Declarations of Identity in Christ

One of the most practical ways we can renew our minds (Romans 12:2) is by regularly speaking and agreeing with God’s Word. Use this resource to renew your mind around who you are in Christ. Speak it out loud if you can while thanking the Lord and agreeing with Him about who He says you are. While not completely comprehensive, this list is a great place to start – God has a lot to say about how He sees us!

I AM ACCEPTED IN CHRIST

I am a child of God (John 1:12)
I am Jesus’ friend (John 15:15)
I am no longer a slave, but a son/daughter (Galatians 4:5-7)
I have been adopted as a son/daughter (Romans 8:15; Ephesians 1:5)
I am a son/daughter of God and he is my Father (Romans 8:14-15; Galatians 3:26; 4:6)
I am an heir of God – a joint heir with Christ, sharing his inheritance with him (Galatians 4:6-7; Romans 8:17)
I am united with the Lord and am one in spirit with him (1 Corinthians 6:17)
I am saved by grace through faith and not of my works – I have nothing to boast about before God (Ephesians 2:8-9)
I have peace with God, and am reconciled to him (2 Corinthians 5:18-19)
I am loved by Jesus and freed from my sins by his blood (Revelation 1:5)
I have been forgiven of all my sin (Colossians 2:13)
I have been washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of Jesus by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:11)
I am a slave of God and a slave to righteousness (Romans 6:18-19, 22)
I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God’s family (Ephesians 2:19)
I am a partaker of Christ; I share in his life (Hebrews 3:14)
I am one of God’s living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:5)
I have been bought with a price and I belong to God (1 Corinthians 6:20)
I am dead to sin and alive to God (Romans 6:11)
I am a new creation – the old is gone, the new has come (2 Corinthians 5:17)
I am a saint (1 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:2)
I am righteous and holy (Ephesians 4:24)
I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:18)
I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins (Colossians 1:14)
I am complete in Christ and have all I need (Colossians 2:10)

I AM SECURE IN CHRIST

I am free forever from condemnation (Romans 8:1-2)
I am never left alone or forsaken (Hebrews 13:5)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3)
I have been established, anointed, and sealed by God (2 Corinthians 1:21-22)
I have been delivered from the domain of darkness and transferred into the Kingdom of Jesus (Colossians 1:13)
God’s divine power has given me everything I need for a godly life (2 Peter 1:3)
I can resist the devil and he will flee from me (James 4:7)
God has given me spiritual weapons and spiritual armor that are mighty through God to destroy enemy strongholds (Ephesians 6:12-18; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5)
I am strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might (Ephesians 6:10)
I can stand firm against every scheme of the devil (Ephesians 6:11)
I am confident that the work God started in me he will see through to completion (Philippians 1:6)
I have victory through Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57)
I am more than a conqueror – overwhelming victory is mine in Jesus (Romans 8:37)
I have overcome the world (1 John 5:4)
I overcome the enemy by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony (Revelation 12:11)
Greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4)
I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:7)
I am born of God and the evil one cannot touch me (1 John 5:18)
My name is written in heaven & I have authority to trample over every power of the enemy so that nothing shall hurt me (Luke 10:19-20)
I can find grace and mercy in my time of need, coming before God with confidence (Hebrews 4:16)
I am assured that all things work together for my good (Romans 8:28)
I am free from any condemning charges against me because God is for me (Romans 8:31-34)
I am constantly being prayed for according to the perfect will of God by Jesus (Romans 8:34; Hebrew 7:25)
I cannot be separated from the love of God that is in Jesus (Romans 8:35-39)
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13)
I am confident that the good work God has started in me he will see through to completion (Philippians 1:6)

I AM SIGNIFICANT IN CHRIST

I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Corinthians 5:17-21)
I am the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13)
I am the light of the world (Matthew 5:14)
I am chosen by God, holy and dearly loved (Colossians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:4)
I am a member of Christ’s Body and have a unique role to play in the Church (1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 5:30)
I am seated in the heavenly places with Jesus (Ephesians 2:6)
I am a temple – a dwelling place of God. His Spirit and His life dwells in me (1 Corinthians 6:19)
I am God’s co-worker (1 Corinthians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 6:1)
I have been purchased with the imperishable and precious blood of Jesus (1 Peter 1:19)
I can approach God with freedom, confidence, and boldness through Jesus (Ephesians 3:12; Hebrews 4:16)
I am a child of light, not of darkness (1 Thessalonians 5:5)
I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession (1 Peter 2:9-10)
I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit, fruit that will last (John 15:16)
I have received all of God’s promises in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20)
I am God’s workmanship, created to do good works (Ephesians 2:10)
I am a partaker of God’s divine nature (2 Peter 1:4)
I was chosen by God before the creation of the world (Ephesians 1:4)
I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life (Colossians 3:4)
I am a holy partaker in a heavenly calling (Hebrews 3:1)
I am a branch of the true vine, a channel of His life to others (John 15:1, 5)

Adapted from Rodney Hogue, “Liberated” & Neil Anderson, “Living Free in Christ”