Author: hillturnfs

Believers who have saved at least one other person to heaven through their witness for Christ are considered to be, “Warriors for Christ.” That’s the moniker I give myself because in my twenty years of service to the Lord, I’ve saved over one hundred nonbelievers to heaven. I know that God will reward me on the last day for my “good works.” 90% of the saints in heaven are there through faith in Jesus Christ alone, never having saved even one other person to heaven by their witness for Christ. There are only a few “Warriors for Christ” on earth; maybe only a total of 30,000 evangelical Christians who wake up every day and ask themselves this question, “How can I work in God’s harvest field today and help save someone to heaven through my witness for Christ?” You may be wondering how I came up with 30,000 Warriors for Christ. My calculations are as follows:

There are 2.5 billion people on Earth who profess to be Christians (out of a total of eight billion people). 1.5 billion people claim to be Catholics, and Catholics don’t witness. There are one billion Protestants but evangelical Christians who stress “witnessing” as a tenet of their denomination number only 300,000. Only one in ten evangelicals have read their Bible enough to effectively share the gospel message of Christ, which means roughly 30,000 evangelical Christians are what I call, “Warriors for Christ.” I’m being very generous when I say this. Roughly 160,000 nonbelievers die every day and go straight to hell for the lack of a witness for Christ. 16,000 Christians die every day and go directly to heaven. That’s a ten-to-one ratio so Christians have a lot of work to do on Christ’s behalf; a lot of witnessing to save lost souls. God is counting on us to fulfill his salvation plan for man through the “good work” he has given us to do. It’s the only way we can please God.

Of the 10% of saints in heaven who have saved someone, the vast majority will have saved only one other person. If you save one hundred people you’ll be in the top 5% of the saints in heaven. Only one percent of the saints in heaven will have saved one thousand lost souls to heaven. That is my personal goal. Everyone needs to set their own goals and strive to reach them. The first thing you should do is save yourself to heaven because your life will be wonderful. If that’s all you do you’ll be a worker bee in heaven forever but that’s okay. If you save one other person to heaven you’ll receive honor, glory, and riches from God, which is better. If every creature made by God is priceless in his eyes how could God not reward you for saving one other person to heaven?

If you save one hundred people to heaven you’ll be in select company in heaven and pleasing in the eyes of God. The mind of man can’t fathom the wonders God has in store for those who please him. I can’t wait to be there! For the top one percent of saints who save at least 1,000 lost souls to heaven, God has promised that they will shine in heaven like the stars in the firmament just like it says in Daniel 12:3. I don’t know what that means exactly but I know it’s going to be good. A good tree can only produce good fruit and that spiritual truth of heaven applies to both God and man. God grants every believer a “new beginning.” As a Warrior for Christ, my job is to help nonbelievers find a “new beginning.” I pray Bible affirmations every morning to honor and glorify God as I seek his help to save nonbelievers to heaven through the gospel seed I cast before the throne of grace.

Bible affirmations have been around for centuries and many well-known theologians have used them. I discovered Bible affirmations when I read a book titled, “The Tongue” by the late pastor and author Charles Capps. Bible affirmations are prayers of rejoicing. My daily Bible affirmations consist of 36 of my favorite verses, followed by my pledge of obedience to God. It’s how I praise God with my lips and offer up honor and glory to my creator, for he is worthy of worship. Every person is different but for me, Bible affirmations are perfect because they keep my “eyes on Jesus” as I focus on witnessing for Christ. Bible affirmations keep my love of God stoked to a white-hot pitch. Use whatever works for you. I’m all about doing the Lord’s work 24/7 so that I can save “one more for Jesus” every day.

God tells us in his word to “redeem” our time and what God means by that is we must continually witness for Christ to save nonbelievers to heaven so that we can receive honor, glory, and riches from God on the last day. I don’t care how rich, powerful, and famous you are because, in the end, we all die. Death is the great equalizer. King Solomon was probably the richest and wisest man who ever lived and at the end of his long life, he concluded that life was meaningless apart from a right relationship with God (in the Book of Ecclesiastes). A right relationship with God is witnessing for Christ without ceasing, to save nonbelievers to heaven. Bible affirmations are prayers that keep our eyes on Jesus so we can fulfill the Great Commission that Jesus gave us. My advice is do not go before Jesus empty-handed. Go save someone to heaven!

DAY SEVEN BIBLE VERSES:

Galatians 4:4-5 – But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

Hebrews 10:36 – For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

2 Thessalonians 2:14 – To which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Long ago someone helped save me by witnessing for Christ to me. I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and became a son of the Most High God. I owe it to my God and all nonbelievers out there in the world to share the gospel message with them so that some might receive salvation through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior the way I did. Lord, help me run my race before God with endurance, saving many lost souls to heaven by my testimony. Lord, grant me the promised honor, glory, and riches in heaven on the last day for my obedience. Let God be magnified forever!

BIBLE VERSES:

Hebrews 4:12 – For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Ephesians 4:10-12 – He who descended is also the One who ascended far above the heavens, that He might fill all things. And He Himself gave some to be Apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.

Revelation 19:16 – And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: King of kings and Lord of lords.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Thank you Lord for descending from heaven in the incarnation of Jesus Christ to die on the cross for the forgiveness of my sins. Thank you Jesus for rising from the dead on the third day and ascending back to heaven. Your resurrection indicates that all disciples of Christ will be resurrected in like manner when we die. Thank you Jesus for eternal life in heaven. Jesus Christ will be coming soon to rapture his saints in the air where he’ll give them their glorified bodies before taking them home to heaven. I’ll be with them. Exactly seven years later Jesus Christ will be setting foot on the Mount of Olives at the Second Coming, to defeat Satan and judge the nations for their sins against God. All the saints in heaven will be coming with Jesus, along with all his angels. Jesus will then set up his millennial kingdom on the earth. I’ll be with Jesus forevermore!

BIBLE VERSES:

Proverbs 13:13 – He who despises the word will be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.

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.

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I thirst for the word of God and I’ll be rewarded on the last day for my obedience. Lord, I will read my Bible daily and I will thank you daily for the knowledge, understanding, and wisdom it contains. I bless you Lord for opening the eyes of my understanding so I can see the truth of God; the salvation of your calling, and the honor, glory, and riches that you’ll give to me on the last day. Lord, I pray that you’ll strengthen me so that I may walk worthy of you all the days of my life. I pray you will help me save many lost souls for the kingdom of heaven.

BIBLE VERSES:

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

Mark 11:24 – (Jesus) – Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask for when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I pray for God to strengthen me through his Christ and Holy Spirit who dwells in me so that I can bear much fruit by my witness for Christ. I will abide in God’s word and the Holy Spirit abides in me. I pray that together we will save many nonbelievers to heaven. I thank God for answering my prayers. I thank God for the honor of working alongside my King in his harvest field to help save many nonbelievers to heaven through my witness for Christ.

BIBLE VERSES:

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.

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I can do nothing on my own but I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I will obey the commandments of God as I keep my eyes on Jesus, my Lord and Savior. My trust in God and my love of God will never end. I will seek to please God always by my good works. Lord, bless me as I sow the gospel seed of Christ bountifully on earth so that I’ll reap bountifully in heaven on the last day. My goal in life is to please the God who made me by my work on Christ’s behalf. When I stand before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ on the last day I long to hear him say, “Well done good and faithful servant.”

BIBLE VERSES:

Micah 6:8 – He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Ecclesiastes 12:13 – Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I will emulate Jesus Christ in all my actions and my thoughts will always be on the magnitude and majesty of Almighty God. I will honor God through my obedience to the commandments of God. I will read my Bible daily and pray to my Lord continually to maintain my fear of God. I am in fellowship with God and I will witness for Christ all the days of my life to save nonbelievers to heaven. I rejoice in my salvation from God and the “good works” the Lord has given me to do.

