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Woven had posted this on another thread and I thought it was perfect for here, in case it hasn't been posted on this thread yet.! She suggested printing it out and reading it every day, and I think she's right!

301 Descriptions of Who You Are In Christ.

1 You are able - Philippians 4:13
2 You are abounding in grace - 2 Corinthians 9:8
3 You are abounding in hope - Romans 15:4, 13
4 You are Abraham's offspring - Galatians 3:29
5 You are abundant - John 10:10

6 You are accepted - Ephesians 1:6
7 You have access - Ephesians 2:18
8 You are adequate - 2 Corinthians 3:5
9 You are adopted - Ephesians 1:5
10 You are alive - Ephesians 2:4-5

11 You are an ambassador for Christ - 2 Corinthians 5:20
12 You are anointed - 1 John 2:20
13 You are anxious for nothing - Philippians 4:6
14 You are the apple of His eye - Zechariah 2:8
15 You are appointed by God - John 15:16

16 You are the aroma of Christ - 2 Corinthians 2:15
17 You are not ashamed - 2 Timothy 1:12
18 You are assured of reward - 1 Corinthians 15:58
19 You are assured of success - Proverbs 16:3
20 You have authority over the devil - Luke 9:1


21 You are baptized into Christ - 1 Corinthians 12:15
22 You are beautiful - Psalm 149:4
23 You are becoming a mature person - Ephesians 4:13
24 You are becoming conformed to Christ - Romans 8:29
25 You are a believer - Romans 10:9

26 You belong to God - John 17:9
27 You are betrothed - Hosea 2:19-20
28 You are blameless - 1 Corinthians 1:8
29 You are blessed - Ephesians 1:3
30 You are blood bought - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

31 You are bold - Proverbs 28:1
32 You are a bondservant - Psalm 116:16
33 You are born of God - 1 John 5:18
34 You are born again - 1 Peter 1:23
35 You are bought with a price - 1 Corinthians 6:20

36 You are a branch of the True Vine - John 15:5
37 You are His bride - Isaiah 54:5
38 You are His brother - Hebrews 2:11
39 You are brought near - Ephesians 2:13
40 You are built up - 1 Peter 2:5

41 You are buried with Christ - Romans 6:4
42 You are called - 1 Peter 5:10
43 You are calm - Philippians 4:6
44 You are cared for - 1 Peter 5:7
45 You are carried - Exodus 19:4

46 You are changed - 1 Samuel 10:6
47 You are a child of God - John 1:12
48 You are cherished - Ephesians 5:29
49 You are chosen - 1 Peter 2:9
50 You are circumcised spiritually - Colossians 2:11

51 You are a citizen of heaven - Philippians 3:20
52 You are clay in the potter's hand - Jeremiah 18:6
53 You are clean - Ezekiel 36:25; John 15:3
54 You are cleansed - 1 John 1:7,9
55 You are clothed with Christ - Galatians 3:27

56 You are a co-heir with Christ - Romans 8:17
57 You are comforted - Jeremiah 31:13
58 You are complete in Christ - Colossians 2:10
59 You are confident - 1 John 4:17
60 You are confident of answers to prayer - 1 John 5:14-15

61 You are confident He will finish you - Philippians 1:6
62 You are confident He will never leave you - Hebrews 13:5- 6
63 You are a conqueror - Romans 8:37
64 You are content - Philippians 4:11
65 You are content with weakness - 2 Corinthians 12:10

66 You are continually with God - Psalm 73:23
67 You are controlled by the love of Christ - 2 Corinthians 12:10
68 You are courageous - 1 Chronicles 28:20
69 You are created in Christ for good works - Ephesians 2:10
70 You are created in His image - Genesis 1:27

71 You are crucified with Him - Galatians 2:20
72 You are dead in Christ - Romans 6:4
73 You are dead to sin - Romans 6:11
74 You are a delight - Psalm 147:11
75 You are delighted in - Isaiah 42:1

