This is a list of promise verses I almost daily ram through my skull so my mind stays on faith and not sight. The gospel is God’s love and provision for me. I do not give to God. God gives to me. I keep blowing up choke points and faith-limiters in my thinking. I want vision fat enough to see every good thing already on the table in this life, not parked in the afterlife like a rain check. I usually run these through text-to-audio and listen.
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:2). Put on the new man, who is renewed in the knowledge of Jesus who created you (Colossians 3:10). Happy is the man who thinks upon God’s Word day and night (Psalm 1:2). Think about Christ, where He is at God’s right hand, because God has already declared you a son and an heir; and Yahweh, with unstoppable power, has already caused your life to be hidden there with Christ (Colossians 3:2-3; Romans 8:17).
Psalm 103. Bless Yahweh, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless Yahweh, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
James chapter 5. The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
Romans 10:6–8. But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down), or “Who will descend into the abyss?” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? “The word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim).
Romans 6:14. Sin has no power over you, because you are not under the law; rather, you are now under God’s unmerited favor and limitless love.
2 Corinthians 9:8. And God is able to make all grace—every favor and earthly blessing—come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient, possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation. AMP
For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ—His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing—in that though He was so very rich, yet for your sakes He became so very poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched, abundantly supplied. 2 Corinthians 8:9
Jesus tells us there will be trouble, but to cheer up, because He has defeated the world for you (John 16:33). He tells us that if we ask anything in His name He will do it so that the Father will be glorified. Jesus also tells us it is the Father’s will that we bear much fruit, and in context this includes asking and obtaining what we ask for—it is a command (John 14:13-14; John 15:7-8). Jesus says He has left us His peace (John 14:27).
The Bible says God is for us, and no one can be against us (Romans 8:31). We are told that Jesus—the author of our faith—is sanctifying us whom He has already perfected, once and for all (Hebrews 10:14). That, on account of the blood of Jesus, the Father has declared us righteous in His sight (Romans 5:1, 9). That where there is forgiveness of sin, there is no more sacrifice for sin (Hebrews 10:18). That because we have been adopted and are sons of God, the Holy Spirit has been sent into our souls and makes us cry out, “Dear Father” (Galatians 4:6). There is no fear in God’s perfect love for us through Christ, which gives us bold confidence in God’s throne room in the day of judgment (1 John 4:17-18). That God, who is the only Judge and Lawgiver, is the one who already declared us righteous and declared beloved; and Jesus is right now at God’s right hand interceding for us (Romans 8:33-34).
That because we are already sons, we are thus already heirs of God through Jesus (Galatians 4:5-7). That we have been seated in the heavenly places, at the right hand of God with Christ (Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 3:1). That we are coheirs with Jesus Christ (Romans 8:17). That we are a new creation, and that all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). That we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21). That by the one man, Jesus Christ, God has recreated us in new realities and ontologies, so that, by the free gift of righteousness and the gift of abundant grace, we have justification of life, we have victorious life and eternal life by the power of the Spirit (Romans 5:15-21).
God promises us to always provide a way of escape from every temptation (1 Corinthians 10:13). That Jesus has destroyed the works of Satan, demolished the power of death, and smashed the power of fear, by becoming a human atonement in our place before the Father (1 John 3:8; Hebrews 2:14-15). That Jesus, the author of our faith, is able to heal broken limbs and rewrite besetting sins into stories of victory (Hebrews 12:1-2). That in the face of fighting sin, Jesus commands us not to let our hearts be troubled, but rather to believe in Him and the Father, and to remember that He is preparing a room for us in Yahweh’s house (John 14:1-3). That the law of the Spirit of life has freed me from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2). That the Father has delivered us from the power of darkness, and He has conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love (Colossians 1:13). That greater is Jesus who is in you than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4). That all those fathered by God are kept by Him, and the evil one does not touch them (1 John 5:18).
The Bible says that you have the power to renew your mind in the knowledge of Christ (Ephesians 4:23-24). That you have the power to make the devil flee from you (James 4:7). That your mind and life get stronger as you trust more and more in God’s policy of thought and action of favor toward you (Ephesians 3:16-19).
That when Satan says, “Did God really say,” from any foreign epistemology, with a single shield of faith we are able to stop every arrow of temptation and every deception from Satan (Ephesians 6:16). The whole armor of God is already ours. We are already wearing it. That we are able to destroy every thought and every argument raised against the knowledge of God (2 Corinthians 10:5). That to think any ethic or ought, and to use any logic or intelligence, we must presuppose God’s written law on our hearts and His revelation; however, we cannot do this without dealing with the whole Scripture that says only it is true and all others are false (Romans 2:15; Romans 1:18, 20). This Scripture we are already presupposing tells me I am already the righteousness of God, already declared to be God’s son and beloved by Him for victory.
