Be honest: the harshest voice in your life lately might be your own. You speak life over your kids, your husband, your church, your friends — then turn around and talk to yourself in a tone you wouldn't let anybody else use.

Come on now. Let's fix that.

These free Christian affirmations were created for the woman who believes in the power of her words and is ready to point that power at herself. Rooted in the truth that death and life are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21), this collection covers ten different areas of your life — so you're not repeating cute quotes off the internet, you're agreeing out loud with what God already said about you.

And "out loud" is the assignment. Save them to your phone. Print them. Tape one to the bathroom mirror where the old voice used to do its talking. However they get in front of you, let them come out of your mouth — daily, in your own voice, until your soul stops arguing. Affirmations don't work because you read them. They work because you say them.

It costs you nothing to download and about sixty seconds a day to use. That might be the best stewardship math on this whole site.

If this is the year you stop speaking exhaustion and defeat over your own life, start where the power is: your mouth. Download your affirmations free, and speak life.

Growth. Healing. Jesus. — and it starts with what you say between you and the mirror.