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Inspired By Faith 52 AFFIRMING MOMENTS OF GOD S PROMISES
Kirbi Smith is an award winning entrepreneur and executive with a passion for fitness business and most importantly her faith A former track star and athlete Kirbi has transferred her competitive drive and spirit to help her excel in her professional endeavors She began her career as a teacher winning multiple Teacher of the Year awards Kirbi is proud of her impact on the lives of underserved youth in the inner cities of Houston and Atlanta Kirbi is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Active Faith Sports a Christian sports apparel brand In this role she has been an integral part of the company s growth from infancy to becoming a global brand with sales in 92 countries Her leadership has been pivotal in the brand being named by Inc Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing private companies in America The brand has been seen or featured in Sports Illustrated Time Magazine The Wall Street Journal ESPN and more As a woman in leadership she has provided inspiration for other women and especially women of color Kirbi received her BA in English at Spelman College and earned her MBA from the Jesse H Jones School of Business Kirbi loves giving back to her community she has spent time as a volunteer coaching her former summer track team Track Houston Her team has won numerous national championships at the Junior Olympics She was a former team lead for the Courtesy Corps at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church and a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
God s Weekly Promise 52 AFFIRMING MOMENTS OF GOD S PROMISES
God s Word You intended to harm me but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done the saving of many lives Genesis 50 20 NIV God s Promise I can use evil things that happen to you to accomplish good things Affirmation God is using the evil things that happened to me to bless and help someone else WEEK 1
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God s Word The Lord will fight for you you need only to be still Exodus 14 14 NIV God s Promise You can put your trust in me I am working it out for you Affirmation I have peace knowing that the Lord is fighting for me
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God s Word Have I not commanded you Be strong and of good courage do not be afraid nor be dismayed for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go Joshua 1 9 NKJV God s Promise You have no reason to fear because I am with you always Affirmation I am strong and courageous because God is with me everywhere I go
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God s Word The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit The righteous person may have troubles but the Lord delivers him from them all Psalms 34 18 19 NIV God s Promise No matter how broken hurt or discouraged you are I will deliver you from them all Affirmation God is delivering me from all of the hurt and brokenness I feel
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God s Word There is no other god like you O Lord you forgive the sins of your people who have survived You do not stay angry forever but you take pleasure in showing us your constant love Micah 7 18 GNT God s Promise I will always forgive you when you sin I will not stay upset because I love loving you Affirmation God loves me despite my sins There is nothing I can do to stop him from loving me
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God s Word He is the one all the prophets testified about saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name Acts 10 43 NLT God s Promise If you believe in me I will forgive you of all your sins Affirmation I believe in Jesus therefore my sins are forgiven
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God s Word Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have because God has said Never will I leave you never will I forsake you So we say with confidence The Lord is my helper I will not be afraid What can mere mortals do to me Hebrews 13 5 6 NIV God s Promise Keep your faith and love nothing more than me I am here to help you always I will never leave you there is nothing to fear Affirmation I have nothing to fear because the Lord is with me He will never leave me
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God s Word Give all your worries and cares to God for he cares about you 1 Peter 5 7 NLT God s Promise You can give me everything that is causing you concern because I care for you Affirmation God cares for me so I can go to Him about any of my concerns
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God s Word This is the confidence we have in approaching God that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us And if we know that he hears us whatever we ask we know that we have what we asked of him 1 John 5 14 15 NIV God s Promise When you ask for anything according to my will you will receive it Affirmation Through faith I can ask God for anything according to His will and it will be given to me
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God s Word For every child of God defeats this evil world and we achieve this victory through our faith 1 John 5 4 NLT God s Promise Through me believers have victory to overcome anything in this world Affirmation I am a child of God so therefore I have the victory over anything I face
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God s Word So he said to me This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit says the Lord Almighty Zechariah 4 6 NIV God s Promise When you trust in the power of my spirit and not your own strength and abilities you will accomplish much Affirmation I don t have to rely on my own strength or abilities because God is with me the power of His spirit is working for me
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God s Word Therefore submit to God Resist the devil and he will flee from you James 4 7 NKJV God s Promise I have already defeated the Devil for you If you submit to me he will flee from you Affirmation The Devil has no power over me when I am submitting to God
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God s Word And so he is able now and always to save those who come to God through him because he lives forever to plead with God for them Hebrews 7 25 GNT God s Promise If you come through me Jesus Christ to reach my Father you will be saved Affirmation Jesus is always working and speaking on my behalf to God
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God s Word For God is not unjust He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers as you still do Hebrews 6 10 NLT God s Promise I will not forget the love you have shown in my name you will be rewarded Affirmation I will be rewarded for the love I have shown to others in Christ s name
