365 New Creation Affirmations

Whoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence (2 Corinthians 5:17 GWT).

The following statements are all found in the New Testament. They remind us of who we are and what we have in Christ. There is one affirmation for each day of the year. For maximum benefit, speak one out loud first thing each morning. Speak it as many times as it takes to get it into your spirit. Speaking God's Word allows you to hear it, which helps to hide it in your heart, bolstering your faith. Remember: "faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God." (Romans 10:17)

1. I am the salt of the earth. (Matthew 5:13)


2. I am the light of the world. (Matthew 5:14)


3. I belong to God. (John 17:9)


4. I am protected by the power of His name. (John 17:11)


5. I have His joy in me in full measure. (John 17:13)


6. I am kept from the evil one. (John 17:15)


7. I have been given the glory of God. (John 17:22)


8. I have Jesus in me. (John 17:23)


9. I am one with God, the Father and Jesus, the Son. (John 17:24)


10. I am God’s gift to Christ. (John 17:26)


11. I have been justified through faith. (Romans 5:1)


12. I have peace with God through Jesus. (Romans 5:1)


13. I have direct access to God’s grace. (Romans 5:2)


14. I have reason to rejoice in suffering. (Romans 5:3)


15. God’s love has flooded my heart. (Romans 5:5)


16. I am justified and saved from God’s wrath. (Romans 5:9)


17. I am being saved by the life of Jesus. (Romans 5:10b)


18. I have received the gift of God’s grace. (Romans 5:17)


19. I have received the gift of God’s righteousness. (Romans 5:17)


20. I have been made righteous through the obedience of Jesus. (Romans 5:19)


21. I have been acquitted of all sin through Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:19)


22. God’s grace has immeasurably exceeded my sin. (Romans 5:20)


23. I cannot continue in sin. (Romans 6:2)


24. I have died to sin with Christ. (Romans 6:3)


25. I have been baptized into Christ. (Romans 6:3)


26. I have also been baptized into His death. (Romans 6:3)


27. I have been buried by baptism with Christ. (Romans 6:4)


28. I have been raised to walk in newness of life. (Romans 6:4)


29. I have been united with Christ in His death and resurrection. (Romans 6:5)


30. My old self has been crucified with Christ. (Romans 6:6)


31. My penchant to sin has been destroyed, so that I don’t have to serve sin any longer. (Romans 6:6)


32. Being dead to sin, I am alive to God through Jesus Christ. (Romans 6:11)


33. I may now forbid sin to reign in my mortal body. (Romans 6:12)


34. I may now put my whole being at God’s disposal. (Romans 6:13)


35. Sin no longer has the power to master me. (Romans 6:14)


36. I am no longer under the law, but now under grace. (Romans 6:14)


37. Being set free from sin, I am a servant of God. (Romans 6:22)


38. Being God’s slave allows me to grow in holiness and reap eternal life. (Romans 6:22)


39. I have eternal life through Jesus Christ my Lord. (Romans 6:22)


40. There is no condemnation to me in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1)


41. I have been set free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2)


42. The righteousness of the law is fulfilled in me. (Romans 8:4)


43. I walk according to the Spirit. (Romans 8:5)


44. God’s Spirit now dwells in me. (Romans 8:9)


45. God gives life to my mortal body through His Spirit. (Romans 8:11)


46. I am led by the Spirit of God. (Romans 8:14)


47. I am a child of God. (Romans 8:14)


48. I have received the Spirit of adoption, so that I call God "ABBA" (Daddy).” (Romans 8:15)


49. God’s Spirit bears witness with my spirit that I am His child. (Romans 8:16)


50. I am an heir of God and a joint-heir with Christ. (Romans 8:17)


51. I am being glorified with Him as I suffer with Him. (Romans 8:17)


52. My present sufferings cannot be compared with the glory that later will be revealed in me. (Romans 8:18)


53. I have the “first fruits” of the Spirit of God. (Romans 8:23)


54. My body will one day be redeemed. (Romans 8:23)


55. In the mean time, I am able to persevere in all things. (Romans 8:25)


56. God’s Holy Spirit helps me with my infirmities. (Romans 8:26)


57. God’s Spirit intercedes for me according to God’s plan for me. (Romans 8:26)


58. All things work together for my good. (Romans 8:28)


59. God knew me before I was formed. (Romans 8:29)


60. God predestined me to be conformed to the image of His Son. (Romans 8:29)


61. God called me. (Romans 8:30)


62. God justified me. (Romans 8:30)


63. If God is for me, who can be against me? (Romans 8:31)


64. God has freely given me all things. (Romans 8:32)


65. I can never be separated from God’s love. (Romans 8:35)


66. In everything I am more than a conqueror through God, who loves me. (Romans 8:37)


67. Christ represents the end of the law for my righteousness’ sake. (Romans 10:4)


68. I will never be put to shame because I believe in God. (Romans 10:11)


69. The God of peace crushes Satan under my feet. (Romans 16:20)


70. I have grace and peace through God and Jesus. (1 Corinthians 1:3)


71. God confirms me continually so that I may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 1:8)


72. I am called into fellowship with God’s Son. (1 Corinthians 1:9)


73. I have received the Spirit of God so that I may know the things that God has freely given to me. (1 Corinthians 2:12)


