Missy was challenged to do some daily affirmations and we thought it would be a good idea to try it and see if this would help us and maybe someone who would hear it. However we didn’t want to just stand in a mirror like Stuart Smalley telling ourselves we are good enough and smart enough. Instead we figured it would be better to find affirmations about who God says we are when we are found in Him.

GOSPEL REFLECTIONS 

1. YOU ARE CHOSEN: “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” 1 Peter‬ ‭2:9‬ ‭ESV‬‬ 

2. YOU ARE WORK IN PROGRESS: “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians‬ ‭1:6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

3. YOU ARE GOD’S MASTERPIECE: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians‬ ‭2:10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

4. YOU ARE FREE: “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians‬ ‭5:1‬ ‭ESV‬‬

5. YOU ARE VICTORIOUS: “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭15:57‬ ‭ESV‬‬

6. YOU ARE PROVIDED FOR: “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.” Philippians‬ ‭4:19-20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

7. YOU ARE A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN: “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,” Philippians‬ ‭3:20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

8. YOU ARE RESCUED FROM DARKNESS: “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Colossians‬ ‭1:13-14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

9. YOU ARE LOVED: “Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,” Colossians‬ ‭3:12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

10. YOU ARE FORGIVEN: “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,” Ephesians‬ ‭1:7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

11. YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD: “and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty."” 2 Corinthians‬ ‭6:18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

12. YOU ARE A FRIEND OF JESUS: “No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.” John‬ ‭15:15‬ ‭ESV‬‬