I AM CHRISTIAN

I am the salt of the earth. Matthew 5:13

I am the light of the world. Matthews 5:14
I am valuable to God. Matthew 6:26
I am indwelled by Christ.  His Spirit lives in me. John 14:20
I am a branch of the True Vine. John 15:15
I am Christ’s friend. John 15:15
I am chosen and appointed by Christ to go and bear fruit. John 15:16
I am justified by Christ’s blood. Romans 5:9
I am reconciled to God through Christ’s death and saved through Christ’s
life. Romans 5:10
I am set free from sin and a slave of righteousness. Romans 6:18
I am free from condemnation. Romans 8:1
I am free in Christ. Romans 8:2
I am a child of God and a co-heir with Christ. Romans 8:17
I am more than a conqueror through Christ. Romans 8:37
I am accepted by Christ. Romans 15:7
I have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians2:16
I am a temple of God.  His Spirit lives in me. I Corinthians 3:16
I am washed, justified, and sanctified through Christ. 1 Corinthians 6:11
I am a temple of God. 1 Corinthians 6:19
I am part of Christ’s body. I Corinthians 12:27
I am the fragrance of Christ. 2 Corinthians 2:15
I am a new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17
I am righteous in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:21
I am an ambassador for Christ and a minister of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:20
I am redeemed from the curse of the law. Galatians 3:13
I am a child of God and an heir of God. Galatians 4:7
I am a saint. Ephesians1:1
I am blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1:3
I am adopted into God’s family. Ephesians 1:5
I am redeemed and forgiven through Christ’s blood. Ephesians 1:7
I am chosen by God. Ephesians 1:11
I am sealed by God with the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 1:13
I am now alive with Christ. Ephesians 2:5
I am God’s workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in
advance for me to do.  Ephesians 2:10
I am a fellow citizen with God’s people and a member of God’s household. Ephesians 2:19
I am able to do all things through Christ who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13
I am a citizen of heaven. Philippians 3:20
I am complete in Christ. (NASB) Colossians 2:10
I am rescued from the dominion of darkness and brought into the kingdom of light.
Colossians 1:13
I am holy in God’s sight, without blemish and free of accusation. Colossians1:22
I am chosen by God, holy, and dearly loved. Colossians 3:12
I am hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:3
I am of a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God to declare
the praises of him who called me out of darkness into his wonderful light. I Peter 2:9,10
I am an alien and stranger in this world. I Peter 2:11
I am an enemy of the devil. I Peter 5:8
I am forgiven of my sins. 1 John 1:9
I am now a child of God. I John 3:1, 2
I am born of God and the evil one (the devil) cannot harm me. I John 5:18
I am the bride of Christ Revelation 21:9
 
 

 

     

BE KIND

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another (John 13:34-35, NIV).

When bad things happen, we cry out in desperation for someone to care. More people come to Christ during a crisis than at any other time. Kindness is simply compassion at work and love in action.

We need to constantly refocus our success-targeted eyes, crucify each self-promoting heart motive, and look for the needs around us. I often wonder just how amazed we will be when we get to Heaven and find the unlikely and unknown but devoted servants of God rewarded for their quiet and often unseen acts of kindness.

A preacher once described his mother as a woman of great compassion. One day he came home from school to find her sitting at the table with an elderly, homeless man. Apparently, she had gone shopping, met the man on the way, and invited him home for a warm meal. During their conversation, the visitor said, “I wish there were more people in the world like you.” The woman said quickly, “Oh there are! You just have to look for them!” The old man simply shook his head and smiled, “But lady, I didn’t need to look for you. You looked for me!”

Needs constantly parade before us day every day, but we don’t see them. We are too busy to notice the broken lambs the Good Shepherd sends our way. We view them as intrusions or annoying interruptions in our very important schedule. These uninvited and unscheduled guests may very well be divine appointments sent by God.

The warning of Hebrews 13:2 is a haunting one. “Remember to welcome strangers, because some who have done this have welcomed angels without knowing it.” How many angels have we missed because we were too busy? Or maybe the problem is simply that we don’t care enough.

A mother sent her young daughter on an errand. The little girl was gone far too long, so when she returned, her mother demanded an explanation. The child said that on her way to the store, she met a friend who was crying because she had broken her doll. “Oh,” said the mother, “then you stopped to help her fix her doll?” “Oh, no!” replied the little girl. “I stopped to help her cry!”

Jesus says that if we really love God, we will really love each other. We are never more like our Father than when we choose to weather relationship storms with kindness and love. Kindness and compassion are directly related to the health of our personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

1 John 4:20 “If people say, ‘I love God,’ but hate their brothers or sisters, they are liars. Those who do not love their brothers and sisters, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have never seen.”

We can be very religious and not care enough. Kindness does not look for reasons. Compassion doesn’t ask for limitations. It searches for opportunity.