Christian Affirmations

There is nothing more sad then going through life aimlessly with no goals and no purpose. Christians do have a purpose and it is an amazing thing to be a part of when you see what the Bible says about it. First of all it might be uplifting for you to realize that you have been called according to Gods purpose. In fact in Ephesians chapter 1 it goes as far as to say that we have been predestined according to the purpose of God.

If you think about that word predestined it spells out loud and clear that we as Christians have a destiny. We have been pre- destinied (yeah I know it’s not a real word) but it shows that every Christian has a purpose. How many movies have you watched where the hero discovers he or she has a destiny? How many lines have been uttered that say something like – Fulfill your destiny?

If you have become a Christian you have a destiny and the encouragement is that you too need to fulfill your destiny. Anything outside of that doesn’t really bring you fulfillment or happiness. A destiny is exciting – going on quest to fulfill your destiny is a challenge. The Bible says we have no continuing city here on earth because Christians are sojourners looking for a better country. We are all on our destiny quest.

Hebrews 13:1 says, Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.

We are partakers of the heavenly calling. The word partaker means: sharing in, a partner. Christians are partners in this heavenly calling, we share the same destiny as Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:12 says, Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

The word meet means: to make sufficient, render fit, to equip one with adequate power to perform the duties of one.

What a wonderful purpose we share:

I will give thanks to the Father
God has made me sufficient to share in the inheritance of the saints
God has rendered me fit to be a partner of the inheritance of the saints
God has equipped me with adequate power to perform the duties of a saint

Finally I will leave you with this verse from Colossians 1:13 – Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.

To translate means to take from one place to the other. We have been taken out of an aimless and purposeless world and translated into the amazing kingdom of Jesus Christ full of purpose. From this day forward my friends, Fulfill your Christ given destiny.

There is a chorus we sing that has line in it that says I have peace like a river and when you cast your thoughts to a river and imagine being there watching the water gently streaming by running over stones, the you cast your eyes to the surrounding beautiful country side featuring well watered green grass and trees, then you look up and see the birds and wildlife attracted to the lush surroundings you can not but help have a feeling of peace.

The word peace can also mean: rest, security, safety and prosperity.

Just like the scene of the river mentioned above if we want to attract others to us (or more importantly to Christ who we represent) we ourselves need to be at peace. If we are at peace we will be like that river and we will be surrounded by well watered vegetation that will attract the wildlife (the unsaved – no offense guys it’s just an analogy).

Isn’t this peace, rest, security, safety and prosperity what everyone is looking for? Can you imagine your life if you had this kind of peace in it? This kind of peace is can be found in Jesus Christ.

In John 14:27 Jesus said, Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Some affirmations of peace we glean from the above scripture are:

Jesus has given me his peace
Jesus has given me rest
Jesus has given me security
Jesus has given me safety
Jesus has given me prosperity
I will not let my heart be troubled
Jesus has given me his peace there is no need for my heart tot be troubled any more
I will no longer be afraid because I have safety in Jesus

When preaching the gospel we don’t really think of it as preaching peace yet that is exactly what we are doing. In Acts 10:38 it says, The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:).

When we respond to the gospel look what happens Romans 5:1 – Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

We have peace with God! One of my sayings is that most tombstones are engraved with RIP which means Rest in Peace. My arguement is that it is too late to rest in peace when you die – we can partake of the born again experience right now and be resting in the peace of Jesus Christ our entire life’s.

If we want to rest in this amazing peace that God provides us through Jesus Christ then as it says in Romans 8:8 … to be spiritually minded is life and peace. There is the secret folks… being spritually minded is the key to true happiness.

Finally brethren I’ll leave you with the following scripture in Romans 15:13 – Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

I love exploring the meanings of words in the Bible concordance and the word confidence can also mean: that which has a foundation, that which is firm, steadfastness of mind, courage, resolution, assurance and firm trust. Confidence is that which has a firm and solid foundation and to me it all begins with having Jesus as our foundation because he is the rock which we can stand upon with full assurance and trust.

