Confession of Faith - June 8, 2004

SCRIPTURAL VERIFICATION

The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

(Romans 10:8-10)

CONFESSION

Series 2.6.8 - #160

June 8, 2004

I do not allow my confidence in God to be shattered because of the heat of the trial. He is faithful. Though I have been done wrong, I must remain certain of his faithfulness to me. I allow not the wrong done to me to be used as a measurement of trust in him. I hold fast to the full assurance that he has meant this for good. Now I look to the good that will come out of this instead of the bad that I am experiencing. I allow the roots of my faith to grow deeper into his faithfulness during this time of hurt. I plunge myself into total trust in his promises and him. He is the Rock. His work is perfect. He is a God of truth, and he is without iniquity. He is just and right. His people are his portion, and he will keep them as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings, so does he lead his people in this hour. I will not turn from serving him in spirit and in truth. I will go forth and say, "Sing unto the Lord a new song. Praise him with all that is within you." His face is turned toward the true worshippers, for they are the children in whom is faith. I do not turn from him as the children in whom there is no faith. They are void of counsel and have no understanding in them. They have not considered their latter end, for they are unwise and do not understand his speech. He has sent prophets before me, and they despised them and turned their ears from hearing them. Their prosperity shall take flight and plunge into the darkness. He has said, "Believe in the Lord, your God, so shall you be established; believe my prophets, so shall you prosper." To be established, I must believe. Those who turn from hearing the word are rebellious. They are liars and only desire to hear smooth things. I will have no fellowship with those who despise prophesying, for they exalt themselves above the knowledge of his word. God has said, "Despise not prophesying."

The Lord has given me the bread of adversity and the water of affliction. I have heard his word in my ears saying, "This is the way, walk in it." I open my mouth and sing a new song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the Mighty One of Israel. I will sing unto the Lord a new song. He awaits the true praises of those who sing spiritual songs from the redeemed hearts of truth. He has made them free and loosed them from tongues that can only speak what they have learned. He has loosed them to sing and speak what he is saying within them, for it is not they who speak, but he is speaking in them by the testimony of Jesus Christ, which is the spirit of prophecy. Because of unbelief, many are void of a true demonstration of his power within them. They are faithless and of a perverse generation. If I have faith as a grain of mustard seed, I shall say unto my mountains, "Remove from here, and get up to another place," and they shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible unto me. I must seek him with prayer and fasting and then shall I behold the miraculous hidden in the belly of impossibility. There is too much of myself in the way. I must pray and fast and then shall self be decreased. There is faith in me to fast and pray. I allow faith to work this good work in me. God has been merciful unto me, for I have sought him without trusting in myself that I was righteous. I choose to love others and then will my testimony before men and the Lord be an acceptable testimony full of power. I allow the word of God to have free course in me, and I will be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men. All men do not have faith, but God is faithful. He has established me. Now he will keep me from the evil that has threatened me. I am confident in his promises as one who has faith, always knowing that without faith, it is impossible to please him. He that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. I will not question his word, but I will receive it with an open heart of love and trust.

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.