When the fire has burnt away the works of straw, then whatever silver, gold, and precious stones remain will endure with you for eternity (1 Corinthians 3:12-13). God is your Helper, so be courageous and never be afraid (Psalm 118:6; Hebrews 13:6). That God will not forsake you; He will be with you for victory, whether it is spiritual, mental, demonic, or physical trouble (Deuteronomy 31:6; Hebrews 13:5). That whoever is born again by God’s Spirit, so that they have faith, are those who overcome all things; indeed, they are victorious over the world, with all its troubles (1 John 5:4-5).
That we receive the Holy Spirit, miracles, and the endless fountain of blessings from Abraham by faith in Jesus (Galatians 3:2, 5; 4:29). That if you abide in Him, and if His word abides in you, you will ask what you want, and whatever you ask will be done for you (John 15:7). That if you have faith, you can command a mountain to throw itself into the sea, and it will obey you (Matthew 21:21). That if you ask for anything in prayer, if you believe that you receive it, you will get it (Mark 11:24). That we are commanded to pray and never give up, because we will have what we ask for (Luke 18:1-8). That it is the Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom (Luke 12:32). That if you ask, you will receive, and if you seek, you will find (Matthew 7:7). That God is the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6). That all things are yours through Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 3:21-23). That we can approach the throne of grace for help in time of need, before our High Priest and our Father (Hebrews 4:16). That Jesus is our Priest who already bore our stripes for our healing, and He has already borne our sickness and pain on the cross, so that the healing is already ours (Matthew 8:17).
That the Father has qualified us to be partakers of the rich inheritance of the saints (Colossians 1:12). That when we ask for a fish we receive a fish, and not something else, because God is our good Father; and when we ask for a son, we get a son; and when we ask for healing, we get healing; and when we ask for an enlarged tent, we get an enlarged tent; and when we ask for the powers of God’s Spirit we receive God’s power and not something else, because God is our good Father (Luke 11:11-13). That because God did not spare His Son in order to save us, the Father will much more freely give us all things through His Son (Romans 8:32)—and on and on and on. Look at all those extra baskets left over.
Therefore, maturity is not you giving to God, but rather, as sons, receiving from God all His endless, awesome blessings (1 Corinthians 2:6-12). Maturity is having the strength of soul not merely to leave the pig pen and go ask for forgiveness, but rather, by God’s Spirit, to have the power of mind to receive the signet ring, receive the best robe, receive the sandals from the Father, and then march into the house with joy, head held high, because you belong there like a son, like a prince (Luke 15:22-23).
That we are commanded to cast all our cares upon our Father in heaven, because He cares for us so much (1 Peter 5:7). Because our life is already hidden with Jesus Christ, who sits in God’s presence at His right hand, therefore our thoughts are to be constantly there, with Yahweh and our beloved Lord (Colossians 3:1-3). That just as Jesus is at God’s mighty right hand, so are we now hidden and seated with Him there, even while we are in this world (1 John 4:17). That we are commanded to use our reconciliation and our bold access to Yahweh’s throne room by constantly opening the doors to our Father’s throne room and seeking His face for all the things and help we need, and by this we fulfill the command to love God with all our souls (Hebrews 10:19-22).
It is both a direct promise of God and a revealing of His divine immutable nature that He forgives all our sins, He heals all your diseases, He delivers you, and He crowns you with kindness and goodness (Psalm 103; James 5). Therefore, as many as are the promises of God, in Jesus they are “Yes”; therefore also through Him is the “Amen,” to the glory of God through us (2 Corinthians 1:20).
God is the source of all knowledge. God controls all metaphysics and ontology. God is the only Lawgiver. God is the only one who gives definitions to His own creation. The Logos continues to uphold His creation faithfully in His definitions of it. Thus, why is it a correct definition that all people born after Adam were created with a sinful nature and death, when they did not do the sin themselves? Because God thinks so. Why is it a correct definition that sinful people are credited with Christ’s righteousness, life, health, wealth, and inheritance, when they did not do it themselves? Because God thinks so. Why is it correct for God’s adopted children to have the privilege to ask for anything and then get this anything they desire from Almighty God, from the LORD of Angel Armies? Because God thinks so. Why is it a correct definition that adopted children have bold access to the very throne room of heaven, to the only Immortal, Invisible King of Ages, to ask for help and ask for blessings? Because this Eternal Lord of Ages thinks so. Why is mercy defined as both a spiritual help and a natural help of “double health and wealth”? Because God thinks so. Why is it correct that God’s children have all their sicknesses and diseases taken away? Because God thinks so, and He has written this definition in stripes upon the back of His only Son.
Think about it. Why does a tree today still ontologically behave in the category of a tree? Because God thinks so. God is faithful with His revealed definitions about His creation. God has defined us in the category of co-heirs with Christ, as part of Christ’s body. This has irrevocable metaphysical properties. Set your mind on how God defines the world. Think how God defines you in Christ. This is the essence of faith. It is the essence of maturity and of a renewed mind. It is the essence of spiritual warfare. It is not about how you think or feel about such things. You simply agree with how God defines you and all things. Think about this point of view day and night. See the world from the top of Mount Zion with your Father. From up here above the clouds, it is total victory and triumph over the world. The Father has given you the world and all things in Christ.