In our relationship with Jehovah, the one true God of creation, mankind has two “new beginnings” from the hand of God. The first “new beginning” from God was given to all men without their knowledge or consent; because God loves us dearly. We are made by God and God considers us to be his children. This blessed event, the first “new beginning”, occurred two thousand years ago with the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem of Judea. God came off his throne in heaven and came to earth in the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the son of God. Jesus Christ died on the cross in our place, so our sins could be forgiven by a just and loving God. One of the spiritual truths of heaven is, “the wages of sin is death.” All men sin and we all deserve eternal death in hell. This means every adult person on earth is assured of going to hell for all eternity when they die if not for the intervention of Jesus to save us from our fate. Jesus died to defeat the works of Satan and to save us to eternal life in heaven. Never lose sight of what Jesus has done for all of us, and be thankful!

The second “new beginning” from God is voluntary and each person has to take ownership of it. Each person has to make the free will decision to serve God or Satan. To choose God a nonbeliever needs to acknowledge God and turn away from sin and toward Jesus Christ. Not making a choice is to choose Satan. A believer is gifted salvation unto eternal life in heaven through faith by acknowledging Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. The first “new beginning” from God has allowed us to be saved because Jesus paid our sin debt to God. In our second “new beginning” it’s entirely up to the nonbeliever to become a believer by accepting God’s grace. Salvation is a two-step process and God did the first step for us, but it’s up to us to complete the salvation process by choosing to serve God and not Satan. God makes salvation so easy even a child can do it.

Let me be very clear about something you need to know. Your eternal soul hangs in the balance. Anyone who doesn’t confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior before God the Father before they die has chosen to serve Satan by default, and they will reap the whirlwind. This is important information! Our Holy Bible is God’s word and for two thousand years critics have been trying to find fault with the Bible and they have all failed. The Bible is the inerrant word of God and after twenty years of study, I know this to be true. You have my testimony. When nonbelievers die demons will drag their souls down to the pit of hell similar to what you saw in the movie “Ghost.” So choose wisely. When I pray my Bible affirmations before God I’m thanking him for both of my “new beginnings.” It’s how I express my joy in the Lord. Bible affirmations are prayers of rejoicing before the Lord of heaven and earth, because God is worthy of worship. Come join me!

DAY SIX BIBLE VERSES:

Proverbs 23:12 – Apply your heart to instruction, and your ear to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 8:34 – Blessed is the man who listens to Me, watching at My gates, waiting at the posts of My doors.

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

MY AFFIRMATION:

I have an unquenchable thirst for God’s word, which was given to me by the Holy Spirit as part of my ministry. I blog because God wants me to give my testimony of him. I will listen attentively to what the Lord has to say so that I can obey his instructions. My heart yearns to please God. I want to know God and his salvation plan for my life. Daily I will seek out knowledge, understanding, and wisdom from God through the pages of my Bible. I will speak to God continually in prayer and ask him to reveal his truth to me. I am truly blessed by Almighty God because of my obedience to his commandments. Lord, your word shows me the way to heaven and what I must do to please you. With the help of God, I’ll save many lost souls to the kingdom of heaven through my witness for Christ.

BIBLE VERSES:

Colossians 2:9-10 – For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

Colossians 1:17 – And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Jesus is the bodily representation of the triune Godhead. Jesus was, is, and forever will be Almighty God; awesome in power. Jesus made the universe, and he upholds all things with his mighty right hand. Jesus is God in the flesh and his death on the cross reconciled us to God the Father, for those who believe in his name. Believers who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are gifted eternal life in heaven. Believers are given the ministry of reconciliation, which is another way of saying we are commanded by God to witness for Christ to save nonbelievers to heaven. God will reward us for our obedience.

BIBLE VERSES:

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.

Acts 1:8 – (Jesus) – But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Holy God, Lord of heaven and earth; at my conception, you gave me a part of your divine essence, my eternal spirit, so that I might fellowship with you forever in heaven. You knit me in my mother’s womb. Help me find my way back to the God who made me. I have accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. As a result, your Holy Spirit indwells me. My body has become God’s temple. The blood shed by Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary has made me a slave of Christ and my body is not my own. Lord, I give my body back to you as my reasonable service. I will glorify God by praying continually before the throne of grace. I’ll continually witness the gospel message of Jesus Christ to all nations and all people to save nonbelievers to heaven, in obedience to the commandments of God.

BIBLE VERSES:

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I bless God for allowing me to participate in his salvation plan for man. I bless the Lord for helping me fulfill the salvation plan he has for my life. I will work beside the Lord in his harvest field, sharing the gospel of Christ 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 because God is good and God is great and this my spirit knows very well.

BIBLE VERSES:

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I will be wise before the Lord through obedience to the commandments of God. As a disciple of Christ, 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 witness Christ to all nations and all people. I will continually give my testimony of Jesus Christ all my life to help save many lost souls to the kingdom of heaven.

1 John 3:9 – Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

Romans 4:8 – Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.

1 John 5:18 – We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

There are two types of people in the world; those who are filled with sin and those who are not filled with sin. Those who die filled with sin go to hell and those who are not filled with sin go to heaven when they die. It’s as simple as that. Every human being begins their life the same way; filled with sin imputed from Adam’s fall from grace in the Garden of Eden; because we are all descendants of Adam, the first man. That means everyone’s body and eternal spirit from God are stained by sin from the moment we’re born. We’re all headed straight to hell when we exit the birth canal. There is an exemption for the unborn and for children below the age of decision, which is usually around the age of twelve. God doesn’t allow sin in Heaven so the only way to get there is to get rid of our sin. How do we accomplish that? How do we achieve a “new beginning” so that we are not filled with sin and we can go to heaven? The answer is simple. We must accept Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as our personal Lord and Savior. You will never get rid of the sin in your body and your spirit if you do nothing; or if you follow after fake religions and worship false gods. Jesus is the only way to heaven, period!

You see, Jesus Christ is God in the flesh and he came off his throne in heaven to die on the cross for the forgiveness of the sins of all men, past, present, and future. There is no such thing as a sin so big that God’s grace won’t cover it. If you reject Jesus’ sacrificial death to save you from hell it’s like slapping God in the face. Woe unto that person! When the nonbeliever puts their trust in Jesus, in that moment, they become believers saved unto eternal life in heaven, and God remembers their past sins no more. At the moment of salvation, God will take away our sin-filled spirit and replace it with another eternal spirit without sin. Scripture confirms that nothing is impossible with God. God made you so giving you a new spirit is a piece of cake. A good analogy is changing the oil in your car. If you are the car, you need an oil change because your oil (spirit) is dirty. God is the maker of the car and the only technician qualified to flush out the old oil and replace it with clean oil (a new spirit). At our salvation, God not only gives us a new spirit, but he also indwells us (the Holy Spirit) because our body has become a holy vessel without sin, fit for the master’s use and habitation.

In the verses shown above (1 John 3:9 and 1 John 5:18) when God says believers don’t sin he means that sins committed by a believer don’t impact him or stick to him because God has forgiven his sin. We’re like a turtle in his protective shell and sin cannot reach us because God’s grace is our shell. A believer is indwelt by the Holy Spirit who will not let sin enter either the body or the mind while he is present inside the body because God cannot abide sin. God repels sin like the opposite poles of a magnet. Since believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit forever that means sin will not ensnare us ever again for all eternity. Fallen angels (demons) can enter the body of human beings, but none would dare to enter a believer, because God dwells there. Jesus paid for the forgiveness of our sins on the cross; which includes not only all past sins; but any sins we commit currently or in the future. It’s like having the ultimate pardon! Think of it as having an invisible force field around our body protecting us from sin. Believers still commit sins; it’s just that our sins don’t impact us internally after we’re saved to heaven because of God’s forgiveness and protection.

