BEING THANKFUL TO YOUR GOD!

Ephesians 2:8-9 (CEV)
⁸  You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve. This is God’s gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own.
⁹  It isn’t something you have earned, so there is nothing you can brag about.

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV)
⁸  For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–
⁹  not by works, so that no one can boast.

This is our true Identity in Christ:

Romans 3:24               We are justified (declared ‘not guilty’ of sin)
Romans 8:1                 No condemnation awaits us.
Romans 8:2                 We are set free from the law of sin and death.
1 Corinthians 1:2         We are sanctified and made acceptable in Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:30       We are righteous and holy in Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:22    We will be made alive at the resurrection.
2 Corinthians 5:17       We are a New Creation
2 Corinthians 5:21       We receive God’s Righteousness.
Galatians 3:28             We are ONE in Christ with ALL OTHER BELIEVERS.
Ephesians 1:3              We are blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
Ephesians 1:4              We are holy, blameless, and covered with God’s love.
Ephesians 1:5,6           We are adopted as God’s children.
Ephesians 1:7              Our sins are taken away, and we are forgiven.
Ephesians 1:10,11       We will be brought under Christ’s headship.
Ephesians 1:13            We are marked as belonging to God by the Holy Spirit
Ephesians 2:6              We have been raised up to sit with Christ in glory.
Ephesians 2:10            We are God’s work of art.
Ephesians 2:13            We have been brought near to God
Ephesians 3:6              We share in the promise in Christ.
Ephesians 3:12            We can come with freedom and confidence into God’s Presence.
Ephesians 5:29,30       We are members of Christ’s Body, the church.
Colossians 2:10           We have been given fullness in Christ.
Colossians 2:11           We are set free from our sinful nature.
2 Timothy 2:10            We will have eternal glory.

Does THAT move you inwardly? It sure moves me. What a collage of why we can/should/are thankful to God as we approach this Thanksgiving season. And I’m SURE from your personal life you can fill in between the lines with so much MORE! That makes me feel like royalty….and we are. “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare…..proclaim….shout out loud….the praises of HIM  who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
(1 Peter 2:9,10 NIV)   “Lord, WE     ARE    SO    VERY    THANKFUL!!!!”