74. I have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:16)


75. I am one of God’s fellow workers, a planting in His garden, a part of His building. (1 Corinthians 3:9)


76. I am the temple of God, and His Spirit lives in me. (1 Corinthians 3:16)


77. All things are mine. (1 Corinthians 3:22)


78. I am Christ’s, and He is God’s. (1 Corinthians 3:23)


79. I have all that I want, I am rich, and I reign as a king. (1 Corinthians 4:8)


80. I will one day judge the world. (1 Corinthians 6:2)


81. I will one day judge the angels. (1 Corinthians 6:3)


82. I am cleansed, sanctified, and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of God. (1 Corinthians 6:11)


83. My body is a member of Christ, Himself. (1 Corinthians 6:15)


84. I, joined to the Lord, am one in spirit with Him. (1 Corinthians 6:17)


85. My body, the temple of the Holy Spirit, is not my own. (1 Corinthians 6:19)


86. I have been bought with a price, therefore I glorify God in my body. (1 Corinthians 6:20)


87. Christ is my head. (1 Corinthians 11:3)


88. I as a man am the image of the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 11:7)


89. I have been baptized into His Body by the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:13)


90. I have been set in the body as a member as it has pleased God. (1 Corinthians 12:18)


91. I am indispensable to the Body of Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:22)


92. I am treated with special honor in the Body of Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:23)


93. If I suffer, others suffer; if I am honored, others are honored. (1 Corinthians 12:26)


94. God has appointed me to a significant position within the Church. (1 Corinthians 12:28)


95. In Christ I have been made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:22)


96. God is giving me the victory through Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:27)


97. I am steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. (1 Corinthians 15:58a)


98. My work in the Lord is never in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:58b)


99. God comforts me in all my tribulations. (2 Corinthians 1:5)


100. As suffering abounds in me, and so does God’s consolation to me. (2 Corinthians 1:5)


101. I am sealed by God through the gift of His Spirit. (2 Corinthians 1:22)


102. I am always led about in Christ’s triumphal procession. (2 Corinthians 2:14a)


103. I am a sweet-smelling fragrance to God. (2 Corinthians 2:15)


104. My sufficiency is from God. (2 Corinthians 3:5)


105. God has made me a sufficient minister of the New Covenant. (2 Corinthians 3:6)


106. I have received the ministry of the Gospel. (2 Corinthians 4:1)


107. I have Jesus (this treasure) in my physical body (an earthen vessel). (2 Corinthians 4:7)


108. I am hard pressed on every side, but never crushed; I am perplexed, but never in despair. (2 Corinthians 4:8)


109. I am persecuted, but never abandoned, I am struck down, but never destroyed. (2 Corinthians 4:9)


110. I carry in my body the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus is revealed in my body. (2 Corinthians 4:10)


111. I am alive…and Jesus’ life is revealed in my mortal body. (2 Corinthians 4:11)


112. The life of Jesus is revealed in my body so that grace abounds to me and my thanksgiving to God overflows. (2 Corinthians 4:15)


113. I need not lose heart because my spirit is being renewed day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16)


114. My troubles are light and momentary and are achieving an eternal glory that outweighs them all. (2 Corinthians 4:17)


115. When my earthly body wears out, I have an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. (2 Corinthians 5:1)


116. I walk by faith and not by sight. (2 Corinthians 5:7)


117. I am confident that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:8)


118. I make it my aim to please Him. (2 Corinthians 5:9)


119. I am a new creation in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:17a)


120. I have been reconciled to God through Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:18a)


121. I have been given the ministry of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:18b)


122. To me has been committed by God the message of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:19)


123. I am Christ’s ambassador through whom God makes His appeal to others to be reconciled to Him. (2 Corinthians 5:20)


124. Jesus Christ became sin for me. (2 Corinthians 5:21a)


125. I have been made the righteousness of God in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:21b)


126. God has made all grace abound toward me so that in all things at all times, I have all that I need. (2 Corinthians 9:8)


127. I am made rich in every way so that I can be generous on every occasion. (2 Corinthians 9:11)


128. Though I live in the world, I do not wage war as the world does. (2 Corinthians 10:3)


129. My weapons are not like the world’s. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. (2 Corinthians 10:4)


130. I demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. (2 Corinthians 10:5a)


131. I take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:5b)


132. God’s grace is sufficient for me, for His power is made perfect through my weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9a)


133. I boast gladly about my weakness, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. (2 Corinthians 12:9b)


134. For Christ’s sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardship, in persecution, in difficulty. (2 Corinthians 12:10a)


