Today, I declare, by faith, I will follow Jesus
even when I do not understand where he is leading
me. By faith, I will obey when the road before
me remains hidden, because I do not need to know
everything about the journey when I know the
one who is guiding my steps. By faith, I will
continue through opposition, disappointment,
delay, and uncertainty. because my circumstances
do not possess the authority to cancel the eternal
purposes of God concerning my life. By faith
I believe that God is working even when I cannot
see His hand, that He is speaking even when the
season appears silent, and that He is moving
even when nothing around me appears to be changing.
By faith I declare that the promise of God remains
alive in the pit, in the prison, in the wilderness,
in the furnace, in the storm, and even behind
the stone of a closed tomb. By faith I will not
interpret God's silence as His absence. I will
not mistake delay for denial. I will not allow
temporary suffering to persuade me that an eternal
purpose has been abandoned. I will not judge
the faithfulness of God by the difficulty of
the chapter I am presently living, and I will
not write the conclusion while God is still writing
my story. By faith I know that he who began a
good work in me is faithful to carry it to completion.
When doubt arises, I will remember his faithfulness.
When fear speaks, I will answer with his word.
When uncertainty surrounds me, I will stand upon
what God has already spoken. When my strength
fails, I will lean upon His strength. When my
heart becomes weary, I will wait upon the Lord,
because those who wait upon Him shall renew their
strength. When I do not know how to pray, I believe
that the Holy Spirit intercedes for me with groanings
too deep for words. When I stand before opposition
and do not know what to say, I trust the Holy
Spirit to give me wisdom and to speak through
me. And when I cannot understand what God is
doing around me, I will trust what His Spirit
is doing within me. When my imperfections accuse
me, I will not place my confidence in my own
righteousness. I will place my confidence in
the blood of Jesus Christ. I am not preserved
because I have earned preservation. I am not
delivered because I have lived without failure.
I am not chosen because I have never struggled.
I am not sustained because I have always been
strong. I am loved because God is love. I am
forgiven because Jesus paid the price. I am justified
because His blood was shed for me. I am accepted
because I belong to Christ. Am sustained because
his grace is sufficient. I am being transformed
because his spirit lives within me and I am being
carried because the one who called me has promised
never to leave me and never to forsake me Therefore
I declare that I will reach the purpose for which
he called me not by my own strength not by my
perfection not by human ability and not because
because I have never fallen, but because of the
faithfulness of the God who chose me, redeemed
me, restored me, and began His work within me.
By faith, I declare that the cross has spoken
a better word over my life. The sacrifice of
Jesus is greater than my sin. His mercy is greater
than my failures. His grace is greater than my
weaknesses. His truth is greater than every accusation.
His purpose is greater than every interruption,
and His resurrection is greater than every place
where the enemy declared that my story was finished.
Jesus Christ was crucified for me. Jesus Christ
was buried for me. Jesus Christ rose in victory
for me. He carried my sin. He bore my shame.
He defeated the powers of darkness. He conquered
death. He disarmed principalities and authorities.
and he triumphed over them through the cross.
Because he lives, I will live. Because he overcame,
I will overcome. Because he rose, I will rise.
Because he is seated in victory, I will not live
as though the battle has already been lost. Because
he finished the work, I will not fight merely
hoping to obtain victory. I will stand in the
victory he has already accomplished. By faith,
I declare that no weapon formed against the purpose
of God for my life will have the final word.
By faith, I declare that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the present
nor the future, neither height nor depth nor
anything else in all creation will ever separate
me. from the love of God revealed in Christ Jesus.
By faith, I declare that every valley will serve
a purpose, every tear will be remembered, every
prayer will be heard, every act of obedience
will produce fruit, and nothing surrendered into
the hands of God will ever be wasted. By faith,
I will keep walking when I cannot see the destination.
I will keep praying when I cannot see the answer.
I will keep believing when I cannot see the evidence.
I will keep sowing when I cannot see the harvest.
