I really love our current series! It has been awesome to learn about the freedom we have in Christ. Jesus loves us so perfectly and completely it is hard for us to understand the liberty and freedom our relationship with Him brings.

Through our study together we have explored the contrasts of Counterfeit vs Real, Deception vs Truth, Pride vs Humility, and Bondage vs Freedom. The world and its system offer the first from each pair, and a real relationship with Jesus Christ offers the second from each pair. I hope you have seen the places in your own life you may be chained up. Please take the opportunity God gives each of us to run to Him, ask for forgiveness for relying on this world for our worth and fulfillment, and leap into His arms. True freedom is found only in surrender to the God who created you, loves you, and wants to walk every step of this life with you.

Here is a final encouragement from the series: Who are you in Christ

IN CHRIST…

I renounce the lie that I am rejected, unloved, or shameful. In Christ I am accepted. God says:

I am God’s child (John 1:12)

I am Christ’s friend (John 15:5)

I have been justified (Romans 5:1)

I am united with the Lord and I am one spirit with Him (1 Corinthians 6:17)

I have been bought with a price: I belong to God (1 Corinthians 6:19–20)

I am a member of Christ’s body (1 Corinthians 12:27)

I am a saint, a holy one (Ephesians 1:1)

I have been adopted as God’s child (Ephesians 1:5)

I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:18)

I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins (Colossians 1:14)

I am complete in Christ (Colossians 2:10)

I renounce the lie that I am guilty, unprotected, alone, or abandoned. In Christ I am secure. God says:

I am free from condemnation (Romans 8:1–2)

I am assured that all things work together for good (Romans 8:28)

I am free from any condemning charges against me (Romans 8:31–34)

“I cannot be separated from the love of God (Romans 8:35–39)

I have been established, anointed, and sealed by God (2 Corinthians 1:21–22)

I am confident that the good work God has begun in me will be perfected (Philippians 1:6)

I am a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20)

I am hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3)

I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control (2 Timothy 1:7)

I can find grace and mercy to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16)

I am born of God and the evil one cannot touch me (1 John 5:18)

I renounce the lie that I am worthless, inadequate, helpless, or hopeless. In Christ I am significant.God says:

I am the salt of the earth and the light of the world (Matthew 5:13–14)

I am a branch of the true vine, Jesus, a channel of His life (John 15:1, 5)

I have been chosen and appointed by God to bear fruit (John 15:16)

I am a personal, Spirit-empowered witness of Christ’s (Acts 1:8)

I am a temple of God (1 Corinthians 3:16)

I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Corinthians 5:17–21)

I am a fellow worker with God (2 Corinthians 6:1)

I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 2:6)

I am God’s workmanship, created for good works (Ephesians 2:10)

I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Ephesians 3:12)

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! (Philippians 4:13)

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

I love you all! PWG