Month: April 2024

In Old Testament times God performed many public miracles so that people would believe in him. God spoke to man out of thin air so that people would obey his commands. God no longer has to do that in our day because we now have God’s written word, our Holy Bible, and through its pages God speaks to us. We’re now living in the New Testament times, also referred to as the church age or the time of the Gentiles. In his word God commands that believers talk to him in prayer. When God talks to us through the Bible and we talk to God in prayer we’re communicating with our sovereign Lord. When we read the Bible daily and we pray daily we are in fellowship with God. That is how God intended for us to live our lives. We please God when we obey his commandments. God made us for a purpose and that purpose is to live in heaven forever in the presence of Jesus Christ, in fellowship with the God who made us. All the angels now in heaven were made to worship and serve God. Man was created so that we may also serve God; both on earth now and later in heaven. Both angels and man are eternal beings made by God for his pleasure.

The difference is the angels in heaven have served God from the beginning, from their creation, whereas man has to first live out their brief lives here on earth to see if they will freely choose to serve God or Satan. Our life on earth is our “testing time” to determine our eternal destination. If man chooses to serve God through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior they will be saved unto eternal life in heaven and when they die they will immediately go to be in the presence of Jesus forever. The saints in heaven will stand before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ to receive their rewards. However, if man chooses to serve Satan, or he fails to make a choice, when he dies he’ll immediately go to hell within the earth to face the devil where he’ll be in pain and agony 24/7. Those people who are condemned will be resurrected bodily from hell on the last day to stand before the Great White Throne judgment of Jesus Christ, where they will be judged and thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone for all eternity alongside Satan and all the fallen angels.

Jesus Christ, the son of God, is my Lord and Savior. By his death on the cross Jesus Christ has reconciled us to God. Jesus took our stripes and died a horrible death so that we don’t have to die for our sins. Jesus took our sins upon himself and because of that we can now approach the throne of grace any time we want and speak to God directly. However, you must claim the victory over eternal death by a personal profession of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. God is waiting for your decision. Do you have any idea what an honor it is to be able to speak with the King of the universe at any time? The angels in heaven don’t have that privilege but you do so take advantage of it. The problem is believers really don’t know how to pray and what they should say to God. I’ve got news for you; nobody else does either until they start reading the Bible daily and start abiding in the word of God for knowledge, understanding and wisdom. The more you pray the better you’ll get at it because like all things, practice makes perfect. Bible affirmations are just another tool to help you talk to God in a more meaningful way. Bible affirmations are structured in such a way that God is glorified by your prayers before the throne of grace. This is my testimony about one of the ways I worship God. Our life on earth is short so use the time down here wisely. I wish you godspeed as you seek to improve your prayer life before the Lord.

Verse – Galatians 3:26-29 – For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Affirmation – I am a son of the Most High through faith in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. The Lord has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant, and Abraham’s blessings are mine. The Lord will prosper that which concerns me.

Verses – Proverbs 3:5-6 – Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

Psalm 138:8 – The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy O Lord, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands.

Colossians 1:9 – For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

Affirmation – Thank you Lord for saving me unto eternal life in heaven. I go where the Holy Spirit leads me because God directs my footsteps; to fulfill his pleasure. I am a disciple of Christ and I walk in obedience to the commandments of God. I work God’s harvest field in order to fulfill the Great Commission that Jesus gave to his disciples, which is to witness for Christ to all nations and all people.

Verse – Joshua 24:15 – And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Affirmation – I will serve only the Lord my God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Daily will I worship my God, giving him the praise of my lips. I will offer up honor and glory to Almighty God, who sits upon the throne of grace in heaven. Forever I will sing hymns of worship to the Lord because he is worthy. God is good and God is great, and this my spirit knows very well.

Verses – Romans 8:31 – What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

1 Peter 1:3-4 – As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which has been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Affirmation – God is on my side. God is in me now. Who can be against me? No one. God has given to me all things that pertain unto life and godliness. Therefore I am a partaker of his divine nature. I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises from God, who is generous with his servant. I am delivered from this present evil age.

Verse – 1 Corinthians 1:30 – But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God – and righteousness and sanctification and redemption.

Affirmation – Jesus is made unto me wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Therefore, I confess I have the wisdom of God, and I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Jesus is Lord!

Verses – 2 Corinthians 5:17 – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

1 Corinthians 2:16 – For “who knows the mind of the Lord that we may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Ephesians 2:10 – For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Affirmation – I am complete in Jesus who is the head of all principality and power. For I am his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God has before ordained that I should walk therein. I am a new creation in Christ and the old creation has passed away. As a believer I have the mind of Christ.

Verses – Philippians 4:13 – I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

John 15:5 – I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

Affirmation – I will do all things through the Lord Jesus Christ, who indwells me and strengthens me by his glorious power. Lord help me to save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven through my witness for Christ. I will produce much fruit for God as I abide in the Lord forever. Rejoice in the Lord; again I say rejoice!

