What Is Love?

"4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails" (1 Corinthians 13:4-8a NLT).

One of the most misunderstood concepts in Scripture is the concept of love. If you were to ask ten random individuals to define love for you, their answers would range from infatuation (a mere feeling) to sexual relations (an actual physical act). A recent online survey included the following answers to the question, "what is love?"

• sharing common interests
• attraction to another person
• an emotional bond
• thinking of someone all the time
• having an amazing time with someone
• the desire to be desired
• when someone makes your heart beat faster
• compassion for another person
• when you want what's best for someone
• trusting someone else with your life

While some of the above definitions contain an element of Truth, none of them fully describes the kind of love that God ordained and defines in His Word. C. S. Lewis, in his wonderful book, The Four Loves, defines the following four types of love:

1. Storgé (affection) - fondness through familiarity (as with family members or very close friends)
2. Philia (friendship) - a strong bond between those who share common interests or activities
3. Eros (being in love) - distinct from sexuality, an appreciation for the beloved without expectation
4. Agapé (unconditional love) - love and caring that is not dependent upon any lovable qualities possessed by the beloved and regardless of circumstances

These definitions give us a better understanding of the various kinds of love we share with others, but for a complete understanding of the true meaning of love, as defined by its Author, let's break down the Scripture passage above and see how God defines love.

Love is patient...

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines 'patient' in the following ways:

1. bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint;
2. manifesting forbearance under provocation or strain;
3. not hasty or impetuous;
4. steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity.

True love is steadfast and forbears under all circumstances. It doesn't rush into things, it doesn't complain, and it remains calm in all circumstances.

Love is kind...

Kindness also includes forbearance coupled with compassion. True love demonstrates compassion and is helpful in nature.

Love does not envy...

To envy is to begrudge or resent someone for something they have that you don't have. True love never resents another person for any reason.

Love does not boast...

True love has no need to 'toot its own horn,' or to call attention to the good it accomplishes.

Love is not proud...

True love demonstrates humility. It does its work quietly and without drawing attention to itself.

Love is not rude...

True love is never discourteous or offensive, but is sensitive to the needs and feelings of others.

Love is not self-seeking...

True love is selfless, always looking out for the interest of others.

Love is not easily angered...

Because true love is patient and kind and expects nothing in return, it has no need to react even when neglected, abused, or not returned. "Love is never wasted. If it is not reciprocated, it flows back to soften and purify the heart." (author unknown)

Love keeps no record of wrongs...

It is easy to want to make mental lists of all the times when we are wronged, but doing so only hurts us. As my pastor said recently, "holding a grudge is like drinking rat poison but expecting the rat to die." True love has a short memory when it comes to being wronged.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth...

True love never wishes bad things to happen to anyone for any reason. The Truth says that we all deserve death and hell, but thanks to the sacrifice that Jesus made for us on the cross of Calvary, we don't have to suffer what we deserve. Jesus' ultimate, undeserved, but willing sacrifice for all mankind was the ultimate demonstration of true love. This is a truth we can rejoice with.

Love always protects...

True love always looks out for others' best interest and is willing to make sacrifices in order to protect them when necessary.

Love always trusts...

Trust is, unfortunately, almost a lost commodity in this day and age. True love, however, is willing to trust even when its object seems untrustworthy.

Love always hopes...

We live in a world and an age and a circumstance that sometimes seem hopeless. True love, on the other hand, always hopes in the Truth.

"So I pray that God, Who gives you hope, will keep you happy and full of peace as you believe in him. May you overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit" (Romans 15:13 NLT).

Love always perseveres...

To persevere is to persist in the face of opposition, discouragement, and even seeming failure. Since God's Word states that His "plan...can be thwarted" (Job 42:2b), true love has ever incentive to persevere, no matter what.

Love never fails...

Because true love makes no conditions and expects nothing in return, there is no reason for it to ever fail. True love is eternal!
When asked by a religious expert which was the most important commandment, Jesus replied,

"37 You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 All the other commandments and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments" (Matthew 22:37-40 NLT).

