Studying God's Word

When you’ve studied God’s word for twenty years like I have it gets easier and easier to understand what verses in the Bible actually mean. Not all of them of course; but some of them. As I go through my weekly Bible affirmations before God, speaking his word after him in prayer, I always affirm my obedience to the commandments of God in that verse and I lay claim to the blessings of God that go along with my obedience. Every believer should create their own personal Bible affirmations that are just between them and God. If you do this you’ll deepen your relationship with God because you’ll be speaking to him daily. This will help you to maintain fellowship with your creator. I’ve shared my Bible affirmations in earlier blogs because my ministry of reconciliation before the Lord is to give my testimony of God to all men through the written word of my two Christian blog sites and by distributing gospel tracts containing the gospel message of Christ. Therefore, I have no wish for or expectation of privacy. I’m commanded by the Holy Spirit of God to share what I know and what God reveals to me through my study of his word. In this blog series I’ll discuss verses from my own Bible affirmations and break down what they mean. Here is the first Bible verse I want to talk about:

John 15:5 – (Jesus speaking) – 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.

God loves using the metaphor of a grapevine to describe man’s relationship with God. All life, whether it’s angels or men, comes from God; the eternal vine, who has always lived. I know it’s hard for finite man to wrap his head around the concept of “eternity” so we must meditate on it. God is forever so when he created angels and men to serve him forever in heaven God created them from his own essence so they too would live forever like God. If God is the eternal vine then God has to graft man onto himself (or give of himself) in order for us to partake of his divine nature (immortality); hence men are branches just like the angels are branches. The vine can live without the branches but the branches cannot live without the vine. The Bible is not only the truth of God it’s also about eternal possibilities based on our choices. The Bible states what we could become through obedience but not necessarily what we are at the moment. God gives each person an eternal spirit from his own body at our conception so we become immortal beings in that instant. Have you noticed that God never destroys eternal beings once made by his hand? Eternal means forever. Otherwise God would be breaking his word and admitting that he made a mistake. If God did either of those things he wouldn’t be God. Instead, angels and men who have sinned against God without repenting are incarcerated in hell for all eternity.

Our “forever” life when we die will be in one of two places; eternal life in heaven or eternal life in hell. Numerous scriptures confirm that heaven or hell are our only two options and we must choose one of them by our actions. Not choosing is a choice for hell. God cannot lie. In John 15:5 Jesus is saying if we accept him as our Lord and Savior we become branches grafted onto the holy vine that is God and we will live in heaven forever in his presence as a result of our faith. If you’re a nonbeliever who has rejected God and his Christ then this won’t happen to you because your branch is not grafted onto the eternal vine and you will burn in hell for all eternity. Listen to me. There’s no other pathway to heaven other than through Jesus Christ, the son of God, for those of us born under the blood covenant of Christ; which means since the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ in 33 AD.

John 15:5 is speaking specifically about the opportunities that believers have to save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven through their witness for Christ. God uses “fruit” as a metaphor for souls saved to the kingdom of heaven. “Abiding” in our God is the key to successful witnessing for Christ. The potential possibilities of this verse are not available to nonbelievers unless they are first saved unto eternal life in heaven through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. With any Bible verse always ask yourself, “Who is God talking too?” and “What is God saying?” If a verse is not very clear review similar verses as a comparison and look at the other Bible verses around it for context and to help interpret what God is really saying because most of the spiritual truths of heaven are repeated multiple times in scripture. Every word in the Bible is God’s truth and wisdom.

People get to heaven by accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. That’s a one time event that is easy to do through our faith and confession to God. God wants salvation to be easy. In the next sentence of John 15:5 God talks about man and God “abiding” in each other. In the dictionary “abide” means to accept or obey a rule or decision. God doesn’t abide in man until we first abide in, or obey, God. When God abides in us he “accepts” our obedience as being holy before the Lord. What does that look like? After our salvation we are to read and study God’s word every day for knowledge, understanding and wisdom. We’re to pray to God every day as often as we can. We’re to commit to obeying God’s commandments. If we do this we’re “abiding” in God. Abiding in God is all about being obedient. God indwells believers but God doesn’t “abide” in us until we are being obedient to God’s will. Then, and only then, will God abide in us. It’s also called fellowship. When God abides in us it means we have God’s approval of our works before the Lord. When God approves of us he is pleased with us and he gives us his grace.

“Grace” is defined as the free and unearned favor of God. When God graces us we receive all the good things in life that we need such as health, wealth, happiness, and fruit. The fruit of God is nonbelievers saved to heaven. What’s the main reason we need to abide in the Lord and vice versa? It’s so nonbelievers can be saved to heaven. Because without God and man both abiding in each other we can’t effectively obey the Great Commission, which is to share the gospel of Christ with all nations and people. You cannot please God if you don’t abide in him and God won’t abide in you unless you please him. When you stand before the bema judgment seat of Christ on the last day if you haven’t saved at least one person to heaven you won’t hear Jesus say to you, “Well done good and faithful servant.” Any other good works you do for the Lord will be burned up on the last day if you haven’t saved at least one person. You’ll be a worker bee in heaven without any saved souls.

God uses the terms “bearing fruit” or being “fruitful” as metaphors for saving lost souls for the kingdom of heaven. In John 15:5 Jesus makes it clear you can save a lot of people for heaven if you abide in the Lord and I’ve explained above how you can do that. In the very last statement of John 15:5 God says you can’t save anyone to heaven unless the Holy Spirit (Jesus) is already on the inside of you. Nobody is saved without God’s word being spoken. You have to be saved yourself before you can save anyone else to heaven. That’s just plain common sense. God’s salvation plan for man calls for every believer to witness Christ to nonbelievers and then pray that the Lord will save them unto eternal life. That’s God’s job through his Holy Spirit. We’ve done our part by witnessing for Christ. The gospel is more than mere words. It is the power of God unto salvation, through his Holy Spirit, for those who believe. As believers we’re to give our witness for Christ, pray for God to save them to heaven, and then let God do the rest. Believers can’t save everyone but we can save some if we persevere in our witness for Christ with anyone who will listen to what we have to say. God has a plan for each believer that requires each of us to witness for Christ as soon as we’re saved to heaven. It’s how we build up treasure in heaven.

