HOLD TIGHT TO YOUR CONFESSION IN PRAYER!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

TUESDAY OCTOBER 11, 2022.

SUBJECT : HOLD TIGHT TO YOUR CONFESSION IN PRAYER!

Memory verse: "Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, Let us hold fast our confession." (Hebrews 4 vs 14.) 

READ: File James 1 vs 6 - 8: 

1:6: But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

1:7: For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord, 

1:8: He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

INTIMATION:

As a Christian, what is your confession of the Word of God in prayer, and after prayer? Are you holding tight to your confession during prayer as well as after prayer? Or do you confess doubt and unbelief after prayer? Any confession you make is a seed sowed in like manner, and you will reap according to what you sowed. The condition for reward is faithfulness to that which we heard and obeyed. 

Faith is the foundation upon which all prayer must be made. It is the foundation upon which our prayers are answered. Our faith, or unbelief, is determined by our confession of the Word of God we have heard. Few of us realize the effect of our spoken word on our own hearts, or on our Adversary. He hears us make our confession of trust, confidence, or failure, of sickness, of lack, and apparently he doesn't forget. Remember he is our accuser; accusing us of our weak or negative confession, and we unconsciously go down to the level of our confession. No one ever rises above his or her confession.

Everybody who walks by faith will have testings. They do not necessarily come from the Father; they usually come from the Adversary. God may allow the testings of the Adversary to test your faith and trust in Him. 

But as long as the Adversary can confuse the issue, and keep you in a state of flux, you are at a disadvantage. A state of flux is a state of continual changing, of insatiably, of double mindedness. In the passage we read today, the apostle James describes a double minded man as unstable in all his ways, and let not that man think he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

In our memory verse, the Scripture advises us, as Christians, to "hold fast our confession." That is, when your confession is in tune with the Word of God in the Scripture, hold tight to it heartily knowing that the Scripture cannot be broken (John 10 vs 35); that what the Father says is true, and sure, already settled in heaven. 

When we doubt His Word, it is because we believe something else that is contrary to the Word. Our confidence may be in the arm of flesh; it may be in medicine; it may be in institutions; but whatever our confidence is in, if it contradicts the Word it destroys our faith life, and without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11 vs 6). Consequently, It destroys our prayers, and brings us again into bondage.

There isn't any power in all the universe that can void any statement of fact in His Word. No Word from God is void of power. He said, "So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55 vs 11.)

Your confidence is in that unbroken, living Word, and you hold fast to your confession in the face of every assaults of the enemy. Never in any way be terrified by your adversaries. Sometimes, it may appear as though the prayer is not answered, hold on to it, though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come (Habakkuk 2 vs 3). It is your quiet assurance in His Word that gives you the supremacy over your adversary.

God’s ways are forever the best, and therefore, He answers in our best interests. Though it might not be the way we wanted, but He aligns our desires with His purposes. He knows the best for us in any circumstances. 

Prayer: Abba Father, my trust is in You and Your Word. Forever Your Word is settled in heaven. Your Word is as sweet as honey in my mouth. Give me the grace to confess Your Word heartily with absolute trust in You and Your Word, knowing that You hasten to perform Your Word. My absolute confidence is in You, and nothing can take this away from me, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!