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REASON NUMBER THREE : Confessing God's Word works for you because it renews the mind to the Word of God, not the words of the world are the words of Satan. "Do you realize that your mind didn't get born again when you were born again ? The apostle Paul said it this way in (Romans 12:2). "Do not be conformed to this world [this age], fashioned after and adapting to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed [changed] by the [entire] renewal of your mind by its new ideas and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the team which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you]." The amplified Bible. Paul the apostle is writing to believers. The church in Rome, he instructed them to do something about their mind. ... "Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind..." Confession Of God's Word, speaking in agreement with what God said, causes your mind to be renewed so you can think like God thinks. This in turn will cause you to talk like God talks. Then eventually, talking like God talks will cause you to walk like God walks----without fear, without anxiety, in victory instead of defeat. Jesus is our example, how He defeated the Satan, the world, and the religious establishment of that day. If we don't get our minds renewed, we may find ourselves in a similar situation to Peter when he jumped out of the boat and wasn't ready to walk like Jesus walked. Peter got out of the boat before he was ready. In other words his level of faith was not fully developed. He had learned to talk the talk, but not to walk the walk. Circumstances put him down. Jesus said, "Come," and there was enough faith in that one word to cause Peter to be able to walk on the water. The problem was that his mind was not renewed. He allowed something that had nothing to do with what he was doing to cause him to doubt. The Bible says it was the wind and the waves. Peter stepped out of the boat and walk on the water. But he began to look at circumstances. He saw all the high waves and heard the boisterous wind. What did that have to do with walking on water ? Nothing ! Peter allows circumstances that had nothing to do with walking on water to drain his faith and he began to sink. Think about it for a moment. Many of believers are trying to walk above their circumstances, but instead of focusing on the word of God their focus on their problems and circumstances around them. He had never seen anyone walk on the water, with the exception of Jesus, and that was while the wind was blowing during a stone. It's not funny but most believe his way to a storm come in their lives and they are not founded on the foundation of the word which is a rock. And he was already walking on the water. The way Peter should have assessed that situation should have been something like this: "I've never seen anyone walk on the water before. I guess the only time you can walk on the water years when the wind is blowing up a stone." And Jesus says, "Come," but Peter's mind was not renewed. "But when he saw the wind boisterous he was Afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me." (Matthew 14:30).