After I speak John 15:5 before God to glorify his name I follow up by affirming obedience to God’s commandment. The entire Bible is God’s commandment and we’re to obey every positive statement God makes to us through scripture. My affirmations continue to evolve as I add and detract from them over time. Below is the current affirmation I speak to God immediately after I speak John 15:5 in prayer:

MY AFFIRMATION:

“I will do all things through the Lord Jesus Christ, who indwells me and strengthens me by his glorious power. Lord help me to save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven through my witness for Christ. I will produce much fruit for God as I abide in the Lord forever. Abide in me O Lord and save whom you will through the gospel seed I cast before you. I rejoice in my salvation from God! Thank you Lord for your saving grace!

There is one main point I want to stress to readers who are believing Christians. I’m mainly speaking to those who want to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ as much as I do. As believers we all know the truth of God; that Jehovah is the only God and we’ve been saved unto eternal life in heaven through faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. If we know our Bible like we should we also know God requires that we witness for Christ in order to save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven. We know this as the Great Commission which Jesus gave to his disciples before he ascended back to heaven. Believers are to witness for Christ to all nations and all people. That is a very broad and far-reaching commandment from God. Here is where the problem starts for many believers. They know they should witness for Christ but Christians don’t do it because they don’t know how and if they do know how to share their witness for Christ their attempts are feeble at best.

Many believers just haven’t figured out yet how to comply with God’s commandment to share the gospel of Christ. They don’t understand how important this is to God and how this affects our future standing in heaven forever. The treasure that we will receive in heaven one day will be solely based on how many people we save to heaven. Sharing the gospel of Christ with nonbelievers is the main reason God leaves us here on earth after our salvation. Sharing the gospel is the only way to truly please God. If you happen to be a nonbeliever reading this blog I’m speaking to a “dead man walking” because Satan has put blinders over your eyes so that God is foolishness to you. Your destiny is to go to hell for all eternity because of your unbelief. In his word God calls all nonbelievers “fools” because the truth of God is self-evident yet they cannot see it because Satan is the god of this world. I challenge nonbelievers to prove me wrong. Read God’s word in its entirety with an open mind. There’s a 95% chance you’ll fall on your face before the God of creation and ask for his mercy and grace. You can thank me later in heaven.

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

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.

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.

Many believers haven’t done the hard work of learning how to witness for Christ and I have to attribute that to laziness. Read my blogs from December 2019 for guidance. In the book of Romans God clearly tells us how to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ so man is without excuse. It’s so well known it’s referred to as the “Roman road” to salvation. Please review the following verses in order: John 3:16, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:8, and Romans 10:9. This will give you a better understanding of what you should share with nonbelievers. When you witness to nonbelievers start by letting the nonbeliever know God loves them. People will pay more attention when they know God loves them. The “sinner’s prayer” is also a well known prayer of salvation that man can pray before God to be saved. All you have to do is “google” either term or look on the back page of any Chick tract. Then again, there are some believers who delude themselves into thinking that witnessing for Christ is optional and they only need to do it occasionally to please God and then only if someone asks them about God. That’s Satan trying to influence you into wrong thinking. As believers, when we give our testimony about God to nonbelievers we know we’re going to face rejection and even persecution in some cases. That keeps many believers from witnessing as they should and I understand that. It’s a natural human response that you must overcome. God never promised you an easy time in this life; quite the opposite. We are to suffer as Christ suffered and God will glorify us on the last day for any suffering we endure on behalf of Christ. Suffering on earth is actually good for us in heaven so embrace it. In God’s word he makes it clear believers are to persevere in their suffering and witness for Christ without ceasing.

1 Peter 3:15 – But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.

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.

1 Peter 5:10 – But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered awhile, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

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

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

God’s salvation plan for man requires that believers save nonbelievers to heaven by their testimony of God. In the Bible when God talks about “good works” or believers doing God’s work on earth God is talking about witnessing for Christ in order to save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven. Failure to do so will displease God and cause man to lose out on all the treasures in heaven that they could have had through obedience to God. So what must a believer do? Immediately start sharing the gospel message of Jesus Christ wherever you are, in whatever situation you find yourself, and by any means at your disposal. God gives everyone the right and ability to be successful at witnessing through daily prayer, daily Bible reading, and by studying God’s word for knowledge, understanding and wisdom. As a believer you are indwelt by the Holy Spirit so Jesus Christ is always in you and with you to help you in your ministry of reconciliation (witnessing for Christ). You can enlist God’s help by asking for it in prayer. God says we do not have because we do not ask; so ask. God says we can have whatever we ask for in prayer if we pray continuously and we believe God will grant our petition; so believe and keep on praying. God placed you where you are and with prayer your success is assured. God only hears the prayers of believers; God’s children.

As you humbly work alongside God in his harvest field every day ask God in prayer to help you to save nonbelievers to the kingdom of heaven. We can do nothing without God but all things are possible with God. Prayer is the universal lubricant that makes everything in heaven work. The key is we must pray to God before, during, and after our witness for Christ. We must always pray for something that God also wants to do (in his will) and then we must pray continually and believe God will do what we ask. We know that God wants all his creatures in heaven so praying in accordance with God’s will ensures your prayers will be answered because God said he would answer our prayers and God cannot lie. Remember that no amount of work done only by us can save someone. Only the love, mercy and grace of God can save a lost soul unto eternal life in heaven. Salvation is a gift from God; not by works.

