace to me and my children.
I will teach them about the Lord and allow him to establish
them in righteousness. He has sent more grace to fence out oppression;
therefore, I do not fear. This same grace shall keep terror
far from me. The waster shall destroy those who walk in darkness,
but it shall not waste me. In regards to me, the Lord has stripped
the waster of its prosperity, and it cannot prosper against
me. Every tongue that shall rise against me in judgment, I shall
condemn it, for this is the heritage of the servants of the
Lord, and my righteousness is of the Lord. I am not afraid to
open my mouth and prophesy. God has not sent me only to prophesy
for things. He has also sent me to prophesy against some things
and some people. Many people will come against me. I will not
fear. God is in control of the minds of people. When they come
against me, at that same time, he shall cause things to come
into their minds. They shall think the wrong thoughts and be
defeated by the error of their thoughts. The Lord is sending
strong delusions among those who fight against me. He has made
me a stumbling block and placed me in their path that he might
bring them down. He is shaking everything that can be shaken.
I do not refuse him in this hour, for if they did not escape,
who refused him that spoke on earth, then those who turn away
from him now and those who turn away from hearing his voice
shall not escape. The Lord is preparing to shake earth and heaven.
When he finishes, only those things that cannot be shaken shall
remain. I remain in the kingdom of God, and I continue to follow
after his voice. He is given me a kingdom that cannot be moved.
He has given me grace so that I may serve him acceptably with
reverence and godly fear. I give him all of myself, and he shall
burn away all of the dross in my life, for he is a consuming
fire.
Confession
of Faith - #169
Truth
is falling in the streets. An abundance of the truth has been
placed in the earth. It will not return to the Lord empty or
void. It will perform what he sent it to perform. The planters
have gone forth, and those who water have emptied their buckets
and their tears. His increase shall come forth like a flood.
I look in every direction, and I shall see an abundant harvest
of souls flooding the earth as truth springs forth out of the
earth. Truth has been loosed to flood the earth. Those who do
not love the truth will not be able to ride the waves of truth.
The flood of truth shall knock the false prophets and false
teachers out of the door of the kingdom, for they stand there
and will not go in themselves and have made the children twofold
the children of hell that they would have been. God has sent
forth skilled warriors of truth throughout the land. With the
light of love and the voice of truth, they shall find many who
hunger and thirst after righteousness.
Confession
of Faith - #170
The
flood of truth is beating down the doors of denominations where
many are alienated by men who are inspired by the spirit of
error. The Lord is not divided, he is one body not many bodies.
By one spirit, are all baptized into one body. There are many
members in one body, but all members have not the same office.
So the church, being many, is one body in Christ and everyone
members one of another. I will not be joined to the spirit of
error, for he has given me the spirit of truth. If I am joined
unto the spirit of error, then I am joined unto a harlot. I
have come out from among those who walk in error, and I walk
in the light of truth. We are one bread and one body. Those
who are the Lord's have all been made partakers of that one
bread. As the body is one and has many members, all the members
of that one body, being many, are one body so also is Christ.
For by one Spirit, are we all baptized into one body, whether
I am Jew or Gentile, whether I am bond or free. We have been
all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member
but many. God is a Spirit, the one Spirit. He is seeking the
true worshipers. Those who worship him must worship him in spirit
and in truth. I will go and magnify the Lord's oneness and the
unity of the body of Christ. Christ is not divided. He broke
down the middle wall of partition between the Jew and the Gentile.
He has made both one. He has one head, and he has one body.
Jesus is the head, and the church is his body. I know that the
name of the church is Jesus, and my Lord's name is Jesus.
Confession
of Faith - #171
It
is written, "And the Lord shall be king over all the earth.
In that day, shall there be one Lord and his name one." "There
is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God, and Father of
all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."
A virgin conceived a child and brought forth a son. They called
his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
They called his name Jesus, who saves from sins. God is Jesus,
God with me. He has named his body after his head. His body
is called by the name of Jesus, neither is there salvation in
any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among
men whereby I must be saved. Jesus is the family name of whom
the whole family in heaven and earth is named. I rejoice that
I am called by that worthy name. At the name of Jesus, every
knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear that he is the
Lord. He is the Lord, my righteousness. He is my peace, the
Savior who made the Jew and the Gentile both one. He abolished
in his flesh the enmity even the law of commandments contained
in ordinances, for to make in himself of twain one new man so
making peace. He reconciled both unto the Eternal Spirit in
one body by the cross. He slew the enmity and came and preached
peace to me who was afar off and to them that were nigh. The
flood of truth is washing away those who attempt to build back
the wall of partition. The flood of truth is a flood of access
by one Spirit unto the Father. I know that Jesus is the Father's
name, and Jesus is the Son's name. He came in the Father's name,
and they did not know who he was. He came and cried, "He that
believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me,
and he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me." I will go and
declare that his Father and he are one and so is his body. Many
hearts shall be pricked, but a flood of truth shall be released.
I will go and start a flood.
Confession
of Faith - #172
God
has never forsaken me. He will never forsake me. His word is
gone out of his mouth. His word is true, and he is true to his
word. He is true to those who believe. His judgment does not
slumber. His justification is not slack and insufficient. I
come away from condemnation. He has not led me there. He has
led me to justification by faith, which is in Jesus. I have
looked at my failures and predetermined judgment. God has looked
at the sacrifice of the Lamb of God and predetermined justification.
