You Are Accepted, Secure and Significant

Are you struggling to know who you really are?  Where your identity lies?

I do.  Because we live in a fallen world with a real and dangerous enemy… and because we daily battle a sinful nature, we all struggle from time to time.  Even with all Jesus did for us on the cross, we tend to have a hard time accepting that our identity is solid in Christ.

This week, take time to look up each of these scriptures and soak in who God says you are because of Christ…

YOU ARE ACCEPTED:

1. You are God’s child (John 1:12)
2. You are a friend of Jesus (John 15:15)
3. You have been made right in God’s sight (Romans 5:1)
4. You have been bought with a price.  You belong to God (1 Cor 6:17)
5. You have been chosen by God and adopted as His child (Eph 1:3-8)
6. You have been rescued and forgiven all your sins (Colossians 1:13-14)
7. You have direct access to God’s throne of grace (Hebrews 4:14-16)
8. You are complete in Christ (Col 2:9-10)

YOU ARE SECURE:

1. You are free from condemnation (Romans 8:1-2)
2. You are assured that God works for your good in all circumstances (Romans 8:28)
3. You cannot be separated from the love of God (Romans 8:31-39)
4. You are a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20)
5. You are born of God and the evil one cannot touch you (1 John 5:18)
6. You have been established, anointed and sealed by God (2 Cor 1:21-22)
7. You have been hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:1-4)
8. You are confident that God will complete the good work He started in me (Phil 3:20)

YOU ARE SIGNIFICANT:

1. You have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16)
2. You are God’s temple (1 Cor 3:16)
3. You are a minister for God (2 Cor 5:17-21)
4. You are God’s workmanship, created for good works (Eph 2:10)
5. You may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph 3:12)
6. You can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens you (Phil 4:13)

(This list was compiled by author Neil Anderson in his book From Victory Over the Darkness.)