THE POWER OF CONFESSION

Effective confession is like firing a gun. A gun that fires blanks sound the same as one that fires real bullets. If you have a snake in your garden you can fire blanks at it all you want and it will never kill the thing. However one real bullet will take care of the slimy creature in no time.

That is one reason why so many Christians get frustrated with this confession thing – They are firing blanks and get no results.
Again and again when God wanted to create something we get the phrase “And God said”. Last week we heard “The worlds were framed by the words of God”. So words are creative and powerful but they must be based on an underlying faith. (Rom 10:10)

Consider the order, with your heart you believe, then with your mouth you confess. If confession is the gun, words based on an already present inner reality are the bullets and the gunpowder that propels those bullets is the substance of faith.

So before shooting off your mouth load the gun with bullets (a clear inner image), fill the image with faith (gunpowder) and pull the trigger through the exercise of confession.

IF YOU EVER WANT TO START SEEING WHAT YOU SAY, YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN TO CREATE IT IN YOUR HEART FIRST

Meditating the Word of God builds a clear image in your heart of the thing for which you are believing.

Clearly there is a heart-mouth connection, they work as a team. So don’t ever move into confession until you’ve established belief in the heart.

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