Any sins committed by believers after they are saved remain external. This doesn’t mean believers are free to sin without any consequence. The sins of believers won’t keep them out of heaven. However, believers will have to answer to God for their sinful actions done in the body after their salvation. On the last day, when believers stand before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ, our sins will result in penalties, and our good works will result in rewards. Think of sins as demerits on our heavenly ledger versus the merits we receive by our good works. The balance between our merits and our demerits will determine the level of honor, glory, and riches we receive from God (see 2 Cor. 5:10). Every night I pray for the Lord to forgive any sins I’ve committed that day, in the hope that I have no sins to answer for on the last day.

God makes it clear in both 1 John 3:9 and 1 John 5:18 that sin cannot keep a believer out of heaven. This is also confirmed in Ephesians 2:8-9, where God tells us salvation is by grace through faith, and not by works. Sins are by definition works. God cannot lie and God will not be mocked. God’s grace covers all sin. The sin of Adam was imputed, or entered into the account, of all men who came after Adam. In like manner, the righteousness of Jesus Christ (the new Adam) is imputed to all men who believe in his name. We see this confirmed in Romans 4:8, which says believers are blessed because God will not impute sin onto the believer. Otherwise, Jesus died in vain and God is mocked. Heaven forbid! That is why Jesus is our Lord and Savior.

The righteousness of Jesus Christ covers our sins like a blanket, so when God looks upon us he doesn’t see our sins. God sees the shed blood of his dear son, which allows us to enter heaven and remain in his presence for all eternity. Sin is a violation of God’s moral law. God decides what sin is and who it applies to. In His love, mercy, and grace, God has decided not to attribute sin to those who believe in Jesus because God has adopted us as sons and daughters of the Most High God through our faith and the shed blood of Christ. God offers all men a, “new beginning” through faith and we would be wise to accept God’s generous offer. My Bible affirmations are prayers of rejoicing to Almighty God for what he has done for me. It’s how I express my joy in the Lord every day. You would be wise if you did likewise. I love God and I know he loves me. All praise, honor, and glory to God!

DAY FIVE BIBLE VERSES:

Proverbs 1:7 – The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 2:6 – For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 23:23 – Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I live in fear of the Lord my God. The Lord talks to me through the pages of my Bible and he gives me knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. God has given me his wisdom and his truth. It will not depart from before my eyes because it is health and healing to all my flesh. I will read my Bible every day and meditate on the magnitude and majesty of Almighty God. I will worship my God daily. I will always give the Lord the praise of my lips in prayer. I will continue to offer honor and glory to God in heaven because he is worthy of worship. God is good and God is great and this my spirit knows very well.

BIBLE VERSES:

James 4:2 – Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive because you ask amiss.

James 5:16 – The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I pray that my witness for Christ will save many nonbelievers to the kingdom of heaven. I’m indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God and I ask my helper to take my prayers before the throne of grace and present them to God the Father in such a way that my prayers are pleasing in his sight. I pray that Jesus Christ, my mediator who sits at the right hand of God the Father, will present my case before the court of heaven for a favorable decision. I pray that God will answer my prayers and use the gospel seed I’ve cast before God to save many lost souls to heaven.

BIBLE VERSES:

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.

Matthew 13:13 – (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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

The purpose of my life is to witness for Christ to the nonbeliever in obedience to the commandments of God. As a disciple of Jesus Christ, I’m a representative of God on this earth. I’m an ambassador for Christ. I’m duty-bound to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ with all nations and all people. My goal is to produce much good fruit for God by saving as many lost souls to the kingdom of heaven as I can during my lifetime. Lord, I ask that you guide me in this task and give me more time. Lord, I pray that you strengthen me so that I have the wisdom, determination, and perseverance to finish the salvation plan you have for my life. Praise God for his love, mercy, and grace toward his servant.

BIBLE VERSES:

John 15:5 – (Jesus) – 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.

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

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

MY AFFIRMATION:

As a branch of the Most High, I’m a child of God. I will do all things through the Lord Jesus Christ, who indwells me and strengthens me by his glorious power. I will produce much good fruit by witnessing for Christ to save nonbelievers unto eternal life in heaven. I abide in God through prayer and Bible study so that I’m an effective “doer” of God’s word; saving lost souls to heaven by being obedient to the commandments of God.

BIBLE VERSES:

2 Timothy 4:1-2 – I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom. Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

Hebrews 2:10 – For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering.

2 Corinthians 5:10 – For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Thank you Jesus for making me and putting me on this earth you have created. Lord, thank you for dying on the cross in my place so I wouldn’t have to suffer eternal death in hell. I’ve accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior by my confession of faith, and as a result, I have been given the precious gift of eternal life in heaven by a merciful and loving God. I will share this “good news” from heaven as I witness for Christ with passion and endurance all the days of my life. O Lord, my times are in your hands. Lord, give me more time and help me to effectively share the gospel message of Jesus Christ with nonbelievers so that many are saved unto eternal life in heaven by the gospel seed I have sown before the throne of grace.

I have previously shared with you that praying Bible affirmations out loud are prayers of rejoicing to the God who made us. It’s hard to rejoice silently; and why would you? Let your joy for the Lord escape your lips. You need to understand that God created us and loves each one of us unconditionally. God may punish us when we deserve it because he is a just God, but he never stops loving us. God’s word confirms that we’re God’s masterpiece of creation and priceless in his eyes. That knowledge alone should bring you great joy. God sees us as his children; and what parent doesn’t love their children? All believers also know they’re immortal beings who are saved unto eternal life in heaven in the presence of Jesus Christ where they’ll receive honor, glory, and riches from the hand of God on the last day. God commands us in his word to be joyful and thankful for what the Lord has done for us. Bible affirmations are the perfect way for believers to express their love, joy, thanks, and gratitude to Almighty God.

In my updated Bible affirmations I am struck by the fact that they are much more joyful and uplifting than my previous iterations were. I find myself thanking God often; blessing God more frequently; and repeatedly asking my God to bless me so that I can fulfill the salvation plan God has for my life. Bible affirmations are meant to be prayed repeatedly so that they become self-fulfilling. As you repeatedly rejoice in the Lord through prayer you’ll find your joy for God will increase exponentially. As you continue to thank God for what he has done for you you’ll develop a sense of increasing gratitude to the God who made you. When you have joy in your heart for God it has to spring forth from your lips in prayer. You won’t be able to hold it in! When you are truly thankful to the Lord; and grateful for what he has done on your behalf, you can’t help but give God the praise of your lips. This is all accomplished through Bible affirmations. Worshipping the Lord your God is a wonderful thing!

DAY FOUR BIBLE VERSES:

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Thank you God for creating the universe and making me who I am. Thank you Jesus for dying on the cross for my sins. I bless you Lord for calling me to salvation unto eternal life in heaven through faith in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I’m grateful for all the “good works” you have given me to do on earth. I’m blessed to have the privilege of working alongside my King in his harvest field to help save lost souls to the kingdom of heaven by my witness for Christ. With perseverance, I will spread the gospel seed of Christ “passively” through my Christian blog site and my Christian tract ministry to save “one more for Jesus” every day in my walk with God. O Lord, use the gospel seed I cast before you to save many nonbelievers to heaven through your Holy Spirit.

BIBLE 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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Holy God, Lord of heaven and earth; you have blessed me with eternal life in heaven and given me an unquenchable thirst for your word. The Holy Spirit has given me the ministry of reconciliation, which is to study God’s word and give my testimony. Lord, I will meditate in your law day and night and I ask for your blessing as I abide in your word and you abide in me. I will fellowship with other believers and pray daily before the throne of grace for you to bless me. I will be wise and seek the advice of other believers on important matters so God will bless me with wisdom. Lord, I’m grateful for the many blessings in my life that I have received from your hand. Lord, I thank you and bless you for making me prosperous.

BIBLE VERSES:

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

MY AFFIRMATION:

I delight myself in the Lord through prayer 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 through my witness for Christ. I desire to serve the Lord for forty years like God’s prophets of old; or until Jesus Christ comes to rapture me and all saints in the air to receive our glorified bodies before returning to heaven with the Lord. I desire to please God by my “good works.” 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.” I desire to save nonbelievers for the kingdom of heaven with your help O Lord.