Verse – 2 Corinthians 5:20 – Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God was pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.

Affirmation – I will plead with nonbelievers daily to be reconciled to God on Christ’s behalf. I will share my witness for Christ with all people as long as I live.

Verse – Psalm 23:4 – Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 31:15 – My times are in Your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

Affirmation – I will fear no evil for thou art with me Lord, Your word and Your Spirit they comfort me. I will live out the life you have planned for me in obedience to your word because you deliver me from my enemies and from persecution. Your word is my commandment and I will obey.

Verse – Ephesians 4:29-30 – Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearer. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Affirmation – I will not let corrupt communication proceed out of my mouth, but that which is good to edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearer. I will not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by evil speech, thoughts, or actions. I am indwelt by the Holy Spirit, which is God’s seal that I am his possession, to be redeemed on the last day. This is my testimony. Lord, forgive my sins every day.

Verses – Ephesians 5:15-16 – See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Colossians 4:5 – Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

Affirmation – The Lord will bless me by allowing me to redeem my time on earth by working in his harvest field spreading the gospel message of Christ with all nonbelievers in order to save one more lost soul for the kingdom of heaven every day.

In the Bible there are 129 direct commandments from God to every believer, although more than a few of them are redundant. You can find a list of God’s commandments in any good Bible concordance. When God uses the word “shall” in reference to the believer there’s no mistaking it’s a command from God. When God uses the word “shall” in reference to himself it’s a promise from God. Any one of these commandments from God would make great a affirmation. The possibilities are endless. To claim that verse in your life just flip it around and declare you’ll obey whatever it is that God is commanding that you do in that verse. Affirmation equals obedience. Remember in prayer you pray the solution or end result desired and not the problem, even if the answer you want hasn’t occurred yet. You always pray as though your petition before God has been granted and you always thank God for his provision. In numerous Bible scriptures God says believers can have whatever they ask for if they ask in faith and if it’s also God’s will. The trick is to keep praying as long as it takes for your prayers to be answered because God has his own timeline for answering your prayer. Whether you recite just one Bible affirmation from memory or you read off fifty affirmations a week like I do it’s all good because it’s used to glorify God.

I think Bible affirmations are the perfect prayer for this purpose because the content of your prayer never changes much because they’re written down and ready to repeat over and over. In my case, I speak my Bible affirmations to God every weekday so that I get through them all at least once every week. Everyone needs to create Bible affirmations that conform to their own goals. I crafted my Bible affirmations to focus on my obedience to God’s commandments, especially where they pertain to studying the word of God and witnessing for Christ. There is no better use of a believer’s time than sharing the gospel message of Jesus Christ in order to save a nonbeliever to the kingdom of heaven because the fruit of your labor will last forever. Witnessing for Christ is the dearest thing to God’s heart, as evidenced by the Great Commission which Jesus Christ gave to his disciples before he ascended back to heaven. As believers we’re also disciples of Jesus Christ and the commandment to share the gospel also falls on us. If we want to please God we need to obey. If we love God we should obey. If we want to build up treasures in heaven we must obey. Witnessing for Christ is the main reason why God leaves us here on earth after we have been saved unto eternal life in heaven. We are to do the work God has planned for us to do from the foundation of the world.

Verses – 1 Timothy 2:8 – I desire therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

Ephesians 6:18 – Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.

Affirmation – In obedience to your word O Lord, I will pray often before the throne of grace. Early and often will I seek your face O Lord, seeking your favor in all things. By the praise of my lips I will worship the Lord my God every day, offering up love, honor and glory to my King. Praise the Lord for his kindness toward his servant.

Verses – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Psalm 5:11 – But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You.

Psalm 40:16 – Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; let such as love Your salvation say continually, “the Lord be magnified!”

Affirmation – Daily I will rejoice that the Lord is my God. For you have made me O Lord and saved me unto eternal life in heaven in your presence. I will pray without ceasing, giving you the praise of my lips for your love, mercy, and grace toward your servant. I thank you Lord for your guardian angels who watch over me. My gladness and joy is complete in the Lord’s presence. Before the throne of grace I will say continually, “The Lord be magnified!”

Verse – James 1:22 – But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Affirmation – I am a doer of the word of God and I am blessed in my deeds. I am happy in those things which I do because I am a doer of the word of God.

Verse – James 4:7 – Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Affirmation – The devil flees from me because I resist him in the name of Jesus. Get thee behind me Satan, in the name of Jesus Christ.

Verse – Ephesians 6:16 – Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

Affirmation – I take the shield of faith in Jesus Christ and I quench every fiery dart that the wicked one brings against me.

Verse – Isaiah 54:14 – In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Affirmation – I am far from oppression, and fear does not come nigh me, and terror does not come near me, in the name of Jesus.

