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.
He will be faithful to my children's children.
And he will remain faithful from generation to
generation. The God who called me will preserve
me. The Spirit who lives within me will strengthen
me. The blood of Jesus will speak for me. The
grace of God will sustain me. The word of God
will guide me. The hand of God will carry me.
And the eternal purpose of God will prevail over
my life. 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. you