135. When I am weak, then (in Christ) I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:10b)


136. I am rescued from the present evil age by the death of Christ which paid in full for my sins. (Galatians 1:4)


137. I have been justified through faith in Jesus Christ. (Galatians 2:16)


138. I have been crucified with Christ. (Galatians 2:20a)


139. I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. (Galatians 2:20b)


140. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loves me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:20c)


141. I am a child of Abraham because I believe. (Galatians 3:7)


142. I am blessed with Abraham because of my faith. (Galatians 3:9)


143. I am redeemed by Christ from the curse of the law. (Galatians 3:13a)


144. I am redeemed so that by faith I might receive the promise of the Spirit. (Galatians 3:14b)


145. I am a child of God by faith in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:26)


146. I am baptized into Christ and am clothed in Him. (Galatians 3:27)


147. I am one with my brothers and sisters in Christ. (Galatians 3:28)


148. I belong to Christ, am Abraham’s seed, and an heir according to the promise. (Galatians 3:29)


149. I am not longer a slave, but a child of God. (Galatians 4:7a)


150. God has also made me an heir of His inheritance. (Galatians 4:7b)


151. Christ has set me free. (Galatians 5:1)


152. I express love. (Galatians 5:22)


153. I am joyful. (Galatians 5:22)


154. I am peaceful. (Galatians 5:22)


155. I am patient. (Galatians 5:22)


156. I demonstrate kindness. (Galatians 5:22)


157. I am good. (Galatians 5:22)


158. I am faithful. (Galatians 5:22)


159. I am gentle. (Galatians 5:23)


160. I exhibit self-control. (Galatians 5:23)


161. I belong to Jesus Christ. (Galatians 5:24)


162. I have crucified my sinful nature with its passions and desires. (Galatians 5:24)


163. I live by the Spirit of God. (Galatians 5:25)


164. The world has been crucified to me, and I to the world through Christ Jesus. (Galatians 6:14)


165. Peace and mercy are upon me as I follow God’s rule. (Galatians 6:15)


166. The grace of Christ is with my spirit. (Galatians 6:18)


167. I am in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 1:1)


168. I have received grace and peace from God and Jesus. (Ephesians 1:2)


169. I have been blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places through Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 1:3)


170. I was chosen in Jesus by God before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. (Ephesians 1:4)


171. I was predestined by God in love to be adopted as His child through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will. (Ephesians 1:5)


172. I have been given freely God’s grace through Jesus, whom He loves. (Ephesians 1:6)


173. I have redemption through the blood of Jesus for the forgiveness of sins. (Ephesians 1:7)


174. God has lavished on me the riches of His grace with wisdom and understanding. (Ephesians 1:8)


175. God has made known to me the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure. (Ephesians 1:9a)


176. I was chosen in Him, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything according to His desire. (Ephesians 1:11)


177. I am sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. (Ephesians 1:13)


178. The Holy Spirit is the Guarantor of my inheritance. (Ephesians 1:14)


179. I have the spirit of wisdom and revelation so that I may know Him better. (Ephesians 1:17)


180. My eyes have been enlightened. (Ephesians 1:18a)


181. I know the hope of my calling. (Ephesians 1:18b)


182. I know the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints. (Ephesians 1:18c)


183. I know His incomparably great power--power like the working of His mighty strength--available to all who believe. (Ephesians 1:19)


184. God, who is rich in mercy, made me alive in Christ even when I was dead in transgressions. (Ephesians 2:4b-5a)


185. I have been saved by grace. (Ephesians 2:5b)


186. God raised me up with Christ and seated me with Him in the heavenly realms. (Ephesians 2:6)


187. God shows the incomparable riches of His grace through His kindness to me in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:7)


188. I am saved by grace, through faith, as a gift from God. (Ephesians 2:8)


189. I am God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared me in advance to do. (Ephesians 2:10)


190. Having once been far away, I am brought near to God through the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 2:13)


191. God, Himself is my peace, who has destroyed the barrier between me and Him cause by sin. (Ephesians 2:14)


192. Through Jesus I have access to the Father by the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:18)


193. I am no longer a foreigner and alien, but a fellow citizen with God’s people and a member of God’s household. (Ephesians 2:19)


194. In Christ Jesus, I am joined together with the saints to become a holy temple in the Lord. (Ephesians 2:21)


195. I am being built together with the saints to become a dwelling in which God lives by His Spirit. (Ephesians 2:22)


196. I am an heir with Israel, a member of one body, and a sharer in the promise of Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 3:6)


