“Confess divine health when you are healthy.”

¹⁸There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 12:18

  ²⁰My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.  ²¹Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.  ²²For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Proverbs 4:20-22

Confession of God’s Word is like building a brick wall. Each time you confess that you are healed by the stripes of Jesus it strengthens your faith in God’s ability to keep you healthy regardless of the circumstances. Build your faith wall before the attack comes. The Bible says that the shield of faith will quench all the fiery darts of the enemy. But if you have to go find your shield after the darts have already started…well…a few are going to get through. Then it will be harder for you to stand in faith against the attack of sickness. There is power in YOUR words when your words are GOD’S words!

Victory Action

Attacks are from the enemy.  I will speak God’s Word daily concerning my health, storing up strength against the attacks of the enemy.

“Build your faith before the storm.”

⁴⁷Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:  ⁴⁸He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.  ⁴⁹But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

Luke 6:47-49

When the hurricane is already at your door that is not the time to try to board up the windows! We prepare BEFORE the storm. As a believer we should prepare for every circumstance daily by spending time in the presence and Word of God. If we build our faith daily, we will be strong when the storm comes. We will not panic. We will not be easily defeated. We will be victorious through God’s strength and power.

Victory Action

I will build my faith before the storm by daily obeying God’s Word.

“Hope is a rope.”

²⁴For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?  ²⁵But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Romans 8:24-25

¹Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1

^5-6 God, the one and only— I’ll wait as long as he says. Everything I hope for comes from Him, so why not? He’s solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, An impregnable castle: I’m set for life.

Psalm 62:5-6 MSG

Hope acts like a blueprint for our faith. It helps us see the big picture of our life from God’s perspective. It does not take circumstances into account. It relies completely on the plan of God that is found in the Word of God. When we look in faith to what is unseen it will give substance to the things we are believing for. Hope is our anchor in the midst of a storm.

Victory Action

Hope is the strength of faith – the guarantee of faith.  I will use hope as a rope to strongly hold on to the Word of God for my victory.

“Build your faith on the Word, not testimonies alone.”

It is wonderful to hear a testimony about God coming through in someone’s life. However, while that testimony can certainly be encouraging it really doesn’t have the power to change YOUR life. Only God’s Word can do that.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Romans 10:17

  And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

Acts 20:32

Building a house is wonderful example of how important a foundation is. Without it the house has nothing to stabilize it. The foundation of a home also shows you how big it will be. So it is with the Word of God. When you plant it in your heart you are building the foundation for your life. You are laying the ground work for your testimony of God’s faithfulness!

So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them [obeying them] will be like a ^[a]sensible (prudent, practical, wise) man who built his house upon the rock. ²⁵ And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.²⁶ And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them will be like a stupid (foolish) man who built his house upon the sand.²⁷ And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great and complete was the fall of it.

Matthew 7:24-27 (AMP)

Victory Action

While testimonies are good, I build my faith primarily by studying and applying God’s Word.

“If you can win in the wilderness, you can win anywhere.”

¹Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. ²And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. ³And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. ⁴But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. ⁵Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, ⁶And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. ⁷Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. ⁸Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; ⁹And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. ¹⁰Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. ¹¹Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Matthew 4:1-11

The wilderness can be a scary place. The literal wilderness can mean darkness, danger and possible death if you are lost. Unless you have had special training, the wilderness can be a place where there aren’t a lot of resources for you to help yourself. You need outside help to find your way home. God has a history of delivering people from both the literal and spiritual wildness. His power is great no matter the circumstances. God has given us His Word as a sword – a weapon of warfare and deliverance. Jesus, our example, overcame temptation by using the scriptures. We should do the same!

Victory Action

Following Jesus’ example, I will use The Word and win over all, even in the wilderness.

“The tongue is the thermometer of your spirit.”

  ²⁶If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.  

James 1:26

 ³⁵A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.  ³⁶But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.  ³⁷For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.  

Matthew 12:35-37

39 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Psalm 39:1

¹⁷² My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

Psalm 119:172

Whatever people talk about the most is what they are focused on most of the time. What we read, watch or listen to will eventually show up in our conversation. You don’t have to talk to someone too long before you start to understand where they are spiritually. Our words betray us. Especially when we are under pressure from circumstances. If your meditation is on God’s Word then that is what will come out of you when you speak. The Bible says, life and death are in the power of the tongue. So it is very important to your life the words you say. Speak life!

Victory Action

I will fill my spirit with the things of God, so when under pressure, my words will be God’s words.