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God s Word And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart Jeremiah 29 13 NKJV God s Promise When you seek me through prayer and my word you will find me Affirmation When I search for God with all my heart I find him
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God s Word You parents if your children ask for a loaf of bread do you give them a stone instead Or if they ask for a fish do you give them a snake Of course not So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him Matthew 7 9 11 NLT God s Promise I will give you good things just ask Me Affirmation As a child of God He wants to give me good things
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God s Word I am leaving you with a gift peace of mind and heart And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give So don t be troubled or afraid John 14 27 NLT God s Promise Through the Holy Spirit I have given you My peace It is yours to keep Affirmation God has given me His peace
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God s Word Yes I am the vine you are the branches Those who remain in me and I in them will produce much fruit For apart from me you can do nothing John 15 5 NLT God s Promise If you stay connected to me your life will be fruitful Affirmation I stay connected to God so my life bears much fruit love joy peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness and self control
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God s Word The Lord is my light and my salvation Whom shall I fear The Lord is the strength of my life Of whom shall I be afraid Psalms 27 1 NKJV God s Promise There is no reason for you to be afraid I will guide save and protect you Affirmation I am not afraid because I am protected by God He saves and guides me In all situations
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God s Word Jesus called out to them Come follow me and I will show you how to fish for people Matthew 4 19 NLT God s Promise I will use your life to bring others to Christ Affirmation The way I live my life has the power to bring people closer to Christ
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God s Word God is not a man so he does not lie He is not human so he does not change his mind Has he ever spoken and failed to act Has he ever promised and not carried it through Numbers 23 19 NLT God s Promise My word is unfailing and I will never lie to you What I say I will do I will do Affirmation I have a God that will never lie to me What He says He does
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God s Word God blesses those who are merciful for they will be shown mercy Matthew 5 7 NLT God s Promise I will give you mercy when you show mercy to others Affirmation I will receive mercy because I show mercy to others
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God s Word Understand therefore that the Lord your God is indeed God He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands Deuteronomy 7 9 NLT God s Promise I will keep my word and show my love to you forever Affirmation I will obey Gods commands therefore He keeps His word to me
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God s Word God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers Be happy about it Be very glad For a great reward awaits you in heaven And remember the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way Matthew 5 11 12 NLT God s Promise There is a reward in Heaven waiting on you because of what you endured in my name Affirmation My reward awaits me in Heaven for the things I endured as a follower of Christ
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God s Word Study this Book of Instruction continually Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do Joshua 1 8 NLT God s Promise If you know and follow My word you will be prosperous and successful Affirmation I am successful and prosperous because I know the word
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God s Word Not a single one of all the good promises the Lord had given to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled everything he had spoken came true Joshua 21 45 NLT God s Promise There isn t a promise I make to you that I won t keep Affirmation Every promise God makes to me He keeps
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God s Word If you abide in Me and My words abide in you you will ask what you desire and it shall be done for you John 15 7 NKJV God s Promise If you keep my word in you you can ask me for what you want and I will give it to you Affirmation God gives me my desires when I keep His word
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God s Word You haven t done this before Ask using my name and you will receive and you will have abundant joy John 16 24 NLT God s Promise Why haven t you asked me I will give you what you ask and you will be filled with joy Affirmation I can ask for anything in Jesus name He will give it to me and I will be filled with joy
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God s Word The Lord is my strength and my shield My heart trusted in Him and I am helped Therefore my heart greatly rejoices And with my song I will praise Him Psalms 28 7 NKJV God s Promise You will be filled with praises at the way I protect help and defend you Affirmation I sing praises to the Lord because he protects and defends me I fully trust in Him
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God s Word But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you And you will be my witnesses telling people about me everywhere in Jerusalem throughout Judea in Samaria and to the ends of the earth Acts 1 8 NLT God s Promise I have given you the power to share my message Affirmation I can be confident when I speak about Jesus because His Holy Spirit is in me
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God s Word The Lord says I will guide you along the best pathway for your life I will advise you and watch over you Psalms 32 8 NLT God s Promise I am your guide I will direct you and teach you every step of the way Affirmation I am never alone God is always there teaching and guiding me
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God s Word Repent then and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out that times of refreshing may come from the Lord Acts 3 19 NIV God s Promise When you confess and leave your sin behind turn to me and I will erase it from my memory Affirmation I repent so my sins can be forgiven
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God s Word The faithful love of the Lord never ends His mercies never cease Great is his faithfulness his mercies begin afresh each morning Lamentations 3 22 23 NLT God s Promise My love and mercy towards you will never end They are new every morning Affirmation I am not consumed with my troubles because God s love for me gives me new mercy every morning