Verse – 1 John 4:4 – You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Affirmation – I am of God and have overcome him (Satan). For greater is he that is in me, than he that is in the world. Jesus is Lord! I will have everlasting joy in heaven. I rejoice in the name of the Lord!

Verse – Galatians 1:3-4 – Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

Affirmation – I am delivered from the evils of this present world for it is the will of God.

Verse – Colossians 1:13 – He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.

Affirmation – I am delivered from the power of darkness and I am translated into the kingdom of Jesus, God’s dear son.

Verse – Nehemiah 8:10 – Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Affirmation – The joy of the Lord is my strength. The Lord is the strength of my life.

Verse – John 10:29 – (Jesus) – My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

Affirmation – As a believer my place in heaven is secure. No man or demon will take me out of God’s hand for I have eternal life in heaven.

Verses – John 1:12 – But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.

Isaiah 54:13 – All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.

Affirmation – Great is the peace of my children, for they are taught of the Lord. I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, therefore, I am a child of God; an adopted son of the Most High.

Verses – Matthew 16:19 – (Jesus) – And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Matthew 18:18 – (Jesus) – Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Ephesians 6:12 – For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Affirmation – Jesus has given me the authority to use his name and I will do it. And that which I bind on earth is bound in heaven. And that which I loose on earth is loosed in heaven. Therefore, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I bind the principalities, the powers, the rulers of the darkness of this world. I also bind and cast down spiritual wickedness in high places and I render them all harmless and ineffective against me, in the name of Jesus. Help me O Lord to overcome the evil in this world.

Verse – Romans 12:2 – And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Affirmation – I am not conformed to this world but I am transformed by the renewing of my mind. My mind is renewed by the word of God.

I write my Bible affirmations down on 4″ X 6″ index cards. I first write the Bible verse in black ink and underneath it I write my affirmation in red ink. When I recently finished updating my Bible affirmations I wound up with a stack of around fifty index cards. This was way too much to speak every day so I made five random stacks of affirmations, one for each day of the week, Monday through Friday. I left weekends free. I wound up with 10-15 affirmations per day, which is about all I can handle comfortably on a daily basis. I just updated them again this week. I try to pray all my Bible affirmations early in the morning because when I rejoice in the Lord my God and his saving grace that early in the day the joy of the Lord buoys me up the entire day. Speaking Bible affirmations every day is the best way I’ve found to keep my eyes on the Lord and my faith in God stoked. The human mind believes and acts upon what it hears over and over. That’s how our mind works. So when we say Bible affirmations repeatedly it helps train our mind and empowers our inner “spirit man” so that our outer “physical man” can be brought into submission to God’s will. Look, God wants to guide your life so let him do it if you want the best life possible. I firmly believe many of the mistakes that believers make in their lives can be avoided if they spoke Bible affirmations daily and they start as soon as they’re saved. Praise God!

Bible affirmation aren’t just vain repetitions. They are structured prayers that are meant to affirm the verse or verses you are quoting from the Bible. To a degree affirmations are also spontaneous because you create them out of your love for God and they will keep changing and evolving as you continue to grow in Christ during your walk with God. Your Bible affirmations are meant to be very personal to you because they reveal your plans, your hopes, and your dreams in service to God. Your Bible affirmations reveal who you are and what you’re about. Now, I don’t mind sharing my Bible affirmations with you because the Holy Spirit has given me the ministry of reconciliation through studying God’s word and giving my testimony about God.

My Bible affirmations are just a part of that testimony about God. I have always made it clear in my blog that my singular focus in life going forward is to urge people to study the Bible in depth so that they can witness for Christ more effectively and save one more for Jesus every day. My personal goal is to save at least 1000 lost souls for the kingdom of God during my lifetime and I’m not ashamed to declare it. I can’t save everyone but I can save some. Please don’t sell yourself short when it comes to witnessing for Christ. God will help you. Plan your work for the Lord and then work that plan every day of your life, while you are continually praying to God for his help. Shoot for the stars and let Jesus Christ sort it out on the last day! Our ultimate goal is to hear Jesus say, “Well done good and faithful servant!” We can achieve that only through our persistent effort and our obedience to God.

Verses – Psalm 1:1-3 – Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.

Isaiah 54:17 – No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord. And their righteousness is from Me says the Lord.

Affirmation – No weapon formed against me shall prosper, for my righteousness is of the Lord. But whatever I do will prosper for I’m like a tree that’s planted by the rivers of water. I delight in the word of God and I will meditate on it day and night.

Verse – Ephesians 1:17-18 – That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.

Affirmation – I receive the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, the eyes of my understanding being enlightened. I delight in my salvation received from God.

