Right and Wrong Thinking by Kenneth E. Hagin

Author:Kenneth E. Hagin
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: mind of Christ, Bible, Christ, Right and Wrong Thinking, Jesus, renewing the mind
Published: 2011-09-30T10:52:16+00:00

I have stood my ground for certain things for days, weeks, and even months. I have not budged an inch. I have stood my ground because I knew that God had heard my prayer, and that I had the answer for the matter I had been praying about.

Few Christians realize that our confessions imprison us, and that only the right kind of confession will set us free. It is not only our thinking, but it is also the words we speak which build power or weakness into us. Our words snare us and hold us in captivity, or else they set us free. Our words become powerful in the lives of others. It is what we confess with our lips that really dominates our inner being.

If we talk about sickness, it is because we believe in sickness. If we talk about weakness and failure, it is because we believe in weakness and failure. We unconsciously confess what we believe: "... out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh'' (Matt. 12:34).

Chapter 3

Right and Wrong Confessing

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession [confession].

—Hebrews 4:14

It is easy to say, "I believe this. Yes, this is in my heart," and make a positive confession. However, the first thing we know, we are saying something contrary—something negative—with our mouths. We must be careful to have the word of faith in our mouths instead.

It is amazing the faith that Christians have in the wrong things! If they would take the same faith and believe in the right things, they would become successful. In fact, they wouldn't need any more faith than what they already have in order to be successful!

When people confess their lack, they build a sense of lack and inadequacy into themselves, and then these deficiencies gain the ascendancy in their lives. But Jesus is our Lord, and if we hold fast to the confession of His Lordship, then Jesus will gain the ascendancy in our lives and lead us into success. We shall never rise above our confessions!

The confessions of a believer's lips that have grown out of faith in his heart will absolutely beat the devil in every combat.

However, if a believer does not believe in his heart the confessions his lips are making, these confessions will not work.

And if he confesses Satan's ability to hinder him and to keep him from success, Satan will gain dominion over him.

But Colossians 2:15 says, "And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. " If Christ defeated the devil for us, then why does the devil do so many things against us? Why does he dominate people? Because people allow him to!

Many people think that God is responsible for all the things that happen to them, when actually God is not responsible for any of these things! People also think it is up to God to do something about their troubles.

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