So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you. JAMES 4 : 7
A new year has just broken her beautiful dawn into our lives .. and the one thing that we do not want to do is enter into this new, exciting time the same way that we came out of last year .. filled to overflowing with fear and doubt .. Each one of us has a very important responsibility that lies ahead of us .. and the responsibility is this .. DO NOT CONFESS DOUBT AND FEAR .. RESIST THEM !! Doubt and Fear .. two of the worst emotions for us to try and cope with .. and yet at the same time two of the hardest emotions for us to resist .. but resist them is exactly what we have to do .. Do not open your mouth and confess your doubts .. Do not open your mouth and confess your fears .. Now if you are feeling doubt at this very moment in time .. you are not being told to say that you are not doubting .. And if you are feeling fear at this very moment in time .. you are not being told to say that you are not dealing with any fears .. The lesson that you have to learn here is .. Do Not SAY Anything About Doubt and Fear At All .. What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words .. ( Proverbs 18:21 ) We use our mouths and our words to confess, acknowledge and declare things in our lives .. so instead of confessing doubt and fear .. you must resist them .. Turn to .. Rely on .. and CONFESS GOD’S WORD INSTEAD .. Doubt .. Fear .. Doubt .. Fear .. Are you aware that in reality dealing with doubt and fear is actually none of your business .. That’s right .. doubt and fear come from the devil .. which makes them a bad thing .. therefore talking about doubt and fear is none of your business .. because they do not belong to you .. For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self control .. ( 2 Timothy 1:7 ) You are a very precious, chosen child of our Most High God .. and for this very reason you do not have a heart that is full of doubt and fear .. Yes it may be possible that as you face certain situations and circumstances in your life that you may have been tempted to doubt and feel afraid .. and yes it is also possible that for a brief moment you may have listened to the devil and surrendered to his temptation .. but the good news is .. no wait .. the great news is .. you have all the power that you require to run the devil right out of your life .. permanently .. if you will start to resist him .. CHANGE YOUR CONFESSION .. Stop talking negatively .. Stop confessing your doubts .. Stop confessing your fears .. that is not what you have .. and that is not who you are .. CHANGE YOUR CONFESSION .. Start declaring who you are in Jesus Christ .. Start declaring what you are in Jesus Christ .. You are a believer .. You are a brand new creature .. You are blessed .. You are anointed by the blood of the Lamb .. You are the apple of God’s eye .. You are God’s favourite child .. Say that .. Think that .. Believe that .. Live that .. so that next time you are tempted to feel doubt and fear .. which will happen because none of us are above temptation .. you will have the right attitude and the power to resist the devil and his lies .. and when you resist him he has no option but to run away from you .. Confess with confidence that you refuse doubt and fear in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ .. and doubt and fear will leave you .. But if you allow doubt and fear to be entertained in your thoughts and by your words they will march right into your life .. they will become constant companions .. who will steal from you .. who will destroy you .. and who will ultimately defeat you if you allow them .. Doubt and fear are tempting, provoking twins of the enemy .. and you need to know that if you are going to say anything .. it would be far better for you to start speaking the words that God speaks .. Now what God says is “Fear Not”.. so what you need to say is .. “No, no, no, I will not fear, I am a child of God, and my Father has not given me a spirit of fear so I absolutely refuse to be afraid. I resist you, satan, in Jesus Name.” Remember that doubt and fear is none of your business .. well the same applies to all the negative confessions .. you have no business allowing doubt and fear based words to come out of your mouth .. doubt is the devils language and it is high time that you stop talking the devils language and start talking God’s language only .. God is a faith God .. and you are His faith child !! The temptation of fear and doubt may very well come knocking at your door .. but you have got to learn not to answer when they do .. Stop entertaining doubt in your life .. stop confessing fear and doubt into your life .. you have the choice !! You do not have to live in fear and doubt unless you want to .. you are not a doubter .. you are a believer so keep on believing .. If you continue to confess fear and doubt .. then you will continue to allow fear and doubt to have authority over you .. and if you continue to confess fear and doubt it is a guarantee that those very fears and doubts will only grow stronger dragging you deeper and deeper into despair .. But if you boldly and confidently confess, think, believe and live in God’s love for you and His protection over you .. and you boldly confess, think, believe and live a life that declares that every word God has spoken about you is true .. then you will always have more than enough power to resist .. resist .. resist .. After reading this .. each one of us should take a little time alone to seriously, seriously, seriously think about the things that we are saying and confessing on a regular basis .. As believers it is important for us to understand that each time we confess our fears .. each time we confess our doubts .. each time we confess our weaknesses .. each time we make a negative confession .. in essence what we are really saying is that God’s Word is not true and that our Father has failed to make His Word good and fruitful in our lives … CHANGE YOUR CONFESSION .. We must continue to hold firmly to our confession of faith. The one who made the promise is faithful ..(Hebrews 10:23) ALL THAT I HAVE SEEN TEACHES ME TO TRUST GOD FOR ALL THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN Comments are closed.
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