Verses – James 4:2 – You do not have because you do not ask.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own. For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Affirmation – In the name of Jesus I pray that my body be made worthy to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. I will not overeat so that this body becomes overweight. I will eat mostly nutritious food and I’ll exercise regularly in order to have a healthy body I’m not ashamed of. I will glorify God for indwelling this vessel and I pray that the Lord will use this body for his pleasure. I rejoice in the Lord my God. My joy in the Lord is complete.

Philippians 4:7-8 – And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy – meditate on these things.

Affirmation – The peace of God which supasses all understanding keeps my heart and mind through Christ Jesus. And all things which are true, noble, just, pure, lovely and of good report, I think on these things.

Verses – John 16:13 – (Jesus) – However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on his own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

James 1:5 – If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Affirmation – The spirit of truth abides in me and teaches me all things, and he guides me into all truths. Therefore, I confess I have perfect knowledge of every situation and circumstance that I come up against. For I have the wisdom of God.

Verse – Colossians 3:10 – (Believers) have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.

Affirmation – I have put off the old man and have put on the new man, which is renewed in the knowledge after the image of him that created me.

Verse – John 10:14 – (Jesus) – I am the good shepherd; and I know my sheep, and am known by My own.

Affirmation – I do follow the good shepherd and I know his voice and the voice of a stranger I will not follow.

Verse – Proverbs 4:20-22 – My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

Affirmation – I will not let the word of God depart from before my eyes for it is life to me for I have found it and it is health and healing to all my flesh.

Verse – Colossians 3:15 – And let the peace of God rule your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Affirmation – I am the body of Christ and I let the peace of God rule my heart, with thanks to God, and I refuse to worry about anything.

Verses – Romans 12:21 – Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

1 Corinthians 12:27 – Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

Romans 8:2 – For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

Affirmation – I am the body of Christ and Satan has no power over me. For I overcome evil with good. I am free from the law of sin and death.

Verse – Revelation 12:11 – And they overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to death.

Affirmation – I am an overcomer and I overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony.

Verse – Psalm 119:89 – Forever O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.

Affirmation – The word of God is forever settled in heaven. Therefore, I establish his word upon this earth. O Lord, let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Don’t let the word “affirmation” throw you. Affirmations are prayers to God that confirm the truth of God. There are several types of prayers that believers can make to God, one of which is the seldom used prayer of rejoicing. Affirmations are prayers of rejoicing. The word “rejoice” means to feel or show great joy. Bible affirmations are tailor-made to express our great joy in the Lord for our salvation. Bible affirmations also are not new. They have been used for centuries by many of the giants of the Christian faith. I started using Bible affirmations a few years ago after I read a book titled, “The Tongue – A creative Force” by the late pastor and Christian author Charles Capps. I copied down on index cards the daily Bible affirmations pastor Capps used to worship God and I used them myself for years. However, last year I decided to make my own Bible affirmations. If you’re in fellowship with God through daily prayer and studying God’s word the process is really quite easy. Take a commandment of God that has a special meaning for you and then speak it back to God in prayer. When you speak God’s word back to him in prayer God is glorified when his words are heard by the host of heaven and all the fallen angels (demons) on earth. Then you need to turn God’s commandment into a personal statement of faith and declare your obedience to God for all to hear. Let God be glorified! Let God be magnified! Be joyful and rejoice in the Lord! King David danced before God out of joy and the Lord said David was a man after his own heart. It’s a good example for us to follow.

Tuesday:

Verse – Matthew 13:23 – (Jesus) – But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Affirmation – I will produce good fruit by my witness for Christ. I will spread the gospel seed, the good news of God’s saving grace, to nonbelievers so that they will believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. I will leverage my testimony of the Lord by sharing the gospel in writing through my blog and my tract ministry in order to save one hundred lost souls for the kingdom of God; and then ten times one hundred.

Verse – Matthew 9:37-38 – (Jesus) – The harvest is truly plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

Affirmation – I bless God for allowing me to participate in his salvation plan for man. I will work beside the Lord my God in his harvest field sharing the gospel of Christ in order to save one more for Jesus every day for as long as I live. I pray for more workers in God’s harvest field because the need is great and the workers are few. I will continually worship God with the praise of my lips and give my testimony of Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. God is good and God is great and this my spirit knows very well.

Verse – Isaiah 41:10 – So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Affirmation – I will not fear anything because the Lord is my God. I will not be dismayed because I belong to the Most High. I am strengthened and helped by the Lord in everything I do. The righteous right hand of Almighty God will uphold me all the days of my life as I witness for Christ. Jesus is Lord! I rejoice in the Lord, who is my joy and my strength.

Verse – Daniel 12:3 – And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

Affirmation – I will be wise before the Lord through obedience to the commandments of God. I will fulfill the Great Commission I received from Jesus Christ, which is to spread the gospel message, the good news of God’s saving grace. I will continually give my testimony of Christ all my life in order to save many to the kingdom of heaven.

