"I Declare": Are You Making Declarations of Faith? Try Asking Questions Instead.
Earlier this year, Joel Osteen visited Detroit , the city where I was born. A friend mentioned wanting to see and hear him speak inside a large sports arena. Admission was not free, or even inexpensive for most people. This person mentioned having read Osteen's book, I Declare . I've leafed through the book and although I appreciate what seems to be the major theme of the book (the value of affirming the good things God speaks over Christians who are in His will), I began to wonder why making declarations was promoted as such an important part of Christian growth and maturity. Isn't it more important to live in obedience to revealed truth? Isn't it more important to pray regularly, and listen to the answers God reveals? Why do so many who seem committed to making declarations and affirmations and calling good into their lives seem stuck at this stage? Where is the evidence in your life that "making declarations" solves long term problems and takes y