197. In Jesus and by faith I may approach God with freedom and confidence. (Ephesians 3:12)


198. I am strengthened with power through God’s Spirit in my inner being. (Ephesians 3:16)


199. I know the love of Christ which surpasses all knowledge. (Ephesians 3:19a)


200. I am filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:19b)


201. I am becoming mature and attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. (Ephesians 4:13)


202. I am no longer an infant, subject to false teachings and deceitful scheming.
     (Ephesians 4:14)


203. I speak the Truth in love and am growing up into Christ, who is the Head. (Ephesians 4:15)


204. I have been taught to put off my old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires. (Ephesians 4:22)


205. I am made new in the attitude of my mind. (Ephesians 4:23)


206. I have put on my new self, which was created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:24)


207. I was once darkness, but now I am light in the Lord and live as a child of light. (Ephesians 5:8)


208. I am strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. (Ephesians 6:10)


209. God has provided me full armor that I put on to stand against the devil’s schemes. (Ephesians 6:11-13)


210. I stand firm wearing God’s mighty armor. (Ephesians 6:14)


211. I put on the belt of Truth and the breastplate of righteousness. (Ephesians 6:14)


212. My feet are fitted with the readiness of the Gospel of peace. (Ephesians 6:15)


213. I take up the shield of Faith, with which I extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. (Ephesians 6:16)


214. I put on the helmet of Salvation and take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. (Ephesians 6:17)


215. He who began a good work in me will complete it in the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:6)


216. My love abounds in knowledge and depth of insight so that I can discern what is best and pleasing the Christ. (Philippians 1:10)


217. I am filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Christ Jesus--to the glory and praise of God. (Philippians 1:11)


218. I am in no way ashamed, but have sufficient courage so that Christ is always exalted in my body. (Philippians 1:20)


219. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. (Philippians 1:21)


220. I am able to conduct myself in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, no matter what happens. (Philippians 1:27a)


221. I conduct myself in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. (Philippians 1:27a)


222. I stand firm in one spirit with other believers. (Philippians 1:27b)


223. I am not frightened in any way by those who oppose me. (Philippians 1:28)


224. My attitude is the same as that of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 2:5)


225. God is working in me to desire and to do that which is pleasing to Him (Philippians 2:13)


226. I am a citizen of Heaven. (Philippians 3:20)


227. One day I will have a new, glorified body. (Philippians 3:21)


228. I rejoice in the Lord always! (Philippians 4:4)


229. I am not anxious about anything. (Philippians 4:6a)


230. I pray about everything with thanksgiving. (Philippians 4:6b)


231. I make my requests known to God, knowing that He hears and answers me. (Philippians 4:6c)


232. God’s peace, which surpasses all my understanding, guides and guards my heart and mind through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7)


233. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. (Philippians 4:13)


234. God is now meeting all my needs according to His riches in glory through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19)


235. I am filled with the knowledge of God’s will, through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. (Colossians 1:9)


236. I am living a life walk worthy of the Lord. (Colossians 1:10)


237. I am fully pleasing to the Lord. (Colossians 1:10)


238. I am fruitful in every good work. (Colossians 1:10)


239. I am increasing in the knowledge of Christ. (Colossians 1:10)


240. I am strengthened with all might, according to God’s glorious power. (Colossians 1:11)


241. I am patient, forbearing, and joyful. (Colossians 1:11)


242. I have been delivered from the powers of darkness. (Colossians 1:13)


243. I have been translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son. (Colossians 1:13)


244. I have redemption and forgiveness through the blood of Jesus. (Colossians 1:14)


245. God, in Whom all fullness dwells, dwells in me. (Colossians 1:19, 27)


246. I am reconciled by Christ’s physical body through His death. (Colossians 1:22)


247. I am holy in God’s sight, without blemish and free from accusation. (Colossians 1:22)


248. I am established and firm in my faith, not moved from the hope held out to me in the gospel. (Colossians 1:23)


249. Christ dwells in me, giving me hope in glory. (Colossians 1:27b)


250. It is not me who works, but God who works mightily in me. (Colossians 1:29)


251. I walk in Christ according to how much of Him I am willing to receive each day. (Colossians 2:6)


252. I am rooted and built up in Christ, established in the faith, and abounding in thanksgiving. (Colossians 2:7)


253. I am complete in Christ, and every power and authority in the universe is subject to Him. (Colossians 2:10)


254. I have been buried through baptism with Christ and raised through faith in the power of God who raised Jesus from the dead. (Colossians 2:12)


255. God has dismissed all evidence of sin against me, removing it completely, nailing it to the cross of Jesus. (Colossians 2:14)


256. In my behalf, Jesus disarmed principalities and powers, making them a public spectacle, triumphing over them in the cross. (Colossians 2:15)


257. Being raised with Christ, I seek those things that are of value to Him, things of eternal value. (Colossians 3:1)


258. I am free to set my mind on things of higher and more eternal value rather than those of a less and more temporal nature. (Colossians 3:2)


259. I died with Christ, so my life is now hidden with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:3)


260. Because Christ is in my life now, I will appear with Him when He appears in glory. (Colossians 3:4)


261. Everything I do, in word or deed, I do in the name and to the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God. (Colossians 3:17)


