Yesterday I wrote about conviction vs condemnation.  The new creation does get tempted and sometimes steps into it.  This leads to conviction and the need to repent.  We then move on.  The old man would step into condemnation listening to the voices of the old life.  As I was driving home yesterday I was listening to a set of CD’s on the topic:  Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer.  One is told to state out loud the promises of God by Joyce to combat these old condemning voices.  She says she would do this throughout the day when she was first working on restructuring her belief system.  I have needed to do this too.

This morning I tried this.  I found I can hardly say some of the promising scriptures loudly.  The one in Psalm 139:14 says:  “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”  I just whisper it.  I say it with hope instead of assurance.  This morning’s scripture reading was I John 4.  In the 17th verse it says, “…we may have confidence for the day of judgment because as He is, so are we in this world.”

My biggest battle right now is believing 24/7 that I’m a new creation.  My mind has so many defeating voices at times.  I’m going to start confronting these voices with God’s truth.  Even if I have to do so with whispers, I’m going to do it.  I know that my confidence is shallow at best right now, but I want to be fertile ground for God’s Kingdom work.  So, I am going to strengthen my belief with God’s promises to me.  Join me if you need this too.  There is strength in numbers particularly if God is at the head.