August 9, 2006

• There is so much HOPE in the beautiful promises of the Lord. His Words truly breathe life into our yearning bodies. It is so comforting and assuring to me that the Lord has fashioned us and formed us into perfect creations in His eyes. After all, we were created in His image (what a marvelous thought!). Our King adores us and is truly enthralled by our beauty. I do not think it is possible to fully grasp the concept of how deep, long, wide, and high the Father’s love is for us—His love is so vast!

  
  

   

  
  

  My mother always posed a question to me and my sister  each morning. She would basically ask us, “Girls, who are you?” Initially, we did not know what to say in response to this question. I thought–well, I am your daughter, a girl, a sister, a student—but this was not the answer. She rephrased the question. “Girls, who are you in Christ?” She told us to believe and claim all the promises in His words. All He has spoken and is presently speaking over our lives is promising, encouraging, blessings, and extreme favor! They are there in His word to grasp hold of…but so often we overlook His life-giving phrases! After my mother instructed Kristen and me to search out who exactly we are in Christ…we jotted down promises the Lord has stated in His Word and repeated them out loud to my mother. We would say…

  
  

   

  
  

  I am precious in the Lord’s sight, bought with a high price. I am beautiful and dearly loved. I am a royal diadem and a crown of splendor in the Lord’s hands. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I am radiant in Christ’s eyes lacking no spiritual gift. I am the apple of His eyes and my joy is made fully complete in my Lord Jesus Christ. His beauty encircles me everyday, and His blessings descend upon my life always. He loves me with an everlasting love.

  
  

   

  
  

  Psalm 139:17:

  
  

  How precious are your thoughts about me, O God! They are innumerable!

  
  

   

  
  

  1 Corinthians 6:20:
  ^…you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

  
  

   

  
  

  Zechariah 9:17:

  
  

  How attractive and beautiful they will be! Grain will make the young men thrive,
         and new wine the young women.

  
  

   

  
  

  John 3:16:

  
  

  “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  
  

   

  
  

  Isaiah 62:3:

  
  

  You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD’s hand,
         a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

  
  

   

  
  

  Psalm 139:14:

  
  

  I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
         your works are wonderful,
         I know that full well.

  
  

   

  
  

  Psalm 34:5:

  
  

  Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.

  
  

   

  
  

  1 Corinthians 1:5-7

  
  

  For in him you have been enriched in every way—in all your speaking and in all your knowledge—because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.

  
  

   

  
  

  Psalm 17:8:

  
  

  Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings.

  
  

   

  
  

  John 3: 29-30:

  
  

  The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. He must become greater; I must become less.

  
  

   

  
  

  Psalm 32:10:

  
  

  Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD’s unfailing love 
  surrounds the man who trusts in him.

  
  

   

  
  

  Psalm 21:6:

  
  

  Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.

  
  

   

  
  

  Jeremiah 31:3:

  
  

  The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  May we be able to look into the mirror and say—“God you formed me in the hollows of your hands. Christ…you did not just mold a simple piece of art when you birthed me into being. You created a masterpiece within me!  I am truly unique and one-of-a-kind!

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

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