08.29.07 thequest UPdate

thequest family,

In the wrestling that goes on in our spiritual lives, if you are like me, you can feel very defeated. Just when we do a couple of things right, we take steps backward. And round and round it goes...seemingly not making much of a move forward.

How are you going to live is the question? Are you going to live by how you feel? Or by what is REAL? And how do we wade through our feelings and failures to get to what is real? And is reality anything comforting? Am I making progress?

Those are some of the questions that ring through my brain. I need to be brought back to what is TRUE. Here's a little list of truths that I often need to review...about me... and about you if you are a follower of Jesus:

I am the salt of the earth (Matt. 5:13).
I am the light of the world (Matt. 5:14).
I am a child of God (John 1:12).
I am a part of the True Vine, a channel of Christ’s life (John 15:1,5).
I am Christ’s friend (John 15:15).
I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear fruit (John 15:16).
I am a slave of righteousness (Rom. 6:18).
I am enslaved to God (Rom. 6:22).
I am a son of God; God is spiritually my Father (Rom. 8:14,15; Gal. 3:26, 4:6).
I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him (Rom 8:17).
I am a temple -- a dwelling place -- of God. His Spirit and
His life dwells in me (1 Cor. 3:16; 6:19).
I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him (1 Cor. 6:17).
I am a member of Christ’s Body (1 Cor. 12:27; Eph. 5:30).
I am a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17).
I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18, 19).
I am a son of God and one in Christ (Gal. 3:26, 28).
I am an heir of God since I am a son of God (Gal. 4:6,7).
I am a saint (Eph. 1:1; 1 Cor. 1:2; Col. 1:2).
I am God’s workmanship -- His handiwork -- born anew in Christ
to do his work (Eph 2:10).
I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God’s family (Eph. 2:19).
I am a prisoner of Christ (Eph 3:1; 4:1).
I am righteous and holy (Eph. 4:24).
I am a citizen of heaven, seated in heaven right now (Phil. 3:20; Eph. 2:6).
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3).
I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life (Col. 3:4).
I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved (Col. 3:12; 1 Thess. 1:4).
I am a son of light and not of darkness (1 Thess. 5:5).
I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling (Heb. 3:1).
I am a partaker of Christ; I share His life (Heb. 3:14).
I am one of God’s living stones, being built up in Christ
as a spiritual house (1 Pet. 2:5).
I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a people for God’s own possession (1 Pet. 2:9,10).
I am an alien and a stranger to this world in which I temporarily live (1 Pet. 2:11).
I am an enemy of the devil (1 Pet. 5:8).
I am a child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns (1 John 3:1,2).
I am born of God and the evil one -- the devil -- cannot touch me (1 John 5:18).

I am not the great “I am” (Exod. 3:14; John 8:24,28,58),
but by the grace of God, I am what I am (1 Cor. 15:10)


I needed a "reality check" today. Maybe you did too.

Press on,
Mike

PS. You can also download this list to print and read from HERE