Isaiah 1:18 – Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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

Ephesians 2:8-9 – For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

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.

Believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit and he is our helper so ask him to take your prayers before the throne of grace in a manner that is pleasing to God. That’s why the Holy Spirit is called our helper. Jesus Christ is our mediator who sits at the right hand of God the Father in heaven so ask him to help present your prayers to God so they have a good smelling aroma. Jesus is called our mediator for this reason. In Isaiah 1:18 God asks man to come before him in prayer and reason with him about his salvation plan for man. We’re not to reason with God on our own behalf because we’re already saved. We’re to reason with God about the number of souls we can save with God’s help. In the dictionary “reason” used in this context means to ” persuade someone by using arguments.” God says he’ll listen to our arguments and base his decision on his justice and what we say. Think of yourself as acting as your own attorney pleading a case before the Supreme Court of heaven.

In my nearly fifteen years of ministry I’ve given away close to 2,000 Bibles and distributed well over 35,000 Chick Christian tracts to my seven prison ministries and others. These little cartoon booklets contain the gospel message of Christ and they have the “sinner’s prayer” on the back page. Millions of people have been saved through Christian tracts alone. Distributing Chick tracts is what I refer to as “passive witnessing. ” I have also personally handed out Chick tracts for almost fifteen years wherever I go, whether it’s to the grocery store, pharmacy, Walmart or to my doctor’s office, etc. Distributing Christian tracts is the best way I’ve found to “passively” witness for Christ. They’re affordable and they can reach the most people with God’s message of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Www.onemoreforjesus.net and www.christiantractministry.com are my two websites where I also “passively” witness for Christ to save souls for heaven.

1 Thessalonians 1:5 – For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance.

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.

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

James 1:22 – But be doers of the word (by witnessing for Christ), and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

In the past I would ship a thousand tracts (one case) to a prison and hope that at least one person would be saved. Out of every thousand people who received one of my tracts or visited one of my blogs sites I was hoping one person would be saved or moved along the path to salvation so that I would be rewarded by God on the last day as the reaper of that soul or equally as the sower of the gospel seed that lead that person to salvation. I was really trying to save nonbelievers on my own and setting the bar too low. I have since learned to be more fruitful by involving God in my witness because, after all, it’s God who does the saving not us. The increase for heaven is to the glory of God alone. We are just a vessel for the Master’s use. We are to bear fruit for God and produce souls for heaven.

I now pray before casting any gospel seed before the Lord. When I ship out a thousand tracts to one of my prisons now I ask God for a 10% return. I ask God to make 100 gospel seeds fall on good ground so that 100 souls are saved to heaven. I ask for God to make me fruitful before the Lord in fulfillment of John 15:5. I also ask daily for the same 10% return on my two blog sites where I also witness for Christ. I ask God for a 100% return on all the Bibles I donate to prisons. Bibles can circulate for 40 years and save many people but I’m only asking that I be credited with one saved soul per Bible. I think that’s a reasonable request for me to make to God in accordance with Isaiah 1:18. Keep asking God for his blessings and you will receive them more often that not. It never hurts to ask of God.

Every day millions of nonbelievers are dying and going straight to hell for the lack of an effective witness for Christ. God grieves over every lost soul and so should all believers because they are our brothers and sisters and they deserve a chance at heaven too. Every soul is equal and priceless in God’s eyes. As believers we must stop this from happening! We can’t save everyone but we can save some. God has made every creature with his hands and he wants all his children in heaven with him so believers must help God by witnessing for Christ. God loves us all and he hates it when Satan steals a soul for the kingdom of hell. Always love what God loves and hate what God hates and you can’t go wrong. Asking God for a 10% return on my gospel seed and 100% for Bibles is a reasonable prayer request for God to grant in fulfillment of Isaiah 1:18. God is not trying to keep people out of heaven. God is trying to get all his creatures into heaven. God is glorified when man is saved to heaven so I know God grants my prayers every time. In fact, the Bible confirms we can have what we pray for if we believe we will receive it.

In summary, start handing out Christian tracts to nonbelievers immediately because anyone can do it. I recommend using Chick tracts because the cartoon booklets reinforce the gospel message inside. Go to chick.com and read their entire inventory online before choosing the ones you like best. My two favorite tracts to pass out are, “This Was Your Life” and “Then What?” When you distribute gospel tracts you’re obeying the Great Commission of Christ and pleasing God at the same time. God can save whomever he will using your gospel seed if you pray for it and you’ll receive treasures from God on the last day as the reaper or the sower of a soul to heaven. My mantra every day is to save, “one more for Jesus.” It should be yours as well. In order to be successful at witnessing for Christ you must set some reasonable goals for your ministry of reconciliation. My personal goal is to save 1000 nonbelievers to heaven before I die. It’s a hard goal to reach but not impossible with planning and perseverance . Never lose sight of the fact that every creature made by God is priceless in his eyes. As believers we owe it to God and to all nonbelievers to try and save as many of them as we can for heaven.

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.

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

Daniel 12:3 – Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.

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?

