Confessions, Proclamations & Declarations

2 Corinthians 4:13 NIV
It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same Spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak.”

The way to bring a spiritual reality into the physical is by believing in your heart and confessing with your mouth. Even God operates by this principle. The first time words were used, it was used to create. Literally everything we see and has been made was first a thought. The thought was believed and voiced out, before anyone even got to work on it. From trees to buildings to businesses. Think about it!

Confessing with your mouth but not believing in your heart carries no weight and substance. That is why we need revelation before we can make effective confessions. Imagination is how the enemy can get you to believe something so you can confess it into reality. Whatever you continually set before you becomes your reality. Because spirits know that unless something becomes so real to you inwardly, you cannot confess it outwardly for it to come to pass.

See, one of the major reasons why demons prefer to possess humans is because we legally possess the right to speak things into our realm. If the enemy can speak in the spirit and cease your vocal cords to speak hurtful words on your friend, he can destroy your friend’s self-esteem continually by your words, legally. Not every thought should come out of your mouth. He Spoke, therefore I Speak! The Greek word for confession is homologeo. Homo means one. Logeo is Logos; the word. One Word! This is why we listen to hear God speak a Word. When we hear, we believe and then speak. One Spirit, one mind, one faith, one Word. 

The truth about believing in our heart is that whatever you really believe in your heart, you will naturally and eventually confess it. It is also possible to simply believe in your mind without believing in your heart. This is why we meditate on God’s Word until the Word becomes real to us. That’s what we call Rhema. At that point, you begin to proclaim and confess and declare the Word of God by the inspiration of the Spirit.

James 1:6/Mark 11:23 teaches us that we shouldn’t doubt in our minds when and after we confess. Confession is not magic. It’s an act of faith, not spells. Whether it unfolds immediately or years later, you are not moved because you have evidence of things not seen. Whether you believe it or not, you are where you are today because of some confessions you made in the past. We confess to confirm. Whatever we confirm, we become a witness of. If we are witnesses unto Christ, we ought to confess Christ and confirm His Word to the nations.

Confession is always in past tense. It is agreeing with what God has said. That means God has to speak first before we can confess what He has said. Proclamation, on the other hand, is giving an announcement. Once you give an announcement and your word falls to the ground, that means you didn’t have the right or authorization to give such an announcement. An announcement is how people are ushered into their destinies or their next level, and how seasons and eras are changed.

You can proclaim praise for creation to follow suite. Declaration is affirming what has been established by authority. We decree to declare. If nothing has been decreed, nothing can be declared. Psalms 2:7 says “I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me…”.

By confessing, you acknowledge and align to God’s provision and truth. Confessions are to God while proclamations are about God to others. By declaring, you enforce what God has already established concerning you. Rebellion is what characterizes the kingdom of darkness. They are stubborn. They don’t care about what God has said about you as long you don’t know. Even if you know, they will still try you. You will need to declare what has been decreed. Declare God’s truth in the face of temptation, opposition and contradictions to overcome.

Now that you know this, how can you keep quiet? Confess! Proclaim! Declare!