Verses – Romans 8:11 – But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Matthew 16:19 – (Jesus) – And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Galatians 3:13 – Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.”)

Affirmation – Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law. Therefore, I forbid any sickness or disease to come upon this body. Every disease germ and every virus that touches this body dies instantly in the name of Jesus. Every organ and every tissue of this body functions in the perfection to which God created it to function, and I forbid any malfunction in this body, in the name of Jesus. Thank you Lord for loving me and saving me.

Verses – Psalm 91:10-11 – No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling place, for He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.

Proverbs 12:28 – In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.

Luke 4:10 – For it is written: “He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you.”

Affirmation – No evil will befall me neither shall any plague come nigh my dwelling. For you have given your angels charge over me and they keep me in all my ways, and in my pathway is life and there is no death. Thank you Lord for protecting me.

Verses – 2 Corinthians 8:9 – For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.

John 10:10 – (Jesus) – I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

John 5:24 – (Jesus) – Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

Affirmation – I bless the Lord my God who has met all my needs. For poverty he has given me wealth, for sickness he has given me health, for death he has given me eternal life. My cup runneth over. Praise the Lord for his generosity toward his servant.

Verse – 1 Corinthians 15:58 – Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Affirmation – I will continually do the work God has given me to do, which is to spread the gospel message of Jesus Christ to all nations and all people. I will be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. I will save many lost souls for the kingdom of God. My work will not be in vain because Jesus Christ will reward me on the last day. I bless the Lord my God for his love, mercy, and grace toward a sinner like me.

Verse – Philippians 4:19 – And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Affirmation – My Lord supplies all of my need and I lack for nothing. The Lord makes all grace abound toward me so that I have everything I need to do the work that God has given me to do.

Verse – Psalm 119:105 – Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Affirmation – I will abide in the word of God in order to light the path in front of me as I run my race for the Lord; witnessing for Christ with all endurance.

In the dictionary the word “affirm” means to state something firmly or publicly. So an affirmation is the act of verbally saying something firmly or publicly. In this instance the something is verses from the Bible and my obedience to them. Use your voice to speak God’s words after him because it glorifies God and God will glorify you in return. It’s a win-win situation. Reading the Bible also glorifies God but speaking God’s word publicly will magnify the glory received by God and man. I speak my affirmations to God at my desk each morning but they are also heard publicly because they are heard not only by God but also by the angels in heaven, the demons on this earth and by Satan himself. I offer my prayers of worship to God through my Bible affirmations and the evil one hates it when I do that. God refers to his word as the commandment (singular). That means every verse, every positive statement in the Bible is a commandment from God. In my affirmations I start off by stating God’s commandment and then I follow up with a personal statement of faith in God and my pledge to be obedient to that particular commandment of God.

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Verse – Psalm 37:4 – Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Affirmation – I delight myself in the Lord and he gives me the desires of my heart. I will work diligently in God’s harvest field to help save many lost souls for the kingdom of God as long as I can, even forty years like God’s prophets of old; or until Jesus Christ comes in the air to rapture his saints. I desire to stand before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ on the last day and hear him say, “well done good and faithful servant.” Help me Lord to save many nonbelievers for the kingdom of God.

Verse – Mark 16:15-16 – (Jesus) – Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

Affirmation – I will share the gospel message of Christ, the good news, with all nations and all people as long as I am able. I will give my testimony of Jesus Christ one on one as the opportunity arises. I will witness for Christ passively through my two Christian blog sites and also by distributing Christian tracts containing the gospel message, in order to reach nonbelievers who desperately need God’s saving grace. Lord help me to witness more effectively. Bless me in all things Lord, as I bless you.

Verse – Colossians 1:10-11 – That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with you.

Affirmation – I am increasing in the knowledge of God through Bible study and prayer. I am strengthened with all might according to His glorious power. I am pleasing to the Lord because I am obedient to the commandments of God. I am fulfilling the Great Commission which Jesus gave to his disciples, which is to share the gospel of Christ with all nations and all people. I am fruitful in every good work I do for the Lord. Lord help me to be fruitful.

Verse – 2 Corinthians 5:18 – Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

Affirmation – I am reconciled to God because Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins. The Holy Spirit has given me the ministry of reconciliation by studying God’s word and spreading the gospel seed of Christ passively through my Christian blog and Christian tract ministry in order to save one more for Jesus every day on my walk with the Lord. I ask the Holy Spirit to convict the nonbeliever of their sins through the gospel seed I have spread.

Verse – Hebrews 12:1 – Let us lay aside every weight, and sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

Affirmation – I will lay aside every weight and sin so that I can do the work that God has given me to do during my race before the Lord. I will share the gospel message of Christ with all endurance, even forty years, if there is time and God is willing. I will save one more for Jesus every day by my testimony. I bless you Lord for my provision.