I’ve always been confused by the verse shown above (Micah 6:8) because of its simplicity. Everything God wants from us is boiled down to three things. I understand to act “justly” means to always do the right thing by emulating Jesus Christ in all our actions. I also know if we “walk humbly” with our God we are being obedient to the commandments of God. The third thing is the one that’s confusing to me. God requires that we are to “love mercy.” God’s mercy is his gift of salvation so, of course, believers are going to love their salvation. How could we not? We get to be in heaven in the presence of Jesus forever where God will shower us with love, honor, glory and riches. My question is why did God restate what was so obvious? Then it dawned on me God wasn’t just talking about the mercy (salvation) of believers. God was primarily talking about nonbelievers. God is saying that we as believers are to love sharing the gospel of mercy with nonbelievers so that they too can be saved unto eternal life in heaven like we are. You do what you love doing. My understanding of the above verse now is that to please God believers are to witness for Christ, obey the commandments of God and emulate the actions of Jesus in our lives.

Romans 4:4 – Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.

Read Romans 4:4 a couple of times slowly and try to figure out what God is telling us. In the first part of the verse “works” refers to witnessing for Christ. The word “him” refers to us; believers who have been saved unto eternal life in heaven. The personal pronoun “who” indicates some believers will witness for Christ and some will not. In fact, we know that 90% of the saints in heaven will be there through faith in Jesus Christ alone; never having saved even a single person to the kingdom of heaven by a witness for Christ. God confirms in Ephesians 2:8-9 that salvation is through faith and not works. However, it also says in the second part of Romans 4:4 that believers can also earn their “wages” when they share the gospel and save nonbelievers to heaven. Wages are treasures in heaven which will correspond to rights, honors, glory, privileges and responsibilities we receive from God based on how many nonbelievers we save to heaven. In Matthew 13: 23 Jesus tells us some believers will save 30, 60, and even 100 nonbelievers to heaven. In the Bible a hundredfold harvest of lost souls is considered by God to be a good harvest. This should be the baseline goal of every believer. It’s also very clear to me that every believer’s rewards in heaven will be different and based on how many people we save for heaven. We get to keep what we earn. “Grace” is the free and unearned favor of God whereas wages are considered to be payment for services rendered. When we do the work of God he will pay us

The most important word in Romans 4:4 is the very last word which is “debt.” God made all men and he put us all here on earth for his pleasure and his glory. Once God calls us unto eternal life in heaven through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior we are indebted to God for our salvation. We owe God something and that something is doing his “work.” We are to obey the commandments of God. God’s number one commandment for us is to witness for Christ and we cannot please God without doing it. So even as believers are sharing the gospel to pay off their debt to God he is generously paying us heavenly wages for every soul we save. For believers who witness for Christ it’s like we’re earning double pay or overtime pay. You now know why you are here on earth and what you’re supposed to be doing with your body (witnessing for Christ) and this is made clear in Romans 12:1. God gave us our body and we’re to freely give it back to God. The 90% of saints in heaven that haven’t saved anyone will still have some good works before the Lord like helping the needy or feeding the poor. These works will all be burned up before the bema judgment seat of Christ on the last day if they haven’t also saved at least one person for heaven.

It’s critical for a believer to save at least one person to heaven in order to receive a reward from Jesus. More is better but one will do. Look, if you save only one person for heaven and every soul is priceless to God how could God not be pleased and reward you for that? There is a pecking order in heaven and where believers rank will be determined by how many people they save for heaven. Whatever we earn on earth by our good works will last for all eternity in heaven. The question is are you satisfied with being a worker bee forever or would you rather rule with Christ in heaven and receive treasures based on your “good works” for the Lord? I’ve decided I want to work for the Lord save many so as to “shine” before God like it says in Daniel 12:3. I’m not sure what that means but I know it’s good. I’ve asked God in prayer what he means by “many” and the Lord has confirmed in my spirit and through another man of God that 1000 saved souls for heaven qualifies as “many.” That should be your target as well. Some believers will be able to shine in heaven or God would not haven mentioned it. You have to want it badly enough to make it your #1 priority in life. I wanted to make sure you knew your options in this life and in the next one (heaven). Of course if you’re a nonbeliever you don’t have to worry about any of this because you won’t be going to heaven anyway; unless you give your life to Jesus. All nonbelievers go to hell immediately when they die where they’ll be in pain and agony 24/7 forever. Keep in mind that one day in eternity is a trillion billion years, and the rest. Avoid hell at all costs!

James 5:20 – He who turns a sinner from the error of his ways will save a soul from death (eternal death in hell). NOTE: In the above verse God is telling us what believers must do to please him; to earn our keep.

Playing the lottery is for suckers. Most people know it yet they keep playing. They simply can’t help themselves. Government at all levels, city, state and federal, know better than to push lotteries on those who can’t really afford it but they can’t help themselves either because they are all greedy. All governments love to spend other people’s money and the more the better. The more they spend the more they want and it’s universal in all countries of the world. All governments want to spend more and more of your money on their pet projects and lotteries are nothing more than a tax on the poor without calling it a tax. I’m not poor and I’m disciplined enough not to play the lottery, with one exception. When the power ball or mega million lotteries reach 700 million without a winner I will buy $10 worth of lottery tickets. What ticks me off is having no winner for four additional drawings and I’m now out $40. The odds of winning the lottery are three hundred million to one so I don’t expect to win any time soon. I would have been much better off using the $40 I spent on lottery tickets to buy Christian tracts or Bibles for one of my seven prison ministries because at least they give me the chance to save someone’s eternal soul.

Isaiah 1:18 – Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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

John 6:44 – (Jesus) – No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

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 (by witnessing) and in your spirit (by praying), which are God’s.

If you’re a believer you’ve already won the greatest lottery of all time. Out of all the people who have ever lived throughout human history probably only one in a thousand people ever make it to heaven so count yourself blessed to have been one of those chosen to go to heaven. God has adopted you as a son of the Most High so count yourself lucky and praise God for your good fortune. Make sure you prove yourself to be worthy of your lofty status as a prince or princess in heaven. Make God proud of you because of your good works before the Lord (witnessing for Christ) to save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven. Don’t disappoint your maker by keeping your salvation all to yourself because God leaves you here on earth so you can pay your salvation forward by witnessing for Christ. Millions of nonbelievers are dying every day and going straight to hell for the lack of a witness for Christ. God intends for you to be that witness. As believers we can’t save everyone but we can save one. We can save one more for Jesus every day with our testimony about God. Ask for God’s help in prayer and he will help you save lost souls for heaven.

