Tie A Knot & Hold On!

The last couple of years have proven to be some of the most difficult times ever in recent history. The economic climate has been tense which has resulted in a myriad of other pressures. Marriages are breaking up, jobs are being lost, homes are being foreclosed upon and hope seems to be a scarce commodity. It is in times like these that it becomes very easy to just quit. I am one that understands that sentiment very well. When I was younger and things did not go my way, I was quick to throw in the towel. Now that I am older and responsible for leading a family and a congregation I have learned that greatness does not come to those who concede defeat too readily but rather to those who dig their feet in the ground and refuse to be moved. In other words, when you get to the end of your rope and you feel that all is slipping away, don't let go! Tie a knot and hold on.

I have been fortunate to experience a nice degree of success in my life and business. In the process of building my business there were some lessons God taught me. I began an insurance agency in the New Orleans area just 59 days prior to Hurricane Katrina. Things started off very well but on August 29, 2005 it appeared that all of my dreams were beginning to be swept away with the flood. In the aftermath of the storm, no one was interested in buying insurance. Everybody was trying to rebuild their homes and lives. I did not know how I would provide for my family and if that was not enough, my wife had been laid off as well. I was at the end of my rope and I began to seek God. All the Father did at that critical time was remind me of His promises for my life. Those promises was the knot that I held on to.

God impressed upon me to pen a daily confession over my business. Here is how it goes:

Father, according to your Word in Job 22:28, I can declare a thing and it shall be established for me and light will shine upon my ways. Therefore, I declare that increase, influence, overflow and favor are being manifested in all my dealings today.

Your Word also says in Proverbs 18:21 that death and life is in the power of the tongue. Today, I choose life and speak it into my business. I believe in and confess over my business the power and authority of your Word. I call all of my business goals met and exceeded because Ephesians 3:20 states that you are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that I ask or think according to the power that works in me. Because of that, I give to you all the glory by Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:13 says I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me and 1st John 4:4 states that greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world. Thank you for manifesting your power and authority in me.

I now declare according to Philippians 4:19 that you are supplying all my business' needs according to your riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Furthermore, I come into agreement with Psalm 37:4 and I receive into my business the desires of my heart because I am delighting myself in you.

I call all this done in Jesus' name, Amen!

Ladies and gentlemen, prayer works. I am confident that if you do what I did (pray the Word and stand on the Word), you too can find blessing beyond your wildest dreams.

Tie a knot & hold on!