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Don’t Confess Fear—Resist It!

Well, you’re not really afraid because the Bible says God has given you a spirit, not of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind (2 Tim. 1:7). Fear isn’t something that is coming from the inside of you if you’re a Christian. It’s something that is coming from the outside of you, trying to get ahold of you. It is from the enemy.
You have a spirit of power—now say you do. And when you confess it, then what you confess begins to dominate you. We have to recognize that God has not given us a spirit of fear. We need to learn to stand our ground against the enemy. Amen

Have a Blessed Weekend
Bud

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Turn Your Faith Loose

Dare to think God’s thoughts after Him! You see, the Bible contains God’s thoughts, and, of course, God’s thoughts are different than man’s thoughts. God says, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isa. 55:9). You can say some things that the Bible says are true, and in your natural mind, it doesn’t sound reasonable. Your mind hasn’t been renewed with the Word of God. But the Word works. It works by saying or it works by praying.

The Amplified translation reads, “For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe—trust and be confident—that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].” Mark 11:23-24
If you trust and are confident that whatever you asked for is granted, then you are going to say, “It’s mine, I have it now.” That is your faith speaking. Amen

Blessings have a great week
Bud

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Confession Is Made Unto . . .

You will never be a conqueror first and then believe you are one. No, you have to confess it first, and then you get there. The confessions of your faith will cause the desired realities in your life. Get this spiritual law, and once you understand the truth of it, it will help your spiritual growth immeasurably.

ROMANS 10:10
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
A man who wants to get saved. He has to believe in his heart that Jesus is Lord and that God has raised Him from the dead because the Word says it. Then he must confess with his mouth what he believes in his heart—that Jesus died for him according to the Scriptures and that Jesus was raised from the dead for his own justification. Then he must confess Jesus as His Lord with his mouth because he believes it in his heart. Then according to the Bible, he is saved.
We must go by what the Word says. The Bible says to believe the Word first and then to confess the Word with your mouth, and it shall be done (Mark 11:23,24).
We walk by faith and not by sight
(2 Cor. 5:7).
Amen

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No Faith Without Confession

There is no such thing as faith without confession! Confession is faith’s way of expressing itself. Faith, like love, is of the heart or the spirit.
You can’t reason love into people and you can’t reason love out of them because love is of the heart. Faith is of the heart or the spirit, too, and it’s safe to say that there is no faith without confession. And faith, like love, grows with your confession.
The reason the majority of Christians are weak, although they are sincere, is they have never boldly declared who they are in Christ. What they must do is find out from the Scripture how God the Father looks at them and then confess that. Amen

Blessings
Bud

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Confess Your Rights and Privileges

Let us look at several scriptures that do not have the words “in Him,” “in whom,” or “in Christ” in them, yet they do infer something about our rights and privileges in Christ.

COLOSSIANS 1:13 13 Who hath DELIVERED us from the power [authority] of darkness, and hath TRANSLATED US into the kingdom of his dear Son.
The word “who” in this verse refers to God. In Christ we are delivered from the power or authority of darkness.
1 JOHN 4:4 4
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
In the Old Testament is
Isaiah 41:10
10 Fear thou not; for I AM WITH THEE: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Then in the New Testament, God says something else that agrees with the scripture we just read.
ROMANS 8:31
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be FOR US, who can be against us?

Take these scriptures as a personal message from God to you. Remember, the Bible is God speaking to you.
God said in Isaiah 41:10, “Fear thou not; for I am with thee. . . .”
And because we as Christians are under the New Covenant, we can also say, “Thank God, He is in us.” Amen

Blessings
Bud