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God s Word Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever Hebrews 13 8 NKJV God s Promise I will never change Affirmation I trust and depend on God because I know who He is I know His character He will always be who He is He will not change
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God s Word Likewise you younger people submit yourselves to your elders Yes all of you be submissive to one another and be clothed with humility for God resists the proud But gives grace to the humble 1 Peter 5 5 NKJV God s Promise As long as you remain humble I will give you favor Affirmation I am humble so God shows me favor
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God s Word Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time 1 Peter 5 6 NKJV God s Promise Stay humble and I will promote you at just the right time Affirmation God will exalt me in His perfect time when I humble myself and follow Him
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God s Word But if we confess our sins to God he will keep his promise and do what is right he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing 1 John 1 9 GNT God s Promise When you admit your sins to me I will forgive and purify you Affirmation I am forgiven of all I ve done wrong because I have confessed them to God
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God s Word Come close to God and God will come close to you James 4 8 NLT God s Promise There s nothing I desire more than to have a relationship with you Come to me Affirmation My relationship with God is all on me If I want Him I can have Him He s right here waiting for me
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God s Word Seek your happiness in the Lord and he will give you your heart s desire Give yourself to the Lord trust in him and he will help you Psalms 37 4 5 GNT God s Promise If you focus on your happiness coming from me I will give you your heart s desires Affirmation I am seeking and trusting God to give me my heart s desires
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God s Word I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know you have eternal life 1 John 5 13 NLT God s Promise If you believe in the name of the Son Jesus Christ you will have eternal life Affirmation I have eternal life because I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God
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God s Word But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord whose confidence is in him They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream It does not fear when heat comes its leaves are always green It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit Jeremiah 17 7 8 NIV God s Promise If you are rooted in me depending and trusting in me you will be blessed Affirmation I trust God and can be content no matter what is going on around me I know I am blessed and have confidence in God s word
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God s Word For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord plans to prosper you and not to harm you plans to give you hope and a future Jeremiah 29 11 NIV God s Promise You can look forward to your future because of what I have planned for you I will bless you Affirmation I can look forward to my future because God has a plan full of promise for me
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God s Word Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation Hebrews 1 14 NIV God s Promise I have assigned specific angels that will protect serve and assist you in life Affirmation I have angels assigned to help me through life
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God s Word So if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God keep on doing what is right and trust your lives to the God who created you for he will never fail you 1 Peter 4 19 NLT God s Promise When you suffer for me continue to do good I will keep my promises to you Affirmation Although God is allowing my suffering I will continue to be faithful and trust Him
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God s Word Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted Matthew 5 4 NIV God s Promise I will comfort you in your mourning Affirmation I am comforted by God in my time of mourning
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God s Word God blesses those who are humble for they will inherit the whole earth Matthew 5 5 NLT God s Promise If you submit and humble yourself to me you will inherit all I have planned for you Affirmation As I humble myself to God he will give me all He has promised me
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God s Word Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled Matthew 5 6 NIV God s Promise Fulfillment comes from me as you desire righteousness Affirmation As I seek righteousness I am being fulfilled
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God s Word For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses but we have one who has been tempted in every way just as we are yet he did not sin Let us then approach God s throne of grace with confidence so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need Hebrews 4 15 16 NIV God s Promise I understand everything you are experiencing come to me and I will help you in your time of need Affirmation I can confidently go to God because He knows all I am dealing with and is ready to help me
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God s Word Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear If we are afraid it is for fear of punishment and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love 1 John 4 18 NLT God s Promise My love is perfect and will wipe away all of your fears Affirmation I experience a perfect and true love through God There is nothing to fear He loves me
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God s Word Then Jesus said Come to me all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens and I will give you rest Matthew 11 28 NLT God s Promise If you give me your burdens I will give you the love healing and peace you desire Affirmation Once I release all my concerns to the Lord He will give me His rest
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God s Word The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed a refuge in times of trouble Psalms 9 9 NLT God s Promise I will protect you when you re under attack Affirmation The Lord always protects me
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God s Word The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy I have come that they may have life and have it to the full John 10 10 NIV God s Promise Do not allow the enemy to deceive you I have come to give you an abundant life Affirmation The enemy only comes to try to destroy me God comes to give me an abundant life