The local nursing home was hosting a very prominent speaker for Grandparents Day. When the speaker showed up early, he looked around the room and found a little old lady sitting all alone. He went over to sit down beside her and talk. The lady looked at him and the speaker said, “Ma’am, do you know who I am?” “No,” replied the lady, “if you will go over to the main desk, they will tell you who you are.”
Do you know who you are in Christ?
The more time you spend with the Lord, the more your behavior will reflect your identity God gave you! Learn to see yourself as God sees you! Accept what God has called you to be! Do not focus on the “what ifs” or “what will people think about me”. God’s opinion is the only one that truly matters! If you know who you are in Christ, you will have a strong foundation to build your life around. When you asked Jesus into your heart and accept Him as Lord, you become a new creation in Christ.
Because you are a child of God, the following statements are true:
You are:
LOVED – “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:8
ACCEPTED – “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” John 6:37
REDEEMED & FORGIVEN– “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace” Ephesians 1:7
BRAND NEW – “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” 2 Corinthians 5:17
SET APART – “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5
TRANSFORMED – “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” Romans 12:2
WANTED – “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” Psalm 139:13
AN HEIR TO THE KINGDOM – “Now if we are children, then we are heirs–heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” Romans 8:17
COMPLETE – “So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.” Colossians 2:10
NEVER ALONE – “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” Hebrews 13:5
FREE – “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” Romans 8:1
Be Blessed and Be a Blessing,
M.
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