Biblical affirmations are a great way to secure God’s word in your heart and to remind yourself of who God says you are. You are loved. You are strong. And God has great plans for your life.
Daily Biblical affirmations can help to strengthen your faith, build self-confidence, and turn negative thoughts into positive thoughts. There are plenty of truths in Scripture that we can turn into positive affirmations, including the promises of God, many psalms, and “I am” affirmations about our identity in Christ.
Here is a collection of 52 Biblical affirmations to decree over your life.
Are Affirmations Biblical?
Some positive affirmations – specifically those that focus on how great we are (all on our own) and worldly aspirations like wealth and fame – are not Biblical. However, there are plenty of Biblical affirmations that can reinforce God’s truth in our lives.
Positive affirmations rooted in Scripture can help us to hide God’s word in our hearts and to remind us of who God says that we are.
Philippians 4:8 (NASV) says, “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
Romans 12:2 says, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
Scripture tells us that we are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, and we are to think about those things that are true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, commendable, and worthy of praise.
This is what Christian affirmations can help us to do.
What is a Christian Affirmation?
Positive affirmations are positive phrases that you can say out loud or in your head. You can also write them down and keep them somewhere visible. As you repeat these affirmations day in and day out, they become the narrative that is in your head.
Christian affirmations are truths rooted in Scripture. They are also positive phrases that tell you something about yourself, about God, or about the world.
Christian affirmations can help you to be confident in knowing your identity in Christ and who God says you are. They can help to strengthen your faith. And they can protect you against lies that the world may want you to believe.
Benefits of Positive Affirmations
Practicing daily positive affirmations can help you to replace negative thoughts with positive ones. Christian affirmations can also help you to be more confident in your faith, more confident in yourself, and more confident that God will come through for you no matter what.
Positive affirmations can help to:
- Reduce negative thinking.
- Increase happiness.
- Put small things in perspective.
- Improve physical health.
- Boost self-confidence.
- Strengthen your faith.
- Reduce worries and combat anxiety
- Remind yourself of who God says you are.
- Secure God’s promises in your heart.
Positive affirmation works because our brains are “plastic”, meaning that they can be changed. When you think something over and over again, or you do something regularly, that creates a pathway in your brain that is fairly stable. That means that fear, self-doubt, and negativity can create negative pathways in our brains, making negativity our default outlook. When we change our thinking, however, we can actually change our brains. Repeating daily positive affirmations can change those negative pathways in your brain into positive pathways, exchanging negative thoughts for positive ones.
Christian affirmations specifically can also help to secure God’s truth in your heart. Christian affirmations are reminders that God is always with us, that he has good plans for us, that we are strong, loved, etc. The more you repeat these phrases, the more they will become your default mindset. In times of stress, you will have God’s Word and his promises to hang onto.
Also be sure to check out 48 Bible Affirmations for Kids if you want to remind your children of who God says they are.
52 Affirmations in the Bible
There are plenty of truths in the Bible that we can turn into positive Christian affirmations. Here is a collection of 52 positive affirmation rooted in Scripture, with the Bible verses that support them.
God is always with me.
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. – Isaiah 41:10
God has great plans for my life.
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11
God will supply all my needs.
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:19
I will not be moved.
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which not be moved, but abides forever. – Psalm 125:1
My sorrows will be turned into joy.
Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. – John 16:20
God makes me strong.
In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul. – Psalm 138:3
God rescues me from trouble.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me; You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand will save me. – Psalm 138:7
God heals my wounds.
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. – Psalm 147:3
I have all that I need.
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. – Psalm 23:1
God guides me.
For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end. – Psalm 48:14
I find rest in God.
There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. – Hebrews 4:9
My soul finds joy in God.
And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; it shall rejoice in His salvation. – Psalm 35:9
God has given me this day and I will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. – Psalm 118:24
“I Am” Affirmations from the Bible
There are plenty of “I am” affirmations from the Bible that you can decree over your life. Each of these positive affirmations are taken from Scripture and say something true about your identity in Christ. You can use these statements to affirm who God says you are.
I am royalty/I am holy.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. – 1 Peter 2:9
I am a new creation.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! – 2 Corinthians 5:17
I am strong.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. – Ephesians 6:10-11
I can do hard things.
I can do all this through Christ who gives me strength. – Philippians 4:13
I am strong and courageous.
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. – Joshua 1:19
I am a child of God.
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. – John 1:12
I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. – Psalm 139:14
I am intelligent.
Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning. – Proverbs 9:9
I am made in the image of God.
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. – Genesis 1:27
I am justified by faith.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. – Romans 5:1
I am loved.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. – John 3:16
I am chosen.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. – John 15:16
I am fully accepted by God.
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. – Romans 15:7
I am a part of God’s family.
He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will. – Ephesians 1:5
I am saved.
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. – Romans 10:9-10
I am secure.
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. – John 10:28-29
I am safe.
As for me, I call to God, and the Lord saves me. – Psalm 55:16
I am victorious.
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. – 1 Corinthians 15:57
I am free.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. – John 8:36
I am heard by God.
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. – Psalm 116:1-2
I am seen.
She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” – Genesis 16:13
I am brave.
The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? – Psalm 27:1
I am blessed.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. – Psalm 84:4
I am precious to God.
Since you are precious in My sight, you have been honored, And I have loved you. – Isaiah 43:4
I am redeemed.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. – Galatians 3:13
I am valuable.
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? – Matthew 6:26
I am a conqueror.
In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. – Romans 8:37
I am persistent.
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. – Galatians 6:9
I am resilient.
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. – 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
I am God’s masterpiece.
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. – Ephesians 2:10
Biblical Affirmations for Women
There are some pieces of Scripture in Proverbs 31 that make especially good Biblical affirmations for women.
I am worth more than diamonds.
A good woman is hard to find and worth far more than diamonds. – Proverbs 31:10
I am fearless.
She laughs without fear of the future. – Proverbs 31:25
I am clothed with strength and dignity.
She is clothed with strength and dignity. – Proverbs 31:25
I am full of wisdom.
She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. – Proverbs 31:26
Biblical Affirmations for Anxiety
Some Biblical affirmations are good especially for combatting anxiety. These Christian affirmations will help to remind you that God is in control and that you can do this.
I will fear no evil.
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. – Psalm 23:4
God is my helper.
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. – Psalm 121:2
I can give my worries to God.
Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God. – Philippians 4:6
I am enough.
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. – 2 Corinthians 3:5
God goes before me in whatever this day holds.
Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you. – Deuteronomy 31:8
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