Confession of Faith - March 22, 2005

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

OF FAITH

Series 3.3.22 - #81

Words of Light Upon the Face of Darkness, Defeat, and Distress

March 22, 2005

I am lifted up into a place which is heavenly, not devilish nor dark, but the place that I reside in is full of light. The redeemed of the Lord are saying what has happened unto them, not what their enemies desire to do unto them. God has said, "Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they are bought back." I will not say that I am damned or that I am in the darkness of this world, but I will say that I am victorious, for by the faith of Jesus Christ, I have overcome all these things. I am of God and have overcome the world because he is in me, and he is greater than all of the things on the outside. I lift up my head, and I let it be as a gate of victory for me.

Jesus is walking in the temples of the redeemed. I am no longer a vagabond and a fugitive, but I am now the son of God; therefore, I say so. I will let the redeemed of the Lord hear my testimony of victory and not the testimony of defeat and distress. Distress has tried to muffle the sounds of praise and cause them to be a silent voice in the earth, but the Lord has taken off my muffler and given me the sounds of praise that are without a muffler or any hindrance. I let the sounds of praise come from my mouth. I choose not to be stifled by the hands of the enemy. Though he places his hands of darkness in my face, I remember that I am the light and what I have shined in his face leaves him without a foundation for any strategy against me.

God is my refuge and my cleft in a rock of salvation. His walls are the end of the journey for the enemy that has chased me. I look up to the throne and see that blood has been placed in heaven for me. I am not under the laws of condemnation, but I am under the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus. The law of love is working on my behalf. I allow the law of love to work for me, and now I will see the gravity of love's effect draw me into the clutches of peace and safety. The gravity of love's effect will repel that which is foreign to its field. No strange thing can enter this gravitation field of love where he has drawn me. I am hidden with Jesus, the Light of the world. I am at peace, and I rest in the arms of love, for he has secured me by the grace of the Lord, and now there is no reason for the sounds of distress and worry, for he has made me free.

The Lord said to me, "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, for I have truly redeemed them. Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they are healed. Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they are liberated. Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they have peace. Let them say that they have hope. Let the redeemed of the Lord say that they have overcome by my blood and the word of their testimony. Let the redeemed of the Lord show forth the newness of my confidence, for I am faithful."

God has promised, and he will perform that which he has promised. His word has gone out of his mouth. I have captured many words from him. Now I stand fast in the liberty of their truth. I know that though the things before me show forth voids and no forms and though the deep has a face of darkness with no visible eyes, I believe that the same four words, "Let there be light," are being spoken for my life, and there shall be light. There shall be healing. There shall be prosperity. There shall be peace. There shall be love. There shall be mercy. There shall be joy. There shall be faith. There shall be miracles. There shall be revival. There shall be new souls born into the Kingdom of God, and my life shall be saved from destruction and ruin, for the Lord has ordained the victory for me, his child, and the redeemed.

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.