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 (eternal death in hell).

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.

I’m not a greedy person. By playing the lottery I was buying the dream of using the money for good works on behalf of the Lord so that God is blessed and I’m blessed by God in return. You don’t need to become a missionary or win the lottery to please God or have him bless you. You can be blessed by God right where you are by doing the following things. First, you need to believe in the one true God Jehovah and reject all the other false gods sponsored by Satan to hide the truth of God from man. Then accept God’s only begotten son, Jesus Christ, as your personal Lord and Savior. Start by asking God for the forgiveness of your sins by repeating the sinner’s prayer to God in all sincerity. God will then save you unto eternal life in heaven because he said he would in his word and God cannot lie. Second, you need to remain in fellowship with God the Father through daily prayer, daily Bible reading, and by studying God’s word for knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Lastly, you must obey all the commandments of God contained in the Bible to the best of your ability. Pleasing God by obeying his commandments will cause you to receive the many blessings that God wants you to have from his hand. God is glorified when he bestows blessings on man. God is ready, willing, and able to give believers eternal treasures in heaven that far exceed anything we could accomplish by winning a billion dollars in the lottery down here on earth. Remember the odds of winning the lottery are three hundred million to one. But with God you are guaranteed to be a winner as long as you are in obedience to his word. Let me explain how to do it.

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.

Note: The ministry of reconciliation means the duty to repair man’s broken relationship with God (reconcile). It’s just another way of saying we’re to “witness for Christ.” Once we’re saved God commands us to share the gospel. We don’t have the option of refusing if we want to please God and receive his blessings on earth and treasure in heaven on the last day.

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.

Matthew 17:26 – (Jesus) – With men this is impossible (our salvation), but with God all things are possible.

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

God made the angels, the universe, and man. This is all spelled out in the Bible and the evidence is overwhelming for believers like me who have studied God’s word for many years. It pleased God to put man on this earth for his pleasure and his glory. God wants every creature made by his hand to be in heaven with him but the Lord gives each one of us the free will choice to serve God or Satan. Not choosing is a choice for Satan. Choosing God will result in salvation unto eternal life in heaven where God will shower us with love, honor and glory. Choosing Satan will result in eternal life in the lake of fire and brimstone where the nonbeliever will be in pain and agony 24/7 for all eternity. Once you know the truth of God and understand God’s salvation plan for man you need to accept the Lord’s saving grace as quickly as you can or you could suffer the eternal consequences should you die unexpectedly. If we haven’t chosen God and his salvation before we die it’s too later. Satan will harvest your soul for hell immediately after you die unsaved and that’s just a spiritual truth of God. Believers who die in the Lord immediately go to heaven. Satan has put blinders over the eyes of nonbelievers so that they cannot see the truth of God. It’s up to believers to rip those blinders off so the lost can see the light of God’s glory. 90% of the saints in heaven will be there through faith in Jesus Christ alone; never having saved even a single soul to heaven by a witness for Christ. Make sure you’re not one of them. Be doers of the word. Don’t stand before the bema judgment seat of Christ empty-handed.

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.

Note: God makes it clear if you don’t witness for Christ in order to save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven you’ll not reap the honor, glory and treasure in heaven that you could have had. You’ll be in heaven through faith in Jesus but you’ll have empty pockets because of your disobedience. All your good works will be burned up before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ on the last day.

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.

Note: God describes our life on earth as a race. God has laid out a different race for each of us and it’s called our life. We are to run our best possible race for God by witnessing for Christ and saving nonbelievers to the kingdom of God as long as we live. That’s why every day when I wake us my mantra is to save, “one more for Jesus” for as long as I have breath in me. Our time on earth is short and there’s no better use of our time than saving souls.

Daniel 12:3 – Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.

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

It’s God’s world and he makes all the rules. God calls and saves whomever he pleases but it pleases God to allow man to participate in his salvation plan for man. Believers are to save nonbelievers to the kingdom of heaven by sharing the gospel message of Jesus Christ with all nations and all people. Believers who witness for Christ glorify God and in return God will glorify and bless those believers who do the good works God has given them to do. Someone once helped save you and me to eternal life in heaven and we owe it to them to pay our salvation forward and help save nonbelievers to heaven through the gospel of Christ. This is how God means to populate heaven with his saints. Saving lost souls for heaven is our reasonable service to the God who made us. Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and holy before the Lord as a vessel fit for the master’s use to do good works. The number one good work we do for God is sharing the gospel message of Christ with all nonbelievers everywhere we find them. As believers we’re saved to heaven through faith in Jesus Christ alone but we’re blessed by God according to our good works here on earth.

Romans 9:15 – (God speaking to Moses) – I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.

