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Confession: I will be united in mind and judgement with other believers. I will not create or support divisions among us.

1 Corinthians 1:10 NKJV
Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Confession: God loves me with an amazing love. He gave His Son to die for me.

John 15:13 NKJV
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

Confession: I will let my light shine brightly before men so they may see my good works and glorify my Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:16 KJV
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Confession: I will abide [remain, stay, continue, stand, and endure] in Christ’s love.

John 15:9 NLT
I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.

Confession: I will endure to the end, and I will be saved.

Matthew 24:13-14 NKJV
But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Confession: I will be a doer and a hearer of the word of God. I will not deceive myself.

James 1:22 NLT
But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

Confession: Heaven is His throne, and the earth is His footstool.

Isaiah 66:1 NKJV
Thus says the LORD:
“Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?

Confession: I will be spiritually mature, walking by the Spirit, and gentle, to help restore others caught in sin.

Galatians 6:1 NIV
Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.

Confession: As a believer in Jesus Christ, miraculous signs and wonders will follow me as the Lord wills.

Mark 16:17-18 NIV
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

Confession: It is good and pleasant for God’s people to live together in unity!

Psalm 133:1 NIV
How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!

Confession: When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Psalm 61:1-2 NKJV
Hear my cry, O God;
Attend to my prayer.
From the end of the earth I will cry to You,
When my heart is overwhelmed;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Love respects those in authority even when no one is looking.

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Confession: I will put on my helmet of salvation and swing my sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Ephesians 6:17 NKJV
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

The truth spoken in love can save a friendship

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Confession: As a believer in Jesus Christ, I will not worry about my basic needs.

Matthew 6:26 NKJV
Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not of more value than they?

If I can do amazing things, but there is no love in me, I gain nothing.

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Confession: I am a new creation in Christ Jesus. Old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Confession: Lord, help me to be a person after Your own heart.

Acts 13:22 NIV
After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’

Confession: I will let patience have its perfect work so that I may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

James 1:4 NKJV
But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

We don't forgive to release the other person. We forgive to free ourselves. Choose to forgive.

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We don't forgive to release the other person. We forgive to free ourselves. Choose to forgive.

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Confession: I am confident that if I ask anything according to God’s will, He hears me, and I have the petitions that I ask for.

1 John 5:14-15 NLT
And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.

Confession: The children of God are led by the Spirit of God. I am a child of God.

Romans 8:14 NIV
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.

Confession: I repent for envy and strife. Envy and strife bring confusion and every evil work.

James 3:16 KJV
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

As much as it is up to you, live at peace with all people.

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