This is the concluding part of our previous discussion on Getting your confessions to work for you,
so I advise that if you have not read the previous article, you endeavour to do
so by clicking on the link of the subject above. This will help you to gain a thorough
understanding of the entire discussion.
Having understood the place and value of confessions in the believers
walk of faith, it is important for us to now look carefully at how you can
effectively structure your confessions to maximize results. We cannot over
emphasize the need for a believer to maintain a strong and roburts confession,
this is because even when the devil is throwing negative thoughts into your
mind, your head will stop thinking to
listen to what your mouth has to say, so you have to have to say something. This is
where what you say becomes really important, and the best way to redirect your thoughts when
they are going astray is to make confessions based on the scriptures.
The most vital point to note in structuring your confessions is that
your confessions must contain elements of your sincere gratitude to God. If you
are never grateful to God for anything he does in your life, you have no moral
grounds on which to approach him to do more. Be grateful in your heart to God,
and even to other people whom God has used to bring you thus far in your life’s
journey, and beyond being grateful in your heart, let that gratitude reflect in
your confessions. Don’t let your confessions flow out of selfishness and envy
for what God has done for other people, let it rather rest on gratitude flowing
out of your heart towards God.
Another thing to note in structuring your confessions is the importance
of tying your confessions to past experiences of victory. I learnt from Pastor Poju
Oyemade that when you make a confession, what happens is that your mind tries
to tie that confession to an experience you have had in the past. This is as
though your mind is doing a Google search for an experience related to what you
are now confessing. If you have had a similar experience to what you are confessing,
then it means your mind got a result from the search, and it becomes easy for
your mind to relate that confession on your lips with that past experience of victory,
to bring what you are confessing to pass. If however, you have never heard any
experience similar to what you are confessing, then the search returns empty,
and your heart cannot relate your confession to any previous experience of
victory, in which case it is more difficult for that confession to settle in
your heart to the point that you know you have possessed what you are
confessing. To overcome this obstacle in your confession, you can always
leverage on the experiences of other people that you know or that you can
relate with. This is now like you are going beyond searching your own engine,
to searching other people’s engine, seeking for results. Here is the vital role
of the testimonies given by other believers; when you know that God has done it
for Mr A, it is easier to believe that He will do it for you, and you can
incorporate other people’s testimony into your confessions.
So then when you begin to make your confessions, it will do you a great
profit to tie those confessions to past experiences of victory that you have
had or that you can relate with in the lives of other people. Take for instance
that you are believing God for healing over a certain ailment, you can simply
structure your confession as thus;
I am grateful to God and I
rejoice greatly that Jesus paid the price for me to live in divine health, for
His word says in 1 Pet. 2:24 that Who his own self bare our sins in his own
body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness:
by whose stripes ye were healed. I see myself free from this disease and I see
myself dancing and praising God just as I did on the day I was delivered from
that car accident…
What you will observe about this confession is that not only is it based
on the word of God, it has elements of gratitude to God, and an emotional
attachment. You have attached the confession to an important event in your life
– the victory over a car accident, which is to you one of the past victories that
you have enjoyed. Thus, it becomes easy for your heart to accept that confession
and for faith to rise in your heart to produce the physical manifestation of
your confession.
Now, supposing that as a single lady, you are believing God to get
married, and you cannot find any past victory in your life to which you can tie
your confessions to give it that emotional boost, you can then relate your
confession to someone else’s experience as thus;
I am grateful to God and I
rejoice greatly because now I have been found by a God fearing, handsome,
industrious, loving, and caring man, who will take me to be his wife; for the
word of God declares in Isa. 34:16 that none shall lack her mate. I see myself married
and settled in my home with children, and I see myself dancing and praising God
on my wedding day just as Sis. Jane did on the day she got married to Bro. Joe…
What you have done in essence by structuring your confession as
illustrated, is to tap into the testimony that God has given to a fellow
believer in order to birth your own testimony. These confessions are mere
sample confessions, you can structure yours in any way, but the important thing
is to ensure that your confessions are not lacking any essential elements that
make up a good confession.
It is important that I remind you again as in the previous article
that you don’t just make confessions as a Christian ritual, you must truly be
desirous of the confessions that you are making. The interesting thing about
desiring something strongly is that it is certain you will have it because your
heart will latch on to it till it comes to pass. If your desirability level for
something is take for instance 9, and the obstacle level is 8, your desire will
propel you to overcome the obstacles on your way to attaining your desires.
However, if your desirability level is 6, and the obstacle level is 8, you will
have a very challenging and difficult climb.
Finally let’s look at a very important scripture in Heb. 10:23
Let us hold fast the profession
of our faith without wavering;
(for he is faithful that
promised)
Many believers lack staying power, that ability to stay and hold on to
your confessions until you get the results you want. Making confessions is like
turning the rudder of a ship, the ship doesn't automatically change its course
immediately the sailor starts turning the rudder, the sailor must first lock
the rudder at a point for the ship to begin
to turn in that direction. The moral is that as you make your
confessions, you may not necessarily experience results immediately, this does
not in any way mean that your confessions aren't working, it only means you
have to lock those confessions until you begin to get the results you want.
As you diligently make your well-structured confessions, backed up by
prayers, you will see how easy it is to succeed in life because
you will not even be consciously making the decisions that will cause you to succeed, your confessions and prayers have set a
prophetic highway before you as you march into destiny.
I look forward to hearing from you on how this subject has helped you to
further enjoy the victories delivered to you by the finished work of Christ
Jesus as I welcome you to an adventure in faith.
Shalom!
N.B
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