Affirmation

For many of us, Affirmation is very important.  It's like water to a thirsty mouth, food to a hungry stomach, and sugar to a lethargic body. Affirmation can generally be defined as encouragement, declaration of something true, positive assertion and confirmation. I contend that ALL of us as human beings need some form of affirmation in our lives to keep us going in a good and healthy direction.

God is all about Affirmation.  In both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, God addresses His covenant people (Jews and Christians) with a variety of affirming statements.

Consider some of the Old Testament Affirmation passages that God speaks concerning the Jews:

"For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession." - Deuteronomy 7:6

"See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me." - Isaiah 49:16

Now Considers some of the New Testament Affirmation passages that God speaks concerning Christians:

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." 
- Romans 8:37-39

"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.  Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy." - 1 Peter 2:9-10

REMEMBER .... GOD WANTS YOU!!!!!!!