76 You are delivered - Psalm 107:6
77 You are desired - Psalm 45:11
78 You are determined - Philippians 4:13
79 You are a disciple - John 8:31-32
80 You are disciplined - Hebrews 12:5-11

81 You are drawing near with confidence - Hebrews 4:16
82 You are empowered to obey - Philippians 2:13
83 You are encouraged - 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
84 You are enlightened - Ephesians 1:18
85 You are enriched in everything - 1 Corinthians 1:5

86 You are equipped - 2 Timothy 3:16-17
87 You are established Deuteronomy 28:9
88 You have eternal life - John 3:36
89 You have every good thing - Philemon 6
90 You are exalted at His right hand - Acts 2:34-35

91 You are faithful - Revelation 17:14
92 You are family - Psalm 68:5
93 You are far from oppression - Isaiah 54:14
94 You are favoured - Job 10:12
95 You are a fellow citizen with the saints - Ephesians 2:19

96 You are a fellow worker - Colossians 4:11
97 You are filled - Acts 2:4
98 You are filled to the fullness of God - Colossians 2:9- 10
99 You are filled with the fruit of righteousness - Philippians 1:11
100 You are filled with the fruit of the Spirit - Galatians 5:22-23

101 You are filled with the knowledge of His will - Colossians 1:9
102 You are filled with joy - John 17:13
103 You are a finished product -in progress - Philippians 1:6
104 You are a first fruit - Romans 8:23
105 You are forgiven - Ephesians 1:7

106 You are formed in the womb by God - Jeremiah 1:5
107 You were lost, but now have been found - Luke 19:10
108 You are a fragrance - 1 Corinthians 1:15-16
109 You are free - John 8:36
110 You are freely given all things - Romans 8:32

111 You are gifted - Romans 12:6
112 You are given His magnificent promises - 2 Peter 1:3-4
113 You are given His Holy Spirit - 2 Corinthians 1:22
114 You are glorified with Him - 2 Thessalonians 2:14
115 You are God's child - John 1:12

116 You are God's gift to Christ - John 17:24
117 You know God is for you - Romans 8:31
118 You are gracious - Proverbs 22:11
119 You are granted grace in Christ Jesus - Romans 5:17,20
120 You are guarded by God - 2 Timothy 1:12

121 You are guarded by God's peace - Philippians 4:7
122 You are guaranteed - Ephesians 1:13-14
123 You are guided - Psalm 48:14
124 You are guiltless - Romans 8:1
125 You are the head - Deuteronomy 28:13

126 You are healed - 1 Peter 2:24
127 You are healthy - Deuteronomy 7:15
128 You are an heir of God - Titus 3:7
129 You are helped by Him - Isaiah 44:2
130 You are hidden with Christ in God - Colossians 3:3

131 You are His - Isaiah 43:1
132 You are His handiwork - Ephesians 2:10
133 You are holy - Ephesians 1:4
134 You are honoured - 2 Timothy 2:21
135 You are humble -Philippians 2:24

136 You are the image of God - Genesis 1:27
137 You are the image and glory of God - 1 Corinthians 11:7
138 You are an imitator of God - Ephesians 5:1
139 You are in Christ Jesus - 1 Corinthians 1:30
140 You are included - Ephesians 1:13

141 You are indestructible - John 6:51
142 You are indwelt by Christ Jesus - John 14:20
143 You are indwelt by His Spirit - Romans 8:11
144 You are inscribed on His palms - Isaiah 49:16
145 You are inseparable from His love - Romans 8:35

146 You are an instrument of righteousness - Romans 6:13
147 You are joyful - Philippians 4:4
148 You are justified - Acts 13:39
149 You are kept - Isaiah 38:17
150 You are in a Kingdom of priests - Revelation 1:6

151 You are a king's kid - Psalm 44:4
152 You knows all things work together for good - Romans 8:28
153 You knows in Whom he believes - 2 Timothy 1:12
154 You are known - 2 Timothy 2:19
155 You lack no wisdom - James 1:5

