Confession of Faith - June 12, 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 2.6.12 - #164

June 12, 2004

I am not discouraged in this time of battle. I am in the midst of a real war. God has sent me with the sword of the Spirit, which is the Rhema of God. I am not on the Lord's side if I resist and inhibit the sword of the Spirit. I swing the sword of the Spirit. God directs it. I open my mouth and say what he has authored me to say. I am not discouraged by those who oppose me. The enemy has sent false teachers to scourge the true people of God. The false teachers inspire fear, and their strategy is to frighten me from speaking the living word. It is a very subtle invasion of terror with a frightening aspect that produces anxiety and worry. I will not worry, for he will end the reign of terror by the false teachers. They are bombing his people with subtle violence in order to intimidate them into giving in to their demands. The fearful shall give in and so shall those who have not the faith of Jesus Christ. Those who know the voice of God shall overcome in this period marked by violence committed by those in power producing terror. I will not be not held in check any longer. He has made me free indeed. This inhibition is not of him. He cannot be restrained. I open up my mouth and heart to the moving of his Spirit, and he will break off these controls that have been placed on his people. The controls placed on the ministers are being removed from every minister that wants to go free. I restrain my anger, but I am freed to speak the living word. I have been deprived of liberty long enough. God has not placed me under house arrest or restraint. He has removed the forces and the persuasions that were sent against me. I will not be checked in my spirit by these things. If I allow myself to be checked by these things, my appetite for spiritual things will also be curbed. I purpose not to wear the bridle of man's control, and I will not be subdued or held down by the impulses that attempt to motivate me to throw down the living word. The bridle of man has bits and reins that govern the ministry with a headgear that restrains the words that should flow without fear or unbelief. I choose to not be bridled by man as he attempts to force me to wear the headgear of fear and doubt. I take no thought for my life, what I shall eat, neither for the body, what I shall put on. Life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. I consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and he feeds them. I am much more than the fowls. I do not fear. He has given me the kingdom. It was his good pleasure to give it to me. I must be kingdom minded. I conclude to not follow those who seek their own and not the things that are Jesus Christ's.

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.