NEGATIVE CONFESSION

Negative Confession
By: Joyce Meyer (from The Joy of Believing Prayer)

"If we want our prayers to be answered, we can't pray and then negate them with a negative confession. Let's say a mother is praying for a son who's having trouble in school. So she prays the prayer of faith and believes God for a breakthrough. Then she goes to lunch with two neighbors and spends the next hour saying, "I am so sick of these problems I'm having with this kid. Why me?"

This kind of negative confession wipes your prayer slate clean. You might as well not even waste your time praying until you make a decision to get your mouth in line with your prayers.

When the neighbors ask how your son is doing, say, "You know what? In the natural things have not changed a whole lot, but I'm praying for him, and I have assurance in my heart that God is doing a mighty work in his life."

Once you have laid hold of the answer through faith, then you need to make sure your confession is in agreement with what you've asked God to do. Don't let the devil trip you up when people ask you questions that you could answer negatively. Answer them with a positive confession of the Word of God."