I have
been adopted as God’s child (Eph. 1:5)
I am a
child of God; God is my spiritual Father (Jn. 1:12; Rom. 8:14, 15; Gal. 3:26;
4:6)
I am a
child of God and one in Christ (Gal. 3:26,28).
I am
an heir of God since I am a child of God (Gal. 4:6,7).
I am a
joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him (Rom. 8:17)
I am
united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him (1 Cor. 6:17)
I have
been bought with a price; I belong to God (1 Cor. 6:19, 20)
I am a
member of Christ's body (1 Cor. 12:27; Eph. 5:30)
I am a
fellow citizen with the rest of God's family (Eph. 2:19)
I am a
member of God’s household (Eph. 2:19)
I am
Christ’s friend (Jn. 15:15)
I am
an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life (Col. 3:4).
I am
chosen of God, holy and dearly loved (Col. 3:12; 1 Thes. 1:4).
I am a
new creation (2 Cor. 5:17).
I am a
saint (Eph. 1:1; 1 Cor. 1:2; Phil. 1: 1; Col. 1:2).
I have
access to God though the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:18)
I am
qualified to share in the inheritance of the saints (Col. 1:12)
I am
redeemed (Col. 1:14)
I have
fullness of life in Christ (Col. 2:10)
I am Secure…
I am
in Jesus Christ and thus free from condemnation (Rom. 8:1, 2)
I
cannot be separated from the love of God (Rom. 8:35-39)
I have
been established, anointed, and sealed by God (2 Cor. 1:21, 22)
I am
hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3)
I am a
child of light and not of darkness (1 Thes. 5:5)
I am
confident that the good work that God has begun in me will be perfected (Phil.
1:6)
I am a
citizen of heaven (Phil. 3:20; Eph. 2:6)
I have
not been given a spirit of timidity or fear but of power, love, and
self-discipline
(2 Tim. 1:7)
I am
born of God, and the evil one—the devil—cannot touch me unless I let him or
unless God
allows
it (1 Jn. 5:18)
Who
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I am Significant…
I am
the salt and light of the earth (Matt. 5:13, 14)
I am a
branch of the true vine, a channel of Christ’s life (Jn. 15:1,5)
I am
chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit (Jn. 15:16)
I am a
holy partaker of a heavenly calling (Heb. 3: 1).
I am a
partaker of Christ; I share in His life (Heb. 3:14).
I am a
personal witness of Christ (Acts 1:8)
I am a
temple—a dwelling place—of God. His Spirit and His life dwell in me (1 Cor.
3:16; 6:19)
I am
reconciled to God and am a messenger of conciliation (Mt 5:24; Rom 12:19)
I am
God’s co-worker (2 Cor. 6:1; 1 Cor. 3:9)
I am
seated with Christ in the heavenly realm (Eph. 2:6)
I am
God's workmanship-His handiwork-born anew in Christ to do His work (Eph. 2: 10)
I may
approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3:12)
I can
do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13)
I am
one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house (1
Pet. 2:5).
I am a
member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's
own
possession (1 Pet. 2:9, 10).
I am
an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live (1 Pet. 2:11)
I am
an enemy of the devil (1 Pet. 5:8)
I am a
child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns (1 Jn. 3:1,2).
I am in His Trusting Arms…
I am
secure knowing that God is not a liar, but keeps His promises
(Jos.
21:45; Rom. 15:8; 2 Pet. 1:4)
I am
promised God’s grace and mercy to help me in time of need (Heb. 4:16)
I am
promised that God will not allow me to be tempted beyond my strength (1 Cor.
10:13)
I am
promised that God will always provide me a way of escape from temptation
(1
Cor. 10:13)
I am
promised that all things work together for good (Rom. 8:28)
I am
promised that I will cleansed of sin when I confess (1 Jn. 1:9)
I am
promised victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 15:57).
I am
promised eternal life when I remain in God’s friendship (Jn. 10:27,28; Mk.
16:16;
Matt.
24:13)
I am not the great “I am” (Ex. 3:14; Jn. 8:24,28,58),
but by
the grace of God, I am what I am (1
Cor. 15:10).
Thank
You Lord for what I am in Christ. Help me to realize all that I am so that I
may
glorify you in all the ways of my life. Amen.