I will keep worshiping when I cannot understand
the battle. I will keep obeying when obedience
costs me something. I will keep standing when
everything around me tells me to surrender. And
I will remain faithful because the one who called
me is faithful. My faith is not the absence of
questions. It is the decision that my questions
will never become greater than my confidence
in God. My faith is not the denial of pain. It
is the conviction that pain cannot separate me
from the love of Christ. My faith is not pretending
that the fire does not burn. It is knowing that
I will never enter the fire alone. My faith is
not confidence in my own ability. It is complete
confidence in the character, the power, the wisdom,
and the eternal purpose of God. My faith is the
inward witness that what God has spoken remains
true even when everything visible appears to
testify against it. Therefore, I confess today,
I may not know what tomorrow holds, but I know
who holds tomorrow. I may not understand what
God is doing, but I trust who God is. I may not
see the promise yet, but I know that the one
who promised is faithful. I may not possess everything
God has spoken within my lifetime, but I believe
that my obedience will prepare the way for those
who come after me. My prayers will outlive me.
My faith will speak beyond me. My obedience will
become a seed for generations I may never see.
My children will walk through doors that my prayers
help to open. Generations after me will receive
the fruit of seeds I am planting today. And people
who do not yet know my name may one day encounter
the faithfulness of God because I chose to believe
him in this generation. If the complete fulfillment
of the promise extends beyond my lifetime, I
will still believe because the purpose of God
is greater than one generation and his faithfulness
does not end when my earthly journey is complete.
I may feel weak, but the spirit of the living
God dwells within me. I may walk through fire,
but I will not walk alone. I may pass through
deep waters, but they will not overwhelm me.
I may be surrounded, but I am not abandoned.
I may be pressed, but I will not be destroyed.
I may be struck down, but I will not remain defeated.
I may fall, but by the grace of God I will rise
again. By faith I will follow Jesus. By faith
I will carry my cross. By faith I will remain
when others turn away. By faith I will forgive
when my flesh demands revenge. By faith I will
love when love becomes costly. By faith I will
obey. when obedience requires sacrifice. By faith,
I will worship before the answer appears. By
faith, I will endure when the promise seems delayed.
By faith, I will remain faithful when no one
is watching. By faith, I will fight the good
fight. By faith, I will keep the faith. And by
faith, I will finish my race. I declare that
discouragement will not stop me. Disappointment
will not define me. Delay. will not destroy my
faith. Opposition will not silence my voice.
Failure will not become the final chapter of
my story. My past will not imprison me. My weaknesses
will not disqualify me. And the gates of hell
will not prevail against what Jesus Christ has
determined to build through my life. I will live
and not die. I will declare the works of the
Lord. I will see the goodness of God in the land
of the living. I will walk in the calling he
has placed upon my life. I will fulfill the assignment
entrusted to me. And everything the enemy intended
for evil, God will turn for good, for his glory,
for my testimony, and for the preservation of
those connected to my purpose. And when my earthly
journey is complete, may it be said of me as
it was said of those who came before me. I believed
God. I trusted his voice. I remained faithful.
I lived according to a reality my natural eyes
could not yet see. I carried the promise even
when I did not possess its fulfillment. I obeyed
God in my generation and prepared the way for
those who would come after me. I fought the good
fight. I finished the race. I kept the faith.
Not because I was always strong, but because
the Holy Spirit lived within me. Not because
I never failed. but because the blood of Jesus
covered me. Not because I possessed every answer,
but because the grace of God sustained me. Not
because I always knew where I was going, but
because the faithful hand of God carried me until
the end. This is my confession. This is my prayer.
This is my declaration of faith. I belong to
Jesus Christ. My life is in his hands. My present
is covered by his grace. My future is secured
within his... eternal purpose. My family belongs
to Him. My calling belongs to Him. My battles
belong to Him. My unanswered questions belong
to Him. My victories belong to Him. My entire
life belongs to Him. Everything I am and everything
I will ever become rests securely in the hands
of the One who loved me and gave Himself for
me. Therefore, by faith I will continue walking
until what God has spoken. becomes what my eyes
can finally see. And even if I do not see the
fullness of it within my lifetime, I will still
leave this earth believing because the promise
does not depend upon the length of my life. The
promise depends upon the faithfulness of my God.
He was faithful to Abraham. He was faithful to
Joseph. He was faithful to Moses. He was faithful
to David. He was faithful to the prophets. He
was faithful to the apostles. He was faithful
to the generations before me. He is faithful
to me today. He will be faithful to my children.
I believe God. I trust God, I belong to God,
and by faith I declare, I will not turn back,
I will not surrender, I will not abandon the
promise, I will not release what God has placed
within me, I will stand, I will believe, I will
obey, I will endure, and by the grace of God,
I will finish, in the mighty, victorious, and
everlasting name of Jesus Christ. Amen, amen,
and amen. Hallelujah.