DOD 28 - Monday, July 24, 2017

Who I Am, and Who HE Is. 

Gentlemen, here we are on the very front end of another week. We don't have the faintest clue what God has in store for us this week, but we can rest in the knowledge that whatever it is, it will be good, it will be just what we need, and it will product in us stronger faith, deeper passion, greater intimacy, and richer love...

IF WE LET IT. 

And that's the kicker. 

He's infinite, and Holy, and all-powerful, and He has our best always fully in the center of His plans for us. I want us to be reminded of who we are in Him and who He is to us this morning to set our hearts and minds on a correct course for this week.

Our exercise for this morning is very simple...

Read through this list and identify the statement(s) the Lord is highlighting for you this week. How do your struggles with MI relate to the labels and ideas defined by what you've read? What does God want to say to you this morning about who you are IN HIM? 

My Nature In Christ...

• I am blameless and free from accusation. (Colossians 1:22)
• Christ Himself is in me. (Colossians 1:27)
• I am firmly rooted in Christ and am now being built up in Him. (Col. 2:7)
• I have been made complete in Christ. (Colossians 2:10)
• I have been spiritually circumcised. My old unregenerate nature has been removed. (Colossians 2:11)
• I have been buried, raised, and made alive with Christ. (Colossians 2:12,13)
• I died with Christ and I have been raised up with Christ. My life is now hidden
• With Christ in God. Christ is now my life. (Colossians 1:1-4)
• I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life. (Colossians 3:4)
• I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved. (Col. 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:4)
• I am a son of light and not of darkness. (1 Thessalonians 5:5)
• I have been given a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline. (2 Timothy 1:7)
• I have been saved and set apart according to God’s doing. (2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:5)
• Because I am sanctified and am one with the Sanctifier, He is not ashamed to call me brother. (Hebrews 2:11)
• I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling. (Hebrews 3:1)
• I have the right to come boldly before the throne of God to find mercy and grace in a time of need. (Hebrews4:16)
• I have been born again. (1 Peter 1:23)
• I am one of God’s living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house. (1 Peter 2:5)
• I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a People for God’s own possession. (1 Peter 2:9,10)
• I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live. (1 Peter 2:11)
• I am an enemy of the devil. (1 Peter 2:11)
• I am forgiven on the account of Jesus’ name. (1 John 2:12)
• I am anointed by God. (1 John 2:27)
• I am a child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns. (1 John 3:1,2)
• I am loved. (1 John 4:10)
• I am like Christ. (1 John 4:10)
• I have life. (1 John 5:12)
• I am born of God, and the evil one…the devil…cannot touch me. (1 John 5:`8)
• I have been redeemed. (Revelation 5:9)
• I have been healed. (Isaiah 53:5)
• I am the salt of the earth. (Matthew 5:13)
• I am the light of the world. (Matthew 5:14)
• I am commissioned to make disciples. (Matthew 28:19,20)
• I am a child of God. (John 1:12)
• I have eternal life. (John 10:27)
• I have been given peace. (John 14:27)
• I am part of the true vine, a channel of Christ’s life. (John 15:1,5)
• I am clean. (John 15:3)
• I am Christ’s friend. (John 15:15)
• I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit. (John 15:16)
• I have been given glory. (John 17:22)
• I have been justified…completely forgiven and made righteous. (Romans 5:1)
• I died with Christ and died to the power of sin’s rule over my life. (Romans 6:1-6)
• I am a slave of righteousness. (Romans 6:18)
• I am free from sin and enslaved to God. (Romans 6:22)
• I am free forever from condemnation. (Romans 8:1)
• I am a son of God; God is spiritually my Father. (Romans 8:14, 15 Galatians 3:26; 4:6)
• I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him (Romans 8:17)
• I am more than a conqueror through Christ, who loves me. (Romans 8:37)
• I have faith. (Romans 12:3)
• I have been sanctified and called to holiness. (1 Corinthians 1:2)
• I have been given grace in Christ Jesus. (1Corinthians 1:4)
• I have been placed into Christ, by God’s doing. (1 Corinthians 1:30)
• I have received the Spirit of God into my life that I might know the things feely given to me by God. (1 Corinthians 2:12)
• I have been given the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:16)
• I am a temple…a dwelling place…of God. His Spirit and His life dwell in me. (1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19)
• I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him. (1 Corinthians 6:17)
• I am bought with a price; I am not my own; I belong to God. (1 Corinthians 6:19,20; 7:23)
• I am called. (1 Corinthians 7:17)
• I am a member of Christ’s Body. (1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 5:30)
• I am victorious through Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:57)
• I have been established, anointed and sealed by God in Christ, and I have been given to the Holy Spirit as a pledge guaranteeing my inheritance to come. (2 Corinthians 1:21; Ephesians 1:13,14)
• I am led by God in triumphal procession. (2 Corinthians 2:14)
• I am to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. (2 Corinthians 2:15)
• I am being changed into the likeness of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:18)
• Since I have died, I no longer live for myself, but for Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:14,15)
• I am a new creation. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
• I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:18,19)
• I have been made righteous. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
• I am given strength in exchange for weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:10)
• I have been crucified with Christ and Christ lives in me. The life I am now living is Christ’s life. (Galatians 2:20)
• I am a son of God and one in Christ. (Galatians 3:26, 28)
• I am Abraham’s seed…an heir of the promise. (Galatians 3:29)
• I am an heir of God since I am a son of God. (Galatians 4:6,7)
• I am a saint. (Ephesians 1:1; ! Corinthians 1:2; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:2)
• I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing. (Ephesians 1:3)
• I was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and am without blame before Him. (Ephesians 1:4)
• I was predestined…determined by God…to be adopted as God’s son. (Ephesians 1:5)
• I have been sealed with the Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 1:13)
• I have been redeemed and forgiven, and I am a recipient of His lavish grace. I am alive together with Christ. (Ephesians 2:5)
• I have been raised up and seated with Christ in heaven. (Ephesians 2:6)
• I am God’s workmanship…His handiwork…born anew in Christ to do His work. (Ephesians 2:10)
• I have direct access to God through the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:18)
• I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God’s family. (Ephesians 2:19)
• I may approach God with boldness, freedom, and confidence. (Eph. 3:12)
• I am righteous and holy. (Ephesians 2:24)
• I am a citizen of heaven, seated in heaven right now. (Philippians 3:20 Ephesians 2:6)
• I am capable. (Philippians 4:13)
• I have been rescued from the domain of Satan’s rule and transferred to the kingdom of Christ. (Colossians 1:13)
• I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins. The debt against me has been cancelled. (Colossians 1:14)

Further Exercise:

If you want to, and have time, follow this link to another article with great reading and lots of scriptpure describing different attributes of God's Heart for His kids. 

https://www.josh.org/resources/spiritual-growth/attributes-of-god/?mot=J65DGA&gclid=CJHR1JfToNUCFUO1wAodEP4FoQ

Chime in on GroupME with anything the Lord is showing you about your identity in Him, some attribute about His character that stands out to you, and anything else the Lord lays on your heart to share. We can't hear this truth enough guys! Soak it up, and absorb every last drop.