Christ has justified me. Now no one will condemn me. No one
will lay any charge to God's elect. He justified me, and only
he can condemn me. I turn my ears from these voices in the air
and listen to the voice of the faithful witness within me. Love
is speaking to me. The love that was demonstrated at Calvary
speaks on my behalf today. I perceive the love of God through
the action of the cross where Christ laid his life down for
me. The laying down of this precious life for me is an actuality
that cannot be dismissed by the voices of the princes of this
world. He has loved me with an everlasting love. He has redeemed
me by precious, innocent, and holy blood. I now receive the
confidence contained in these words, and I am restored to true
faith again. I have faith in God.
Confession
of Faith - #173
I
say unto the voices of condemnation and despair, "Be removed
from my ear and cast into the sea of silence. Be removed, and
do not return to my ear, for the blood of Jesus has been applied
to my ears." God has not sentenced me to the exile in the
realm of imaginations. He has elected me to a position in heavenly
places in Christ Jesus. I will cast down my immature weapons
of carnality and take up the weapons that God gave me. The weapons
of a true believer are not carnal, but they are mighty through
God. They are mighty in pulling down strongholds, casting down
imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself above
the knowledge of God. I determine to take up these weapons again
and bring an end to strongholds, imaginations, and pride. God
is enforcing my actions of faith. I choose to activate faith
today. I choose to activate love today. I am more than a conqueror
through Christ. Outside of God, there is no lasting victory.
Outside of God, there is no lasting peace. Outside of God, there
is no true love. I determine to rise up from my beggar posture
and stand with my loins girt about with the truth of these words.
I determine to rise up from my hesitant pace and put on the
breastplate of righteousness, which has no place for condemnation.
I will rise up from my lowly walk under the feet of oppression
and walk in heavenly places where only those who have the shoes
of peace may walk. I purpose to cast down my shield of self-defense
and take unto myself the sword of the Spirit, which is the Rhema
of God. God has given me mighty weapons. I will now go forth
with this new confidence in my Redeemer who has been made unto
me wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and justification.
He has not left me alone to attempt anything of myself, but
he has awaited my expressions of confidence in his word and
in him. I will take these precious promises and proclaim them
as sure expressions of well-aimed weapons on my behalf. I know
of a truth, that he has sent these words of exhortation, edification,
and comfort.
Confession
of Faith - #174
Jesus
is God, and there is no God besides him. He is able to keep
me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence
of his glory with exceeding, great joy. He is the only wise
God, the Savior. I will give him glory and rejoice greatly.
I disregard the heaviness that I am experiencing. These heavy
things are only for a season. I am in the trial of my faith,
which is much more precious than of gold that perisheth. Gold
is tried with fire and so am I. I purpose to allow this trial
to be found unto praise, honor, and glory. I believe God's word
and rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. At the end
of this trial, I shall receive the end of my faith even the
salvation of my soul. God knows the way that I take, and he
is trying me. When I come forth, I shall be as gold. I will
place my hand in his hand. I will not go back from the commandment
of his lips. I will esteem the words of his mouth more than
my necessary food. He is giving me a soft heart in this time
of trial and tribulation. The tribulations of the hour are working
patience in my life that I may have virtue to possess my soul.
When I have allowed patience to have her perfect work in me,
then will I be a vessel ready for mighty experiences in God
to be added unto my life.
Confession
of Faith - #175
The
afflictions in my life are light. They are working for me a
far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. I will allow
these afflictions to be used for God's purpose in my life and
then will I realize that God has designed these things for my
profit that I may be a partaker of his holiness. There is coming
the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto me; therefore, I will
rejoice in the face of these grievous things that are happening.
Grace and more grace have been supplied unto me; therefore,
I will look diligently and will not fail of this grace that
is freely given to me. If I fail of this grace, a root of bitterness
will spring up and trouble me. Everyone that comes into fellowship
with me will be defiled by the bitterness that will surely overtake
me if I fail of grace. I determine in my mind to give grace,
and I will receive grace. Freely, I have received it; now I
will freely give it. Grace has supplied me with an inheritance.
Now I will not sell it as a spiritual fornicator. Many have
been rejected because they found no place of repentance when
they sought their inheritance even with tears. I give thanks
at the remembrance of his holiness. I will sing unto God. I
will sing unto him a new song. His anger endureth but a moment.
I will find life in his grace and then will I know that weeping
endures for a night, but joy comes in the morning. He is making
my mountain to stand strong, and by his grace, he is lifting
me above the shadows of trouble. There is no profit in my blood
if God allows me to go down to the pit. The dust cannot praise
God. The dust cannot declare his truth. He has shown me mercy
in my troubles. He has been my helper. He has turned my mourning
into dancing and put off the sackcloth from my presence. I am
now girded with gladness. My victory will now sing praise unto
him. My voice will not be silent. It will give thanks unto God.
The enemy desires me to think that he has forsaken me. God will
never forsake me, neither will he leave me. With great mercies,
he has gathered me unto himself, and with everlasting kindness,
he has expressed compassion toward me. This kindness shall not
depart from me, neither shall the covenant of his peace be removed.
I am comforted by his compassion.
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.