262. I do everything I do heartily as unto the Lord. (Colossians 3:23)


263. I know that my reward for everything I do is from God. (Colossians 3:24)


264. I am sanctified according to the will of God. (1 Thessalonians 4:7)


265. God has called me to holiness, therefore I am holy as He is holy! (1 Thessalonians 4:7)


266. If I die in Christ, my spirit will return with Him when He comes again. (1 Thessalonians 4:14)


267. If I am alive in Christ, I will be caught up with Him in the air when He comes again. (1 Thessalonians 4:17)


268. I am a child of light and not of darkness.
     (1 Thessalonians 5:5)


269. God’s will for me is not that I receive his wrath, but that I obtain his salvation. (1 Thessalonians 5:9)


270. God, who called me, is faithful and is bringing about all He has planned for me in my life. (1 Thessalonians 5:24)


271. God chose me for salvation from the beginning through sanctification and belief in the Truth. (2 Thessalonians 2:13)


272. I am called by the Gospel to obtain the glory of Jesus Christ, my Lord. (2 Thessalonians 2:14)


273. God loves me and has given me everlasting hope through his grace. (2 Thessalonians 2:16)


274. God and Jesus comfort my heart and establish me in every good work and word. (2 Thessalonians 2:17)


275. The word of the Lord is in me and is glorified through me as I share it willingly. (2 Thessalonians 3:1)


276. I am delivered from unreasonable and wicked men. (2 Thessalonians 3:2)


277. God is faithful who has established me and who guards me from the evil one. (2 Thessalonians 3:3)


278. The Lord directs my heart into his love and into the patience of Christ. (2 Thessalonians 3:5)


279. God has not given me a spirit of fear but of power, love, and a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)


280. God has saved me and called me with a holy calling that was given to me in Christ Jesus before time began. (2 Timothy 1:9)


281. I know whom I have believed and am convinced that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him for eternity. (2 Timothy 1:12)


282. The Word of God has been given to me that I may be complete and thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:17)


283. The Lord delivers me from every evil work. (2 Timothy 4:18)


284. The Lord preserves me for his heavenly kingdom. (2 Timothy 4:18)


285. God’s grace, which brings salvation,is available to me. (Titus 2:11)


286. God’s grace teaches me to shun worldly passions and to live a disciplined and godly life.
     (Titus 2:12)


287. God gave Himself for me that He might redeem me from all wickedness. (Titus 2:14)


288. God has purified me for Himself to do what is good. (Titus 2:14)


289. God saved me according to his mercy, by the washing of the rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. (Titus 3:5)


290. God has poured the Holy Spirit out on me abundantly through Jesus Christ my Savior. (Titus 3:6)


291. I am justified by God’s grace. (Titus 3:7)


292. I am God’s heir according to my hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:7)


293. I am active in sharing my faith so that I can have a full understanding of every good thing I have in Christ. (Philemon 6)


294. God’s angels are sent forth to minister to me according to His plan. (Hebrews 1:14)


295. Because I am sanctified and am one with Jesus, He is not ashamed to call me his sibling. (Hebrews 2:11)


296. Jesus has broken the power of death over me and delivered me from bondage to the fear of death. (Hebrews 2:14-15)


297. I am a member of God’s household, having great confidence and rejoicing in the hope of eternity. (Hebrews 3:6)


298. I have become a partaker of Christ. (Hebrews 3:14)


299. I have a promise of entering into God’s rest. (Hebrews 4:1)


300. I have a right to come boldly before the Throne of Grace to find mercy and obtain grace in my time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)


301. God confirmed to me with an oath the unchanging nature of His purpose and the certainty of His promise. (Hebrews 6:17)


302. God assured me of His promise to give me hope and to encourage me. (Hebrews 6:18)


303. The surety of God’s promise is an anchor to my soul, making it firm and secure. (Hebrews 6:19)


304. I am saved completely because I have come to God through Jesus Christ. (Hebrews 7:25)


305. Jesus is continuously interceding for me to the Father. (Hebrews 7:25)


306. Jesus has entered into Heaven to appear before God in my behalf. (Hebrews 9:24)


307. Through the blood of Jesus I have boldness to enter the Holy of Holies. (Hebrews 10:19)


308. I draw near to God with a sincere heart and a full assurance of faith, having been cleansed of a guilty conscience. (Hebrews 10:22)


309. I am not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved. (Hebrews 10:39)


310. By faith, I understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God. (Hebrews 11:3)


311. I lay aside every weight and sin and run the race before me with patience. (Hebrews 12:1)


312. I look to Jesus, the Source and Sustainer of my faith, Who for joy endured the cross for me. (Hebrews 12:2)


313. By considering Jesus, who endured for me so much opposition from sinful men, I do not grow weary and lose heart. (Hebrews 12:3)


314. God disciplines me because He loves me so that I may share in his holiness. (Hebrews 12:10)


315. God’s discipline produces in me a harvest of righteousness and peace when I learn by it. (Hebrews 12:11)


316. Being a part of the Kingdom which cannot be shaken, I have grace by which I may serve God with reverence and godly fear. (Hebrews 12:28)