The Apostle Paul defined Agapé in the passage from 1 Corinthians, but Jesus' summary of the commandments tells us how to put it into action. I challenge you to examine your own definition of love and measure it against God's definition of true love.

"5 So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better. 6 Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness. 7 Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone" (2 Peter 1:5-7 NLT).

Crying Out to God

I used to think that I had nothing significant to say because I wasn't some well-known author or speaker. I still wrestle with whether or not things I speak or write are worth sharing with anyone else. It occurred to me, however, that God speaks to all of His children, including me, and rarely does He intend for the things He says to be kept secret. When I read in Scripture about imperfect men and women whom God chose to use in spite of their imperfection, it makes me think that perhaps even my struggles might be of interest to or provide encouragement for others. My primary responsibility is to run everything I share through the filter of God's Word to ensure that it is not in conflict with His Truth. That being said, I'd like to share via a personal experience what I've recently learned about crying out to God.

Several very traumatic things happened to me over a very brief period of time a few years ago that caused me to reevaluate my priorities. One of those events happened on Easter Sunday morning 2007 when my dear, sweet mother went home to be with the Lord. My first thought (after the shock of learning of her death) was what a wonderfully appropriate day that was for her to go home. She was able on that day to celebrate Christ's resurrection in His very Presence. What a marvelous home-going that must have been!

By the time I arrived at Mom's bedside, she was already with the Lord, but she had a smile on her sweet face, her hand over her heart, and her eyes were wide open as if she was looking into heaven. Seeing her like that helped to ease my pain of losing her. I knew that at that moment she was more joyful than she had ever been and quite frankly, I was a little jealous. She had been freed from a body that was wearing out and a world that was moving closer and closer to destruction, while I was left here to cope without her, my trusted confidant and source of godly wisdom.

My first reevaluation came at Mom's memorial service. I realized very clearly how such services are primarily for those who remain. Though it was a memorial to her and the wonderful, godly life she had lived and the lives she had touched, it was mainly for the benefit of my sisters and me and those others who had loved her and would miss her terribly. I remember very clearly a line from one of the songs sung at this service. "Fly to Jesus, fly to Jesus, fly to Jesus and live." My mother had certainly flown to Jesus and is now living more abundantly than ever. That comforted my hurting heart.

Second, as I looked around the sanctuary filled with Mom's family and friends, I thought to myself how very much I wanted to leave a legacy such as hers. She gave birth to three children who produced nine grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren (with more to come, I'm sure). She touched hundreds of lives as a school teacher, Sunday School teacher, VBS leader, author, neighbor, friend and mentor. Some of her former 5th grade students maintained contact with her well into their adulthood. Even her fellow residents at the extended care facility where she spent her last few months were touched by her caring attitude and her constant joy even in the midst of her own trials. One of the caregivers stopped by the room to tell us what a blessing she had been to the staff. He cried as he hugged me and offered his consolations. I began to pray that day that in whatever time I have left I can impact half as many people as Mom did in her 91 years on this earth .

Shortly before Mom's death, I had lost a very good job to the waning economy and had to take a much lower paying job in a field I'd never worked in. My boss was younger than my children and much less experienced, but I felt the Lord had placed me there for a reason. I committed to do my best, but hoped that I would find a better job quickly. Six months after I started, I was offered a more suitable position with the same company but in a different location. The pay was the same, but the job was a bit more in line with my abilities.

I continued to look for a better job, but as the weeks passed, I began to realize that it was quite possible that I was going to be in this position for much longer than I had hoped. This realization at first caused me great distress which manifested itself in anxiety and depression. The stress from virtually 'starting over' at my age was more than enough by itself, but add to that the hours I spent on the road, the financial strain we were experiencing from a huge cut in pay and the lack of prospects for a better job, and the load was getting to be more than I could handle on my own. During this time, in sheer desperation, I began to beseech the Lord each morning trying to find the strength and the will to continue. I devoured the Word and began to cry out to God for help and for deliverance. Though I was not immediately delivered, I began to feel God's Presence and was able to accept my situation and determine to make the best of it.