Philippians 2:13 – For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

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

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

God doesn’t need us to save man but it pleased God to allow man to work alongside him in his harvest field to help save nonbelievers to the kingdom of heaven so he can glorify us in heaven and give us precious gifts. In fact, God commands that we witness for Christ in his harvest field and pray for more workers because the harvest field is great and the workers are few. We like to think when we witness for Christ that we’re doing 80% of the work to save someone to heaven when the exact opposite is true. God does 80% of the heavy lifting it takes to save someone unto eternal life in heaven. Nobody is saved unless God first calls them. Nobody is saved until the Holy Spirit first comes and convicts the sinner in his spirit so that he knows the God of creation and understands that he is full of sin and that only God can forgive him of those sins. Nobody is saved until the Holy Spirit takes it upon himself to change the nonbelievers eternal destination from hell to heaven. Nobody is saved until the Holy Spirit writes the nonbelievers name in the book of life. When the Holy Spirit does these things the nonbeliever becomes a believer in the eyes of God and justified through faith in Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit is God. Jesus Christ is God in the flesh. Our 20% contribution to saving someone is sharing our witness for Christ. Nobody gets saved without the presence of the Holy Spirit (in us and in the world) and God’s word, usually spoken in faith by a believer giving his witness of God. We just need to witness for Christ and let God do the rest. In the Great Commission Jesus gave to his disciples he didn’t say go out and save all people. Jesus merely said for his disciples to share (witness) the gospel message of Christ because he knew God would do the saving himself.

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

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.

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

Colossians 4:5 – Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside (nonbelievers), redeeming the time (by witnessing for Christ).

The best way to be blessed by God is so easy most believers tend to forget about it. When you go before the throne of grace in heaven daily and pray to God always bless God first and then ask God to bless you in return. God loves you and he wants to give you what you ask for because God is glorified when he grants our prayers. The main thing about prayers to God is they must not be contrary to God’s ethics or his will. In addition, prayers must continue without ceasing until God grants your petition. One prayer and then you’re done won’t cut it with God. While we may be in a rush to have our prayers answered by God he has his own timeline for responding to our requests. One last thing. You must believe without any doubt that God will grant your prayers. The things I’m telling you are confirmed in James 4:2, Mark 11:24, and 1 Timothy 2:8. When the Bible says God will bless you for doing something make sure you do it. Reading from the book of Revelation is just one example (Revelation 1:3).

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

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.

1 Peter 5:10 – But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered awhile, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

Ephesians 2:8-9 – For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

In summary, if you want to be blessed by God ask him for his blessings in prayer and pray the same prayer every day of your life. God says you can have what you say so keep saying it until God gives you your request. Repetition is good for the soul! If you want God to bless you greatly then obey the number one commandment of God, which is to witness for Christ continuously in order to save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven until God decides to bring you home. Your times are in God’s hands so don’t worry about that. Just do the work that God gives you to do. It’s as simple as that. God gives believers treasures in heaven based on the number of people they save. If we save at least one person to heaven God will be pleased with us. If every soul is priceless to God how could he be other than pleased? In Daniel 12:3 God also says that believers who save many to heaven will shine like the stars in the firmament. I’ve asked God in prayer to define “many” and he has confirmed in my spirit the number is 1000. Our job is to witness for Christ and let God sort it all out on the last day. That’s why my mind is on God all day long and why my daily mantra is to save one more for Jesus. We are to emulate Christ by the way we live our life here on earth. You don’t have to take my word for it (see Proverbs 14:25 and Proverbs 11:30).

James 5:15 – The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

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.

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

Act 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.

In heaven and in hell there are no secrets. You and the host of heaven will know everyone who had a hand in saving you, both as the sower of the gospel seed that moved you along the path to salvation and the person who reaped your soul for the kingdom of heaven. You’ll also know everyone you helped to save. Rarely does anyone get saved the first time they hear the gospel message of Jesus Christ. Usually it takes hearing the gospel seed sown 25-30 times before a person accepts Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. God is generous and the Bible assures us that both the sower and the reaper of a human soul to heaven will be rewarded equally on the last day. God is reciprocal so the opposite is also true. God never made anyone with the express purpose of sending them to hell. All creatures made by God have the same chance at heaven. Nonbelievers who wind up in hell will be acutely aware of all their missed opportunities to be saved unto eternal life in heaven. Those in hell will know which of their family members, friends and acquaintances were believers who failed to witness the gospel of Christ to them. It makes no difference whether they would have listened or not. A nonbeliever in hell will always blame their plight on anyone who knew the truth of God and failed to witness the gospel of Christ to them.

Matthew 4:4 – (Jesus) – It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

Romans 4:4 – Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.

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.

Romans 10:17 – So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

The fact that nonbelievers weren’t given every opportunity to be saved by a witness for Christ means that for all eternity the condemned person will be in pain and agony in the fires of hell and he won’t take any responsibility for being in hell. It’s always someone else’s fault. He’ll continually blame and curse those who failed to witness Christ to them. Part of the eternal agony of the damned is knowing that they could have had salvation unto eternal life in heaven for the asking. The nonbelievers in hell will point their finger at all those Christians who failed to give them their testimony about God and they’ll declare for all eternity, “He never told us!” God will do his part by directing all nonbelievers into the path of believers when their heart is ready, or vice versa, so they can receive a witness for Christ. It’s the duty of every Christian to share the gospel message of Christ with the nonbelievers God guides to us. God gives every person multiple chances at salvation so it’s not all on us to save any one person to heaven. What would happen if we had the last opportunity to save nonbelievers from hell and we chickened out? Would God choose to appoint another witness for Christ to take our place or would they be lost to hell forever? Think about the prospect of somebody going to hell because of us. Now imagine a hundred people in hell that you could have saved if you’d witnessed to them and they’re all pointing a fingers at you and yelling forevermore, “He never told us!” about God’s saving grace through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. That would be terrible! It’s far better for you to face rejection now on earth for sharing the gospel of Christ and receive glory from God in heaven than it is to be cursed forever by those lost souls in hell because you failed to tell them about God’s saving grace when you had the chance.

1 Peter 3:15 – But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.

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.