156 You are lavished with riches of His grace - Ephesians 1:7-8
157 You are led in Christ's triumph - 2 Corinthians 2:14
158 You are liberated - Romans 6:23
159 You have life abundant - 1 John 4:9; John 10:10
160 You have life and peace in the Spirit - Romans 8:6

161 You have light - John 8:12
162 You are a light in a dark place - Acts 13:47
163 You have life flowing through me - John 7:38
164 You are like a watered garden - Isaiah 58:11
165 You are a living stone in a spiritual house - 1 Peter 2:5

166 You are the Lord's - Isaiah 44:5
167 You are loved - John 3:16
168 You are loved constantly, unconditionally - Isaiah 43:4
169 You are loyal - Psalm 86:2
170 You are made by Him - Psalm 100:3

171 You are a magnifier of God - Psalm 69:30
172 You are marked - Ephesians 1:13
173 You are a member of His body - Ephesians 5:30
174 You are might in God - Luke 10:19
175 You have the mind of Christ - 1 Corinthians 2:16

176 You are a minister - 2 Corinthians 3:6
177 You are a minister of reconciliation - 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
178 You are a mountain mover - Mark 11:22-23
179 You are named - Isaiah 43:1
180 You are near to God - Ephesians 2:13

181 You are never forsaken - Hebrews 13:5
182 You are new - Ephesians 4:24
183 You are new born - 1 Peter 2:2
184 You are a new creation - 2 Corinthians 5:17
185 You have new life - Romans 6:4

186 You are part of a new race - 1 Peter 2:9
187 You are not condemned - Romans 8:1
188 You are no longer a slave to sin - Romans 6:6
189 You have not been given a spirit of fear - 1 Timothy 1:7
190 You are obedient - Isaiah 1:19

191 You are an object of mercy - Romans 9:23
192 You have obtained an inheritance - Ephesians 1:11
193 You are of God's household - Ephesians 2:19
194 You are on the winning side - Colossians 2:15
195 You re one with Him - John 17:23-24

196 You are an overcomer - 1 John 5:4-5
197 You are pardoned - Jeremiah 33:8
198 You are a partaker of Christ - Hebrews 3:14
199 You are a partaker of the Holy Spirit - Hebrews 6:4
200 You are a partaker of grace - Philippians 1:7

201 You are a partaker of the promise in Christ - Ephesians 3:6
202 You have passed from death to life - John 5:24
203 You are patient - James 5:8
204 You have peace - Philippians 4:7
205 You are one of the people of God - 1 Peter 2:9

206 You are being perfected - 1 Peter 5:10
207 You are pleasing to God - Psalm 149:4
208 You are God's own possession - Titus 2:14
209 You are possessor of all things - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23

210 You have the power of God behind me - Philippians 3:21
211 You have power - Acts 1:8
212 You have power over the devil - Luke 9:1
213 You are predestined - Ephesians 1:11
214 You are prepared beforehand for glory - Romans 9:23
215 You are prosperous - Psalm 1:3

216 You are protected - Psalm 91:14
217 You are provided for - Matthew 6:33
218 You are purchased - Revelation 5:9
219 You are purposeful - Psalm 138:8
220 You are qualified - Colossians 1:12

221 You are raised up with Christ - Ephesians 2:6
222 You are ransomed with Him - Isaiah 35:10
223 You are rare - Proverbs 20:15
224 You have received mercy - 1 Peter 2:10
225 You have received an unshakable Kingdom - Hebrews 12:28

226 You are reconciled to God - Romans 5:10
227 You are redeemed - Galatians 3:13
228 You are refined - Isaiah 48:10
229 You are reigning with Him - Romans 5:17
230 You are rejoicing - Romans 5:2-3

231 You are renewed - 2 Corinthians 4:16
232 You are His representative - Matthew 5:16
233 You are rescued - Colossians 1:13
234 You have rest provided - Matthew 11:28-30
235 You are rewarded by God - Isaiah 49:4

236 You are rich - 2 Corinthians 8:9
237 You are righteous - Ephesians 4:22
238 You are rooted and built up in Him - Colossians 2:7
239 You are royalty - Romans 5:17; 8:16-17
240 You are a royal priesthood - 1 Peter 2:9

