Who are you?
You are significant, united with Jesus and given a purpose in life. He tells us,
I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5
You have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. John 15:16
You are God’s temple.
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is sacred, and you are that temple. 1 Corinthians 3:16
You are a minister of reconciliation for God.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:17-20
You are seated with Jesus Christ in the heavenly realm.And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:6
You are unique, made to God’s specifications for a purpose.
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10
You may approach God with freedom and confidence.
In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. Ephesians 3:12
You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
You are accepted.
To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he made us accepted in the beloved. Ephesians 1:6
You are God’s child.
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name. John 1:12
You are a friend of Jesus.
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:15
You have been justified and declared righteous.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1
You are united with the Lord and one with Him in spirit.
But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. 1 Corinthians 6:17
You have been purchased and belong to God.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
You are a part of Christ’s body.
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 1 Corinthians 12:27
You are chosen by God and adopted as His child.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. Ephesians 1:3-8
You are redeemed and forgiven of all your sins.
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:13-14
You are complete in Christ.
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. Colossians 2:9-10
You are welcomed and listened to when you approach God’s throne in prayer.
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:14-16
Who are you?
You are all this and so much more!
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