10 Bible verses on how God views His children

Knowing who you are is the most important thing in life, this identification can take you to all the places you need to go, while the lack of it takes further from your destiny.

The Devil knows this, that is why it is a best trick, he uses this lack of identity to manipulate us into living in perpetual sin, and running from God, rather than to Him.

The truth is that he will continue to have a strong hold over us, as long as we don't know ourselves, as long we think God does not love because of all our sins, as long as we think our sins are too much to be forgiven.

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This identity crisis, mind games and manipulation can only stop when we discover who we truly are and how our Father in Heaven sees us.

As always, the Bible has provides us with the answers to this important question.

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Here are 10 verses that God sees us in a positive light, loves us and wants only the best for us, in spite of how terrible we think our sins are.

1. John 15:16; “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.”

2. Romans 8:17; “Now if we are children, then we are heirs- heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ. If indeed we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share with His glory.”

3. 1 Peter 2:9; “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

4. Romans 8:37; “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”

5. Matthew 5:13; “You are the salt of the earth.”

6. Hebrews 3:1; “Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest.”

7. 2 Corinthians 4:6; “For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.”

8. Matthew 5:14; "You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.”

9. Ephesians 2:8; “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.”

10. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19; "All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.”

In times of self doubt, when the Devil is screaming in your ear, trying to tell you who you are, hold on to these verses.

Ephesians 2:10 - “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

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God loves you, He thinks highly of you, and you are special, remember that!!!