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 Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

John 20:21 – So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

My greatest fear is not dying because I know I’m going to Jesus when I die. My greatest fear is displeasing God by not sharing my witness for Christ with everyone that God intended for me to witness to. On the last day believers in heaven should be filled with joy so why is it God says he’ll wipe away our tears in heaven? Those tears will not come because of our sins which God has already forgiven. Our tears in heaven will flow when God reveals to us all those people we could have saved to heaven if we had only shared our witness for Christ with them as God commanded. What we could have accomplished on earth won’t be revealed until we get to heaven. Everyone in heaven will have regrets about their life on earth and we’ll all shed tears for our missed opportunities. We can’t save everyone but we are commanded by God to save some. We can save one if we put our mind to it. We can save many if we have a plan to leverage our witness for Christ and we pray for God’s help. Without God we can do nothing but with Christ we can do all things.

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.

Romans 1:16 – For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek (Gentile).

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

Matthew 22:14 – (Jesus) – For many are called, but few are chosen.

My eternal spirit came from God and I’m going back to God when I die. Our time on earth is our “testing time” to determine whether we’ll serve God or Satan. I chose to serve God at the age of twelve when I was baptized. Everyone has to make a choice and not choosing is a choice for Satan. We’re all aliens on the earth here but a short time and we shouldn’t waste a minute of our time on frivolous things. Our primary mission from God is to witness the gospel message of Jesus Christ to all who will listen in order to save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven. The spiritually aware can find this commandment throughout the Bible. It’s the only way we can truly please the God who made us. We find a good example of this command to witness for Christ in Colossians 4:3-6:

Colossians 4:3-6 – Meanwhile praying for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Colossians 4:3 – Meanwhile praying for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains.

Note: Scripture tells us nobody is saved unless God first calls them. If you aren’t abiding in God’s word and praying to God on a daily basis you aren’t ready to effectively witness for Christ. When you are ready to speak the mystery of Christ to a nonbeliever God will bring them across your path so you can witness to them. For example, God sent Peter to witness to the Roman centurion Cornelius and then later God sent Phillip to witness to the eunuch from Ethiopia. We must be a worthy vessel in order for the master to use us to save others. Those who serve God are slaves of Christ and giving our testimony of Jesus Christ is not an option as true believers. It is a commandment of God for which we’ll all be judged on the last day.

Colossians 4:4 – That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Note: Being saved doesn’t make you capable of being an effective witness for Christ. God commands all believers to not only read their Bible daily but also to study God’s word for knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Once you know the truth of God intimately you can share your witness with passion and conviction. You’ll then be able to answer any question the nonbeliever may have. I have a written witness outline I developed based on what is called the “Roman road” to salvation. I no longer need to use it but it’s there if I want to refer to it. I have also created written proofs of God, Jesus and the Bible I can use depending on what questions the nonbeliever has about God. You cannot “do” the work of God until you know what to do just like you can’t be a doctor without first going to medical school. Without training and preparation in your chosen field (i.e., witnessing for Christ) it’s like the blind leading the blind like Jesus says in the gospels.

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

Note: The Bible is God’s wisdom and scripture says those who save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven are wise. So when you walk in wisdom you’re studying the Bible, praying to God, and witnessing for Christ. Believers are inside the family of God and nonbelievers are those people who are outside of God’s family. Believers are those already saved so we’re obviously being told by God to witness to nonbelievers. The dictionary says the word redeem means to save someone from sin, error or evil. Several verses in the Bible urge believers to redeem their time here on earth wisely because our time here is short. Our treasure in heaven will be based primarily on how many people we save for God. Witnessing for Christ is the only thing we’ll ever do that has eternal consequences. Everything else we do in life is meaningless and this is declared by none other than King Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived. Go read the book of Ecclesiastes for confirmation.

Colossians 4:6 – Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how to answer each one.

Note: Grace means polite good will so when you witness for Christ your tone should convey that. God says we should witness with meekness and fear (showing awe, reverence and respect for God). Your witness for Christ should reflect the knowledge, understanding and wisdom gained from studying God’s word. If you do the two things mentioned above you’ll be able to adequately answer any question about God posed by a nonbeliever looking for answers about God. Before you witness for Christ always say a little prayer to God to ask for his help in reaching a nonbeliever so that the gospel message falls on good ground.

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.

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.

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

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

I don’t know how many Christian believers are actively witnessing for Christ in obedience to the commandment of God. I do know it’s a relatively small number of the total number of people who claim to be Christians. Supposedly there are 2.5 billion Christian worldwide. We know there are 1.5 billion Catholics and a great many of them think they’re saved but they aren’t because a lot of them are depending on the church to save them instead of God. The leaders of the Catholic church discourage witnessing for Christ because they want salvation to be achieved only through the Catholic church and their priests so that they have power over their flock and their money. Have you ever seen or heard about any Catholic witnessing for Christ? I know I haven’t and I pay attention to those things. Of the remaining one billion Protestant Christians only about 300,000 belong to evangelical churches that make witnessing for Christ a tenet of the church. Only 10% of evangelicals who attend church regularly have read their Bible in its entirety, and fewer than that have actually taken the time to study the Bible for knowledge, understanding and wisdom. You can’t witness for Christ effectively if you aren’t in fellowship with God and that comes by prayer and abiding in God’s word. You can’t save someone if you don’t know what to say and that only comes through study and preparation. A witness for Christ must know their Bible well enough to locate appropriate scriptures and answer questions about God. A nonbeliever will tune you out very quickly if you’re not knowledgeable about God.

Ephesians 1:4-5 – Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.

