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.