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WHY DAILY  CONFESSION  &  MEDITATION

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Well, the topic of  DAILY CONFESSION seems to stir up a lot of questions in people.

Certain people I talk with actually seem to get a little agitated at the thought of continually confessing God’s Word.

They are angry at the thought that  time is needed  in meditating and speaking God’s Promises before they actually see God’s Promises manifest.

The statements I hear from this group are often:   “We shouldn’t  have to keep confessing and confessing.  If it is God’s will for something to happen, then it will automatically happen.  Quickly. It shouldn’t take so long”, or  “If it is God’s will, it doesn’t take us doing all that confessing over and over.   That just doesn’t make any sense!” .

Two thoughts that come to mind in response to these statements are:

DAILY confession of God’s Promises and DAILY meditation on God’s love for us and His faithfulness to keep His Word does two things for us:

#1 — It grounds us in God’s Promises

#2 — It is a type of Spiritual Warfare
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regarding #1 –
Daily confession renews our minds to the facts of what God has Promised and stabilizes our minds on the Truth of God’s character, His love for us, and His faithfulness to keep His Word/Promises;
Daily confession of God’s Promises stabilizes us and keeps us grounded when the storms of life come smashing upon us;  (***)
And as we DAILY meditate and SPEAK the Word out, we will be less likely to become afraid, agitated, confused, or filled with doubt when ANY attack comes our way because our minds will be used to FOCUSING on God and His Promises instead of bad news!

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.regarding #2 –
God’s Words are living and powerful and if God’s Words are coming out of our mouths daily, then we are DAILY cutting away at strongholds that we do not see with our eyes and moving mountains that need to be moved;
It is us “making our stand” in the spirit realm and/or “holding our ground”;
It is us “taking hold” of our inheritance;
And if we keep our mouths silent, we are way more likely to have our minds go off into directions that our minds shouldn’t be going off into …. directions of confusion, wondering, doubt, and focusing on trouble instead of focusing on God’s Truths for our lives and our situations.

And besides all this, Jesus told us:  Whoever believes what he SAYS comes to pass, will have what he SAYS.  This would be another good reason, why we should keep our mouths confessing the Promises of God out loud!

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Sometimes I have felt like I am simply parroting the same Promises over and over, and so I figure I will just meditate on God’s love for me, how it is His “good pleasure to give me the kingdom”, and how He is faithful and a truth-teller and so will see that every Word He has spoken will come to pass in my life {Jer 1:12}.

When I am doing this, I am still confessing and meditating on God’s Word, however my focus is away from a specific Promise.  Building my faith regarding God’s love for me and His faithful character to see that His Words are fulfilled DO strengthen my faith for any specific need I have, so this is still a type of Daily Confession.

But, if I am having trouble with doubt or fear about a specific situation, then I KNOW that I MUST sit and meditate on specific Promises for my specific situation.  I KNOW that I must get the Scriptures coming out of my mouth DAILY so that my mind will not “stagger at God’s Promises” (Romans 4:20) or wander off into areas of doubt and confusion.

If a Promise is taking a long time to “manifest” in my life, I also believe that I must sit and meditate on the specific Promises for the situation, for the longer a Promise takes to manifest, the more apt my human mind and reasoning is to start sliding over to the belief that “the Promises are not working for this situation” or that “maybe this actually isn’t God’s will for me this time“, etc.   I have learned that I MUST keep my mind focused on God’s Truths for EVERY situation in my life … no matter HOW BLEAK the situation looks or no matter HOW IMPOSSIBLE the situation looks!  I MUST KEEP MY DAILY CONFESSION & MEDITATION  UP,  to keep my mind focused on God’s powerful Promises {for “faith comes by hearing the Word of God” Romans 10:17}.

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.So whether we are maintaining a focus on a specific Promise or simply focusing on God’s goodness and God’s character, we must realize that we absolutely do need DAILY confession and meditation.

And no, I’m not a legalist … a day off every now and again happens to all of us … but the more we realize how powerful the Word of God is for our lives the more we will want to spend time in prayer, meditating on God’s powerful Words, and the more we will want only the Word to be coming out of our mouths to move mountains and cut down strong-holds.

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(***) Think about building a safe shelter ahead of time BEFORE trouble hits versus building a safe shelter in the  midst of a storm.  Which is smarter and safer…and easier?  Of course, building your safe shelter BEFORE the storm.   So don’t WAIT for disaster to strike before daily confessing God’s Promises out of your mouth.  Build your shelter before any storm hits, and get your mind stabilized on the FACT that God is for you in every  situation!

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