25/08/2026
Message title: THE POWER OF POSITIVE CONFESSION
Scripture Reference: Psalm 118:17
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
Supporting Scripture: Proverbs 18:21
▪︎ Positive confession is not pretending that the problem does not exist; it is refusing to allow the problem to have the final say when God has already spoken.
For the power of positive confession to work effectively, align what comes out of your mouth with what is in your heart.
When things are not going the way you would want, when you are afflicted, financially challenged, or when you walk through fires and storms, you ought to refuse to accept defeat by countering those challenges with positive confessions.
Confess positivity. Do not bow or succumb to the weight of challenges. Change the narrative with positive confessions.
Instead of saying:
“I am sinking,” declare, “I will overcome.”
Instead of saying:
“This disease will kill me,” declare, “I am strong. I am healed.”
Confess life over your life. Declare, “I am free!”
There are many negative words that people have spoken over us, even before we were born, behind our backs, and straight to our faces. Words such as:
“You will never make it in life.”
“You will amount to nothing.”
“You are useless.”
“You will die poor.”
And many more.
How are you changing all those negative reports into positive reports?
You have the power to cancel those reports with positive confessions. Nullify them with positive confessions. Reject them. Turn those curses into blessings.
▪︎ As a believer, never allow negative words to dictate your path. Words have the power to create and the power to destroy. We are products of words; everything that exists was formed through words.
▪︎ The outcomes and consequences of some of the things we are facing can be connected to words that have been spoken. Your words carry immense power, and you can change the world around you by uttering positive words.
Cancel how your family has been negatively described. Change the name and integrity of your family through positive confessions.
▪︎ Command your days and take charge of your life through words. Be vocal.
The altars that are fighting our lives and our families were spoken unto, so counter those declarations with your own positive confessions.
The spirits and arrows projected to interfere with our destinies were assigned through words. For them to be disarmed, you must speak back and cancel their effects.
Do not remain silent. Speak life. Speak victory. Speak the Word of God.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR POSITIVE CONFESSIONS MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT
1. ALIGN YOUR HEART WITH YOUR CONFESSION
Your positive confession is determined by what is in your heart. What is in your heart must be aligned with what comes out of your mouth.
If your heart is filled with good things, then you shall confess good things. What fills the heart will eventually come out through the mouth.
Luke 6:45 teaches that a good person brings good things out of the good stored in the heart, while evil comes from what is stored within.
Therefore, before changing what comes out of your mouth, pay attention to what you allow into your heart.
2. SPEAK WITH FAITH
Your faith is strengthened by the words you speak. Exercise your faith with authority through what you say.
Confess and believe.
Faith requires you to believe in the impossible and put that belief into practice. Your confession should not merely be words coming from your mouth; your heart must believe what you are confessing.
Romans 10:9–10, 1 Samuel 17:45–46
3. NEVER CONFESS DEFEAT OVER YOUR LIFE
Do not prophesy defeat and failure over your own life.
When situations are opposing you, confess success and victory.
Why should we be afraid and tremble when the Lord is our light and our salvation?
Psalm 27:1
When circumstances say you are weak, confess strength. When situations suggest defeat, confess victory.
Let the weak say, “I am strong.”
Never allow what you are going through to determine what comes out of your mouth.
4. CONFESS GOD'S WORD, NOT JUST YOUR DESIRES
Let your victory come from the Word of God.
Positive confession is more than saying what you want to happen. Confess what God has said.
God's Word carries authority. His Word will accomplish what He sends it to accomplish.
Isaiah 55:11
Therefore, when you face challenges, find out what the Word of God says concerning your situation and make that Word your confession.
5. SPEAK LIFE OVER YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FUTURE
Speak life over your family, your children, and your future.
Many families have been negatively affected by destructive words spoken over them. Do not continue repeating those negative narratives.
Change the narrative.
Pray for your family and your children. Confess and declare good things over them and cancel negative words and curses that have been spoken against them.
Proverbs 12:18–19
▪︎ Command your day. Speak life. Confess victory.
Change the narrative with positive confession.