Identity Theft - Scriptures - You Are Significant!!

Okay - I am a day late (and still a dollar short - ha!).  Be encouraged that you are not worthless, inadequate, helpless, or hopeless.  In Christ, you are significant:

• You are the salt of the earth and the light of the world Matthew 5:13-14 (NLT) 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless. 14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.
• You are a branch of the true vine, Jesus, a channel of His life  John 15:1, 5 (NLT)1 “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
  
• You have been chosen and appointed by God to bear fruit John 15:16 (NLT)16 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.
  
• You are a personal, Spirit-empowered witness of Christ's Acts 1:8 (NLT)8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
• You are a temple of God 1 Corinthians 3:16 (NLT)16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?
• You are a minister of reconciliation for God  2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (NLT)
  17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
  18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.
  19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.
  20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”
  21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
  
• You are God's coworker  2 Corinthians 6:1 (NLT) 1 As God’s partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it.
  
• You are seated with Christ in the heavenly realm  Ephesians 2:6 (NLT) 6 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.
  
• You are God's workmanship, created for good works  Ephesians 2:10 (NLT) 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
  
• You may approach God with freedom and confidence  Ephesians 3:12 (NLT) 12 Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.
  
• You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you  Philippians 4:13 (NLT)  13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
  

I hope these scriptures have been an encouragement to you as they have been for me in understanding my identity in Christ as well as a solid Biblical foundation to stand upon in prayer.

The material for these three blogs came from page 23 of Neil T. Anderson's short workbook entitled "the steps to FREEDOM in CHRIST"  ISBN 0-8307-3588-0  (Click title to see on Amazon.com)

It is a great tool to use in prayer before God in confession of personal struggles and working through struggling thoughts, behaviors, conflicts, self-doubt, etc.

Until next time -
Ephesians 3:14-21 (NLT)
14 When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,
15 the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.
16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.
17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.
18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.
19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
21 Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.