Because of God, I am.

April 22nd, 2008

My loving Daughter (in-law), Julia sent me an email awhile ago with a list of all the things I am because of God’s Grace. There are just to many things listed, and some are repetitive but I would recommend that you go to http://www.persevering.org/perceiv and look them up. Many come from the book of Ephesians which is called the Book of Hope in my circle of friends. Remember that many of the thing that God has blessed you with call us to action and not something that is to be sat on or buried in a field for fear that the will be lost. God is a God of Action and wants His Children to be active sons and daughters.

Here’s a sample to get you started…

I am faithful (Ephesians 1:1).
I am God’s child (John 1:12).
I have been justified (Romans 5:1).
I am Christ’s friend (John 15:15).
I belong to God (1 Corinthians 6:20).
I am a member of Christ’s Body (1 Corinthians 12:27).
I am assured all things work together for good (Romans 8:28).
I have been established, anointed and sealed by God (2 Corinthians 1:21-22).
I am confident that God will perfect the work He has begun in me (Philippians 1:6.
I am a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20).

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One Response to “Because of God, I am.”

  1. archshrk on April 28, 2008 9:36 pm

    Ephesians is a great book.

    One of the important things the readers must know is expressed in the prayer that they may be “rooted and established in love” and be able “to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge” (Eph. 3:17-19). The word ajgavph (agape, “love”, G27) occurs more often in this book than in any other in the New Testament except 1 Corinthians and 1 John. The reader sees the wonderful thing that Christian love is and the importance of living in love in a world that knows so little of it.

    Excerpt from An Introduction to the New Testament
    by D.A. Carson and Dougles J. Moo

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