All the promises of God are “yes and amen” (2 Cor 1:20)

• I possess all grace, abounding grace, all-sufficient grace. I confess, "God makes all grace abound to me.”

"And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed.” (2 Cor. 9:8 NASB)

• I possess freedom from transgressions. I confess, “My sins are removed from me by God as far as the east is from the west.”

"As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us." (Psalm.103:12 NASB)

• I possess continual guidance from the Lord. I confess, "The Lord shall guide me continually."

“And the Lord will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.” (Isa. 58:11 NASB)

• I possess freedom from fear. I confess, “God upholds me with His right hand and will help me.”

“For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’" (Isa. 41:13 NASB)

• I possess the peace of God. I confess that I have the peace of God through Christ Jesus my Lord.

"The peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus our Lord" (Phil. 4:7 KJV)

All the promises of God are “yes and amen” (2 Cor 1:20)

• I possess preservation from all forms of evil. I confess, “The Lord preserves me from all evil.”

  “The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.” (Psalm 121:7 NASB)

• I possess the assurance I shall see God. I confess, “The blood of Jesus has made me pure in heart.”

  “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” (Matt. 5:8 NIV)

• I possess daily strength and an abundance of peace. I confess, “The Lord has blessed me with strength and peace"

  “The Lord will give strength to His people. The Lord will bless His people with peace.” (Psalm 29:11 NASB)

• I possess many daily benefits from the Lord. I confess, “The Lord daily loads me with benefits.”

  “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.” (Psalm 68:19 KJV)

• I possess light upon life's pathway as a follower of Jesus. I confess, “I am the light of the world.”

  “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (John 8:12 NIV)

All the promises of God are “yes and amen” (2 Cor 1:20)

• I possess Vine-life wherever I go. I confess, "I am a branch of Jesus, the Living Vine,”

“ I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” (John. 15:5 NASB)

• I possess the ability to stand freely in God's holy presence. I confess, "I am the righteousness of God in Christ"

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Cor. 5: 21 NIV)

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” (Heb. 4:16 KJV)

• I possess God dwelling in me, and walking in me! I confess, "I am a temple of the living God"

“… For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: “I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.” (2 Cor. 6:16 NLT)

• I possess the supply of every need. I confess, "my God shall supply all my needs."

“And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4: 19 NASB)

• I possess know-so salvation for I have called upon the name of the Lord. I confess, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved"

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Rom. 10:13 KJV)

All the promises of God are “yes and amen” (2 Cor 1:20)

• I possess the presence of God continually. I confess, "He will never leave me nor forsake me"

“Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?” Heb. 13:5-6 NIV)

• I possess redemption. I confess, "I am the redeemed of the Lord"

“Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary.” (Ps. 107:2 NASB)

• I possess yoke ending results by His anointing. I confess "the anointing of the Holy One remains in me"

“As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit--just as it has taught you, remain in him. (1 Jn. 2: 27 NIV)

“In that day the LORD will end the bondage of his people. He will break the yoke of slavery and lift it from their shoulders.” (Is. 10:27 NLT)

• I possess authority over demonic forces. I confess, "in the name of Jesus I can cast out demons."

“These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name…” (Mk. 16:17 NLT)

• I possess positive healings for the sick. I confess, "I lay my hands on the sick and they will be healed."

“…They will be able to place their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.” (Mk. 16:18 NLT)

“For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.” (Heb. 4:12 NLT)

Promises of God are faith activated

Transforming your mind is the process of bringing your thoughts in line with God’s thoughts (2 Cor. 10:5). You do this by personalizing Bible promises, mixing faith with them and confessing them as yours. (Heb. 4:2)

All the promises of God are “yes and amen” (2 Cor 1:20)

• I possess salvation — I confess Jesus as my Lord

“…if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.” (Rom. 10:9-10 NASB)

• I possess healing — I confess, "by His scourging I am healed"

“But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.” (Is. 53:5 NASB)

• I possess absolute freedom — I confess, "the son has made me free"

“So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36 NASB)

• I possess the ability to love everyone — I confess, "the love of God has been poured out within my heart by the Holy Spirit."