BIBLE VERSES:

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.

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

MY AFFIRMATION:

Lord, you gave me an eternal spirit at conception. You have given me my body, this tent, as a temple for the Holy Spirit. By your presence inside me, you have made me holy and acceptable to God. Therefore, I present my body back to you as my reasonable service to the God who made me. I will do good works before the Lord in his harvest field by witnessing for Christ to save lost souls to heaven. I will run my race before God with endurance, trying to save, “one more for Jesus”, every day of my life. Lord, bless me with forty years in your service; if you are willing, and there is time before the rapture comes. O Lord, help me to save many as I fulfill the salvation plan you have for my life.

BIBLE VERSES:

Acts 10:42 – And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.

2 Timothy 2:5-6 – For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Jesus Christ, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

2 Timothy 2:15 – Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

MY AFFIRMATION:

In obedience to God, I will share the gospel message of Jesus Christ with all nations and all people. I will study God’s word for knowledge, understanding, and wisdom so I can do a better job of saving nonbelievers to heaven. The Lord called me and saved me unto eternal life in heaven so that I can save others by my testimony. When I go to heaven I want my good works done here on earth to be pleasing to God. On the last day, when I stand before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ I long to hear the Lord say, “Well done good and faithful servant.” I desire to save many nonbelievers to heaven by my witness for Christ.

As I continue praying my daily Bible affirmations before God I’ve noticed that something is happening to me. My joy and love of God is growing exponentially; if that’s possible. I can’t keep a smile off my face because I know I’m an immortal being made by God who will never die and I’ll always be in heaven in the presence of Jesus. What could be better than that? Let me tell you something. If you’re a believer, God has rewarded you with eternal life in heaven and if you then redeem your time here on earth by witnessing for Christ to save nonbelievers to heaven God will further reward you with honor, glory, and riches on the last day. Remember in school when we took tests and some teachers would give us bonus questions for extra credit? It’s like that with God. Life is an open-book test and all the answers we seek are in the Bible. The question I have is, “Why aren’t you using it?”

You’re saved to heaven by faith but if you save someone else to heaven you get bonus credit from God, and what you receive from the hand of God will last forever. I have found the one true God. I know a secret that the rest of the world needs to know; even if they don’t realize it. My life revolves around getting the word out to others. I’m dedicated to trying to save, “one more for Jesus” every day. As a warrior for Christ, I know I’ve saved nonbelievers to heaven. I’m committed to saving souls to the kingdom of heaven by sharing the gospel message of Jesus Christ. You know the saying, “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.” I’m leading the best I can but it’s up to you to drink the “holy water” that God provides freely to all who ask him for it.

DAY THREE BIBLE VERSES:

John 14:6 – (Jesus) – I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Matthew 10:28 – (Jesus) – And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

John 14:9 – (Jesus) – He who has seen Me has seen the Father.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. Jesus is my Lord because he is the one true God of creation. On the last day, all creatures will kneel to Jesus, their King. Jesus is my Savior because he died on the cross for my sins, so I wouldn’t have to suffer eternal death. Jesus saved me from going to hell for all eternity when I die; and when I leave this world Jesus has saved me to heaven forevermore. Jesus is the truth and wisdom of God. The only path to heaven is through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. God made Jesus judge over the earth so only Jesus can condemn a soul to hell and save a nonbeliever to heaven. Jesus is God in the flesh and we’ll be in his presence forever.

BIBLE VERSES:

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.

2 Corinthians 9:6 – But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Before ascending back to heaven, Jesus commanded his disciples to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ, the “good news” of our salvation, with all nations and all people. As a believer, I’m a disciple of Christ so I’m also commanded to fulfill the Great Commission. I will give my testimony of Jesus one-on-one when the opportunity arises. I will continually witness for Christ “passively” through my Christian blog site and also through my Christian tract ministry. I will sow the gospel seed of Christ bountifully all the days of my life so that I’ll also reap bountifully on the last day.

BIBLE 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.

James 5:20 – He who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I will bless the Lord daily for allowing me to help save nonbelievers from eternal death. 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 provide 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 to rapture his saints. My mantra every day is to save, “one more for Jesus.”

BIBLE 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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I have been indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God since I was twelve years old. I was saved unto eternal life in heaven by accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior by my confession of faith before the congregation of the First Baptist Church in my hometown. I pray that the spirit of truth will guide me into all truth as I read God’s word daily and study my Bible for knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. I will pray to God for his wisdom so that the Holy Spirit will tell me things to come. O Lord, make me healthy, wealthy, and wise as I witness for Christ!

BIBLE 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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

O Lord, in obedience to your word I will pray often before the throne of grace. Early and often will I seek your face O Lord; seeking your wisdom and guidance. 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.

I never feel closer to God than I do when I’m praying my Bible affirmations in the early morning hours. I feel cleansed, rejuvenated, and ready for whatever the day brings. The four main topics of my Bible affirmations are prayer, obedience, studying God’s word, and witnessing for Christ, because those are the things that are important to me. If I do those four things well, and on a consistent basis, I’ll be in fellowship with God. God will bless me on the last day and I’ll receive honor, glory, and riches before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ. I make sure my daily Bible affirmations address each of the four topics that are the priority of my life. Every believer establishes a relationship with God that suits them. Bible affirmations may not be for everyone; but they keep me closer to God.

DAY TWO BIBLE VERSES:

Matthew 4:19 – (Jesus) – Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men.

Mark 1:17 – (Jesus) – Follow Me and I will make you become fishers of men.

Luke 5:10 – (Jesus) – Do not be afraid, from now on you will catch men.

MY AFFIRMATION:

As a disciple of Jesus Christ, I’m a fisherman for God. I’ll fish for the souls of nonbelievers all the days of my life; to catch them for heaven. In obedience to Almighty God, I affirm and declare that I will fulfill the Great Commission given to me by Jesus, which is to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ with all nations and all people. Strengthen me O Lord, and help me, as I work your harvest field alongside you to help save many lost souls to heaven.

BIBLE VERSES:

Hosea 13:14 – (God speaking) – I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death.

Luke 1:68 – Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people.

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

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

Galatians 3:13 – Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I bless the Lord my God for allowing me the honor of redeeming my time by working alongside my King in his harvest field. And I pray for more workers because God’s harvest field is great and the workers are few. I will redeem my time on earth by diligently spreading the gospel message of Jesus Christ to all nations and all people. I will sow the gospel seed bountifully so that I will reap bountifully; by saving many lost souls to heaven through my testimony. My time is short and there is much good work still to be done on Christ’s behalf. My mantra every day is to save, “one more for Jesus.” I desire to harvest as much fruit for God as possible; and with the help of the Holy Spirit, I will run my race before the Lord with fear and endurance.

BIBLE VERSES:

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.

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

God made us and put us on this earth so we could make the free will decision to serve God or Satan. Not making a choice is a choice for Satan. I will serve only the Lord my God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Daily I will 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. O Lord, my times are in your hands. Deliver me from my enemies. I will walk this evil world in service to my God by witnessing for Christ to save many. I will fear no evil because I am indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God. Your rod and your staff comfort me.

BIBLE VERSES:

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Holy God, Lord of heaven and earth, I will read my Bible every day so that my fellowship with God remains strong. I will continually study God’s word for knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. The Bible is God’s word and it will endure forever. The Bible is God’s wisdom and I will seek God’s wisdom every day. O Lord, I will memorize and internalize your holy scriptures until they are locked within my heart and become an indivisible part of who I am. Lord, the promises contained in your word are health and healing to all my flesh. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

BIBLE 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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Jesus has given me the authority to use his name in prayer and I will pray every day in Jesus’ name. And that which I bind on earth through prayer is bound in heaven by God. And that which I loose on earth through prayer is loosed in heaven by God. The Lord says we can have whatever we ask for in prayer if we believe God will answer our prayers, and we pray continually. I believe what God says. Therefore, through prayers to Almighty God, I bind the principalities, the powers, and the rulers of the darkness of this world, and I render them all harmless and ineffective against me, in the name of Jesus. I loose the blessings of God from heaven, upon me here on earth, through daily prayer in Jesus’ name, and also by my continuous obedience to the commandments of God.