Verse – Romans 12:1 – I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Affirmation – God has given me my body, this tent, this temple of the Holy Spirit. I present my body back to the God who made me as my reasonable service to do good works before the Lord in his harvest field in obedience to the commandments of God. The number one good work I do for God is witnessing for Christ and I will do it all the days of my life; even forty years if there is time before the rapture comes and God is willing. Holy God, help me to save one more for Jesus every day.

Verse – Matthew 6:19-20 – (Jesus) – Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Affirmation – I will lay up treasures in heaven by saving nonbelievers to the kingdom of God through my witness for Christ. I will save one more for Jesus every day as I strive to fulfill the Great Commission of God, which is to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ with all nations and all people. Lord of heaven and earth, help me in my witness for Christ so that I may save one more for Jesus every day gain treasures in heaven, which you will give me on the last day.

Verses – Proverbs 14:25 – A true witness delivers souls, but a deceitful witness speaks lies.

Proverbs 11:30 – The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

Affirmation – I will bless the Lord daily for allowing me to help save nonbelievers. With the help of Almighty God I will deliver lost souls to the kingdom of heaven through my true witness for Jesus Christ. I will be wise in the eyes of the Lord by winning souls for God. As the righteousness of Christ I will produce much fruit for heaven all the days of my life. May the Lord grant me forty years in his service or until Jesus comes in the air for his saints.

Verse – 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 – But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

Affirmation – I will sow the gospel seed of Christ’s salvation bountifully all the days of my life so that on the last day I will also reap bountifully. I will cheerfully give to those in need from my abundance provided to me from God. Almighty God. Make all grace abound toward me so that I can sow the gospel seed bountifully. Let God be magnified always, even forever! The Lord is the joy of my life. I rejoice in the Lord!

It’s wrong thinking to think God doesn’t love us. We are all creatures made by the fingers of God. We are God’s masterpiece of creation and throughout the entire Bible God repeatedly confirms his love for us. In fact, the Bible is often called God’s love letter to man. Satan is the god of this world and you must remember that he can and does put negative thoughts in our mind all the time. If you’re spiritually aware you can often differentiate between your thoughts, God’s thoughts, and Satan’s thoughts. One of Satan’s strategies is to separate us from the love of God by constantly telling us God didn’t make us and God couldn’t possible love someone like us, a mere sin-filled human being. Nothing could be further from the truth. God dearly loves every creature he has made.

We are all children of God and the Bible makes it clear God wants all his creatures in heaven with him. But God isn’t going to force us to go to heaven. Every person has the free will choice whether to serve God or Satan. The love God has for us is incomprehensible to Satan, who loves no one and hates everything. The Bible confirms God is love and we know Satan is the direct opposite of God in all things so that means Satan is hate. Satan hates man most of all because he knows we’re special to God. Satan would destroy all human beings if given the opportunity. However, God protects us from the evil one. God allows Satan and his demons to attack our minds but they aren’t allowed to harm us physically. Those are God’s rules.

John 3:16 – (Jesus) – For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

John 14:21 – (Jesus) – He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.

Romans 8:38-39 – For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Hebrews 7:25 – Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Romans 8:30 – Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified, these He also glorified.

It’s wrong thinking to think God will stop loving us because we sin. God never stops loving all the sinful nonbelievers who are going to hell so what makes you think God will stop loving you, a believer, just because you sin? Would you stop loving your child just because they did something wrong? No you wouldn’t, because your child was made by you. Your child is a part of you and your love is an unconditional love. The love of God is a thousand times greater than our love. In fact, the love of God is so profound that man cannot fathom the depth of God’s love this side of heaven. Look, God made us so he’s well aware how weak we are and he has compassion for us. God knew before we were even born that every man is going to sin again him and to what degree. That includes all nonbelievers as well as all believers. God knew all men would sin before he laid the foundation of the world yet it didn’t stop God from going ahead and making us anyway. So it’s ludicrous to think God would suddenly stop loving us because we did something (sin) that God knew we were going to do before he made us. If that were the case God wouldn’t have gone to the trouble to make us in the first place. God is ever faithful and his love is constant. God never made any person with the express purpose of sending them to hell. God’s mind doesn’t work that way. God made us for fellowship in heaven forever and he loves us in spite of the sins he knew we were going to commit and he forgives us of our sins if we ask him. Can’t you see that?

James 5:15 – And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

1 John 2:1 – My little children, these things I write to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Psalm 14:3 – They have all turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is none who does good, no, not one.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 – For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

If Satan can convince the nonbeliever that God doesn’t love him it’s much easier for him to steal their you soul. If you’re a believer Satan wants to make you think you can lose the love of God in order to make you an ineffective Christian; someone who can’t spread the gospel message of God’s saving grace. Satan wants to convince you that you are not worthy of God’s love and that God couldn’t possibly love someone like you because of your sin. Satan knows nothing about God’s love so why would you listen to him? Look, if your faith in your own salvation isn’t rock solid your witness for Christ won’t be worth a darn. You must have a passion for God when you witness for Christ because a nonbeliever can always tell whether or not you’re passionate about serving the Lord. If you don’t have a palpable passion for God the nonbeliever will tune you out before you even get to the gospel message of Christ. Just accept the fact that we live in a fallen world and we’re all going to sin and pay no attention to Satan’s lies. As believers we are to try to our best to sin less and less every day as we live out our lives, while asking God in daily prayer to forgive us of our sins.