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

Luke 12:8-9 – (Jesus) – Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God. But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

Matthew 10:38 – (Jesus) – And he who does not take up his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

I’m being very generous when I say there are probably no more than 30,000 Christians in the world who are actively sharing the gospel message of Jesus Christ in a meaningful way. So we have 30,000 true believers trying to save eight billion people on earth. I’m not crazy about the odds. God wasn’t kidding when he says his harvest field is great (the whole world) and the workers are few. We just didn’t know how few workers there are. That’s why every day millions of nonbelievers are dying and going straight to hell for the lack of a witness for Christ. Now do you understand my sense of urgency to witness for Christ and why I ask others to join me? That’s why every believer should be trying to save “one more for Jesus” every day. There are so few of us to reach so many! I’ve found writing my Christian blog and distributing Christian tracts to be the easiest, cheapest and best ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the most people.

Ephesians 6:19 – And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel.

1 Thessalonians 1:5 – For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance.

1 Thessalonians 2:4 – But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.

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

Keep in mind that there are a lot of people who claim to be members of an evangelical church but only go to church once in a while which further reduces the number of believers actually witnessing for Christ. There are many evangelical Christians who study the Bible and are saved through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, but when it comes right down to it they lack the moral courage to actually share their testimony about Jesus. This further reduces the number of active witnesses for Christ. These people are cowards. They are gutless. They can’t handle the potential rejection, the scorn, the persecution that comes with witnessing for Christ. Jesus says we’re to pick up his cross and follow him if we have the strength, determination and courage to do so. Do you have what it takes to follow Christ? My mantra every day is to save “one more for Jesus” by my passive witnessing for Christ through my Christian tract ministry and my Christian blog. You would be wise to contemplate how you can best serve God and then take action when you decide what you should do. Just do something!

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.

John 6:44 – (Jesus) – No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Luke 6:39 – (Jesus) – Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?

1 Peter 1:15-16 – But as He who calls you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

And finally, you have those evangelical Christians who know how to witness for Christ and do share their testimony of Christ one on one when the opportunity arises. The only thing wrong with that is the opportunities to personally witness for Christ are few and far between so potentially only a few people can or will be saved this way. These believers won’t go out of their way to witness for Christ outside of their comfort zone. They are lazy Christians. God wants believers to be proactive and fight for him tooth and nail. Get out there among nonbelievers and mix it up. Witness to all who will listen. Expect rejection and be ready to counter it. Remember that God will glorify you when you are rejected and persecuted. God wants you to work his harvest field alongside him to save souls for the kingdom of heaven because you know a secret that they desperately need (the gospel of Christ). That’s the main reason God leaves us on earth after our salvation. That’s why Jesus gave believers the Great Commission before he ascended back to heaven; which is to share the gospel of Christ with all nations and all people. Our life is meaningless apart from a right relationship with God. A right relationship with God requires that we continue to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ with all nonbelievers everywhere.

1 Timothy 2:3-4 – For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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

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

Revelation 21:4 – And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there will be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.

When Jesus recruited Simon and Andrew to be his disciples he merely said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” Jesus wasn’t just talking to the twelve; the original disciples. As believers we’re all disciples of Jesus Christ and God was speaking to every Christian believer in every age. All believers are commanded to become fishers of men and that requires regular prayer and a thorough knowledge of God’s word. According to 2 Corinthians 5:18, if you’re a believer God has already signed you up for his heavenly fishing tournament. Of course you’ll have to learn what bait you should use and where to fish but that comes with experience. You’ll also have to throw your hook in the water once in a while otherwise what’s the point of being saved and remaining on earth in the first place? Believers saving nonbelievers is all part of God’s salvation plan for man. That’s how heaven is populated and God is glorified. That’s how believers earn their treasures in heaven. You have a choice. You can get in the game of life and be an effective witness for Christ or you can do nothing and ride the bench in heaven for all eternity. I want to make a difference by saving lost souls. The good thing is you get to keep what you catch forever and there’s no limit to how many fish (men) you catch. In heaven God will honor all those fishermen who have effectively witnessed for Jesus Christ by showering them with glory, honor and riches beyond their wildest imagination.

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 (by witnessing Christ).

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

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

Matthew 7:13-14 – (Jesus) – Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

In summary, we were made by the hands of God and put here on earth for a purpose. Don’t let the devil cloud your judgment and lead you away from the truth of God. We don’t have to guess why we’re here because God tells us in his word. We are to glorify God by our life of good works. The number one good work we do for God is sharing the gospel message of Jesus Christ with all endurance in order to save lost souls to the kingdom of God. First of all, if you don’t accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior you’re going to hell. It’s as simple as that. Secondly, if you don’t witness for Christ and help save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven as commanded by the Lord you’re missing your calling from God. While you get to heaven through faith in Jesus Christ you earn treasures in heaven based on the number of souls you save. If you save nobody to heaven you’ll have all your good works burned up on the last day and you’ll be on the bottom rung of heaven, much like a private in the Army. Those of us who save many for heaven will be like generals in the army. Once you earn your rank in heaven that’s it. There’s no chance of a promotion in heaven. Whatever rank you start with in heaven you’ll retain for all eternity. We’re talking about a trillion billion years being a day in eternity. Will you be happy just being a private in heaven forever or would you prefer to be a general in heaven and rule with Christ? I was actually a private in the U. S. Army for three years in Germany back in the early 1970’s and I can tell you from personal experience that being a private sucked. Everybody and their dog tells you what to do. You have my testimony. The choice is totally up to you. I plan on being a general this time around. Now you can no longer tell Jesus Christ on the last day, when you stand before the bema judgment seat of Christ, that you didn’t know what you were supposed to do with your life because I have told you and Jesus will remember my words and your actions.

Philippians 3:20 – For our citizenship is in heaven, for which we also wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:9 – God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 9:24 – Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.

Joshua 24:15 – (Joshua to the Israelites) – 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.

Matthew 5:16 – (Jesus) – Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 21:22 – (Jesus) – And whatever things you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arguments and Perspectives on Salvation:

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

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

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

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

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