the ultimate self-affirmations: Identity in christ statements

Virtual Appendix for the book Triumphant Surrender, Chapter 7

Excerpt from Triumphant Surrender, page 112:
     ...the secular counselors would never give me much more than just a few coping mechanisms. You might know what I’m talking about, like wearing a rubber band on your wrist and popping it painfully whenever bad thoughts creep into your mind or thirty straight days of affirmation statements, such as “I have amazing potential”; “I can do hard things”; “I can make good choices”; “I am of great worth.”
      For the popular self-help gurus out there, these may work. And for some of their followers too. Yet what I repeatedly see is people trapped in the snare of their own self-perception, be it positive or negative. I have tried secular affirmation statements before, and I have tried to willpower my way into believing them. But way before thirty days passed—much less three days—the devil was placing another brick in the wall of my emotional prison cell. 
     I have come to believe that what sets me free emotionally is God-esteem, not self-esteem. Like thousands of God’s promises across Scripture, there are hundreds of verses where God proclaims how He identifies us in Christ. If you are as desperate to thrive triumphantly in Christ as I was, and remain to be, you will make God’s opinion the only one worth listening to. 

Application Note from page 116:  Daily affirmations of “identity in Christ” statements. You can refer to my compilation at triumphantsurrender.com. Rotate through ten different ones each week. Recite them until you begin memorizing them. They are great rebukes when the devil tries to insert his lies into your head again.

In Christ Jesus …
I am created in His image. – Genesis 1:27
I am overtaken with blessings. – Deuteronomy 28:2
I am blessed. – Deuteronomy 28:6
I am the head and not the tail, I am at the top and never the bottom. – Deuteronomy 28:13
I am redeemed from the curse of sin, sickness, and poverty. – Deuteronomy 28
I am the apple of His eye. – Deuteronomy 32:10
I am like a tree firmly planted by streams of water which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever I do prospers. - Psalm 1:3

In Christ Jesus …
I am set apart. – Psalm 4:3
I am the apple of my Father's eye. – Psalm 17:8
I am pursued by God’s goodness and faithful love. – Psalm 23:6
I am walking in His purpose for me. – Psalm 57:2
I am called of God to be the voice of His praise. – Psalm 66:8
I am redeemed! – Psalm 107:2
I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  And that my soul knows very well. I Am God’s intentional and perfectly planned creation. – Psalm 139:14
I am thought of as precious by God. – Psalm 139:17
I am healed by the stripes of Jesus. – Isaiah 53:5
I am far from oppression, and fear does not come near me. – Isaiah 54:14
I am a crown of beauty in the hand of God. – Isaiah 62:3
I am in His hand. – Jeremiah 26:14
I am loved with an everlasting love. – Jeremiah 31:3
I am a jewel in His crown. – Zechariah 9:15-17
I am the salt of the earth. – Matthew 5:13
I am the light of the world. – Matthew 5:14
I am commissioned to make disciples. – Matthew 28:19-20
I am anointed to preach, to teach, to heal, and to cast out demons. – Mark 16:15-20

In Christ Jesus …
I am blessed and highly favored. – Luke 1:28
I have given, and it is given to me; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. – Luke 6:38
I am powerful beyond measure. – Luke 10:19
I am God's child. – John 1:12
I am born again. – John 3:3
I am greatly loved; I am important. – John 3:16
I am accepted and seen as worthy. – John 6:37
I have everlasting life. – John 6:47
I am from above. – John 8:23
I am set free. – John 8:31-33
I have abundant life in Christ, to the overflow. – John 10:10
I know God's voice. – John 10:14
I have eternal life. – John 10:27
I’m a servant of God. – John 12:26
I am a disciple of Christ because I have love for others. – John 13:34-35
I shall do even greater works than Christ Jesus. – John 14:12
I have been given peace. – John 14:27
I am a branch of the true vine, and a conduit of Christ’s life. – John 15:1-5
I am clean. – John 15:3

In Christ Jesus …
I am a branch of Jesus Christ, the true vine, and a channel of His life. – John 15:5
I am joyful. – John 15:11
As a disciple, I am a friend of Jesus Christ. – John 15:15
I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit. – John 15:16
I have been given glory.  I am one in Christ!  Hallelujah! – John 17:21-23
I am greatly loved by God; one of his saints. – Romans 1:7
I have been justified freely by His grace and redeemed. – Romans 3:24
I have been justified; completely forgiven and made righteous. – Romans 5:1
I have received the gift of righteousness and reign as a king in life by Jesus Christ. – Romans 5:17
My old self was crucified with Christ, and I am no longer a slave to sin. – Romans 6:6
I am dead to sin. – Romans 6:2, 11
I am a spirit being alive to God. – Romans 6:11
I am a slave of righteousness. – Romans 6:18
I am free from sin and enslaved to God. – Romans 6:22
I am free forever from condemnation; I am forgiven. – Romans 8:1
I am free from the law of sin and death. – Romans 8:2
I am a child of God; God is spiritually my Father. – Romans 8:14-15

