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BELOVED
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” – Jeremiah 31:3 A CHILD OF GOD “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” – 1 John 3:1 DELIGHTED IN “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.” FORGIVEN “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 you have been healed.” – 1 Peter 2:24 WASHED CLEAN “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” – Isaiah 1:18 FREE “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.” – Galatians 5:1 A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?” ADOPTED INTO GOD’S FAMILY “The Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’” – Romans 8:15 CO-HEIR WITH CHRIST “Now if we are children, then we are heirs — heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.” – Romans 8:17 RIGHTEOUS “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” NEW “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: The old has gone, the new has come!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 |
A SAINT
“You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” – 1 Corinthians 6:11 SET APART “You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession.” – 1 Peter 2:9 AN AMBASSADOR OF CHRIST “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.” – 2 Corinthians 5:20 A CO-LABORER “For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.” – 1 Corinthians 3:9 A SWEET AROMA “For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.” – 2 Corinthians 2:15 NEVER ALONE “The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” – Deuteronomy 31:8 A MASTERPIECE “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.” – Ephesians 2:10 WONDERFULLY MADE “I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” – Psalm 139:14 BOLD “Since we have such a hope, we are very bold.” – 2 Corinthians 3:12 HAVING GUARANTEED VICTORY “You have given me your shield of victory. Your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great.” HOLDING A SECURED FUTURE “‘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.’” – Jeremiah 29:11 WHOLE IN CHRIST “In Christ you have been brought to fullness.” – Colossians 2:10 |