Does the Bible not teach us to believe God for our needs and confess the word of God?

Yes, it does. It is scriptural to believe God for our needs to be met. It is also scriptural to confess the word of God into the different situations we are faced with in life.

And the faith expression of life that Jesus authored—which we are commanded to obey (Romans 1:5) and which we are expected to live by (Gal. 2:20)—does not in any way take this foundational demonstration of faith from us.

This is because God would rather have us turn towards Him than trust other methods of getting things done.

However, the faith that is in Jesus intends to take us a step higher. It was authored to take us past the limitation of the hope of our own (foundational) faith.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the hope (or the ambition) of the faith expression of life that is in Jesus or that He authored is Salvation.

At this point, it is important to stress that no faith expression can hope for Salvation other than that which Jesus authored and finished (Heb. 12:1-3). For a man who is a practitioner of this faith (that is in Jesus), his needs being met and his life going according to plan are no longer his obsessions.

This is because the faith of Jesus prioritizes Salvation above everything else. It de-emphasizes every other pursuit (or obsession) so that the man can be single-eyed and focused enough to seek God (Matt. 6:25-34).

Whether his needs are met or not, his passionate and heartfelt desire is to be saved. This faith (that is in Jesus) will still end up meeting our needs, but it will be in God’s own way and time; but much more, it affords us the opportunity to obtain Salvation (Matt. 6:33).

Hence, the emphasis on learning and living by the Faith of the Son of God!