John 10:28 – (Jesus) – And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

2 Corinthians 5:7 – For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Romans 11:29 – For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Galatians 6:7 – Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

1 Corinthians 2:14 – But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

It’s wrong thinking to think you’re not saved just because you don’t feel like you’re saved. Fellings have nothing to do with it. The Bible confirms if you confess Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior then you’re saved. End of discussion. Every person has an eternal spirit given to them at conception by God. You can’t see your invisible spirit. Your spirit has no weight and you can’t feel it yet that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. The physical man cannot discern spiritual things easily so we have to rely on the word of God to know what’s going on in the spiritual world. The Bible says we must live by faith and not by sight so start doing it. When we are saved through faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior God gives us a brand new spirit because our old spirit contained the sin of Adam’s fall in the Garden of Eden. We can’t feel that happening in our body yet it’s true. We need to look at salvation from God’s perspective. Salvation is not about us and what we deserve because, quite frankly, we deserve to suffer eternal death for our sins against God. Our salvation is ultimately about God and the love and mercy he feels toward us, his special creation.

Ephesians 1:13 – In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

Ephesians 4:30 – And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 – Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

Romans 8:11 – But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

John 14:16 – (Jesus) – And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.

At the moment of our salvation the Holy Spirit also takes up residence in our bodies forevermore as an earnest deposit from God until we are redeemed by the Lord on the last day. The Holy Spirit can only indwell someone who is saved because God cannot abide sin. Only a vessel cleansed of sin by God is fit for the Master’s use. If someone were to lose their salvation by the introduction of sin back into their spirit that would mean the Holy Spirit gets kicked out of the body like an unwanted squatter. Does that sound possible to you? It doesn’t to me. The Holy Spirit is God’s guarantee that we are saved and the Holy Spirit never leaves a believer’s living body once indwelling occurs. We can’t feel the Holy Spirit living inside us but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. I know this to be true spiritually because I’ve studied the word of God for over twenty years. You’re saved unto eternal life in heaven through faith because God says you are if you’ve given your life to Jesus. It makes no difference how you feel. What’s important is what God says in his word because God cannot lie. You can’t physically feel something that is happening spiritually so get a grip and trust what God says. If you’re a believer and you don’t think you’re saved after praying the sinner’s prayer to God then you’re calling God a liar to his face. You’re mocking God and you’ll be held accountable on the last day when you stand before Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 13:5 – I will never leave you nor forsake you.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own. For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

John 4:24 – (Jesus) – God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

John 3:6 – (Jesus) – That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 7:38 – (Jesus) – He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.

I’m also one of the few believers that God has blessed with the physical knowledge that the Holy Spirit is inside me. Years ago in New Orleans when I was still working I physically felt the Holy Spirit move inside my body. In my hotel room I felt something solid in the pit of my stomach and I felt it move up through my chest and come out my neck as I automatically bent forward as though I was going to throw up. It was firm but invisible. It scared the hell out of me at the time because I didn’t know what had happened. It wasn’t until several years later after I’d begun to study the Bible in earnest that I realized it was the Holy Spirit I felt that day in New Orleans and he was making me aware of his presence. I was saved at the age of twelve so why was God suddenly making me aware that he is with me after all that time? I had no answer that made sense to me. Several years after this I received my ministry of reconciliation from the Holy Spirit, which is to study God’s word and give my testimony of God through the written word. My bones were on fire for the Lord, therefore I had to witness for Christ. I had an unquenchable thirst for God’s word and still do. I will abide in God’s word forever and I suggest you do the same if you want to please God.

Jeremiah 20:9 – Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in His name.” But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not.

Psalm 42:1 – As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.

Psalm 63:1 – O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.

Psalm 143:6 – I spread out my hands to You; my soul longs for You like a thirsty land.

Psalm 84:2 – My soul longs for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

My study of God’s word started out with writing letters to my family and friends and eventually it evolved into www.onemoreforjesus.net; my Christian blog site whereby I spread the gospel seed in writing. I also witness for Christ “passively” by distributing gospel tracts through my prison ministry, www.christiantractministry.com. All believers are commanded by God to witness for Christ to all nations and all people and this is how I obey God; by spreading the gospel seed through the written word. God manifested himself to me physically as the indwelt Holy Spirit that day in New Orleans so that I could one day give my testimony about the Lord in my blog, which I am doing now, and which I have also done on numerous occasions in the past. This is my testimony about the God who made me.