Because of my work schedule, I had several hours each morning to myself before having to leave for work. I devoted every minute of that time to reading the Word and praying. Most mornings I had no sense of direction, but on most, I desperately cried out to the Lord for answers. I read Psalm after Psalm and clung to verses like "I cried out to the LORD in my suffering, and he heard me. He set me free from all my fears." (Psalm 34:4 NLT) Being alone in the house with no one to hear me, I could literally cry aloud to the Lord for help and deliverance.

During the Thanksgiving holiday last year, I was feeling particularly frustrated about my situation and went to spend a morning with my beloved Sunday School teacher. As I shared with him my situation, he was impressed to ask me if I had considered actually "crying out" to the Lord for answers. I explained that I had and he shared how he felt that there was something different about this kind of prayer. He suggested that we cry out together and we spent the rest of our time together walking about his family room crying out to the Lord for wisdom, comfort and deliverance. I left feeling somewhat better, but had no clue what was about to happen.

In the weeks to follow, God began to pour out His blessings on my wife and I. It began with money coming to us from known and unknown sources. Bills that we hadn't known how we were going to pay were paid with money left over to give to ministries we believed in and had wanted to support. I landed a part-time job that with God's help meshed perfectly with my full-time job and helped to meet our financial needs. Situations that had heretofore seemed hopeless began to work themselves out miraculously. And finally, my part-time job with a well-know Christian ministry turned into a full-time opportunity.

God-willing, my life is not nearly over. I believe that He still has plans for me. I am finding a new sense of direction and calling for my life. It is true as it says in His Word, "And I am sure that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back again." (Philippians 1:6 NLT) Surely, God heard me and He answered my prayers. I can't help but believe that it was in response to my desperately "crying out" to Him for answers. May I suggest that if you feel your prayers are not being answered or that God is somehow silent, try getting to a private place and literally crying out to Him for help. "This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles." (Psalm 34:6 NIV)

Does God Get Jealous?

Read the excellent article by Pastor Greg Laurie at: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51689 and ask yourself how many 'other gods' you have in your life right now. Read the actual second commandment below:

"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments."
(Exodus 20:4-6)

Do you think God was serious about NOT wanting us to put anyone or anything before Him? Think about your friends, your activities, and the things that consume most of your thoughts and time. Are there things that could be consider 'other gods?'

Before deciding that God is just too strict and unreasonable, remember that He wants ONLY the best for our lives. The ONLY reason He has for commanding us to do or not do anything is for our own good. He ALWAYS has our best interest in mind.

"The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him." (2 Chronicles 16:9a)

God is constantly looking to strengthen you, but He can't do it until you are fully committen to Him. And 'fully' means 'fully.' You can't be fully His if you have given even the smallest part of your heart to anyone or anything else.

My prayer for you is that you will let God's Spirit search your heart for any allegiances that might cause you to break the second commandment. I want God's best for you, too.

We Need to Stop Playing Church...

…and start BEING the church!

I have always been somewhat of an individualist. I got much of that from my dad, who never cared one whit what anyone but God thought of him. I am sure that deep down in his innermost being he carried a few scars inflicted by the unkind,  unnecessary, and likely untrue words of a few fellow believers. None of us is totally immune to hurt, but other people’s opinions never seemed to dissuade Dad from being the man God made him to be. He would never have made anyone’s top ten list of best-dressed, most likely to succeed, most charismatic, or most diplomatic, but everyone who really knew him loved him. Probably because they knew that he was what I call a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) kind of guy. Of whatever flaws Dad might have exhibited, pretense was not one of them. He was true to his word and he did what He felt was right regardless of the consequences.

Whatever happened to that kind of conviction? Where are those in the Body of Christ who will do what is right; what God desires of them no matter what it costs? Unfortunately, many believers have fallen prey to the false gospel of the ‘church of the status quo.’ We have so entrenched ourselves in our comfortable pews and mesmerized ourselves with creature comforts and entertainment that we have lost sight of the whole meaning and purpose of the word “church.”

I have been studying the origin of the church—the Body of Christ, to be more precise—in the New Testament, and it’s amazing to me (disturbing, actually) how little most contemporary entities that bear the name “church” resemble the church that Christ established here on earth. Read the following descriptions of the New Testament church.

