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Because you are in Christ, EVERY ONE of these statements is true of you.

• I am loved. 1 John 3:3

• I am accepted. Ephesians 1:6

• I am a child of God. John 1:12

• I am Jesus' friend. John 15:14

• I am a joint heir with Jesus, sharing His inheritance with Him. Romans 8:17

• I am united with God and one spirit with Him. 1 Corinthians 6:17

• I am a temple of God. His Spirit and his life lives in me. 1 Corinthians 6:19

• I am a member of Christ's body. 1 Corinthians 12:27

• I am a Saint. Ephesians 1:1

• I am redeemed and forgiven. Colossians 1:14

• I am complete in Jesus Christ. Colossians 2:10

• I am free from condemnation. Romans 8:1

• I am a new creation because I am in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17

• I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved. Colossians 3:12

• I am established, anointed, and sealed by God. 2 Corinthians 1:21

• I do not have a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7

• I am God's co-worker. 2 Corinthians 6:1

• I am seated in heavenly places with Christ. Eph 2:6

• I have direct access to God Ephesians. 2:18

• I am chosen to bear fruit John. 15:16

• I am one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house. 1 Peter 2:5

• I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God by which I share His nature. 2 Peter 1:4

• I can always know the presence of God because He never leaves me Hebrews. 13:5

• God works in me to help me do the things He wants me to do Philippians 2:13

• I can ask God for wisdom and He will give me what I need. James 1:5

You are not what anyone says you are. You are who God says you are. Simply choose to believe what God says about you.

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