To Know Him

"Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." John 17:3 (NIV) "God is a person, and in the deep of His mighty nature He thinks, wills, enjoys, feels, loves, desires and suffers as any other person may. He communicates with us through the avenues of our minds, our wills and our emotions. The continuous and unembarrassed interchange of love and thought between God and the soul of the redeemed man is the throbbing heart of New Testament religion....The moment the Spirit has quickened us to life in regeneration our whole being senses its kinship to God." A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God

"I Am" Statements

"Who I am and what I struggle with are not the same thing." (Jennifer Rothschild) Here are some "I am" statements mentioned in Believing God and Jennifer's study, Me, Myself, & Lies, to counter your negative self-talk.

I am accepted, adopted, blessed, chosen, forgiven, loved, redeemed, and sealed in Christ. (Eph 1:3-14) I am free (Rom. 6:18; 8:1). I am capable (Phil. 4:13). I am spiritually alive (Eph. 2:5). I am God's masterpiece (workmanship) (Eph. 2:10). I am welcome in God's presence (Eph. 2:18; Heb. 4:14-16). I am sheltered and protected in God (Col. 3:3; Ps. 91:1). I am precious to God (Is. 43:4). I am dearly loved (Col. 3:12). I am being transformed (2 Cor. 3:18). I am an heir of God (Rom. 8:17). I am God's delight (Zeph. 3:17). I am welcomed to draw near to God (Eph. 3:12). I am a member of God's family (1 John 3:1-2; Eph. 2:19). I am valuable toGod (1 Cor. 6:20). I am forgiven (Eph. 1:7-8). I am chosen to be fruitful (John 15:16).