42They joined with the other believers and devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, sharing in the Lord's Supper and in prayer. 43A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. 44And all the believers met together constantly and shared everything they had. 45They sold their possessions and shared the proceeds with those in need. 46They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord's Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity – 47all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their group those who were being saved. (Acts 2:42-47)

Initially, New Testament believers met at every opportunity, in homes, at the Temple, whenever and wherever they could for the primary purpose of worship, fellowship, sharing about what God was doing among them, and praying for each other’s needs. They were eager to get together with other believers and joyful when they were together. They shared not only meals together, but everything, including their material goods. No one in the New Testament church had unmet needs for long. The early believers took care of each other. They truly loved each other and they spent most of their time living out that love in practical ways.

God’s response to their heartfelt and joyous celebration of Him and His gift of salvation was that He added new believers to their flocks ‘each day.’ When was the last time you heard of a church that brought a new believer into their fellowship each day? Probably not since Jesus’ day! And why not? I contend that it is because we’ve stopped functioning like the Body of Christ. We have gotten so sidetracked by our efforts to be relevant and contemporary that we have neglected doing the things that actually work.

26…When you meet, one will sing, another will teach, another will tell some special revelation God has given, one will speak in an unknown language, while another will interpret what is said. But everything that is done must be useful to all and build them up in the Lord. 27No more than two or three should speak in an unknown language. They must speak one at a time, and someone must be ready to interpret what they are saying. 28But if no one is present who can interpret, they must be silent in your church meeting and speak in tongues to God privately. 29Let two or three prophesy, and let the others evaluate what is said. 30But if someone is prophesying and another person receives a revelation from the Lord, the one who is speaking must stop. 31In this way, all who prophesy will have a turn to speak, one after the other, so that everyone will learn and be encouraged. 32Remember that people who prophesy are in control of their spirit and can wait their turn. 33For God is not a God of disorder but of peace, as in all the other churches. (1 Corinthians 14:26-33)

What if your church did away with the weekly bulletin and in its place adopted the above as its order of service? I would be surprised if you did not immediately begin hearing directly from God. Unfortunately, there is no real opportunity in the format of ‘worship services’ in most churches today for God to speak to His people. Plenty of time for the pastor and often, other staff members to speak, but little, if any time for God.

Read carefully the passage below.

Preach the word of God. Be persistent, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching.(2 Timothy 4:2)

Understand, this admonition was not given to the pastor of a local church. It was given by Paul to Timothy, his spiritual disciple. Timothy represents every believer who is called to minister and serve in the Body of Christ today. According to Scripture, every believer is a priest who can boldly proclaim the Word of God. We ought to look for opportunities outside of our structured Sunday services to "preach, patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage" others.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful. (James 5:16)

Following James' admonition is another way to stop playing church and to be the church. Many churches are full of unrepentant sinners because they have ceased practicing James’ instruction to “confess our sins to one another and pray for each other.” We have given accountability a totally humanistic meaning and forsaken its true meaning. Biblical accountability is being open and honest before the Lord and before our brothers and sisters in Christ. It is trusting each other enough to share our struggles, knowing that we will be prayed for, encouraged, and supported as we turn them over to God. It does not mean subjecting ourselves to some self-appointed, holier-than-thou inquisitor to be chastised and condemned each time we slip up.

18…let the Holy Spirit fill and control you. 19Then you will sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, making music to the Lord in your hearts. (Ephesians 5:18b-19)

Imagine a group of believers filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit. It boggles the mind. Unfortunately, most believers in institutional churches are too busy planning and perpetuating programs to have time for the Spirit of God. I cannot speak for everyone, but I am dying to be free to “make music to the Lord in my heart.” And what unbelievably beautiful music that would be.

The church that Jesus established was not a building, not a program, or even a specific doctrine. The church is the collective fellowship of true, born-again believers (i.e., every Biblical Christian). We are the church. The church is who we are, not something we do or some place where we meet. Being the church today is following Paul’s advice to the Christians in Colosse.

