Hallelujah - What a Savior!!!!

Good Morning my beautiful GEMS and sisters in Christ!

I just want you to know that I am praying for you today and that I love each of you! I am still flying high from last evening and know that God is and is going to do amazing things in our midst this year! Woo Hoo!!!!!!

Lisa leaves this morning for the DR and I told her we would all be praying for her! If you can, stop right now as your reading and say a prayer for her and the women and the ministry/conference which she is participating. Thank you! She will be back on Monday and I hope she will share some of the highlights with us and maybe I can even post some pictures.

Wasn't the lesson shared last night powerful. Our identity in Christ!!!! I am posting the Bible verses Lisa gave us last night, as she indicated I would. I am going to write each one on a card and have it for easy reference.
Don't forget your "homework" for your Small Group Meetings! Some of the questions are very thought provoking. Be sure to be in the Word and before His Throne in prayer as you study your questions! HE will guide and we will follow and grow together!!!

I love y'all!
Cheri Lynn

Here are the verses!

9/23 - Thursday
John 1:12-13
I am God's child!
Does it seem too good to be true that God loves you just exactly as you are? I think the key to embracing this truth is in verse 13...it's not because I am so great that He loves me and accepts me...it's because He wants to...it's His will.

9/24 - Friday
John 15:15
I am Christ's friend!
He calls us friend - and He has made everything known to us through daily reading the Bible, praying, and simply enjoying being in His presence. Today, really focus on talking to God as your friend...tell Him about every little thing that you are doing...just like you would to a friend on a cell phone...."call" on Him.

9/25 - Saturday
Romans 5:1
I have been justified!
Justified means being declared "not guilty". Even though you have sinned, when you ask Jesus to be your Savior and believe in Him, God does not hold your sins against you. If He did, Jesus died on the cross for no reason. Jesus died for your sins. Accept that grace and walk in confidence today.

9/26 - Sunday
1 Corinthians 6:17
I am united with the Lord!
You know those things that you just don't seem to be able to break free of? Think of it in the right way...you are united to God...ALL THE TIME. When you choose to sin, He is with you...and you are denying the Holy Spirit in you. Once you are His child, you cannot have God on a "sort of" basis. You are united. Live today thinking about the FACT that the Holy Spirit lives in you.

9/27 - Monday
1 Corinthians 6:19b-20
I have been bought with a price. I belong to Him!
We all want to "fit in" and be part of something. Because He loves you...and always has, He laid down His life for you...and He did it for me. This blows me away when I really stop to absorb it. I am that important...I am that necessary to Him...the God of the Universe paid for me. That should make every one of us stand up taller and stronger...and willing to do things His way.

9/28 - Tuesday
1 Corinthians 12:27
I am a member of Christ's Body!
Because He paid for me, I am connected to every person who has committed to living for Him. As I reach out, these Christians become more than folks at church...they become my brothers and sisters...and we are blood relatives...we are related by the Blood of Jesus Christ.

9/29 - Wednesday
Ephesians 1:18-19a
I am a saint!
This was big news to me when I learned it. I always thought saints were incredibly religious, perfect, extraordinary people. Turns out, that's not what the Bible says. Saints are Christians; people who are holy (set apart) and who follow God's ways. Yes, we sin, but we are not sinners. Romans 5:8 tells us that Christ dies for us "while we were sinners". Once we accept Him by faith, we become a saint.

9/30 - Thursday
Ephesians 1:5
I have been adopted as God's child!
Not only are you God's child...but you are a chosen child. It's not that God is stuck with you because He gave birth to you...He has adopted you...chosen you. That adds an extra dose of love...I'm His because He chose to have me.



10/1 - Friday
Ephesians 2:18
I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit!
We do not need an earthly priest to talk to God for us. The Bible is clear: Jesus is our high priest forever. (Hebrews 4:14-16) He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in believers (1 Corinthians 3:16). The Holy Spirit in us allows us to speak directly to our Father.

10/2 - Saturday
Colossians 1:14
I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins!
Back up and read verses 9-14. WOW! Now that you know you are a saint, understand that all of those promises there are for you! You are forgiven. In order to live life in the "kingdom of light" - to live freely, we need to accept that forgiveness...and forgive ourselves.

10/3 - Sunday
Colossians 2:9-10
I am complete in Christ!
The NIV Bible says "fulness", but most other translations say "in Him you have been made complete". Without Jesus being full part of your life, you are incomplete. You will try to fill your hurts, anger, pain, depression and disappointments with things that are destructive. They can never fill you - only He can.

10/4 - Monday
Psalm 139:13-14
I am wonderfully made!
The truth is that you are fearfully (awesomely) and wonderfully made. Your Heavenly Father has known you since before you were born. There is nothing junky about someone that God has made. If you do not accept that you are wonderful, it is very difficult to act wonderfully! Accept the truth - you are wonderful. Act like it today.

10/5 - Tuesday
Genesis 1:26-27
I am created by God!
Sometimes we forget and we give our parents all the credit for "creating" us. The truth is that you were created by God. It wasn't man's idea to come up with the way to make babies! God has always known you. You are His precious creation.

10/6 - Wednesday
2 Corinthians 3:18
I am being transformed!
God did not stop with His creation of you...He continues to work in your life to transform you from your old (or current) selfish ways. His Holy Spirit, living in you, is pushing against the sin in your life...the sin that has you in bondage. As you turn from old ways, you walk toward good and righteous things. This is holy and transformed living.

See y'all tonight (10/6)!!!