WOW, I think I may wear out my bracelet before things set in. God is opening my eyes and changing me. Honestly it feels good. To be heading to the life I want to live. To be who I really want to be.
I forgot to give you the Scriptures I used when we talked about finding our true identity in God so here they are:
You did not create your life so you cannot accurately understand your life outside of God.
Romans 8:6 (The Message)
Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God's action in them find that God's Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life.
Genesis 1:26-27 (Amplified Bible)
26God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness.... 27So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Psalm 8:3-5 (New International Version)
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
Galatians 2:20 (New Living Translation)
20 My old self has been crucified with Christ.[a] It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
God said:
Deuteronomy 7:6 (The Message)
6 Do this because you are a people set apart as holy to God, your God. God, your God, chose you out of all the people on Earth for himself as a cherished, personal treasure.
Therefore I can boldly say: I am someone very special.
God Said:
Jeremiah 31:3 (New Living Translation)
Long ago the Lord said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.
Therefore I can boldly say: I am deeply loved
God Said:
Philippians 1:6 (New Living Translation)
6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
Therefore I can boldly say: I am a person in process
God said:
1 John 3:1 (The Message)
1 What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it—we're called children of God! That's who we really are….
Therefore I can boldly say: I am a person of value
God said:
Joshua 1:9 (New International Version)
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
Therefore I can boldly say: I am accompanied by God
God said:
John 15:16 (The Message)
"You didn't choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won't spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.
Therefore I can boldly say: I am God’s responsibility
God Said:
1 Peter 5:7 (New Century Version)
7 Give all your worries to him, because he cares about you. Therefore I can boldly say: I am under God’s constant care.
Therefore I can boldly say: I am under God’s constant Care
