Saturday, 10 January 2009
How to Renew Your Faith
Many people slowly drift apart from their faith and religion. Soon they start to lose their personal contact with God. This is a good thing. God the Father, is the reason why we are all here, and even though some things are hard to believe, there is a way to slowly come back to your faith. Read on, and be nourished by the word of God.
Build Your Faith
"Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God"
You build your faith by reading and speaking God's word. The Bible tells you that as you renew your mind, you will be transformed.
You renew your mind with the word of God
If you're feeling defeated, it could be because you've been listening to the lies of the enemy.
"You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free"
Let God's word tell you who you are and what you have. Don't give any attention to anything that tells you differently. God's word is true.
Acknowledge, agree with, recognise, confess and speak, the word of God
Choose to see yourself as God sees you
Speak out these truths even when you don't yet see the reality
When God called Gideon a mighty warrior there was no evidence to suggest that it was true. God saw and spoke what Gideon would become.
Learn what God says about you and accept God's opinion of you. Believe what God says about who you are in Christ and you will become what you are in Him. By faith, believe the truth and act on what you believe.
You will build your faith as you constantly remind yourself of who you are in Christ.
Biblical Confessions To Build Your Faith
Apart from Jesus, I can do nothing; but in Jesus I can do all things. I choose to see myself as He sees me according to His living Word. My life is hid with Christ in God. I will say the same things that God says in His Word. How can two walk together if they don't agree?
I choose to trust God. His Word will be the final authority in my life. I base my entire life upon God and His living Word. Because I meditate upon His Word day and night and carefully do all that is written in it, I will prosper.
I'm not just an ordinary person; I'm a child of the living God. I'm not just a person; I'm an heir of God and a joint-heir with Jesus Christ. I'm not just a sinner; I'm a new creation in Jesus. I'm part of a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. I'm one of God's chosen people.
Jesus has declared me not guilty. I refuse to be discouraged. God is the God of all encouragement. There is no condemnation for me because I'm in Christ Jesus.
Satan is the father of lies. I won't listen to his accusations. I am cleansed by Jesus' blood. No weapon formed against me will succeed. I will disprove every tongue that rises against me in judgment.
My mind is being renewed by the word of God. I will pull down strongholds and cast down imaginations. I will bring every thought captive to the will of Christ.
I am accepted by God. If God is for me, who can be against me? Greater is He that is within me than he that is in the world. Nothing can separate me from the love of Christ. As the Father loves Jesus, so Jesus loves me. I have the righteousness of God through Christ. I am not a slave of sin, I'm a slave of God and a slave of righteousness.
I will continue in God's word. I know the truth and the truth has set me free. I am free indeed because Jesus has set me free. I have been delivered out of the kingdom of darkness. I'm now part of the kingdom of God.
I will submit to God. When I resist the devil, he has to flee. No temptation will overcome me which is not common to man. God is faithful. He will not let me be tempted beyond my strength. With any temptation He will also provide me with a way of escape, so that I can endure.
Jesus always causes me to triumph. I'll reign as a king in life through Christ Jesus. The Word of God lives in me. I am more than a conqueror through Christ who loves me. I am an overcomer. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. God gives me the victory through Jesus Christ my Lord.
I am a success to the glory of God. All His blessings will come upon me and overtake me because I obey the voice of the Lord, my God. I am confident that those who seek the Lord will lack no good thing.
I will not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Speak God's word daily. Believe it. Allow the living and active Word of God to build your faith, renew your mind and transform your life.