John 1:12
I am a child of God
1 Peter 2:9
I am a part of a royal
lineage
Romans 8:35-39
I am loved by God and
nothing can separate me from His love
I am a conqueror
Ephesians
1:4
I am chosen by God
Colossians
2:13-14
I am forgiven and my
sin/debt has been paid in full
Philippians
4:13
I am strengthened for
all tasks to which God calls me
John
14:16
I have the Holy Spirit
in me
Romans
5:1
I have peace with God
through Jesus
Hebrew
13:5
I am never alone; God
will not leave me
Romans
5:1
I am justified
Romans
8:1
I am free from
condemnation
2
Corinthians 1:21-22
I am established,
anointed, sealed by God
Philippians
1:6
I am confident that God
will complete a good work in me
John
4:24
I am a truth worshiper
2
Corinthians 5:17
I am a new creation!
Mark
16:17-18
I have the ability to
perform miracles
Ephesians
3:12
I have the ability to
approach God with freedom and confidence
Ephesians
1:11-12
I am blessed, chosen,
adopted, accepted, redeemed, and forgiven
Colossians 1:13
I
am delivered from dark powers
Hebrews
13:6
I am safe
1
Peter 5:10
I am strong
Song
of Solomon 4:10
I am beautiful
1
Peter 2:24
I am healed
What
other identity promises can we claim?
“I believe in Christ,
like I believe in the sun- Not because I can see it, but by it I can
see everything else.” -CS Lewis
As a little exercise, look up these verses and take some quiet time to pray and ask God what He wants to reveal to you about yourself. Write down 10 or so things that He loves about you. Then do the same with the ways He would use to describe you. You will be surprised at what He tells you compared to how you actually feel.
This week, I sent a video out to the members of my business (I own a fitness club) and told them they just had to watch it. While I'm normally against any sort of forward or stupid youtube video, I felt pretty overwhelmed with the emotion of this one. So while this has nothing to do with our identity in Christ, it makes a very valid point about perspective and how often, the way we see ourselves is not our true identity:
more on this later...