▁in ▁your ▁will ▁and ▁in ▁your ▁emot ions ... they ▁eventually ▁produce ▁a ▁great ▁financial ▁har vest ." ▁ ▁Fa ith ▁and ▁conf ession ▁In ▁Word ▁of ▁Fa ith ▁teaching , ▁a ▁central ▁element ▁of ▁receiving ▁from ▁God ▁is ▁" conf ession ", ▁often ▁called ▁" pos itive ▁conf ession " ▁or ▁" fa ith ▁conf ession " ▁by ▁pract ition ers . ▁ ▁While ▁similar , ▁it ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁confused ▁with ▁Norman ▁Vincent ▁Pe ale ' s ▁positive ▁thinking ▁the ology ▁foc using ▁on ▁the ▁individual , ▁as ▁ev iden ced ▁by ▁the ▁mot to , ▁" Fa ith ▁in ▁God ▁and ▁believe ▁in ▁ones elf ". ▁ ▁Not ed ▁Word ▁of ▁Fa ith ▁teachers , ▁such ▁as ▁Kenneth ▁E . ▁H agin ▁and ▁Charles ▁C apps , ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁God ▁created ▁the ▁universe ▁by ▁speaking ▁it ▁into ▁existence ▁( ), ▁and ▁that ▁God ▁has ▁end owed ▁bel ie vers ▁with ▁this ▁power . ▁Thus , ▁making ▁a ▁" pos itive ▁conf ession " ▁of ▁God ' s ▁promise ▁and ▁bel ieving ▁God ' s ▁word ▁st irs ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁res urre ction ▁which ▁raised ▁Christ ▁from ▁the ▁dead ▁( ▁), ▁and ▁brings ▁that ▁promise ▁to ▁ful fil ment . ▁This ▁teaching ▁is ▁interpreted ▁from ▁. ▁A ▁more ▁recent ▁variant ▁of ▁positive ▁conf ession ▁is ▁" dec ree ▁and ▁declare ". ▁Word ▁of ▁Fa ith ▁pre ach ers ▁have ▁called ▁faith ▁a ▁" force ". ▁ ▁Con vers ely , ▁" negative ▁conf ession " ▁can ▁harm , ▁so