In his July 20, 2020 podcast, my favorite podcaster Joshua Sheats played his personal affirmation in response to a listener question. I’ve never been an affirmation guy, but Joshua’s affirmation struck me so much I took the time to transcribe all 604 words of it myself:
“I am a child of the King. I live each and every day in the will of God. I listen for the voice of the Holy Spirit in every moment of every day. And I am sensitive to His leading in all things. I pray without ceasing, asking God to give me the wisdom, discernment, and strength that I need in every moment. I can do all things through Christ, who give me strength.
I claim the following attributes because I have the mind of Christ, the power of the in dwelling Holy Spirit. And I am a Son of the most high God, maker of heaven and earth. Although I am weak in some of these qualities, I am specifically commanded to let the weak say that I am strong. Thus, I am strong. By God’s grace, I am strong. Through Christ, who gives me strength, I am strong. By claiming and developing these Biblical qualities, I will become the person God created me to be. I will glorify God in all things in all things, and my life will benefit mankind. I am honest, intelligent, organized, responsible, committed, and teachable person who is sober, loyal, and who clearly understands that, regardless of who signs my paycheck, I am self-employed. I am an optimistic, punctual, enthusiastic, goal-setting, smart-working self-starter who is a disciplined, focused, dependable, persistent positive thinker. I have tremendous self-control, and I am an energetic and diligent team player. I am a hard-worker who appreciates the opportunity that my business and the free enterprise system offer me. I am thrifty with all of my resources, and I apply common sense to my daily tasks. I take honest pride in my competence, appearance, and manners. I am motivated to be and do my best so that my healthy self-image will remain on solid ground.
These are the qualities which enable me to manage myself and give me the stable character that I need to succeed in all things to which I put my hand. I am a compassionate, respectful, encourager of others who is a considerate, generous, gentle, patient, caring, sensitive, personable, attentive, and fun-loving person. I am supportive of others in their needs and goals. I am a giving person, quick to forgive all people for all things. Clean, kind, unselfish, affectionate, loving, family oriented-human being, and I am a sincere, open-minded listener and good finder. I am trustworthy.
These are the qualities which enable me to build good relationship with my associates, neighbors, spouse, and family. I am a man of integrity with the faith and wisdom to know what I should and the courage and conviction to follow through. I have the vision to manage myself and to lead others. I am authoritative, confident, and humbly grateful to the opportunity life offers me. I am fair, flexible, resourceful, creative, knowledgeable, decisive, and an extra-miler with the servant’s attitude who communicates well with others. I am a consistent pragmatic teacher with character, and I have a finely-tuned sense of humor. I am an honorable man. And I balance my personal, family, and business life. I have a passion for being, doing, and learning more today, so I can be, do, and have more tomorrow.
These are the qualities of the winner I was born to be, and today I will develop these qualities to achieve my worth objectives. Today is a brand new day, and it’s mine to use in a marvelously productive way. Thanks you Lord for allowing me to be awake and alive today. May I know your strength, power, and wisdom in every moment of this day.”
Note: Here’s a link to the show. Joshua was a bit nervous to share this, so I’ll take this down if he were to ever stumble across this and not want it quoted here.
