I recently had a mentee who wanted me to affirm her coping skills. They were all a frenzy of fleshly declarations. I told her about quoting Scripture as a faith affirmation. Her answer was, “I’m not able to just think about Scriptures.”

Scripture is our powerful weapon. 2 Corinthians 10:4. 2 Peter 1:4 says, “By which have been given to us exceeding great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature…” When we affirm the promises that God has given us through His word, He hears faith coming from our hearts.

Speaking His promises will anchor our mind, will, and emotions. Quoting Scripture is how Jesus defeated the devil’s suggestive temptations. Luke 4:4-12. 

Hebrews 11:1 says, ‘Now faith…” Faith is present tense. We do not live by our faith from past trials. We need fresh, vital, now faith in this trial. What tries and purifies our faith? Our trials.

Hebrews 12:11 has a qualifier. Our trials produce the fruit of righteousness, “…to those who have been trained by it.” Embracing our trials takes NOW faith.