Saying your Bible affirmations in prayer before God is the best way to glorify God on many levels. When you speak God’s word (Bible verses) back to him God is glorified. When you verbally affirm to God in prayer that you’ll obey the commandments of God; again, God is glorified. And finally, when you do what you say you’ll do God is glorified and he will bless you and sanctify you for your obedience. Bible affirmations also help us train our “inner spirit man.” When we speak something repeatedly our mind accepts it as the truth and tries to act on that information; to make it a reality in our lives. All Bible affirmations are very personal to the person praying them and they are meant to glorify God and help us keep our “eyes on Jesus.” Bible affirmations remind us who we are and what we must do to please God; plus they help us monitor our progress during our race before the Lord.

My Bible affirmations reveal who I am. They tell the readers what my goals are and why. My Bible affirmations explain exactly how I plan to please God. Everyone has to decide how they will serve God and to what degree. I’ve meditated on the magnitude and majesty of Almighty God and I’ve decided how I’ll fulfill God’s salvation plan for my life. You do the same. I’ve made no secret that my ultimate goal is to save “many” nonbelievers to heaven and I define many as one thousand. I will fulfill Daniel 12:3, by saving “many” lost souls to heaven. I will shine like the stars in the firmament according to Daniel 12:3, and God cannot lie. I’m not sure what that means but I know it’ll be good. There are several types of prayers to God, one of which is the prayer of rejoicing. Bible affirmations are simply prayers of rejoicing that allow us to thank God every day for everything he has done for us..

God has answered my prayers before the throne of grace and he has confirmed to me that saving one thousand nonbelievers to heaven qualifies as many in his eyes. Everyone should be aiming for this goal. In my twenty years of serving God, I’ve saved over one hundred nonbelievers to heaven. I’m nowhere close to saving one thousand people to heaven but I’ll never stop trying while I have breath in me. Saving one thousand people to heaven isn’t impossible but, it is very hard to do. You’ll have to plan your “good works” well and then leverage your witness for Christ to reach the greatest number of nonbelievers. Years ago the Holy Spirit gave me the ministry of reconciliation by studying God’s word and giving my testimony through my Christian blog. I refer to this as “passive witnessing” for Christ. Your challenge is to figure out how you can leverage your witness for Christ to reach a greater audience and save more people to heaven. I leverage my witness for Christ by distributing Christian tracts as part of my prison ministry. Keep asking God in prayer how you can serve him until he answers you. Commit to serving God and then run your race before the Lord with faith, tenacity, and purpose. Always keep your, “eyes on Jesus” and you will not falter because God will lift you up.

What started as a yearly update of my existing Bible affirmations ended up being a total overhaul. It took a couple of months. I deleted many Bible verses and added others. Bible affirmations are meant to grow and evolve as we mature in our faith. I made sure my new affirmations addressed the Bible verses being quoted, which has made them longer than before. I’ve gone from over sixty affirmations down to 36. I’ve broken my affirmations down into 5-6 affirmations per day for seven days (a total of 36). Before, when I was speaking twelve Bible affirmations per day in prayer it became time-consuming and hard on my voice; but praying 5-6 Bible affirmations every day are not a problem for me. As I said earlier, Bible affirmations are very personal to each individual and they reflect our goals and aspirations in service to Almighty God. I’m presenting my updated Bible affirmations to my readers as my testimony about God and as an example to be followed. My new Bible affirmations are a “new beginning” for me in 2025. Come join me in service to the Lord.

DAY ONE BIBLE VERSES:

John 3:16 – 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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

God, I thank you for making me and loving me. Lord, I thank you for sending your son Jesus Christ to die on the cross in my place, so my sins could be forgiven by a loving and merciful God. Thank you Holy Father for saving me unto eternal life in heaven in your presence through my confession of faith in Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. I will share the gospel message of Christ with nonbelievers all the days of my life.

BIBLE VERSES:

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

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

When I was a nonbeliever I was conformed to this world. That is no longer the case because I am a “new” man because God has given me a “new” spirit. I have been saved unto eternal life in heaven by accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I am still in the world but not part of it. My citizenship is in heaven. I am constantly renewing my mind by studying God’s word for knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. As I absorb God’s wisdom every day I’m transformed into an obedient servant of Almighty God. I emulate Jesus Christ in everything I do. I will “witness for Christ” and save many nonbelievers to the kingdom of heaven for it is the acceptable, perfect will of God.

BIBLE 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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Lord, thank you for saving me unto eternal life in heaven. I go where the Holy Spirit leads me because the Holy Spirit directs my footsteps to fulfill God’s pleasure. I’m a disciple of Christ and I walk in obedience to the commandments of God. I work in God’s harvest field to fulfill the Great Commission that Jesus gave to his disciples, which is to witness for Christ to all nations and all people. My trust is in the Lord. I will obey my God always!

BIBLE VERSES:

2 Timothy 2:21 – Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from the latter (dishonor/sin), he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

1 Peter 1:17 – And if you call on the Father, who without penalty judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear.

Hebrews 6:10 – For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I have been indwelt by the Holy Spirit since the age of twelve when I accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. My body, this tent, has been cleansed and is now a holy vessel useful for the good works God has given me to do. I will share my witness for Christ with believers and nonbelievers alike; exhorting them to save lost souls to heaven. I will worship my God always, asking for his wisdom and his help in saving nonbelievers to heaven. My time to do “good works” for God on this earth is very short, therefore my mantra every day is to save “one more for Jesus.” On the last day, when I stand before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ, I pray that my body of work on earth will glorify God in heaven and be pleasing in his sight.

BIBLE 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 You salvation say continually, “The Lord be magnified!”

MY AFFIRMATION:

Daily I will rejoice with great joy 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. Lord, I thank you for your guardian angels who watch over me. My gladness and joy in the Lord is complete because the Holy Spirit is inside me. Before the throne of grace, I will say continually, “The Lord be magnified always, even forever!”

This is part two of my Friday affirmation series, “Eyes on Jesus.” This will be my final blog about Bible affirmations. The Bible is God’s commandment (singular), which means every verse in the Bible is a commandment from God as long as it makes sense when reading it. So we can make affirmations using most Bible verses. When we speak Bible affirmations before God in prayer we’re offering up the seldom-used prayers of rejoicing to glorify God. My old affirmations were all over the place. My new affirmations have a narrow focus that covers the five pillars of faith I’ve identified that will help me glorify God and maintain a deeper relationship with God. I plan to shuffle my new affirmations and offer up my prayers of rejoicing a couple at a time, but three times a day instead of all at once. I figure if I spread out my Bible affirmations it’ll keep me on track and help me maintain my fellowship with God. I’m listing my five pillars of faith below:

(1) “Eyes on Jesus” – At all times so I can emulate my Lord and Savior.

(2) Continuous prayer – Speaking to God so I receive his instructions and his blessings.

(3) Reading the Bible daily – Listening to God so I receive his instructions and his blessings.

(4) Witnessing for Christ – Sharing the gospel message of Jesus Christ with nonbelievers to save them to heaven. I will receive honor, glory, and riches from God on the last day for my “good works.”

(5) Obedience – Pleasing God by obeying all his commandments to the best of my ability.

PRAYER AFFIRMATIONS:

Galatians 4:4-5 – But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

Hebrews 10:36 – For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

2 Thessalonians 2:14 – To which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Long ago someone helped save me by witnessing Christ to me. I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and became a son of the Most High God. I owe it to my God and all the nonbelievers out there in the world to share the gospel message with them so that some might receive salvation through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior the way I did. Lord, help me to run my race before God with endurance; saving many lost souls to heaven by my testimony. Lord grant me the promised honor, glory, and riches in heaven on the last day for my obedience.