Psalm 45:1 – My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

1 John 5:13 – These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

1 John 2:25 – And this is the promise thet He has promised us – eternal life.

John 8:47 – (Jesus) – He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.

Luke 11:23 – (Jesus) – He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

The last thing I want to address in this blog is those believers who think they can somehow lose their salvation because of their sin. It’s wrong thinking to think that a believer can lose their salvation once it’s freely given to them by God. Can God make a mistake? No. Can God change his mind? No. If it were possible for a believer to lose his salvation through sin God would have told us in his word. I find no mention of that in the Bible but I have found numerous scriptures that confirm our salvation is forever. You have to remember God knows the end from the beginning so he already knows every event that’ll take place in his creation including every moment of your life. God already knows every sin you’ll ever commit so if he chooses to go ahead and make you and then save you God won’t later renege on his promise of salvation. That is a lie from Satan so dismiss it. God know your heart so if he saves you are saved forever. The calling of God in irrevocable. To prove it God indwells the believer with his Holy Spirit as an earnest deposit which ensures he’ll redeem us on the last day. Satan preys on our minds and one of his greatest lies is you’ll lose your salvation if you sin. If that were the case there wouldn’t be any saints in heaven because all believers sin and we’ll continue to do so even after we’re saved. God knows we’re dust, we’re weak, and we’ll continue to sin because we live in a sin-filled world as we walk this earth in our physical bodies which are also full of sin. It’s just a part of the human condition as long as Satan is the god of this world. If a believer grieves the Holy Spirit through sin God has the option of bringing him home early and they may lose their reward.

John 6:40 – (Jesus) – And this is the will of Him whom sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son of God and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:47 – (Jesus) – Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.

1 John 5:11 – And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

John 5:24 – (Jesus) – Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My words and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

Romans 5:1 – Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is not a liar and God will not be mocked! The Bible makes it abundantly clear that salvation once given will last for all eternity. Jesus Christ, the son of God, came off his throne in heaven, took on flesh, and died on the cross in our place so that our sins could be forgiven by a loving and merciful God so that we can have eternal life in heaven. So if you think your salvation can be lost are you telling me that Jesus died in vain? God forbid! If you suddenly become unsaved because of sin how much sin would that entail because we all sin to one degree or another? If you decide you want to be saved again does that mean Jesus must shed his blood for you a second time, and so on? Are you saying the blood of Christ wasn’t sufficient to save you completely the first time? At the moment of salvation scripture tells us it’s the Holy spirit that actually changes our eternal destination from hell to heaven. It’s the Holy Spirit that writes the new believer’s name in God’s book of life. So you think when you become unsaved the Holy Spirit has to go back to the book of life and put a line through your name and then correct the mistake he made by marking you down for heaven. And you figured all this out by yourself without any mention of it in the Bible. That is rich! You’ve fallen into Satan’s trap! If you follow this line of thinking you’re a fool. If you mock God and call him a liar to his face you’ll be held accountable on the last day when you stand before Jesus Christ at the bema judgment seat. Don’t fall for Satan’s lies. Once you’re saved you’re always saved. I’m a Baptist and this is what my church believes and what I believe. Other Christian denominations think differently as noted below:

Arguments and Perspectives on Salvation:

Methodists – Methodists state that a believer can lose their salvation through intentional rejection of faith, but it can be regained through repentance.

Pentecostals – Pentecostals think that salvation can be lost through willful sin or turning away from faith.

Catholics – Catholics believe that salvation can be forfeited through grave sin, but confession and penance offer the opportunity for reconciliation.

Baptists – Baptists believe that once saved, always saved; stressing the security of the believer’s salvation.

All denominations need to be careful not to establish church doctrine based on the reading of one or two vague Bible verses. When you interpret scripture that is not very clear look at the surrounding scriptures for clarification. Consider the context in which the scriptures were written and who was the intended target of the book or verses. Scripture is best interpreted by other scripture. If something is important to God he’ll repeat the verse or verses multiple times in his word which gives you an opportunity to clarify its meaning. All I know is the Bible contains dozens of scriptures that clearly confirm salvation is irrevocable. There are no mistakes in the Bible and God cannot lie. I urge all people of God and all church denominations to study God’s word so they can be assured of their salvation. Assurance of our salvation is one of God’s greatest gifts to man. When we have peace with God it allows us to have the peace of God in our hearts. We don’t have that unless we know our salvation is secure. How can you have the peace of God in your heart and effectively witness for Christ if you aren’t rock solid in the belief of your own salvation? You simply can’t witness effectively for Christ if you think your salvation could be taken from you at any moment. To me this in one of Satan’s greatest lies. The Bible confirms that Satan cannot snatch us out of God’s hand once we’re saved so believe God. Rest easy in the love and peace of God.