I SPEAK TRUTH: 7 Affirmations for Faith and Trust

Have you considered how knowing your spiritual identity aids you in your everyday routines?

Knowing WHOSE you are, transforms your beliefs about WHO you are. When your heart is aligned with the heart of God, the mantra of “I Speak Truth” falls into place effortlessly.

Knowing your spiritual identity equips you to:

1. Take your thoughts captive
2. Access greater peace
3. Grow your compassion for others

Sound easier said than done?  Some of the messages we hear from others, as well as those we tell ourselves, seem impossible to tune out. That RIGHT THERE is the beauty of affirming God’s truth in our lives.

Using affirmations of faith and trust means we aren’t fighting in vain to silence unwanted thoughts.  Instead, learning to take your thoughts captive replaces limiting beliefs with God’s truth, bringing your heart unyielding peace and ultimately changing the course of your life!

It is wild to think about how much power our words hold. When we use scripture as the foundation, our words are fortified and it is much more difficult for our shadow side to creep in with doubts of whether we’ll ever measure up to the affirmations we’re speaking.

 

Why Do We Lie to Ourselves?

Before we look to affirm ourselves in God’s truth, it will serve us well to take a look at why we lie to ourselves in the form of perpetuating limiting beliefs in the first place.

Psychology Today lists several reasons why we lie to ourselves, but most have to do with deceiving ourselves with what we want to hear. In other words, we sugarcoat the truth in an effort to improve upon reality.

This is done when we attribute a positive milestone in our lives solely to our own skills rather than sharing credit with external sources when applicable. We may also “cherry-pick” data to support what we want to be true. And sometimes we lie to ourselves because it supports something we desperately want or need to be true.

Unfortunately, many people view the practice of positive daily affirmations as one more way we lie to ourselves!

Without understanding how our thoughts impact our mind, body, and spirit, affirmations can seem hokey, unfounded and a rather big waste of time with the only purpose being to continue sugarcoating reality.

 

Self-Handicapping

Another common reason we tell ourselves lies and cling to limiting beliefs is a form of self-protection called  “Self-Handicapping” or “Armoring”. This is the self-sabotage our primal mind creates in an effort to protect our survival. It may look like refusing to try lest we fail. Shrinking back out of fear that if we are our bright shiny selves, we’ll chase others away. Biting our tongue even when something desperately needs to be said because we fear our emotions. It is important to release these limiting thoughts by thanking them for protecting us in the past and acknowledging that we no longer need this form of protection. If we hang on to this old armor that no longer serves us, we get stuck in crippling thought cycles and behavioral responses.

How To Renew Your Mind

But how do we go about renewing the mind? Sometimes it is hard to see just what thoughts are true and which are false. Hopefully, you’re on the edge of your seat calling out, “But Jesus!” in response to this, because our God doesn’t lay out a list of rules and wish us luck. Our God progressively restores us to righteousness, renewing, and transforming us from the inside out.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.       ~Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)

Slicing away at the body and piercing the soul can be looked at in two ways. First, that it is a condemning sword, ridding the soul of anything that doesn’t make the cut. Or secondly, and more in line with the character of the God of Love, that this slicing pertains to the chains of our humanity. That falsehoods and limits are cut away so that God’s truth and life-giving spirit is what remains.

In surrender to God, we find the freedom to renew our minds.

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” ~Romans 12:2 (NIV)

Using “I speak truth” and other affirmations of faith and trust, allows you to break old chains, drop armor and walk in freedom. Refuse to let your fear and doubt hold more weight than the word of God.

 

Guided Christian Meditation

There will always be things you must take responsibility for and work on. Even so, take time each day to pause and change your perspective. Even if it is only momentarily, move your eyes off yourself and onto the limitless ability of The One who created you and is working all things for good for those who believe (see Romans 8:28).

This Guided Christian Meditation YouTube video will support you in this intention to release limiting beliefs and speak God’s truth over your life.

How To Take Every Thought Captive

Your thoughts hold immense power. Why else would we be told to take thoughts captive and make them obedient to Christ? When you use God’s Word as the foundation for your affirmations, you can confidently say, “I speak truth!”.

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV)

Adopting a mantra of “I Speak Truth” and using God’s own words to fight back against lies equips you to live out this verse becoming a witness of God’s love and the resulting holistic transformation!

When faced with a stubborn problem or sin you’ve struggled with for what feels like forever, you have choices. You can believe you’re powerless and decide it’s pointless to attempt lasting change. This lie may bind you so tightly that you forget to seek The One who knew you before you were born.

Or you can be honest in prayer, ask for forgiveness and aid, trusting that what God says about you is more important than any other message, opinion, or memory that shaped your thought patterns.

“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 (NIV)

“I am sure that God who began the good work in you will keep on working in you until the day Jesus Christ comes again.” Philippians 1:6 (NIV)

“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” Romans 8:37 (NIV)

 

How Do Affirmations Work?

As a reminder, affirmations are declarations of support or encouragement.  When repeated as daily reminders, our words become powerful catalysts that change our outlook and level of success in specific areas of life.  Speaking positively over our lives helps us challenge deep-held beliefs and combat long-standing feelings of guilt, low self-worth, and fear. Trusting in God to complete the good work started in you puts an end to limiting thoughts!

 

I Am Truthful Because…

Whoever of you loves life
    and desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil
    and your lips from telling lies.
Turn from evil and do good;
    seek peace and pursue it.

~Psalm 34:12-14 (NIV)

Today’s verses from Psalm 34 were recently shared with me by my very wise sister-in-love, Kacy.  Applying this verse to what we tell ourselves had never clicked with me. Just profound wisdom to apply this guidance not only to what we speak to others but also what we speak to ourselves. You can soak up more of her beautiful insight at Redeemed Ruth.

 

Affirmations of Faith and Trust

Here are 7 powerful daily affirmations of faith and trust inspired by Psalm 34:12-14.

I love life.

I desire to see good things happen.

I trust in the work God is doing in my life.

I only speak truth to myself.

My heart only listens to the truth.  I turn my back on lies.

I chase after peace and abandon my false thoughts.

I live in peace with myself so I may live in peace with others. (from Romans 12:18)

God lays it out so simply!  All we need to do is gather up the truth and soak it in.

 

Take Your Thoughts Captive

If you’re serious about taking your thoughts captive, check out these 3 Questions to Inspire Your Powerful Daily Affirmations. You’ll see how powerful daily affirmations do more than momentarily hype you up. The 3 questions guide you through writing your own powerful daily affirmations with a step-by-step process for determining what you really need to hear.

There’s also a free printable for walking you through the questions. Learning how to take every thought captive can take some time. Changing our mindset is no quick matter, but our God is faithful to begin the good work that’s been started in you! This free printable guide gives you a place to record your answers, develop your powerful daily affirmations, and find scriptures that support you in the process.

 

 

 

 

All my best to you as you take your thoughts captive and renew your mind!