I’ve been blogging on this site for four years now (2019-2023). Today’s posting is blog number 635. I’ll continue to blog until I reach at least 700 blogs and after that I’ll probably stop. The number seven is important to God; and multiples of seven . The number seven signifies “completeness” in God’s economy. We know God made the world in seven days. The Bible says God punished the Israelites for their disobedience by putting them in bondage for seventy years. We understand from God’s word that seven thousand years is the length of human history and God’s dealing with man. If I do 700 blogs it will not only honor God as a multiple of the number seven, it’ll also signify my ministry before the Lord is “complete” as far as “passively” sharing the gospel of Christ in written form through my blog postings on this website. You see, long ago the Holy Spirit gave me my ministry of reconciliation through studying God’s word and sharing the “good news” of the gospel of Christ in writing through my blog and also by distributing Christian tracts that also contain the written gospel message.
If the Holy Spirit still urges me to continue my written witness for Christ in this manner I can always start a new blog or use my second blog site (www.christiantractministry.com). Either way, I’ll continue to keep this blog site active by paying the annual fees to keep it current. It’s important that those who are searching for God have a website that can guide them to the truth of God and his saving grace. I know this to be true and you have my testimony: salvation awaits all who believe in the name of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. If you’re surfing the net and reading Christian blog sites then you’re looking for something that’s missing in your life. God has put eternity in the hearts of men so we’ll always be searching for him until we find him. We have a void in our life only God can fill. The twin themes of my current blog site are studying God’s word and witnessing for Christ. Really it’s studying God’s word SO THAT you can witness for Christ and I show you how to do it.
You see, God made us and put us here on earth to first find our salvation unto eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and then we’re to help save other people to the kingdom of God. It’s really pretty easy to know what God expects of us because it’s all there in the Bible if we just read it. The hard part is obeying the commandments of God. God came off his throne in heaven and came to earth in the incarnation of Jesus Christ so that he could die on the cross in our place in order for a just God to forgive our sins. One of the spiritual truths of heaven is the wages of sin is death. Another spiritual truth of heaven is that there is no forgiveness of sins without the shedding of sinless blood. Only a sinless man could be sacrificed before God the Father for the forgiveness of the sins of man.
Since all men inherited Adam’s sin God had to become a man himself and be that sinless sacrifice for us otherwise all men would still be destined for an eternity in hell. When I first read the Bible and understood God’s salvation plan for man through the shed blood of Christ the first thought that went through my mind was, “This is perfect.” It was abundantly clear to me that this salvation plan for us couldn’t have come from the mind of man. I knew in my soul that it came from the mind of God. The human mind simply could not have conceived the possibility that an omnipotent God would love us enough to choose to become a man and die a terrible death on the cross in our place just to save us from going to hell for all eternity. I’m smart enough to know the truth of God when I see it and there are billions of believers just like me who also know this truth and we’re all saved from hell.
If you study God’s word long enough as I have you’ll notice God repeats himself a lot. Repetition is good. Our mind is giant computer that’s programmed based on what we repeatedly tell our mind. If we input the same information into our mind over and over our mind will eventually accept that data as the truth and incorporate that information into our belief system. That’s why it’s critically important that we feed our mind with God’s word every day through daily Bible reading so that we gain the truth and wisdom of God. By the same token, we need to unclutter our mind. We need to keep the disinformation of the humanist world out of our head. Try to avoid the many lies of Satan that he has promulgated in the world through the false religions and false gods he has created throughout history to hide the truth of God from man. Satan has put blinders over the eyes of nonbelievers so that they cannot find God and his saving grace. Because of this, God’s word is foolishness to the nonbeliever. Satan truly is the god of this world and through his malign influence millions of nonbelievers are dying every day and going straight to hell because they haven’t accepted God’s saving grace which the Lord has provided through the shed blood of his dear son, Jesus Christ, by his crucifixion, death and resurrection.
In my blog I picked up on the literary device of repetition because I saw how effective it is for God in his word and because I know from my own experience that repeating something helps secure that information my mind. I often repeat myself in my blogs as a way to stress an important point and exhort nonbelievers and believers alike to study God’s word and witness for Christ. These are the two things God wants most from us. Whatever I write about in my blog I usually find a way to tie that in with my twin themes. I’ve talked about my twin themes in just about every way imaginable. I mean, after 635 blogs it’s getting to the point where I know I’m beating a dead horse on my blog. Go get saved and witness for Christ! That is man’s all! Either you get my message or you don’t. I can only repeat myself for so long. The other day I poured my heart out in a blog about the Lord and I thought I had explained myself pretty well but then I had one reader ask me to go into more in depth.
