THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 -- WHO AM I?

As we go around the circle of the Partners in Hope Christian 12-Step meetings we name ourselves both by our given names and by our relationship with God -- whatever that looks like to us today. God has a word about that relationship as well and in these next few days we'll look at some of the things God says about who we are.  Some days we will feel as though these things are true and other days our emotions will be a mess.  Particularly on the difficult days, it's helpful to tell ourselves these wonderful truths.  Emotions change but truth remains.

God says:

I am God’s child.


But some people did accept him. They believed in him, and he gave them the right to become children of God. (John 1:12)

I live in right relationship with God today because I have faith in Him, not in my own behaviours.

We have been made right with God because of our faith. So we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:1)

I am Christ's friend.

I no longer call you servants, because servants don’t know what their master is doing. But now I call you friends, because I have told you everything that my Father told me.  (John 15:15)

I belong to God and I'm a significant person in God's family.

And before the world was made, God decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. This was what God wanted, and it pleased him to do it.  You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit that you received from God and that lives in you. You don’t own yourselves.  God paid a very high price to make you his. So honor God with your body.  All of you together are the body of Christ .... Each one of you is a part of that body.(Ephesians 1:5, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 and 12:27)