317. God will never leave nor forsake me! (Hebrews 13:5b)


318. God is my Helper, so that I need not fear what man can do to me. (Hebrews 13:6)


319. Through Jesus, I offer to God continually the sacrifice of praise, the fruit of my lips that confess His name. (Hebrews 13:15)


320. I am equipped by God with every good thing I need to do his will. (Hebrews 13:21a)


321. God is working in me everything that is pleasing to Him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. (Hebrews 13:21b)


322. I count it all joy when I fall into various trials because I know that the testing of my faith produces perseverance. (James 1:2-3)


323. When perseverance finishes its work in me, I will be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (James 1:4)


324. If I lack wisdom, I ask God for it and He gives it to me without chiding. (James 1:5)


325. God, in his mercy, has given me new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (1 Peter 1:3b)


326. God has also given me new birth into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil, nor fade—kept in Heaven for me. (1 Peter 1:4)


327. Through faith, I am shielded by God’s power until my salvation is complete, so that I am secure in Him. (1 Peter 1:5)


328. Trials come to me to prove my faith—which is more valuable than gold—so that Jesus Christ may be glorified in me. (1 Peter 1:7)


329. As a living stone, I am built up as a spiritual house and a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God. (2 Peter 2:5)


330. I am part of a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, belonging to God, that I may declare his praises. (2 Peter 2:9a)


331. I have been called out of darkness into God’s marvelous ight. (2 Peter 2:9b)


332. I cast all my anxiety on God because He cares very much for me. (2 Peter 5:7)


333. I have grace and peace in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus my Lord. (2 Peter 1:2)


334. God’s divine power has given me everything I need for life and godliness through my knowledge of Him who called me. (2 Peter 1:3)


335. God has given to me his very great and precious promises, so that I may escape the corruption of the world caused by evil desires. (2 Peter 1:4)


336. I have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous. (1 John 2:1)


337. Jesus is the atoning Sacrifice for my sins, and for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:2)


338. As I keep God’s Word, his love is perfected in me so that I may know that I know Him. (1 John 2:5)


339. God has promised me eternal life! (1 John 2:25)


340. I do not need anyone but God’s Spirit to teach me because the anointing I received from Him remains in me. (1 John 2:27)


341. How great is the love that God has lavished on me that I should be called his child. (1 John 3:1)


342. I am a child of God, and I know that one day I will be like Him because when He comes, I will see Him as He is. (1 John 3:2)


343. I am pure because of my hope in Him Who is pure. (1 John 3:3)


344. God appeared to take away my sin, and since I live in Him, there is no obligation for me to keep sinning. (1 John 3:5-6)


345. I know that I have passed from death to life because I love my brothers and sisters in Christ. (1 John 3:14)


346. As I keep God’s commandments, I live in Him, and He lives in me. (1 John 3:24a)


347. I know that God lives in me by the presence of His Spirit Whom He gave me. (1 John 3:24b)


348. I am from God and have overcome every spirit who does not confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. (1 John 4:4a)


349. God’s Spirit in me is greater than the spirit of the devil that is in the world. (1 John 4:4b)


350. If I love others, God lives in me, and His love is made perfect and complete in me. (1 John 4:12)


351. Since I acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in me and I live in Him. (1 John 4:15)


352. I know and rely on the love God has for me. (1 John 4:16a)


353. Because God is love, if I live in love, I also live in God and He lives in me. (1 John 4:16b)


354. Love is made complete in me so that I can have confidence on the day of judgment, because in the world, I am like Him. (1 John 4:17)


355. I need not be afraid because God’s love in me drives out all fear. (1 John 4:18a)


356. I am born of God and therefore have overcome the world. (1 John 5:4)


357. God has given to me eternal life through His Son, Jesus Christ, and because I have Jesus in me, I have life. (1 John 5:11-12a)


358. I know that I have eternal life because of my belief in the name of the Son of God. (1 John 5:13)


359. I have assurance that if I ask anything of God according to his will, He hears me. (1 John 5:14)


360. Since I know that God hears me, I also know that I shall have whatever I ask of Him. (1 John 5:15)


361. I know that the Son of God came to give me understanding so that I may know God, Who is true. (1 John 5:20a)


362. I am in Him Who is true—even in God’s Son, Jesus Christ. (1 John 5:20b)


363. Jesus is able to keep me from stumbling. (Jude 24)


364. Jesus presents me before God’s Presence without fault and with great joy. (Jude 24)


365. I am loved, have been washed from my sins by Jesus’ blood, and made a kingdom and priest unto God, His Father. (Revelation 1:5b-6)

Spiritual Gifts

The most commonly used Greek word for “gift” (the kind that God freely bestows upon believers) in the New Testament is charisma, which translates “gift of grace.” This word emphasizes the fact that God is the Giver, through the operation of His Holy Spirit, and that all such gifts are given for His purposes and for the benefit of others, especially the Body of Christ—the church.

