I have been made alive with Christ. |
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4But
God, being
rich in mercy,
because of the great love with which he
loved us, 5even
when we were dead in our trespasses, made us
alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6and raised us up with him and
seated us with him in the heavenly places in
Christ Jesus,
(Ephesians 2:4-6)
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I am a new creation. |
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16From
now on, therefore, we regard
no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to
the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17Therefore,
if anyone is in Christ, he is a
new creation. The old has passed
away; behold, the new has come.
(2 Corinthians 5:16-17)
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I am a reconciled to God. |
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18All
this is from God, who through
Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the
ministry of reconciliation; 19that
is, in Christ God was reconciling the
world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to
us the message of
reconciliation. 20Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ,
God making his appeal through us. We implore
you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21For
our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become
the righteousness of God.
(2 Corinthians 5:18-21)
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I am redeemed and forgiven. |
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7In
him we have redemption
through his blood,
the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of his grace, 8which he lavished upon us,
in all wisdom and insight
(Ephesians 1:7-8)
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I have been justified. |
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1Therefore,
since we have been justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ. 2Through him we
have also obtained access by
faith into this grace
in which we stand, and
we rejoice
in hope of the glory of God.
(Romans 5:1-2) |
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I am a temple of God. |
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16
Do you not know that you
are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit
dwells in you? 17If
anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For
God’s temple is holy, and you are that
temple.
(1 Corinthians 3:16-17) |
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I am Christ’s friend. |
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15No
longer do I call you servants, for
the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you
friends, for all that I have
heard from my Father I have made
known to you.
(John 15:15) |
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I am a child of God and He is my Father. |
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1See
what kind of love the Father has given to
us, that we should be called children
of God; and so we are. The reason why the
world does not know us is that it
did not know him.2Beloved, we are God’s children
now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that
when he appears we
shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3And
everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
(1 John 3:1-3) |
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I have been adopted by God. |
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5For
you did not receive
the spirit of slavery to fall back into
fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption
as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"
(Romans 8:15) |
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I have been adopted by God. |
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In love 5he
predestined us for
adoption as sons through Jesus Christ,
according to the purpose of his will,6
to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in
the Beloved.
(Ephesians 1:5-6) |
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I am a child of promise. |
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8This
means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as
offspring.
(Romans 9:8)
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I am a child of light, not darkness. |
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4But
you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5For you are all
children of
light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.
(1 Thessalonians 5:4-5) |
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I have direct access to God. |
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17And
he came and preached peace to
you who were far off and peace
to those who were near.18For
through him we both have
access in one
Spirit to the Father.
(Ephesians 2:17-18) |
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I am an heir of God. |
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16The
Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17and if children, then
heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with
Christ, provided we suffer
with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
(Romans 8:16-17) |
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I am chosen of God. |
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12
Put on then, as
God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved,
compassionate hearts,
kindness, humility,
meekness, and patience, 13
bearing with one another and,
if one has a complaint against another,
forgiving each other; as the Lord has
forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
(Colossians 3:12-13) |
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I am chosen of God. |
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4For
we know, brothers
loved by God,
that he has chosen you, 5because
our gospel came to you not only in word, but
also in power and in the Holy
Spirit and with full conviction.
(1 Thessalonians 1:4-5a)
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I am chosen of God. |
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4As
you come to him, a living stone rejected
by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,5 you
yourselves like living stones are being built up as
a spiritual house, to be
a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual
sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ.
(1 Peter 2:4-5) |
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I am God’s workmanship. |
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10For
we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus
for good works, which God prepared
beforehand, that we should walk in them.
(Ephesians 2:10)
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I am to be an expression of life in Christ. |
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3For
you have died, and your life is hidden with
Christ in God. 4When
Christ who is your
life appears,
then you also will appear with him in
glory. (Colossians 3:3-4)
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I am a member of a royal priesthood. |
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9But
you are a chosen race, a
royal priesthood,
a holy nation, a people for his own
possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you
out of darkness into
his marvelous light.
(1 Peter 2:9) |
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I am a saint. |
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8Let
me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to
his saints; but let
them not turn back to folly. 9Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
(Psalm 85:8-9)
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I have been given spiritual authority. |
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19Behold,
I have given you authority to tread on
serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of
the enemy, and
nothing shall hurt you. 20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that
the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that
your names are written in heaven."
(Luke 10:19-20) |
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I am a fellow citizen in God’s
Kingdom. |
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19So
then you are no longer strangers
and aliens, but you are
fellow citizens with the saints and members
of the household of God, 20built
on the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the
cornerstone, 21in whom
the whole structure, being joined together, grows into
a holy temple in the Lord. 22In him
you also are being built together
into a dwelling place for God by
the Spirit.
(Ephesians 2:19-22) |
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I am a citizen of Heaven. |
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20But our citizenship is in
heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord
Jesus Christ, 21who
will transform our lowly
body to be like his glorious
body, by the power that enables
him even to subject all things to
himself. (Philippians 3:20-21) |
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I am blessed with every spiritual blessing. |
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3Blessed
be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly
places, 4even as he
chose us in him
before the foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and blameless
before him.
(Ephesians 1:3-4)
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I am an enemy of the devil. |
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8Be
sober-minded; be watchful. Your
adversary the devil
prowls around
like a roaring lion, seeking someone to
devour. 9Resist him,
firm in your faith, knowing that
the same kinds of suffering are being experienced
by your brotherhood throughout the world.
(1 Peter 5:8-9)
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I am to be salt on the earth. |
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13"You
are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its
saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown
out and trampled under people’s feet.
(Matthew 5:13)
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I am to be light in the world. |
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14"You
are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15
Nor do people light a lamp and put it under
a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16In the same way, let your
light shine before others, so that
they may see your good works and give
glory to your Father who is in heaven.
(Matthew 5:14-16) |
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