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Count Your Blessings, Not Your Problems

Many people struggle today with a sense of confusion about their identity. Even Christians find themselves asking who are they and why are they here.

I do not know about you, but, I often have to battle with thoughts that seek to distract me from remembering my identity (who am I) and my purpose (why am I here).

At those times, I find it encouraging to remind myself of what Scripture says about all the blessings, that I have received in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Do you want to discover what God says about you? In the blog post, there are over 100 statements of your identity in Christ as well as the corresponding passages.

Look up these verses. Mark them in your Bible, if you are not opposed to doing so. Meditate on these truths. Preach these truths to your heart and mind. Memorize many of these verses.

Share them with others, so that, you might also edify and encourage those fellow strugglers.

Be blessed.

In the Lord Jesus Christ…

  • I am a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20)
  • I am a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:22)
  • I am a holy temple (Ephesians 2:21; 1 Corinthians 6:19)
  • I am a light in the world (Matthew 5:14)
  • I am a light to others and can exhibit goodness, righteousness, and truth (Ephesians 5:8-9)
  • I am a member of Christ’s Body (1 Corinthians 12:27)
  • I am a member of God’s household (Ephesians 2:19)
  • I am a minister of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:17-20)
  • I am a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17)
  • I am an overcomer (1 John 4:4)
  • I am a personal witness of Jesus Christ (Acts 1:8)
  • I am a saint (Ephesians 1:18)
  • I am accepted (Romans 15:7; Ephesians 1:4 –6; 1 Peter 2:10)
  • I am adopted as His child (Ephesians 1:5)
  • I am alive with Christ (Romans 6:11; 8:9 – 11; Ephesians 2:4 –5)
  • I am assured all things work together for good (Romans 8:28)
  • I am blameless (1 Corinthians 1:8)
  • I am blessed in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3)
  • I am born again (1 Peter 1:23)
  • I am born of God and therefore protected; the evil one cannot touch me (1 John 5:18)
  • I am bought with the price (1 Corinthians 6:19–20)
  • I am chosen before the creation of the world (Romans 8:30; Ephesians 1:4, 11; 1 Peter 2:9)
  • I am chosen, holy, and beloved (Colossians 3:12)
  • I am Christ’s friend (John 15:15)
  • I am completed by God (Ephesians 3:19)
  • I am confident that God will complete the work He has begun in me (Philippians 1:6)
  • I am crucified with Christ (Galatians 2:20)
  • I am dead to sin (Romans 6:11)
  • I am delivered (Colossians 1:13)
  • I am faithful (Ephesians 1:1)
  • I am forgiven (Romans 8:1, 38;Ephesians 1:6 –8; Colossians 1:14)
  • I am free (John 8:32–36; Romans 6:22–23; Galatians 4:7; 5:1)
  • I am given God’s glorious grace lavishly (Ephesians 1:5,8)
  • I am God’s child (John 1:12)
  • I am God’s coworker (2 Corinthians 6:1)
  • I am God’s workmanship (Ephesians 2:10)
  • I am growing (Colossians 2:7)
  • I am hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3)
  • I am His disciple (John 13:15)
  • I am holy and blameless (Ephesians 1:4)
  • I am in a united fellowship (John 17:20-23)
  • I am in Him (Ephesians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:30)
  • I am justified (Romans 3:23 – 26, 5:1, 8:1, 30)
  • I am known by God (Romans 8:29; 2 Timothy 2:19)
  • I am more than a conqueror (Romans 8:37)
  • I am no longer condemned (Romans 8:1, 2)
  • I am not alone (Hebrews 13:5)
  • I am not helpless (Philippians 4:13)
  • I am not in need (Philippians 4:19)
  • I am part of God’s kingdom (Revelation 1:6)
  • I am prayed for by Jesus Christ (John 17:20-23)
  • I am pressing on (Philippians 3:14)
  • I am promised an abundant life (John 10:10)
  • I am promised eternal life (John 6:47)
  • I am qualified to share in His inheritance (Colossians 1:12)
  • I am raised up with Christ (Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 2:12)
  • I am reconciled with God (Romans 5:10; 2Corinthians 5:18–19; Colossians 1:21–22; Hebrews 10:19–22)
  • I am redeemed (Ephesians 1:13–14; Colossians 1:14; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 1:18)
  • I am redeemed from the curse of the Law (Galatians 3:13)
  • I am rescued (Matthew 20:28; 1Timothy 2:5–6)
  • I am salt and light of the earth (Matthew 5:13-14)
  • I am saved (Romans 5:8–10; 7:13–25; Ephesians 2:1–10; Colossians 1:13)
  • I am sealed with the promised Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 1:21– 22; Ephesians 1:13)
  • I am sealed with the promised Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13)
  • I am seated with Christ in the heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6)
  • I am secure (Romans 8:28, 31–38; Ephesians 2:20)
  • I am secure and protected (John 10:28)
  • I am set free (Romans 8:2; John 8:32)
  • I am the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21)
  • I am victorious (1 Corinthians 15:57; 1 John 5:4)
  • I belong to God (1 Corinthians 6:20, 7:23)
  • I can be bold and approach God with confidence (Ephesians 3:12)
  • I can be humble, gentle, patient, and bear with others in love (Ephesians 4:2)
  • I can be kind and compassionate to others (Ephesians 4:32)
  • I can be strong (Ephesians 6:10)
  • I can bring glory to God (Ephesians 3:21)
  • I can forgive others (Ephesians 4:32)
  • I can give thanks for everything (Ephesians 5:20)
  • I can grasp how wide, long, high and deep Christ’s love is (Ephesians 3:18)
  • I can grow spiritually (Ephesians 4:15)
  • I can have a new attitude and a new lifestyle (Ephesians 4:21-32)
  • I can honor God through marriage (Ephesians 5:22-33)
  • I can parent my children with self-control (Ephesians 6:4)
  • I can stand firm in the day of evil (Ephesians 6:13)
  • I can submit, and I do not always have to have my way (Ephesians 5:21)
  • I can understand what God’s will is (Ephesians 5:17)
  • I have access to the Father (Ephesians 2:18)
  • I have been brought near to God through Christ’s blood (Ephesians 2:13)
  • I have been called (Ephesians 4:1; 2 Timothy 1:9)
  • I have been chosen, and God desires me to bear fruit (John 15:1,5)
  • I have been established, anointed, and sealed by God (2 Corinthians 1:21-22)
  • I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
  • I have been shown the incomparable riches of God’s grace (Ephesians 2:7)
  • I have God’s peace which will protect my heart and mind (Philippians 4:7)
  • I have God’s power (Ephesians 6:10)
  • I have hope (Ephesians 1:12)
  • I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control (2 Timothy 1:7)
  • I have peace (Ephesians 2:14)
  • I have a purpose (Ephesians 1:9 & 3:11)
  • I have received the kindness of God (Ephesians 2:7)
  • I have redemption (Ephesians 1:8)
  • I have the power of God’s working through me (Ephesians 3:7)
  • I know there is a purpose for my sufferings (Ephesians 3:13)
  • I possess the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16)
  • I share in the promise of Christ Jesus (Ephesians 3:6)

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