January 1st Confession. . .Fulfilling Your Vision In 2022

“Heavenly Father, l praise you that in this New Year, 2022. . .I’m headed where Your Word declares I can go . . . toward success, prosperity and the good life.  I praise you that as the days of this year unfold, I will be writing a daily story of success and triumph in overcoming every obstacle any man or the enemy places in my path.  I thank you that when any problem or temporary setback comes my way, you will immediately give me specific solutions in my spirit so any attempted defeats can be turned into victories.  I rejoice as I commit my actions to you . . . because my plans will succeed according to Proverbs 16:3.   I praise you in advance that I have insight through the direction and the unction of the Holy Spirit.  In the mighty Name of Jesus.  Amen”

1.         Thanksgiving should be something you initiate.

Leviticus 22:29 says:

“And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.”       

2.         You should begin your prayers with thanksgiving.

Nehemiah 11:17 in the New King James version says:

“. . the leader who began the thanksgiving in prayer. .”

3.         Continually write down and sing about what you’re thankful for.

Psalm 26:7 says:

” That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.”   

4.         Mixing your giving with thanksgiving will deliver you from your troubles.

“Set up the Tabernacle on the first day of the new year for you.”
Exodus 40:2 (NLT; personalized)
 
In a very special moment. . .God directed my fine wife Bev and I to establish a tabernacle of prayer on New Year’s Day for you and other partners of this ministry.
 
I firmly believe that Exodus 40:2 is meant to open a door of abundance for you in 2015.  That’s why I am sending you this email.  Please let us have your specific prayer requests. (See Philippians 4:6).
 
Even though I may not be with you personally. . .God very clearly and directly told me how I was to build a tabernacle of prayer for you on New Year’s Day.

Below is the text form a special email I sent this morning concerning 24 hours of Prayer on January 24th. I have also included the audio from my RichThoughts for Breakfast call from January 21st: Are You One of the 24? Audio.

It was 1:45 AM when I awakened from a deep sleep ... and “Day Of Prayer” was stirring in my spirit.

My first thought was God was directing me to build another Tabernacle of Prayer as I did on January 1, 2010 ... but He allowed me to drift back off to sleep without fully getting His instructions as to what He wanted me to do.

It just doesn’t make any sense.

Over the years, I’ve heard a number of people say that poverty is holy.

These people have given poverty a spiritual badge of honor.  They said that prosperity is evil. . .which, by the way, is an unscriptural statement since God delights in the prosperity of His children.

Psalm 35:27 says:

“Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.”

Despite this and other scriptures to the contrary. . .there are some who have made poverty an acceptable lifestyle.

Wow! No other word seems appropriate in describing our Financial Deliverance Conference at Revival Center for the Nations in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

The last night of the conference (Sunday, Jun 24th) was the most amazing meeting that I've ever been in. It started at 8 PM and ended after midnight. I believe these photographs tell the story. Thank you for your support of this trip and the ministry.

One of my favorite signs says:

“Good morning!  I’ll be handling all your problems today.  So relax and enjoy your day.  Blessings, God. P.S. I love you.”

Someone once said:

“Do not face the day, until you have faced God in prayer.”

When you woke up this morning. . .did you expect this to be your best day ever?

What was your expectation for the day?  Was it different than yesterday or the day before?

Did you have any expectation for today or were you just glad you made it through another night?

Do you expect to feel better today than you did yesterday?  And, just as importantly, do you expect to feel even better tomorrow?

Do you expect God to move in the lives of your loved ones?

Do you see your days filled with previously unknown opportunities where you can tap into previously unused potential?

Do you expect to make divine appointments or supernatural connections?

I will always remember the first person who said to me. . .you don’t know the problems I’ve got.

I said, “You’re right and I don’t want to know.” 

It’s not that I wasn’t compassionate about his situation but I knew I had to provoke this man’s thinking because his focus was on his problems and not his solution.

I told him that circumstances are defined as the circle you’re standing in. . .but if you’re moving from glory unto glory. . .you will be leaving your circumstances and those problems behind.

Then I shared Romans 8:26 in The Living Bible which says:

“And in the same way—by our faith—the Holy Spirit helps us with our daily problems and in our praying. For we don’t even know what we should pray for nor how to pray as we should, but the Holy Spirit prays for us with such feeling that it cannot be expressed in words.”

I’m not sure why this event came to my remembrance, but it prompted me to share with you four ways to deal with whatever problems you’re facing.

First, you can run away from your problems, but they won’t go away.

God doesn’t give us wings to fly away from problems.  He doesn’t take us out of this world to keep us from experiencing pressure.  Instead, He gives us the opportunity to look to Him for the strength to walk through the pressure and be spiritually enriched by the experience.

Second, if you avoid or go around problems. . .you are only putting them off to face at a later date.

Procrastination magnifies and, many times, multiplies your problems. 

We are about to enter the last four months of 2025.

We believe the Lord wants each of us to establish a vision that will never perish.

In Proverbs 29:18 King Solomon said:

"Where there is no vision, the people perish:  but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”

According to Strong’s Concordance the Hebrew word for vision is chazown (H2377) which means:

“vision, oracle, prophecy (divine communication).”

This literally means a revelatory unction and direction from the Lord.

When you have a vision, it is personal . . . it’s unique to you. . .something that’s God ordained and visualized to be a part of your life.  That’s why a vision is different from a goal.

Your goals will flow out of your vision.  If you don’t have a vision, then it’s not possible to set proper goals because you would have no idea where you’re going.

In Strong’s Concordance, the word perish is the Hebrew word para (H6944) and it means:

“to let go, let loose, ignore, let alone.”

It’s one thing to think about what you want to do.  It’s another thing to speak about what you plan to do.

But, it’s an entirely different matter to act on what you’ve been thinking and speaking about doing.

One evening, after a particularly long day. . .I came across James 1:22-24 in the Message Bible which says:

“Don't fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don't act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.”

I was struck by five words in this passage of scripture when it says:

ACT ON WHAT YOU HEAR!

Even before the Lord dropped Rich Thoughts into my spirit nearly twelve years ago, I’ve always considered myself a Rich Thinker. . .someone who acted on what they believed.

As I was reflecting on this. . .the Lord directed me to challenge us to think differently.

Action Step #1        Start with Rich Thoughts.

Success or failure. . .victory or defeat. . .excellence or mediocrity all begin in the mind.

Never allow what other people think or say about you change your thoughts about your ability to achieve your dreams and goals.