NOTE: Because of Adam’s original sin in the Garden of Eden, his sin was imputed to all men who came after Adam so that all men are born on the path to eternal death in hell. Only the shed blood of a sinless man could atone for our sins before God. No sinless man could be found so God came off his throne in heaven and took on flesh; becoming a human being like the rest of us. Jesus Christ, the son of God, fully God and fully man with no mixing of the two natures. To all those who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, God gifts to them eternal life in heaven. To those who witness for Christ and save lost souls to heaven, God will give them honor, glory, and riches in heaven on the last day.

PRAYER AFFIRMATIONS:

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.

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

God made us and put us on this earth so we could make a free will decision whether to serve God or Satan. Not making a choice is a choice for Satan. 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. My times are in your hands. Deliver me from my enemies. I walk this evil world in service to my God by witnessing for Christ. I will fear no evil because I am indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God. Your rod and your staff comfort me.

PRAYER AFFIRMATIONS:

Hebrews 4:12 – For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Ephesians 4:10-12 – He who descended is also the One who ascended far above the heavens, that He might fill all things. And He Himself gave some to be Apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.

Revelation 19:16 – And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: King of kings and Lord of lords.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Thank you Jesus for descending from heaven in the incarnation of Jesus Christ to die on the cross for the forgiveness of my sins. Thank you Jesus for rising from the dead on the third day and ascending back to heaven. Your resurrection indicates that all disciples of Christ will be resurrected in like manner when we die. Thank you Jesus for eternal life in heaven. Jesus Christ will be coming soon to rapture his saints in the air, where he’ll give them their glorified bodies before taking them home to heaven. Exactly seven years later Jesus Christ will be setting foot on the Mount of Olives at the Second Coming, to defeat Satan and judge the nations for their sins against God. All the saints in heaven will be coming with Jesus, along with all his angels. Jesus will then set us his millennial kingdom on the earth. My mantra is always, “Eyes on Jesus.” Lord, I watch for your coming, so come quickly

Jesus Christ descended from heaven and died on the cross for the sins of all men, past, present, and future. On the third day, Jesus rose from the dead and ascended back to heaven where he sits at the right hand of God as our Mediator. God the Father has made Jesus heir of all things and he has appointed Jesus as the righteous judge of the living and the dead on the last day. Jesus appoints a ministry to each believer so they can edify the body of Christ and share the gospel message to save souls to heaven. It’s up to each one of us to discover what Jesus wants us to do with our lives. The Holy Spirit within me gave me my ministry a long time ago. My ministry of reconciliation is studying God’s word and giving my testimony; which I do on this Christian blog site and also through my Christian tract ministry where I donate gospel tracts to my seven prison ministries.

The word of God in Hebrews 4:12 is Jesus Christ. Jesus came to earth the first time as a suffering servant but the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to earth will be as the King of kings and Lord of lords, wielding awesome power to defeat Satan and establish his millennial kingdom on the earth. Believers will be there to see it all unfold just as God says it will in the Bible. Nonbelievers will be in hell for all eternity because they rejected Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. They blew their chance at heaven. Before the Second Coming, Jesus is coming in the air to rapture his saints to him so he can give them their glorified bodies before returning to heaven with them. I recommend all believers keep their “Eyes on Jesus” at all times because Jesus is coming soon!

1 John 5:7 – For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.

Matthew 28:19 – (Jesus) – Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

John 14:26 – (Jesus) – But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

John 10:30 – (Jesus) – I and My Father are one.

The topic of my Friday affirmations is, “Eyes on Jesus.” Our Christian faith teaches us we have a triune Godhead, which is confusing for a lot of Christians who don’t abide in God’s word. I’m not an expert but let me try to explain it. There is only one God and Jehovah is his name. We have a triune Godhead consisting of God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Ghost. One God who exists as three separate persons, all of whom are divine and all of whom are God. Each member of the triune Godhead has a distinct function within the whole. This is a difficult teaching that puts some people off, but to me it has the ring of truth and makes perfect sense. I know the truth of God when I see it and when I feel it in my soul. I’m a believer who reads scripture daily and I’ve studied God’s word for the last twenty years. The divine persons of the holy trinity are mentioned dozens of times; and often all three in one verse like the ones shown above. The existence of the triune Godhead only corroborates, or validates, my faith that Jehovah is the one true God of creation.

Look, if someone wanted to create a fake religion they would need to start with a god that was both simple and easy to understand; a god that does not speak and has no tales to tell. Someone would not start a fake religion with anything as difficult as a triune Godhead; therefore the triune Godhead of our God must be the truth. To create a fake god he’d have to be aloof so nobody could get close enough to spot the fake. A fake religion would have to be spread by conquest and anyone who doesn’t join the fake religion would have to be put to the sword. Forced conversion is the key ingredient. You would need to brainwash your new converts by making it mandatory for them to say prayers to their false god at least six times a day. Anyone who dares to question the fake religion would be labeled as a blasphemer and put to death. Anyone seeking to leave the false religion would be deemed a traitor and marked for death by any follower of the fake religion. A fake religion has to be enforced or it would fall apart. The fake god would need to have an impressive god-like name to complete the deception. An illiterate camel herder in Saudi Arabia figured all this out in 610 AD. By 622 AD Mohammad had his fake religion (Islam) up and running. It just so happened that one of the local desert tribes had a moon god named “Allah” and this name was conveniently borrowed for the name of the new false god Mohammad created for Islam; his fake religion.

John 1:1,14 – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Colossians 1:15-17 – He (Jesus) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

Philippians 2:9-11 – Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on the earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Isaiah 9:6 – For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be on His shoulders. And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

As you can see from the above verses, many Christians underestimate Jesus. Believe it or not, some Christians still don’t understand that Jesus is God in the flesh. Jesus was the burning bush on Mount Sanai that spoke to Moses and delivered the Ten Commandments. Jesus was the twenty foot tall pillar of fire that went before the Israelites out of Egypt and parted the Red Sea. God the Father was the architect who designed the universe but it was Jesus who was the builder. Jesus Christ created the universe, the earth, and us. The Holy Spirit was also involved in creation. All three persons of the triune Godhead are actively involved in God’s creation from beginning to end. It was the invisible God who came off his throne in heaven and came to earth in the incarnation of Jesus Christ the man. It was Jesus who died on the cross for our sins so we could enter heaven. Because of Jesus’ sacrificial death to save us from hell, God the Father has appointed Jesus Christ to be the righteous judge of every person who has ever lived, and every knee will bow before him on the last day. Every angel and every demon will also kneel before Jesus on the last day and confess him as Lord. Because I’m a believer who has accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, I look forward to that day because I have been gifted eternal life in heaven in the presence of Jesus. My number one priority in life is keeping my, “Eyes on Jesus” at all times so I can focus on being obedient to his commandments to the best of my ability.

PRAYER AFFIRMATIONS:

2 Timothy 4:1-2 – I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

Hebrews 2:10 – For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering.

2 Corinthians 5:10 – For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Thank you Jesus for making me and putting me on this earth you have created. Lord, thank you for dying on the cross in my place so I wouldn’t have to suffer eternal death in hell. I’ve accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior by my confession of faith, and as a result, I have been given the precious gift of eternal life in heaven by a merciful and loving God. I will share this “good news” from heaven as I witness for Christ with passion and endurance all the days of my life. O Lord, my times are in your hands. Lord, help me to effectively share the gospel message of Jesus Christ with nonbelievers so that many are saved unto eternal life in heaven by the gospel seed I have sown before the throne of grace.

