BELOVED

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

“Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.” ― Brennan Manning

GOD SEES YOU AS HIS BELOVED CHILD:

1 JOHN 3:1,2 * ROMANS 8:14-16 * GALATIANS 3:26 * EPHESIANS 5:2

JESUS CALLS YOU HIS FRIEND:

JOHN 15:14-15 * PROVERBS 18:24 * JAMES 2:21-24

GOD SEES YOU AS A SPECIAL TREASURE:

DEUTERONOMY 7:6 * EXODUS 19:5 * GENESIS 1:26

YOU ARE SPECIAL & PRECIOUS TO GOD:

ISAIAH 43:4 * I PETER 2:9 * PSALM 149:4;9

GOD LOVES YOU UNCONDITIONALLY (JUST AS YOU ARE):

ROMANS 5:8 * ROMANS 8:38-39 * I JOHN 3:16 * PSALM 103:11-22

GOD ACCEPTS YOU UNCONDITIONALLY (JUST AS YOU ARE):

EPHESIANS 1:5 * ROMANS 8:15

GOD CARES FOR YOU:

 PETER 5:7 (every detail, problem, need, hurt,... in your life)

GOD SEES YOU AS HIS WORKMANSHIP (HIS MASTERPIECE):

EPHESIANS 2:10

GOD SEES YOU AS HEIRS TO HIS KINGDOM:

ROMANS 8:17 * GALATIANS 4:7

Sometimes on a Monday morning we all could use a little healthy and helpful reminding. For life, work, pressure, relationships, expectations, hurts, and lies all seek to dilute or even deceive us into forgetting these powerful TRUTHS! 

Embrace them today.

Commit to looking a few of them up.

Maybe paste a favorite or two on the mirror or fridge as a daily reinforcement!

Remember my friends our love relationship with GOD is our HIGHEST privilege, our deepest honor, our energy and hope!  Apart from Him we are quite frankly left empty.

Psalm 16:2 (ESV)

I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”

So let’s DO as MANNING suggests!

EMBRACE this amazing and privileged identity today; LOVED and wonderfully made by GOD!

“You were deliberately planned, specially gifted, and lovingly placed on this earth by God. In a world that decides your worth by the clothes you wear or the sports you play, let me tell you something—you are valuable because God created you.” ― Max Lucado

…and He DEEPLY loves you… (Jeremiah 31:3)

Have a blessed and LOVED day!

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