I was crushed that I wasn’t eloquent enough in my writing to reach that person with my message. I don’t have a baby’s high chair or any baby food on me so that I can spoon feed you. If you’re a new believer you’re still on the spiritual milk of God’s word. I can’t wean you off spiritual milk. You must do that yourself. What I have to offer is help with the spiritual meat of God’s word. I can’t chew it for you but I can show you where it is. If you want to grow spiritually you must put in the work yourself. There are no short cuts; no Clif notes to make it easy. I realize my message won’t resonate with everyone out there. That was never my intention or expectation because I understand witnessing for Christ is a volume business similar to cold call selling which we all know is stressful. I know this from personal experience. There will be a lot of rejection so expect it and move on. Don’t take it personal. You have to reach a lot of people to make one sale. That’s one reason why I leverage my witness for Christ by “passively” spreading the gospel message in writing to reach more people.
When you’re a sower of the gospel seed and not the reaper of a soul for God it’s harder to estimate your effectiveness. I’m conservative with my estimate because I’d rather be pleasantly surprised on the last day rather than disappointed in how many people I helped save for God. For that reason I only count one saved soul for every 1000 hits on my blog and one saved soul for every 1000 Christian tracts I distribute to nonbelievers. That’s one tenth of one percent effectiveness. If I use this as a baseline I won’t be disappointed. I keep track of how many souls I save for the kingdom of God because that’s how I keep my passion for God’s work. Everyone has to do what works for them. My mindset, my mantra every day when I wake up is to save, “one more for Jesus” through both my blog and my Christian tract ministry. That’s what I live for because that’s the work God has commanded me to do (the Great Commission). You have the same commandment as I do so what are you waiting for? God’s harvest field is great and the workers are few. Every day I pray for more workers to join me in God’s harvest field.
When you work for God in his harvest field helping save nonbelievers through your witness for Christ you have to self-motivate by praying to God and reading his word on a daily basis. One additional thing that energizes me is to repeat Bible affirmations to the Lord. Reading and hearing God’s word is wonderful but for sheer spiritual power there is nothing quite like speaking Bible scripture back to God in prayer while phrasing it in such a way that it’s a declarative statement of belief that God will confirm and fulfill what you are asking him to do because it aligns with God’s will. Say your Bible affirmations in a loud and clear voice as through you were making an important speech to a throng of thousands while using appropriate hand gestures to drive home the point you’re making. Practice your Bible affirmations like you’re preparing to give a speech. Bible affirmations glorify God because they are prayed before the throne of grace with a spiritual audience that includes the heavenly host and also Satan and his demons who have to witness God being glorified. The angels love it and the demons hate it. Bible affirmations will get you jacked up to serve the Lord your God! Saying Bible affirmations before the Lord is like having your own personal pep rally with God. An affirmation is a statement declared firmly or publicly.
I blog about my Bible affirmations about once a year which is why the title of this blog contains the word “revisited.” I never recycle my old blogs but I do return to some topics over and over because they are on my mind. As believers we’re all on the path of spiritual growth as we walk with God during our time here on earth and we’re constantly changing and growing as a person over time to be more like Jesus. This sanctification process is done by God as long as we’re giving a reasonable effort to obey God’s commandments. It’s 80% God and 20% us so do your part. I keep my Bible affirmations on my desk. They are written on 4X6 index cards and broken down into four categories which are, wisdom and guidance, worry and fear, comfort and strength, and material needs. You should read your affirmations daily but if you’re like me you won’t have the discipline to do it that often. I manage to read about one set of affirmations per week but if I had the discipline to read them more often God would bless me more. I know this to be true because the Bible confirms that the eyes of the Lord roam to and fro across the earth so God can fulfill his word and thereby bless his creation. Our part is to walk humbly with our God in great fear.
BIBLE AFFIRMATIONS FOR MATERIAL NEEDS:
1. Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law. Christ has redeemed me from poverty, Christ has redeemed me from sickness, Christ has redeemed me from spiritual death.
Galatians 3:13 – Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us.
2. For poverty he has given me wealth, for sickness he has given me health, for death he has given me eternal life.
2 Corinthians 8:9 – For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.
3. It is true unto me according to the word of God.
2 Corinthians 12:9 – (God speaking) – My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.
4. With what measure I mete, it is measured unto me. I sow bountifully, therefore I reap bountifully. I give cheerfully, and my God has made all grace abound toward me and I having all sufficiency of all things do abound to all good works.
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.
5. The Lord is my shepherd and I do not want because Jesus was made poor, that I through his poverty might have abundance. For he came that I might have life and have it more abundantly.
John 10:10 – (Jesus speaking) – The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
6. The Lord has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant, and Abraham’s blessings are mine.
Galatians 3:29 – And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heir according to the promise.
7. I delight myself in the Lord and he gives me the desires of my heart.
Psalm 37:4 – Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.
8. I have given and it is given unto me good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, men given unto my bosom.
Luke 6:38 – (Jesus speaking) – Give and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.
9. There is no lack for my God supplies all of my need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 – And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
10. And I having received the gift of righteousness do reign as a king in life by Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:17 – For if by one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.