Tell Yourself How You Are!

“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

Therefore, I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone forgive him that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.” -Mark 11:23-26

In this passage, Jesus gives us the most complete, condensed instruction of faith found in the Bible. In verse 23, He gives the two basic principles of faith—believing in the heart and saying with the mouth. Then in verse 24, He shows us how to apply our faith in prayer. Finally, Jesus reveals the greatest hindrance to faith—unforgiveness. (vv 25,26).

Paul said we are to walk by faith and not by sight.

I remember learning that Smith Wigglesworth once said, I never get up in the morning and ask Smith how he is. I get up in the morning and tell him how he is.”

You can do the same thing. Take yourself to the Word of God every morning and say, “This is how you are. You’re more than a conqueror. This is the victory that overcomes the world—even your faith. [1 John 5:4.] By Jesus’ stripes you were healed. [Isa. 53:5, 1 Peter 2:24.] You’ve been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of His Son! [Col. 1:13.]”

We must believe and say what God says. We have to feed on the Word of God until we not only know what God says, but we also believe it in our hearts. Then when a situation arises, we can just lean back, look the problem square in the face and say, “I don’t care what you look like, seem like, sound like or feel like. I believe God!”

CONFESSION:

Every day I tell myself how I am according to God’s Word. I am healed by the stripes of Jesus. I’m abundantly blessed. I believe God, and it shall be even as He told me in His Word!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999