Note: 2 Timothy 4:1-2 are the best two verses in the Bible when it comes to God telling all believers that his top priority for them is to “witness for Christ” with conviction, passion, and endurance, to save nonbelievers to heaven. When God says “I charge you” it’s not a suggestion. It’s a command from the Lord, our King, to us, his humble servants. God is commanding that believers work in his harvest field (the whole world) to help him save nonbelievers to the kingdom of heaven through our witness for Christ. Jesus is coming to the earth twice more before the end of time. At “His appearing” Jesus will come down from heaven on the shekinah glory cloud of God to rapture all his saints, both dead and alive, to him in the air where he’ll give the saints their glorified bodies before returning to heaven. “His kingdom” means Jesus is coming back exactly seven years after the rapture to set foot on the Mount of Olives, destroy his enemies, and judge the nations for their sins. This is the last day. This is also referred to as the ‘Second Coming” of Jesus Christ to the earth. Jesus will then set up his millennial kingdom from Jerusalem and rule the earth for a thousand years.

PRAYER AFFIRMATIONS:

Acts 10:42 – And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.

2 Timothy 2:15 – Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

1 Timothy 2:5-6 – For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified un due time.

MY AFFIRMATION:

In obedience to God, I will share the gospel message of Jesus Christ with all nations and all people. I will study God’s word for knowledge, understanding, and wisdom so I can do a better job of saving nonbelievers to heaven. The Lord called me and saved me unto eternal life in heaven so that I can save others by my testimony. When I go to heaven I want my good works done here on earth to be pleasing to God. On the last day, when I stand before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ I long to hear the Lord say, “Well done good and faithful servant.” I desire to save many nonbelievers to heaven by my witness for Christ.

All believers are commanded to witness for Christ and testify that Jesus is our Lord and righteous judge. What has Jesus done to be worthy of our devotion; so that we keep our “Eyes on Jesus?” In the beginning, Jesus spoke the universe into being and one day he will speak again and the earth will burn up and dissolve into nothingness. Jesus is the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last (Rev. 22:13). Jesus Christ came down from heaven and died on the cross in our place so that God could forgive our sins. Jesus was crucified, buried, and rose from the dead on the third day before ascending back to heaven where he sits at the right hand of God the Father as our Mediator. By accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior by a confession of faith we are saved unto eternal life in heaven. What we’re saying is that Jesus saved us from going to hell and then he turned around and saved us to heaven. Jesus is the wisdom of God and our redemption. Jesus led a sinless life as an example for us to emulate. Believers will be in the presence of Jesus forever. Only God is worthy of our gaze and Jesus is God. Believers are both blessed and wise when they keep their, “Eyes on Jesus.”

PRAYER AFFIRMATIONS:

John 14:6 – (Jesus) – I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Matthew 10:28 – (Jesus) – And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

John 14:9 – (Jesus) – He who has seen Me has seen the Father.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. Jesus is my Lord because he is the one true God of creation, and on the last day all creatures will kneel to their King. Jesus is my Savior because he died on the cross for my sins so I wouldn’t have to suffer eternal death. Jesus saved me from going to hell for all eternity when I die, and when I leave this world Jesus has saved me to heaven forevermore. Jesus is the truth and wisdom of God, and the only path to heaven is through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. God made Jesus judge over the earth so only Jesus can condemn a soul to hell and save a nonbeliever to heaven. Jesus is God in the flesh and we’ll be in his presence forever. Praise God for his love, mercy, and grace!

NOTE: If God’s word were to suddenly disappear and I could only keep one verse from the Bible, John 14:6 would probably be my choice. It tells us Jesus is the son of God and the only ticket to heaven is by believing in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Liberals in our humanist world like to say there are many paths to heaven but they are sadly mistaken. Those who have taken on Christ have life, and those who have rejected Christ do not have life. A lot of people are afraid of the devil for good reason, but he cannot send you to hell. Satan can take you to hell when you die because of your unforgiven sins but only Jesus Christ can send you to hell for your sins on the last day because he is our righteous judge. You have to understand that Jesus is God. Jesus Christ is the one you should fear because he can keep you out of hell. Therefore, you need to keep your, “Eyes on Jesus” at all times to make sure you stay out of hell. Keeping your, “Eyes on Jesus” to make sure you enter heaven. You need to make sure you’re obeying the commandments of God to the best of your ability at all times and you can best do that when you have your “Eyes on Jesus.”

PRAYER AFFIRMATIONS:

Colossians 2:9-10 – For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

Colossians 1:17 – And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Jesus Christ is the bodily representation of the triune Godhead. Jesus was, is, and forever will be Almighty God; awesome in power. Jesus made the universe, and he upholds all things with his mighty right hand. Jesus is God in the flesh and his death on the cross reconciled us to God the Father, for those who believe in his name. Believers who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are gifted eternal life in heaven. Believers are given the ministry of reconciliation, which is another way of saying we are commanded by God to witness for Christ to save nonbelievers to heaven. God will reward us for our obedience.

NOTE: It’s a no-brainer we need to keep our “Eyers on Jesus” because Jesus is God in the flesh; the only God we can see with our own eyes. We can’t see Father God or the Holy Spirit. Human beings are visual creatures and we tend to handle things better when we can see them. In heaven, Jesus will forever remain in his glorified human body, which will be just like the glorified body that all believers will receive once we get to heaven. Jesus will be before our eyes during the millennium as our King and in heaven for all eternity. Colossians 1:15 says, “He (Jesus) is the image of the invisible God. That says it all. Colossians 2:9-10 – tells us Jesus is the bodily representation of the triune Godhead of heaven (God, the Son, and the Holy Ghost). As God, Jesus had no beginning and no end. Jesus created the universe and he upholds it by his power. Jesus died to save us and he has given us the ministry of reconciliation; which is the same thing as witnessing for Christ. The whole world belongs to Jesus and he’ll be our King, both on earth and in heaven, for all eternity.

I’m amazed that every single person on the planet doesn’t understand that we’re here to find God and then give our testimony to help nonbelievers find the way to heaven too. It’s just so obvious to me. I understand Satan has put blinders over the eyes of nonbelievers so they cannot see the truth of God. That’s the reason but it’s not a good excuse in the eyes of God. God expects every person to use their mind and find their way back to heaven. We’re all creatures made by the hands of God and he has put eternity in our hearts, so we would seek out our creator. Some people just get lost along the way. When we look up at the moon, the sun, and the stars in the night sky we see God’s handiwork, which is confirmed in Psalm 19:1. We know deep down in our souls there’s a God in heaven whether we want to admit it or not. I’m amazed that Satan and his fallen angels (demons) have been successful at hiding the truth of God from man. Satan has put blinders over the eyes of nonbelievers so they cannot see God without the help of believers witnessing Christ to them. Every day roughly 16,000 believers are dying in the arms of God and returning to heaven to be in the presence of Jesus Christ forever. On the flip side, approximately 160,000 nonbelievers are also dying daily and going straight to hell for the lack of a witness for Christ. Nonbelievers in hell will be in the presence of Satan where they’ll be in pain and agony 24/7 forever.

There are approximately eight billion people on Earth, and 2.5 billion of them claim to be Christians. How many of these Christians are saved unto eternal life in heaven? All of them think they are because they know Jesus, but I’m guessing maybe only 50% are truly saved to heaven by a profession of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. I’m amazed that most self-proclaimed Christians do not read God’s word regularly. How can they be in fellowship with God if they aren’t immersed in his word? Only 10% of Christians who attend church regularly have read the Bible in its entirety. That is a travesty! Even fewer Christians than that have taken the time to study God’s word for knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. Those believers who do abide in God’s word know that to please God they must obey the commandments of God contained in the Bible. You cannot “do” until you know what to do. The number one commandment of God is for believers to witness for Christ to save lost souls to the kingdom of heaven.

