The first time I read these truths about our identity,
my heart burst.
I have had many “titles” in my life,
but this is the only one which matters.
If I believed this daily,
I would no longer walk in fear, but joy.
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!”
“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
“He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds we are healed.”
“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?”
“The Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba Father.”
“Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.”
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: The old has gone, the new has come!”
“You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the spirit of our God.”
“You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession.”
“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.”
“For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.”
“For we are the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing!”
“The Lord Himself goes before you, and will be with you; He will never leave you or forsake you!”
“For we are God’s Masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”
“I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”
“Since we have such hope, we are very bold.”
“You have given me your shield of victory. Your right hand sustains me, you swoop down to make me great.”
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
“In Christ you have been brought to fullness.”