In the book of Proverbs chapter 3 and verse 26 it says the Lord shall be our confidence. Some affirmations of confidence we can draw from this verse are:

• The Lord is my confidence
• The Lord is my foundation
• The Lord gives me steadfastness of mind
• The Lord gives me courage
• The Lord gives me assurance
• I have firm trust in the Lord

In Philippians 1:6 we are told we can be confident of this very thing, that he which has begun a good work in us, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.

• More affirmations of confidence from this verse:
• God has begun a good work in me
• God will continue to perform that good work in me
• I am confident that God who has begun a good work in me will keep it going til Jesus returns.

One of the most amazing scriptures about confidence is also a chorus we sing from 1 John 5:14-15 which says, And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

Wow! How great is that? In Christianity we have a firm foundation and blest assurance that he hears us. And by having this confidence, steadfastness of mind and firm trust we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. We have full confidence that God will answer our prayers.

Faith is the conviction of the truth and it simply means to believe. The word affirmation means to affirm something to be true. One of the remarkable stories in the Bible is when the Apostles said to Jesus – Increase our faith. I also like the NLT version of the scripture that says, Lord we need more faith, tell us how to get it.

If you are anything like me (then you are totally weird) but beside that, I bet you have asked the same type of questions at times in your life. How do I get more faith? Or… I need more faith?

The remarkable answer to this question by Jesus was that we really don’t need much faith to see miraculous things. He said if you has faith the size of a grain of mustard seed you could move mountains and pluck up trees. So I pose the question to you then… How powerful is faith?

If just the tiniest portion of faith (the size of a tiny grain of mustard seed) can remove mountains then what could an entire fist full of faith accomplish? The next time you are in a Church gathering and your fellowship is praying for someone or something, think about the entire collective joined together as one massive powerful force of faith. If all just possessed a mustard seed of faith then combined your prayers can bring forth miracles.

I am also fascinated that Jesus continued in Luke 17:7 started talking about us putting servants to work for us. He was still talking in the context of faith. If we use his analogy then we can say that faith is our servant which we can put to work to bring forth what we need.

Here are some personalized Biblical affirmations about faith:

• I shall live by faith
• I will live by faith
• I am living by faith
• Hey I actually do live by faith
• I am justified by faith
• I have been made righteous by faith
• I have been made just by faith
• By faith I have access to the grace of God
• I am a child of God by faith in Christ Jesus
• Christ dwells in my heart by faith
• I have faith in God
• I am full of faith and power
• I have faith to be healed
• My hearts is purified by faith
• I will continue living in faith

Brethren as Jude said in verse 20 – But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

The scriptures are full of power thoughts that are wonderful to take hold of. One of the best is when Jesus told us we would receive power after we receive the Holy Ghost. The word power from the Bible concordance means: power, mighty work, strength, miracle, might and virtue. The word power is from the greek word dunames which is closely associated to the word dynamite. You receive a power that is dynamic in its working.

In 1 Peter 1:5 it says we are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

We probably never try contemplate the full measure of Gods power. It is too big to comprehend and so I couldn’t help but think on a smaller level of a power generator. As I sit in my office writing this article it is night time and the I have the lights on and they work because of a power generator somewhere that keeps the electicity going to my building. God is the power supply of our life. It is Gods power that keeps us going and keeps the light burning in our lifes.

In John 1:12 it says that as many as received Jesus, to them he gave the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.

There are so many historical stories of mans quest for power. They chase it in all aspects of life from religion to politics the trail of mans thirst for power and the destruction he leaves behind trying to get it are astounding. From the schoolyard playground to the work office there is always someone in the quest for power. As adults mankind loses itself in the quest for power thinking it will bring them riches, fame and happiness yet almost on every occassion very few make it and those that do are still left unsatisified.

Jesus has given us a power, a power to be the sons of God. This word power is different from the one mentioned above and means: power of choice and freedom, permission, authority, the power to rule, the right. This power is like a birthright and this power provides us with true riches, fame and happiness.

Riches because we share in the inheritance with the sons of God. Fame because we are now know of the Father and true happiness because we are now are adopted into the family of God with all of the associated benefits.

All this being said the I believe the most powerful thought is that God in all of his awesome power could have totally wiped us out for we all had sinned before him and betrayed him. But with all that power God chose to forgive us. Now that is powerful.