241 You are safe - Psalm 4:8
242 You are a saint of God - Psalm 34:9
243 You are the salt of the earth - Matthew 5:13
244 You are sanctified - 1 Corinthians 6:11
245 You are satisfied - Jeremiah 31:14

246 You are saved - Ephesians 2:8
247 You are sealed by God with His Holy Spirit - Ephesians 1:13
248 You are seated with Him - Ephesians 2:6
249 You are secure - Deuteronomy 33:12
250 You are sent - John 20:21

251 You are set free - John 8:31-32,36
252 You are sharing Christ's inheritance - Romans 8:17
253 You are sharing His glory - John 17:22,24
254 You are His sheep - Psalm 23:1
255 You are sheltered - Psalm 91:1

256 You are shielded - Psalm 91:4
257 You are a slave to righteousness - Romans 6:18
258 You are His soldier - 2 Timothy 2:3-4
259 You are a son of God - Romans 8:14
260 You are stable - Isaiah 33:6

261 You are standing in His grace - Romans 5:2
262 You are standing firm in Christ - 2 Corinthians 1:21
263 You have your steps established by the Lord - Psalm 37:23
264 You are strengthened in Him - Ephesians 3:16
265 You are strong in the Lord - 1 Corinthians 1:8

266 You are amply supplied - Philippians 4:18
267 You are sustained from birth - Psalm 71:6
268 You are a temple - 1 Corinthians 3:16
269 You are thought about - Psalm 139:17-18
270 You are transferred into His Kingdom - Colossians 1:13

271 You are transformed - 2 Corinthians 3:18
272 You are treasured - Psalm 83:3
273 You are triumphant - 2 Corinthians 2:14
274 You are unafraid - Isaiah 44:2; 51:12
275 You are understood - Ephesians 1:8

276 You are united with Christ - Romans 6:5
277 You are upheld - Psalm 37:17
278 You are upright - Psalm 7:10
279 You are unblemished - Colossians 1:22
280 You have understanding - 2 Timothy 2:7

281 You are useful for His glory - Isaiah 43:7
282 You are valuable - Luke 12:24
283 You lives in victory - 1 Corinthians 15:57
284 You are walking in His light - 1 John 1:7
285 You are a warrior - 2 Corinthians 10:4

286 You are washed - Titus 3:5
287 You are watching for His return - Luke 12:37
288 You are weak, then are strong - 2 Corinthians 12:10
289 You are in a wealthy place - Psalm 66:12
290 You are welcome - Luke 11:9

291 You are being made whole - Mark 5:34
292 You put on the whole armour of God - Ephesians 6:11
293 You are wise - Proverbs 2:6
294 You are His witness - Acts 1:8
295 You are His workmanship - Ephesians 2:10

296 You are not of this world - John 17:14
297 You are His worshipper - Psalm 95:6
298 You are worthy - Revelation 3:4
299 You are yielded to God - Romans 6:13
300 You are yoked with Jesus - Matthew 11:29
301 You re heaven bound, guaranteed. - I Peter 1: 4:amen::amen::amen:
 
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Well, Let me just add something.

Since god is sovereign, and as the bible says :

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

Let me just assure you that God allows depression and many other means to make a person lose hope in himself and learn to fix his eyes on God the author and founder of our soul, and that's why Paul who had a thorn in his flesh has always mentioned in his letter to fix our eyes on heavenly things and again he says looking unto Jesus. He learned taht from his trials and distresses.

Ask yourselves one question.

Why is it that when you are depressed and cry out to God, he comes to your aid and displays his Power?

Why the later it comes again? could it be because he's teaching you to rely on him?

If hardships Lead you to God, could that be the main aim of God's purpose?

If you were NOT his Child, were the hardships lead you to God? Surely, you are his if you go to him. Therefore say as the apostles taught us in the bible.

Romans 5:3-5

"Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."

and again in James 1:2-4

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."
 
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