Speak Truth

Always seek to speak the truth, especially to yourself.  I once knew a girl who sang on a praise team – she said when she first started singing, she wasn’t even sure if she believed the words.  But the more she sang the truth, the words with the power to transform, the more she started to believe them.  

Whatever you say to yourself, or proclaim out loud, begins to take root in your heart, so make sure you are speaking truth grounded in the Word of God.  But how do we know what truth is, in this world or moral relativism?  Jesus said, “Thy word is truth” (John 17:17).  Not just, “Thy word is true,” but his word is truth itself.  Conversely, Jesus says Satan is “the father of lies” (John 8:44). He is the author of the counterfeit and the distorted. 

So confess the truth as you abide in him. Speak who you are and what you have according to Scripture:

I am the righteous of God in Christ Jesus – 2 Corinthians 5:21

I am redeemed – Romans 3:24

I am more than a conqueror – Romans 8:37

Nothing can separate me from his love – Romans 8:39

I am made in God’s image – Genesis 1:27

I am loved – John 3:16

I am chosen – John 15:16

I am forgiven – 1 John 1:9

I am adopted – Ephesians 1:5

I am his workmanship – Ephesians 2:10

Speak who God is and what he does:

He is Creator – Genesis 1:1

He is Savior – Romans 1:16

He is Awesome – Psalm 95:3-5

He is Majestic – Psalm 8:1

He is Love – 1 John 4:16

He is Kindness – Titus 3:4-7

He is the God who sees – Genesis 16:13

He is Healer – Exodus 15:26

He is Provider – Genesis 22:14

He is the Beginning and the End – Revelation 22:13

He is Lord – Deuteronomy 7:9

He is a Shield – Psalm 3:3

He is our Rock – Psalm 18:31

He is a present Help in time of trouble – Psalm 46:1

Speak the truth and live!