Be who you are in Christ Jesus

If your not sure who you are in Christ, the list below of scripture should give you a good idea. Kudos to the St. Padre Pio Center for Deliverance Counseling for the list. When the evil one tries to make you think you are nothing and God cares nothing for you, this list read each and every morning will remind him that he is the liar.

Every morning without fail I would recite this list out loud. Some days, shouting them. In this world, it is so easy to forget who we are and every morning, after or before prayers, its a good idea to remind ones self that no matter how lost we think we are, God knows exactly where and who we are. We need to remind ourselves daily, who we are. Outside of Mass, this is the best way I have learned.

Exodus
I am not the great “I am” (Exodus 3:14; John 8:24,28,58, but by the grace of God, I am what I am (1 Corinthians 15:10).

Matthew
I am the salt of the earth (v5:13)
I am the light of the world (v5:14)

John
I am a child of God (v1:12)
I am part of the true vine, a channel of Christ’s life (v15:1,5)
I am Christ’s friend (v15:15)
I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit (v15:16)

Romans
I am a slave of righteousness (v6:18)
I am enslaved to God (v6:22)
I am I am a child of God; God is spiritually my Father (v8:14, 15; Galatians 3:26; 4:6).
I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him (v.8:17)

I Corinthians
I am a temple-a dwelling place-of God. His Spirit and His life dwell in me (v3:16; v6:19).
I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him (v6:17).
I am a member of Christ’s body (v12:27; Ephesians 5:30).

2 Corinthians
I am a new creation (v5:17).
I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation (v5:18,19).

Galatians
I am a son of God and one in Christ (v3:26,28).
I am an heir of God since I am a child of God (v4:6,7).

Ephesians
I am a saint (v1:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; Philippians 1: 1. Colossians 1:2).
I am God’s workmanship-His handiwork-born anew in Christ to do His work v(2: 10).
I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God’s family (v2:19).
I am a prisoner of Christ (v3:1; v4:1).
I am righteous and holy (v4:24).

Philippians
I am a citizen of heaven, seated in heaven right now (v3:20; Ephesians 2:6).

Colossians
I am hidden with Christ in God (v3:3).
I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life (v3:4).
I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved (v3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:4).

I Thessalonians
I am a child of light and not of darkness (v5:5).

Hebrews
I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling (v3: 1).
I am a partaker of Christ; I share in His life (v3:14).

1 Peter
I am one of God’s living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house (v2:5).
I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession (v2:9, 10).
I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live (v2:11)
I am an enemy of the devil (v5:8)

1 John
I am a child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns (v3:1,2).
I am born of God, and the evil one—the devil—cannot touch me (unless I let him or unless God allows it) (v5:18)