Psalms 91:2 NLT This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.
Ask almost any Christ follower about confession, and they will immediately talk about the confession of sins. But the word confess simply means to agree with, to proclaim, and to declare. We certainly are to agree with God that we are sinful and in need of a Savior, to receive forgiveness and be cleansed from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). But confession was never meant to stop there. Much of the weakness in our faith and struggles in our walk with God is because we fail to exercise the power of declaring God’s word and promises over our lives.
We are instructed to confess God’s faithfulness, goodness, kindness, his promises, and all that he has done. One of the major acts of spiritual authority is to declare your agreement with God in all these areas. That His plans for you are good, that he is our father, our healer, our provider, our redeemer, our advocate, our refuge, our strength, our joy, our very present help in times of trouble, and so much more.
Jesus began his ministry by publicly declaring what the prophet Isaiah had spoken of him hundreds of years before. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim release for the captives and freedom for prisoners. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come” (Isaiah 61:1-2). This public declaration laid the foundation for everything that Jesus did over the next 3.5 years. It wasn’t enough for it to come from Isaiah; Jesus needed to speak it into existence just as He and the Father did at creation. Later, Jesus would declare to the disciples that real faith was more than believing: “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.” (Mark 11:23). See it? Whoever speaks to the mountain.
When a young David took on the giant Goliath, it was not enough for him to believe he would be victorious. He boldly moved into battle, declaring, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel…. this assembly will know that the Lord does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the Lord’s and He will give you into our hands” (1 Samuel 17). He declared victory even before it happened.
What words are you choosing to declare to create the foundation for your life? Words filled with doubt and fear, or God’s words of faith and life. It’s entirely up to you—you and you alone decide what comes out of your mouth. The natural and easy thing to do is to speak negative things and circumstances that surround you. We do not deny the facts or circumstances we face; we just choose to believe what God’s Word says and declare it instead. It is living by faith, not by sight. God’s Word, His Truth, stands forever but facts and circumstances change every day.
There is untapped power in confession and agreeing with what God has spoken and promised us in His Word. Declaring involves speaking forth God’s truth and declaring His promises with confidence and authority. When we proclaim and declare, we tap into the transformative power of God’s Word and invite His work into our lives. Today, declare God’s Word over your life and see the results!
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Jeremiah 17:7 NLT Blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
Hebrews 13:15 AMP Through Jesus, let us at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully declares His name.
1 John 4:15 NLT All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.
Psalms 96:2-3 TPT Don’t stop! Keep on singing! Make his name famous! Tell everyone every day how wonderful he is. Give them the good news of our great Savior. Take the message of his glory and miracles to every nation. Tell them about all the amazing things he has done.
Psalms 145:4 TPT Generation after generation will declare more of your greatness and declare more of your glory.
Psalms 19:1 NIV The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Psalms 145:4-6 NLT Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them declare your power. I will meditate on your majestic, glorious splendor and your wonderful miracles. Your awe-inspiring deeds will be on every tongue; I will declare your greatness.
Romans 10:9-10 NLT If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.
Psalm 97:6 AMPC The heavens declare His righteousness, and all the peoples see His glory.
Psalm 75:9 AMPC But I will declare and rejoice forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
Psalms 92:1-2 AMP It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord, To sing praises to Your name, O Most High, To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night.
Isaiah 42:8-9 NIV I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.
Psalms 51:15 NIV Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.
Psalms 71:18 NIV Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
Psalms 145:3-4 TPT Lord, you are great and worthy of the highest praise! For there is no end to the discovery of the greatness that surrounds you. Generation after generation will declare more of your greatness and declare more of your glory.
Job 22:28 AMP You shall also decide and declare a thing, and it shall be established for you; and the light of God's favor shall shine upon your ways.
Jeremiah 1:12 NASB Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it.
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