Boldly begin to say, "We will not take thirty years to pay off our mortgage. Our plan is to have it paid in full in six years."
Go right ahead and boldly say, "The automobile we are now driving will be the last one we will ever put on time payments. Our next car will be a new one and we will be paying for it with cash."
When you begin to state your intention of becoming debt free, it will do to definite things for you. You will be establishing a spiritual principle that will put the energy of God's Word to work in your out-of-debt plan (Mark 11:23).
Not only that, but you will also receive a constant, personal fortification that comes from hearing your heart's desire (being out of debt) spoken out loud.
The Scriptural Principle
Please notice carefully that it takes more than just wishful words to operate the biblical principle of positive confession. Just saying, "I'm going to be debt free" will not bring out a debt-free life. The Bible says you must also believe the thing you are saying will come to pass.
...whosoever shall say unto this mountain, "Be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea;" and shall not doubt in his heart but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatever he saith.Remember it's not just talking that will add the extra power to accomplish your goal. Extra power comes only when you believe the thing you are saying will actually come to pass.
(Mark 11:23)
When I say believe, I mean having the kind of faith that refuses to doubt that the things you are saying will become a reality.
Scripture tells us the words we speak and firmly believe are powerful. These faith-filled words are so strong they can bring forth life or death.
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue..." (Prov. 18:21). Just think about it. Your Bible says the faith-filled words you speak about your debt will cause it either to live or to die.
I am simply saying that if you constantly speak of the overwhelming size of your debt, and how impossible it will be to overcome, your words will cause your debt to loom high above you.
With each word, if your conversation emphasizes how much stronger God's power is than your debt, it won't be long until you see your debt begin to wither and grow smaller.
This dynamic Bible truth will divinely energize your out of debt program. Your new attitude will work for you instead of against you.
Start this very day to speak words of death to your debt, and words of life to your out-of-debt program.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
John Avanzini was born in Surinam, South America in 1936. He preaches the message of financial prosperity and teaches that God wants believers to be wealthy. He speaks in conferences and seminars worldwide about biblical economics.