Purpose of Gifts

…to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up… (Ephesians 4:12)

God’s overall purpose in distributing spiritual gifts to all believers is to prepare us for service and to build up or strengthen the Body of Christ.

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. (1 Corinthians 12:7)

Spiritual gifts are given to individuals “for the common good,” or more specifically, to reach unbelievers and to edify (build up) believers.

God’s gifts and callings are irrevocable. (Romans 11:29)

God gifts and callings are given to individuals for a lifetime. He does not give a gift and then later take it away. Neither does He call an individual to a specific ministry and then lead her/him elsewhere.

Eagerly desire the greater gifts. (1 Corinthians 12:31)

Believers are to wish for the gifts that most effectively serve and benefit the entire Body of Christ. These would be primarily the gifts from Romans 12, such as prophesying, serving, teaching, encouraging, giving, leading, and showing mercy. They also could include the manifestation gifts of wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, prophesy, and the discerning of spirits.

“Before dealing with the gifts of the Spirit more specifically I must emphasize one point. These gifts come from the Holy Spirit. He chooses who gets which gifts, and He dispenses them at His good pleasure. While we are held accountable for the use of any gifts He gives us, we have no responsibility for gifts we have not been given. Nor are we to covet what someone else has or be envious of that person. We may wish to have certain gifts or even ask for them, but if it is not the will of the Holy Spirit, we will not get what we ask for. And if we are dissatisfied because the Holy Spirit does not give us the gifts we want, we sin. In my case I believe God has given me the gift of
evangelism, but I did not ask for it.”1

Our True Calling
Before being given gifts and being called to serve, all believers are called to “bear fruit.” Jesus said…

“You didn't choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.” (John 15:16 NLT)

The Greek word for “fruit” is karpos, meaning fruit which is produced by the inherent energy of a living organism. According to John 15:16, the fruit we are to bear is Christ-likeness. We are to produce the same fruit that Jesus produced during His ministry. He commanded us to go, and as we go, we are to look, sound, and act like Christ in all that we think, say, and do. Our ministries, gifts, and callings should all flow out of our chief aim, which is to become more and more like Jesus.

As always, with every directive, God gives us a promise. When we are obedient to do what He asks (produce spiritual fruit), He will give us whatever we need to complete the task, literally whatever we ask for in Jesus’ name. This is a most powerful promise! It gives us the courage and confidence to ask God for souls to be saved, hearts and lives to be changed, and even for miracles to be wrought when the result glorifies God and builds up the Body of Christ.

Motivational (Grace) Gifts

We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. (Romans 12:6-8)

Each gift in the above passage is different, but all are for the purpose of building up and strengthening the Body of Christ and benefiting others. No gift was ever given to elevate the individual receiving it. All spiritual gifts are for the glory of God and the good of His people.

Following is a list of the motivational (grace) gifts found in the above passage of Scripture followed by a brief description of each gift.

• Prophesying – Communicating revealed truth to build up other believers
• Serving – Taking care of the material needs of believers
• Teaching – Instructing others in the art of Christian living
• Encouraging – Motivating others toward success and good works
• Giving - Contributing generously to the needs of others
• Leading – Governing and serving others diligently and wisely
• Showing Mercy – Ministering cheerfully to the sick and needy

Other Gifts – 1 Peter 4:9-11

Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay. God has given gifts to each of you from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Manage them well so that God's generosity can flow through you. Are you called to be a speaker? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Are you called to help others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then God will be given glory in everything through Jesus Christ. All glory and power belong to him forever and ever. Amen.

The primary purpose of all spiritual gifts is reiterated in verse 11 of the above passage—to give God glory in everything! This is to keep individuals from becoming prideful in the use of their gifts and relying on their own strength. As Peter stated in the last sentence in the above passage, all glory and power belong to Jesus and our use of spiritual gifts within the Body must always glorify God.

The gifts mentioned in the passage above are as follows:

• Sharing Hospitality – The willingness and ability to share one’s home and provisions with others
• Speaking – Articulating the truth with confidence and authority in public
• Helping – The willingness and ability to help others in their time of need

The following are gifts mentioned in other places in the Bible.

