I wonder how many of us are walking around with condemnation. I did for a long time and I know I’m not alone in this. Several of you probably have had thoughts that go along these lines: “If anyone ever found out the real me, they’d bail on me in an instant” or “I just know that person is going to see _____ (a sin or flaw in me) and call me on it and be done with me”. Here’s the deal. That’s not you or me anymore.

I challenge you to confess not just your sin, but to confess, or to agree with God, about the good things He says about you. The amazing, awesome, wonderful things He says about you. Confess these things daily:

1) In Christ, I am pure. When God looks at me, He no longer sees sins and stains and scars, He sees the blood of Jesus and He sees Christ’s perfection.

2) In Christ, I am righteous. In fact, by that same blood, I am as righteous as Jesus. There is no more striving to make myself what God has already declared me to be.

3) in Christ, I am forgiven. God will not bring up any of my sins against me ever again, because Jesus paid for them 2000 years ago. In fact, according to Scripture, the only way God knows my sin is if I remind Him. He has cast them as far as the east is from the west and remembers them no more.

4) In Christ, I am victorious. I am not fighting for victory, but from victory. Jesus won the battle already and as I claim His promises more and more, I see more and more of victory in my own life.

5) In Christ, I am loved. When I was as far from God as I could get and as lost as I could be and as messed up as I ever was, Jesus set His love on me. That love remains unchanged, unwavering, and eternal. I can’t lose His love and I can’t decrese it. All I have to do is receive it gladly and let it overflow in me to those around me.

6) In Christ, I am home. Jesus didn’t come to show us the way or even walk with us along the way. He came to be the Way. He’s the Starting Point by which we enter, the Road we walk, and the Final Destination. We never leave Christ, but we only grow in Him and more in love with Him.

Confess all the good promises of God from Scripture daily. The more you believe what God says and live it out, the less power sin will have over you. My prayer is that your confession be not something to dread, but something to look forward to, because you are confessing who you are in Christ and that is a new creation and something worth shouting about!

Amen and amen!