Let the words of Christ, in all their richness, live in your hearts and make you wise. Use his words to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. (Colossians 3:16)

Hopefully, at least some of the activities that are mentioned in these verses still happen in the place you call ‘church,’ but sadly, too few of them do. Even sadder, many of them have all but disappeared in most traditional places of worship.

Understand that my bone of contention is not with established religion or traditional denominations, per se. What I quarrel with is how believers, especially those who identify with specific denominations, have allowed denominationalism, tradition, liturgy, and in some cases, pure heresy to replace the original doctrines of the church as established by Jesus, Himself.

I challenge all true followers of Christ to put aside tradition, preconceived notions, prejudices, dogma, and personal preferences in deference to the Spirit of the Living God and begin to pray for the Spirit to come and make His Presence known among us each time we gather together in His Name. When we truly experience His Presence, I believe that we will see people being drawn, convicted, forgiven, healed, filled, and empowered by the Spirit of God. And after all, is not this what the Church of God is supposed to experience?

How To Be More Like Jesus

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

It has been said that “imitation is the highest form of flattery.” If that’s true, and I believe that it is, then imitating Jesus Christ is the highest achievement of a Christian’s life. If, in this world, we are to be as Jesus is, then we must know Him completely so that we can emulate Him in everything that we do.

To understand Jesus better, we must first understand the three basic characteristics that defined His relationship to His Father. These characteristics are what I call CIA principles. (C=Committed, I=Identified, A=Available) CIA principles are the essential qualities that should be evident in the life of every true disciple of Christ. What follows is the introduction to an in-depth discipleship study that I have titled “Advanced CIA Training.”

First: Jesus was committed to His Father.

His whole purpose for existing was to “do the will of Him who sent me” (John 4:34 NASB).

Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus to eat. "No," he said, "I have food you don't know about." "Who brought it to him?" the disciples asked each other. Then Jesus explained: "My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work” (John 4:31-34 NLT).

To commit means to obligate or pledge oneself to a person or cause. Jesus was so committed to His Father that He literally was “nourished” by doing God’s will. He took seriously the fact that God is indeed our sole source of supply for every need, including the need for sustenance.

Second: Jesus identified with His Father.

“I and the Father are one” (John 10:30 NASB).

Jesus so completely identified with His Father that He never questioned His God-given power and authority. He knew that whatever God called Him to do, He also empowered and equipped Him to do.

“My sheep recognize my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them away from me, for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. So no one can take them from me. The Father and I are one" (John 10:27-30 NLT).

To identify with someone means to become the same as that person. Jesus identified with His Father by saying and doing only what God said and did.

“I don't speak on my own authority. The Father who sent me gave me his own instructions as to what I should say” (John 12:49 NLT).

Jesus replied, “I assure you, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does” (John 5:19 NLT).

We are called to be imitators of Christ by imitating those who are most Christ-like. The Apostle Paul said it most succinctly.

"Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ" (1 Corinthians 11:1 NASB).

Many entertainers have been known for doing impressions of famous people. They study an individual thoroughly, listening to him speak, watching him move, and copying his most well-known characteristics. We need to exercise the same effort in studying Christ. We need to know what He said, what He did, and even what He thought so that we can emulate Him perfectly.

Third: Jesus was available to His Father.

He didn’t seek to “do His own thing.”

“I am not trying to do what I want, but only what he who sent me wants.” (John 5:30b GNT)

Jesus was so totally available to His Father that God could count on Him to be ready and willing to do whatever He asked. Being available also entails being obedient, and Jesus was obedient even to the point that He was willing to die a horrible death on a cross.

“But I do nothing without consulting the Father. I judge as I am told. And my judgment is absolutely just, because it is according to the will of God who sent me; it is not merely my own.” (John 5:30 NLT)

To be available means to be "present and ready for immediate use." Jesus was always where God wanted Him to be, and He was available to God continually. If we are to be more like Jesus, we need to follow His example in the following three areas. We need to remain...

1. Committed to Him completely
2. Identified with Him entirely
3. Available to Him continually

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)