Believers become saints in heaven through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Believers still go to heaven even if they don’t save a single soul to heaven. 90% of the saints in heaven are in that category. You have to understand that if you don’t witness for Christ and save at least one person to heaven you won’t please God and you’ll be on the lowest rung of heaven forever. You might be okay with disobeying God by not saving anyone to heaven but I’m not. You might be okay with being a worker bee in heaven for a billion trillion years but I’m not. My mantra every day is to, “save one more for Jesus” by my witness for Christ. My goal is to save a minimum of one thousand lost souls to heaven during my lifetime. Is that going to be difficult to achieve? You bet it is. Is it going to be impossible? No, it isn’t. With God’s help, nothing is impossible. Pick a goal that works for you and run your race before God to achieve it. Dream big because you can do it. Never forget God is inside you as your helper. In 1 Corinthians 9:24, the Apostle Paul says believers are to run their race before God so they receive the prize. What is the prize? It can’t be eternal life because we already have that. Our prize from Jesus Christ on the last day can only be honor, glory, and riches based on how many people we save to heaven.

PRAYER AFFIRMATION:

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.

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

The purpose of my life is to witness for Christ to the nonbeliever in obedience to the commandments of my God. As a disciple of Jesus Christ, I’m a representative of God on this earth. I’m duty-bound to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ with all nations and all people. My goal is to produce much fruit for God by saving as many lost souls to the kingdom of heaven as I can during my lifetime. Lord, I ask that you guide me in this task, and strengthen me so that I have the wisdom, determination, and perseverance to finish the salvation plan you have for my life. Praise God for his love, mercy, and grace toward his servant!

In Corinthians 5:20, when God begins the verse with the words “now then” it indicates something has to happen before the verse is applicable. God means that after believers have been saved unto eternal life in heaven by accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior; at that very moment; God appoints them as ambassadors for Christ. An ambassador is defined as, “a diplomat sent by a state as its representative in a foreign country.” The kingdom of heaven is a state not of this world ruled by God. God made us and put us on this earth (a foreign country) and the moment we’re saved to heaven we return home spiritually to the God who made us. God makes it clear in the Bible that believers are in the world, but not of the world. Furthermore, believers are strangers and aliens on the earth. Those are God’s words, not mine. Philippians 3:20 tells us, “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” The second part of this verse indicates believers are waiting for Jesus to come in the air to rapture his saints to himself, so they can receive their glorified bodies in the air, before returning home to heaven.

Ambassadors for Christ are saved believers and they have just one job, and that job is to witness for Christ to save nonbelievers to heaven. In Matthew 13:23 Jesus uses the metaphor of “fruit” to represent nonbelievers saved to heaven. Jesus makes it clear all believers are to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ, but some believers will be more successful than others. Obedience to God is more important than how many people you save for heaven. Everyone who saves at least one person to heaven will receive honor, glory, and riches from God on the last day. The more you save the more you receive from God. One of the spiritual truths of heaven is, “You reap what you sow.” Only 10% of the saints in heaven will have saved at least one other person to heaven. Some believers will produce much fruit by saving 30, 60, and even 100 people to heaven. The Lord says a hundred lost souls saved to heaven is a good harvest. Only 1% of the saints in heaven will have saved at least one thousand nonbelievers to the kingdom of heaven and they will shine like the stars in the firmament on the last day; like it says in Daniel 12:3. I plan to run my race before the Lord so that I save “many” nonbelievers to heaven (at least a thousand) so that I’m in the top 1% of the saints in heaven when all is said and done.

PRAYER AFFIRMATION:

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.

Acts 1:8 – (Jesus) – But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

MY AFFIRMATION:

Holy God, Lord of Heaven and Earth; at my conception, you gave me a part of your divine essence, my eternal spirit, so that I might fellowship with you forever in heaven. You knit me in my mother’s womb. Help me find my way back to the God who made me. I have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. As a result, your Holy Spirit indwells me. My body has become God’s temple. The blood shed by Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary has made me a slave of Christ and my body is not my own. Lord, I give my body back to you as my reasonable service. I will glorify God by praying continually before the throne of grace. I’ll continually witness the gospel message of Jesus Christ to all nations and all people to save nonbelievers to heaven, in obedience to the commandments of God.

NOTE: In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 God tells us that as believers, we belong to God because we were purchased by the shed blood of Jesus on the cross. When we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior God sends his Holy Spirit to indwell us as a sign of his ownership. God has set his seal on us and nothing can separate us from God or keep us out of going to heaven one day. The Holy Spirit will never leave the body of a believer. When we die the Holy Spirit will take our eternal spirit back to heaven and when we receive our glorified body from God the Holy Spirit will indwell that body too, for all eternity. The Lord reminds us that our body and spirit came for God and we are slaves of Christ through his death on the cross. God tells us our primary mission on earth is to glorify God through continuous prayer and by using our bodies to go forth into the world and share our witness for Christ with nonbelievers so that they might be saved from hell and saved to heaven.

In Acts 1:8 Jesus commands his disciples to witness for Christ to all nations and all people. Jesus is not just talking to his original disciples; he’s talking to every believer from that moment in time until the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to the earth on the last day. I’m a believer and a disciple of Christ, so I’m being personally commanded by God to give my testimony of him to the nonbeliever. Shall I disobey the God who made me? Certainly not! Shall I make a weak attempt to share the gospel message and then back off when I feel rejected? The answer is no! God tells us in his word that following him won’t be easy. If it was easy everybody would be witnessing for Christ. God says many are called but few are chosen. Make sure you step forward when your name is called. God doesn’t let you go into battle for him alone. 1 Thessalonians 1:5 tells us the gospel goes forth not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and much assurance. The gospel is the power of God unto salvation and we are simply the messenger. We see this confirmed in Acts 1:8. You cannot effectively witness for Christ unless you have the Holy Spirit inside you and with you, as you witness to the nonbeliever. Only the Holy Spirit can save someone to heaven.

PRAYER AFFIRMATION:

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.

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.

MY AFFIRMATION:

I can do nothing on my own, but I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I will obey the commandments of God as I keep my eyes on Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. My trust in God and my love of God will never wane. I will seek to please God always by my good works. Lord, bless me as I sow the gospel seed of Christ bountifully so that I will reap bountifully on the last day. My goal in life is to please the God who made me by my work on Christ’s behalf. When I stand before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ on the last day I long to hear him say, “Well done good and faithful servant.”

The word “vain” means unsuccessful. So if what we’re doing is “not” in vain that means we’re being successful. In the Bible, our work for the Lord, our labor, is defined as sharing the gospel message of Christ with all nations and all people. That’s what we mean when we say “witnessing for Christ.” God is speaking only to those who believe in Jesus (believers) in 1 Corinthians 15:58 because he refers to us as his “beloved brethren.” Immovable means, “not able to be changed or persuaded.” The word steadfast is defined as, “completely unwavering in one’s attitude or aims.” God is making it clear in this verse that if believers witness for Christ often (abundantly) they will save nonbelievers to heaven abundantly. How could it be otherwise? Two spiritual truths of heaven are, “You reap what you sow” and “If you sow bountifully you will reap bountifully.”

Every day we need to remind ourselves why we’re here and what our job is. “One more for Jesus” is my mantra and I say it every morning while I’m drinking my pot of coffee. Our job as believers is to be unwavering in our determination to serve God by witnessing for Christ at every opportunity for as long as we’re able. We’re the bearer of “good news” and it’s up to God to save whomever he will through the gospel seed we cast before him. If we do our part God will do his. On the last day, when we’re in heaven, we need to make sure we have no regrets and that we have given our all in service to our God. God is fair and just to all. God will remember us and our work. God will shower us with honor, glory, and riches in heaven. We can’t take our money with us to heaven but we can pay it forward by using our time and money to help save nonbelievers to heaven. God will bless us tenfold when we do this. I witness for Christ because I love God and my fellowman, and not for a reward. If no rewards were forthcoming for my service to God my witness for Christ wouldn’t change one iota because every soul is precious in the eyes of God. I love what God loves and I hate what God hates. God is generous to a fault and if he wants to give me anything on the last day I’ll graciously accept it and so should you.