Who God Says You Are
Don't let other people's opinions of you define how you feel about yourself. Let God's opinion define how you feel about yourself. When you feel the pressure to conform to the world's opinions of you, step back, evaluate it, seek Godly counsil, pray about it, & dig into God's word. Find out what He says you are. The Bible is FULL of encouragement, good news, hope, & loving words. Let THAT be what defines who you are, because that is what is 100% true & just in this world.
Here are some scriptures on what God says you are:
1 Peter 2:9 "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praise of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light." He has called us to be all of those things that the scripture mentions when we accept Him into our hearts, that goes to show His undying love for us.
John 1:12 "Yet to all who did recieve Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God." We can be called His children when we ask Him into our hearts & lives, we become His, we belong to Him when we identify ourselves with Christ.
Romans 3:24 "& all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." When Jesus redeems us & accepts us we are justified in His name, not ours.
Romans 6:6 "We know that our old man was crucified with Him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin." Christ died on the cross to cancel out all of our sins & when He did that we are no longer dominated by our sinful nature.
1 Corinthians 6:17 "But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with Him." When we are united with the Lord our hearts have the same desire.
Galatians 5:1 "For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, & do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery." When you have confidence in Christ you can stand firm in your faith & not be enslaved by the opinions of the world & others.
I love all of those scriptures. They are filled with such love & promise. He is so proud of you, He is proud to call you His, He does a happy dance when you accept Him as your savior ! How cool is that ? I love to think about how much He loves me. I am so undeserving of His grace & love, but He persues me relentlessly & He wants to capture my heart. & He feels the same way about YOU ! Accept that love, accept His acceptance of you, let Him love you. If there's some part of you that you haven't given to Him I want to challenge you to give Him that little piece you're still holding on to. He can carry that for you, you don't have to carry it if you give it to Him.
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"& I will be to her a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, & I will be the glory in her midst."
Zechariah 2:5
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