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.