Confession of Faith - March 23, 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 3.3.23 - #82

Words of Light Upon the Face of a Storm

March 23, 2005

The walls of my defense were erected long ago even before the foundation of the world, the Lord erected the walls of salvation that would be my defense. I am secure within Jesus, my walls. He cannot be torn down by the equipment of men or the spiritual forces of spirits. He is my security. No man can pluck me out of his hands. There is no instrument in the hands of my enemy that can be forged against me to pluck me out of these hands of security. I am secure in God.

The Lord has placed his love in my heart. This love is a mighty weapon against the builders of the strongholds of the mind. The fear troop came against my mind to sabotage my faith, but the love of God cast out the entire troop. I look to the author and finisher of faith, and I run through this troop of fear without fear and trembling, for they are disarmed by my trust in God. The Lord will not release them to bring the damage that they have threatened to bring. Their father is the father of lies, and their relatives are cohorts of high-tech embezzlement. They shall not embezzle my trust, for God's word is settled and cannot be packed off by these spirits that have aligned themselves against me.

I will go to these waters before me and drink. The life within these waters that he gives me will supply me with the realness of victory and not the illusions of the enemy. The Lord has not led me in a path of unrighteousness and defeat, but he has led me in a path of victory and success. The enemy cannot sabotage God's efforts to bless me and to make a testimony of his greatness within me. The enemy has come in like a storm, but God's standard is already against him. The forces and the voices of these forces, which ran into my mind, have been halted. This standard of the Lord is more than a traffic signal, but it is a wall of salvation where the lines of the enemy come to an end. The enemy cannot come beyond the line of God's standard, for it is my wall of salvation and my building of refuge. I hide in this building and know that I am in a mighty fortress. The Lord is my refuge. I am hidden in the cleft of his hand. I will lie still and rest, for I have been led in this path. Now I will know of God's faithfulness and the power of grace to supply that which seemed so far off. He is near, just as the word of faith is nigh me even in my mouth, my heart, and my mind. I rest in the security of the Lord, my God.

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.