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Week 3: Our Relationship With God/ Our Identity In Him

Sorry if the video isn't great, I couldn't really find a really good one to go with this topic. If you find one though, please tell me an I'll put it up ASAP! Sorry that this is late guys! Wattpad wouldn't publish it!

Hey girls! It's Kayla here, and this week's topic is who we are in God.

Today we will answer several questions that fall under this category.
Some of them are:

• What makes us who we are?
• What is a relationship with God like?
• How do we have a healthy relationship with Him?

To begin, I want you to watch the video.

The video talked about what makes us who we are.

We are not what we've achieved.
This means that it doesn't matter if we've made a million dollars and run a top world enterprise, or if we haven't done much with our life. This is not what makes us who we are. If this were the case, people would try to be the best at everything. This seems like a better world, because everyone would try harder, but it's not. People would bully those who didn't achieve as much as them, and those who don't achieve much would be frowned upon. This is not what defines us.

We are not what we do.
This means that it doesn't matter if we are the CEO of a huge company like Microsoft, or if we work at McDonalds. This is not what makes us who we are. If this were the case, everyone would strive to do everything. This is impossible, because the list is endless. This is not what defines us.

We are not what we've done right or wrong.
This means that it doesn't matter whether we have never sinned once in our life, or if we sin every minute of every day. This does not make us who we are. If this were the case, people would go through life trying to do everything right. This seems like a better world, but it's not. If this happened, people would beat themselves up over the smallest of mistakes, thinking that it changes who they are. This is not what defines us.

We are not what others say we are.
This means that we it doesn't matter if you are the most popular girl in school, or if you aren't what society says you have to be. This does not make us who we are. If this were the case, people would make others good or bad depending on how everyone thought of them. This is not what defines us.

If none of this is what defines us, then what does define us? What makes us who we are?

God helps make us who we are.

If this seems confusing to you, please tell me so I can explain it.

Here is a list of a few things that make up our identity in Him:

We are all children of God. (Based off of John 1:12) No matter what we do, what we've accomplished , what society says we are, or what we've done right or wrong. This is part of who we are.
I am Christ's friend (John 15:15)
I am a member of Christ's Body (1 Corinthians 12:27)
I am a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20)
I am adopted as his child (Ephesians 1:5)
I am in Him (Ephesians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:30)
I am a saint (Ephesians 1:18)
I am a personal witness of Jesus Christ (Acts 1:8)
I am God's coworker (2 Corinthians 6:1)
I am a minister of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:17-20)
I am alive with Christ (Ephesians 2:5)
I am raised up with Christ (Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 2:12)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 2:6)
I am God's workmanship (Ephesians 2:10)
I am a member of God's household (Ephesians 2:19)
I am a dwelling for the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:22)
I share in the promise of Christ Jesus (Ephesians 3:6)
I am completed by God (Ephesians 3:19)
I am not alone (Hebrews 13:5)
I am His disciple (John 13:15)
I am prayed for by Jesus Christ (John 17:20-23)
I possess the mind of Christ (I Corinthians 2:16)
I am chosen and dearly loved (Colossians 3:12)
I am crucified with Christ (Galatians 2:20)
I am the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21)
I am part of God's kingdom (Revelation 1:6)
I am a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17)