Confess

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.   I will also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not over power it.  I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.”

Matthew 16:13-19

What do we confess?  For many of us it is our sins over and over and over again, even though when we asked Jesus to be our Savior our sins were forgiven and forgotten by God.  Therefore, it is not our unworthiness as sinners that define us, but it is that we are intimately connected to the Son of God because He came, He died and He rose from the grave and He has forgiven us. 

What we should confess is that, which Peter confessed; that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.  It is this confession on which the church is built.  And, it is on this confession our lives are transformed. 

When we approach God in prayer let us confess this:  Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.  And, then see what power God unleashes when we pray.