“and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” (Rom. 5:5 NASB)

• I possess lion-hearted boldness in spiritual warfare. — I confess, "the righteous are bold as a lion"

“The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.” (Prov. 28:1 NIV)

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.” (Rom. 12:2 NIV)

How to control your thoughts

Personalizing and confessing God’s Word in prayer is a powerful way to control your thoughts and “renew your mind”. The following is part of what I confess daily. All these statements are taken from God’s promises in the Bible. I have personalized them and say them by faith. At the end of the list are the verses they come from.

My daily positive confession

• "I am God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works which He has prepared in advance for me to do."

• "Greater things I will do because Jesus has gone to the Father."

• “All that I am and all that I do is from Him.”

• “I stand with firm confidence on His promises!”

• "I can do all things through Christ Jesus which strengthens me!”

• “My blessings are a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over and poured into my lap.”

• “Through faith, I believe that God is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him, and I know Biblically that this is what pleases Him. Amen.”

(Eph. 2:10; John 14:12; Phil. 4:19; 2 Cor. 2:20: Phil. 4:13; Luke 6:38; Heb. 11:6)

“For as he thinks within himself, so he is. (Prov. 23:7 NAS)

What’s on your mind?

There’s an old saying, “You aren’t what you think you are, but what you think, you are.” It’s true, you are actually the sum of your thoughts. That’s why it’s very important to control what you think about and to make your thoughts obedient to Christ.

Take captive every thought

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Cor. 10:5 NIV)

Think about these things

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” (Phil. 4:8 ESV)

“For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.” (Rom. 5:10 ESV)

Reconciled all things by the blood on the cross

“And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him…” (Col. 1:20-22 ESV)

God entrusted us with the ministry of reconciliation

“All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Cor. 5:18-21 ESV)

Be reconciled to your brother

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.” (Matt. 18:15 ESV)

“So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.” (Matt. 5:23-26 ESV)

Therefore…

“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.” (Heb. 12:14 ESV)

God has given you a body

“May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thes. 5:23 NIV)

Body: The physical part of you.

You are three parts

According to the Bible, you are made up of three distinct parts: Spirit, soul, and body! Understanding what this truth means to you personally, and as a follower of Jesus Christ, has great potential to help you tremendously! The last couple of days we looked at your first two parts, your spirit and your soul. Today, we will look at your third part, which is your body.

Your body, the third part of you, is the easiest part to understand, because you can see and feel your human body. If I ask you how you feel you can easily know and tell me. If I ask you if you are cold or warm, you can easily answer.

This part of you, (your body) is not transformed when you become a Christian. If you are fat, skinny, tall, young, or old, when you are born again, you will be that way afterwards. The Bible calls your body “the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:19), and also only temporary as in “jars of clay” (2 Cor. 4:7). We are told to take care of our bodies and someday they will die and our spirits will leave them (2 Cor. 5:6).

There will eventually come a day at the appearing of Jesus that our bodies, too, will be transformed and we will then have brand new transformed ones, (2 Cor. 5:3).

To recap

The Bible says, “as long as we are in this earthly tent” (your body), you must work to do everything you can do to serve God faithfully until He returns, (Heb. 3:14-18).

You must study your Bible to discover God’s truths (2 Tim. 2:15) and apply them to your thinking to transform your mind (Rom. 12:2).

You must pray for and about things (spirit), (1 Thes. 5:16-18).

God will do it!

And, finally, the next verse following today’s promise about your spirit, soul, and body says that God Himself, will make it happen for you “He will do it”, because He is “faithful!”

“The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.” (1 Thes. 5:24 NIV)

And, that too, is an amazing and wonderful promise!