October Prayer Focus

True Identity In Christ

The following biblical affirmations about our identity in Jesus Christ are derived from selected passages of scripture in the New Testament.  These verses teach a portion of the many truths about who we are and who we become through faith in God’s Son.

Each day (if praying privately) or during each meeting (if used at a small group) read through all 42 statements out loud.  Ponder which affirmations resonate with you the most.  Reflect upon which seem the most remote to your experience.  Before you begin praying, select 5-10 affirmations that you want to become a greater reality in your life.  Pray for a deeper understanding of what it means to live as this person.  Pray for our church and community in the same way.

I am a child of God (John 1:12)

I am a branch of the true vine, and a conduit of Christ’s life (John 5:1,5)

I am a friend of Jesus (John 15:15)

I have been justified and redeemed (Romans 3:24)

My old self was crucified with Christ, and I am no longer a slave to sin (Romans 6:6)

I will not be condemned by God (Romans 8:1)

I have been set free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2)

As a child of God, I am a fellow heir with Christ (Romans 8:17)

I have been accepted by Christ (Romans 15:7)

I have been called to be a saint (I Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:2)

In Christ Jesus, I have wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption (I Corinthians 1:30)

My body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who dwells in me (I Corinthians 3:16; I Corinthians 6:19)

I am joined to the Lord and am one spirit with him (I Corinthians 6:17)

God leads me in the triumph and knowledge of Christ (II Corinthians 2:14)

The hardening of my mind has been removed in Christ (II Corinthians 3:14)

I am a new creation in Christ (II Corinthians 5:17)

I have become the righteousness of God in Christ (II Corinthians 5:21)

I have been made one with all who are in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:28)

I am no longer a slave but a child and an heir (Galatians 4:7)

I have been set free in Christ (Galatians 5:1)

I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3)

I am chosen, holy, and blameless before God (Ephesians 1:4)

I am redeemed and forgiven by the grace of Christ (Ephesians 1:7)

I have been chosen by God to obtain an inheritance (Ephesians 1:10-11)

I have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise (Ephesians 1:13)

Because of God’s mercy and love, I have been made alive with Christ (Ephesians 2:4-5)

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

I am God’s workmanship created to produce good works (Ephesians 2:10)

I have been brought near to God by the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:13)

I am a member of Christ’s body and a partaker of his promise (Ephesians 3:6; 5:30)

I have boldness and confident access to God through faith in Christ (Ephesians 3:12)

My new self is righteous and holy (Ephesians 4:24)

I was formerly darkness, but now I am light in the Lord (Ephesians 5:8)

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

The peace of God guards my heart and mind (Philippians 4:7)

God supplies all my needs (Philippians 4:19)

I have been made complete in Christ (Colossians 2:10)

I have been raised up with Christ (Colossians 3:1)

My life is hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3)

Christ is my life, and I will be revealed with him in glory (Colossians 3:4)

I have been chosen of God, and I am holy and beloved (Colossians 3:12)

God loves me and has chosen me (I Thessalonians 1:4)

The preceding list was adapted from Conformed to His Image by Kenneth Boa, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2001