• Craftsmanship – The supernatural artistic or creative abilities used to build up the Kingdom (Exodus 28:3-4)
• Intercession – The supernatural ability and motivation to pray for extended periods of time with great positive effect for the sake of the Kingdom(1 Thessalonians 3:10-13, 1 Timothy 2:1-2)
• Leadership – The supernatural ability and motivation to motivate, direct, and inspire God's people to voluntarily, harmoniously, and effectively work together to do His work (Hebrews 13:7, Judges 3:10, Exodus 18:13-16)
• Missionary – The supernatural ability and motivation to use other spiritual gifts in a different culture or community (1 Corinthians 9:19-23)
• Music – The supernatural ability and motivation to praise God through various forms of music—vocal and instrumental—and to lead others in praise and worship (1 Corinthians 14:26, Mark 14:26)

Manifestation (Sign) Gifts

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as He determines. (1 Corinthians 12:7-11)

The Apostle Paul gave believers a caveat at the beginning of chapter 12 of 1 Corinthians. Here he warns…

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:…There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.
(1 Corinthians 12: 1, 4-6)

Though the gifts and ministries of the church are diverse and for different purposes, they are all given by the same Spirit for God’s glory, for the edification of the Body of Christ, and for the benefit of others. Later in the same chapter, Paul lists the “manifestations” (from the Greek phanerosis, meaning “made visible”) of the Spirit. These are often referred to as “sign gifts,” and are less common than the “grace gifts” mentioned above.

• Message of Wisdom – An utterance from the Holy Spirit applying God’s Word or wisdom to a specific situation
• Message of Knowledge – An utterance from the Holy Spirit revealing knowledge about people, circumstances or Biblical truth
• Faith – “Faithfulness or steadfastness.” Supernatural faith imparted by the Holy Spirit, enabling a Christian to believe God for the miraculous
• Healing – “The gift of cures.” Restoring someone to physical health without medical intervention
• Miraculous Powers – “Signs and wonders.” Altering the course of nature by divinely supernatural means
• Prophesy – A special temporary ability to bring a word, warning, exhortation or revelation from God under the impulse of the Holy Spirit.
• Discerning of Spirits – “The distinguishing of spirits.” The special ability to judge whether prophecies and utterances are from the Holy Spirit
• Speaking in Tongues – “Glossolalia.” Expressing oneself under the direct influence of the Holy Spirit in an unknown and unlearned language
• Interpreting Tongues – The special ability to interpret what is spoken in tongues (glossolalia)

Ministry Callings

It was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastor/teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. (Ephesians 4:11-13)

The passage above describes the callings (offices) given by God to those within the Body of Christ. Paul explains the purpose of these offices in verse 12. Individuals called to these offices are “to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up.” In verse 13, He restates the ultimate purpose of all gifts and callings—to continue “building up the Body” until we all are in unity concerning our faith and our knowledge of Christ, spiritually mature, and as Christ-like as is humanly possible.

The various ministry callings (offices) are listed below.

• Apostle - “One sent with a commission.” One specifically commissioned by Christ to establish an expression of His Body through which to proclaim His gospel (church planter)
• Prophet – “Public expounder;” One who speaks, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, a message from God to the church, motivated by concern for the spiritual life and purity of believers
• Evangelist – “One who announces good news;” One who is gifted by God to proclaim the gospel of Christ to the unsaved
• Pastor – “Shepherd of a flock;” One who is chosen and gifted to oversee the Body of Christ and care for its spiritual needs
• Teacher – “One who instructs;” One who is gifted to clarify and explain God’s Word to build up and encourage the Body of Christ

NOTE: The offices of Pastor and Teacher, being complementary roles, are often combined and shared by the same individual.

Other Ministry Callings

• Deacon – One chosen and gifted to render practical assistance to members of the church
• Helper – One gifted for a variety of helpful deeds
• Administrator – One gifted to guide and oversee the various activities of the church
• Giver – One gifted to give freely of his resources to the needs of God’s people
• Comforter – Those gifted to give comfort by acts of mercy to people in distress

Summary
Every believer is called of God to serve Him, the church, and others in a special way. Each believer is given specific gifts that will empower and equip him to carry out God’s calling on his life. Grace gifts are generally given once for all times. They are often referred to as “motivational” gifts because they motivate believers to serve God in specific areas. The manifestation gifts are given by the Spirit when they are most needed. I have no valid reason to suspect that God has discontinued any of them. My experience has been, however, that these gifts are in less frequent operation today than the grace gifts. I attribute this to three things:

1. The manifestations of speaking in tongues and interpreting tongues have fewer legitimate uses within the Body of Christ today than they had at Pentecost and in other instances in the New Testament.
   
2. Christians as a whole have become too pragmatic and we no longer expect God to operate in the supernatural realm.
   
3. Too few believers are open to allowing God to manifest Himself supernaturally through them.

The church is in crisis today because of a vast lack of power. Pride and unbelief are at the heart of this powerlessness in the church today.
We do not lack the directive.

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.
(1 John 4:17 NKJV)

We do not lack the strength.

For I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need. (Philippians 4:13 NLT)

We do not lack the resources.

…His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and
godliness,…(2 Peter 1:2-4 NLT)

We do not lack the faith.

…God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. (Romans 12:3b NKJV)

Jesus said that we would do greater works than He did while He was on earth.

“The truth is, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.”
(John 14:7 NLT)

We need to take Jesus at His Word and allow God to manifest Himself in and through us “so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:12b-13)

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1 Dr. Billy Graham, from The Holy Spirit, Activating God’s Power in Your Life, Waco: Word Books, 1978