In Christ Jesus …
I am an heir of God and joint heirs with Christ; I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him. – Romans 8:17
I am called; I am assured that God works for my good in all circumstances. – Romans 8:28
I am free from any condemnation brought against me and I cannot be separated from the love of God. – Romans 8:31-39
I am His elect, full of mercy, kindness, humility, and long suffering. – Romans 8:33
I am more than a conqueror through Christ, who loves me. – Romans 8:37
I have faith. – Romans 12:3
I am filled with joy and peace. – Romans 15:13
I have been accepted by Christ. – Romans 15:17
I have been sanctified and called to holiness. - 1 Corinthians 1:2
I have been given grace in Christ Jesus. – 1 Corinthians 1:4
I am established to the end. – 1 Corinthians 1:8
In Christ Jesus, I have wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. – 1 Corinthians 1:30
I have received the Spirit of God into my life that I might know the things feely given to me by God. – 1 Corinthians 2:12
I have been given the mind of Christ. – 1 Corinthians 2:16
 
In Christ Jesus …
I am a temple…a dwelling place…of God. His Spirit and His life dwell in me. – 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19
I am united with the Lord, and I am one with Him in spirit. – 1 Corinthians 6:17
I am the temple of the Holy Spirit; I am bought with a price; I am not my own; I belong to God. – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, 7:23
I am called. – 1 Corinthians 7:17
I am a member of Christ’s Body. – 1 Corinthians 12:27
I am victorious through Jesus Christ. – 1 Corinthians 15:57
I have been established, anointed and sealed by God in Christ, and I have been given to the Holy Spirit as a pledge guaranteeing my inheritance to come. – 2 Corinthians 1:21
I am led by God in triumphal procession; I always triumph in Christ. – 2 Corinthians 2:14
I am to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. – 2 Corinthians 2:15
I am softened in Christ, as the hardening of my mind has been removed in Christ. – 2 Corinthians 3:14
I am being changed into the likeness of Christ. – 2 Corinthians 3:18
I am a believer, and the light of the Gospel shines in my mind. – 2 Corinthians 4:4
I am 'outwardly wasting away, yet inwardly being renewed day by day'. – 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

In Christ Jesus …
Since I have died, I no longer live for myself, but for Christ. – 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
I am made new! – 2 Corinthians 5:17
I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation. – 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
I am an ambassador for Christ. – 2 Corinthians 5:20
I am the righteousness of God through Jesus Christ. – 2 Corinthians 5:21
I am self-sufficient, depending only on Him. – 2 Corinthians 9:8
I am given strength in exchange for weakness. – 2 Corinthians 12:10
It is not I who live, but Christ lives in me.  I am in Christ. – Galatians 2:20
I am redeemed from the curse of the law. – Galatians 3:13
I am a son of God and one in Christ with all believers. – Galatians 3:26, 28
I am Abraham’s seed…an heir of the promise. – Galatians 3:29
I am an heir of God since I am a son of God. – Galatians 4:6-7
I am no longer a slave, but a child and an heir. – Galatians 4:7
I am set free in Christ. – Galatians 5:1
I am a saint. – Ephesians 1:1
I have been chosen by God and adopted as His child. I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing. – Ephesians 1:3-8
 
In Christ Jesus …
I was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blame before Him. – Ephesians 1:4
I am adopted as God’s son through Jesus Christ. – Ephesians 1:5
I am accepted in the Christ. – Ephesians 1:6
I am forgiven all my sins and washed in the blood. – Ephesians 1:7
I am sealed with the promise of the Holy Spirit. – Ephesians 1:13
I have a guaranteed inheritance. – Ephesians 1:14
I have received the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Jesus, the eyes of my understanding being enlightened. – Ephesians 1:17-18
I am made alive together in fellowship and union with Christ – He gave me the very life of Christ Himself and it is by grace that I am saved. – Ephesians 2:5
I am raised up with Christ and seated in heavenly places.  I am ruling and reigning with Christ because I   am seated in heavenly places with Him.  Therefore, I have power and authority over the enemy. – Ephesians 2:6
I am God’s masterpiece - His workmanship - created in Christ Jesus to do good works. – Ephesians 2:10
I am brought near by the blood of Christ. – Ephesians 2:13
I have direct access to God through the Spirit. – Ephesians 2:18
I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God’s family. – Ephesians 2:19
I am built on the foundations of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the chief cornerstone. – Ephesians 2:20

In Christ Jesus …
I am righteous and holy. – Ephesians 2:24
I may approach God with boldness, freedom, and confidence. – Ephesians 3:12
My new self is righteous and holy. – Ephesians 4:24
I am His faithful follower. – Ephesians 5:1
I was formerly darkness, but now I am light in the Lord. – Ephesians 5:8
I am strong in the Lord. – Ephesians 6:10
I can quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one with my shield of faith. – Ephesians 6:16
I am confident that God will complete the good work He started in me.  I am being changed into His image. – Philippians 1:6
I am saved! – Philippians 2:12
I press on toward the goal to win the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 3:14
I am a citizen of heaven, seated in heaven right now. – Philippians 3:20
I have the peace of God which passes all understanding; the peace of God guards my heart and mind.  – Philippians 4:7
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. I am victorious. I am capable. – Philippians 4:13
I have the peace of God that surpasses all understanding. – Philippians 4:7

In Christ Jesus …
I have all my needs met by God according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:19
I died with Christ and I have been raised up with Christ. My life is now hidden With Christ in God.  Christ is now my life. – Colossians 1:1-4
I am strengthened with all might according to His glorious power. – Colossians 1:11
I am qualified to share in His inheritance for the saints in light. – Colossians 1:12
I am delivered from the power of darkness and transformed into God's Kingdom. – Colossians 1:13
I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins. The debt against me has been cancelled. – Colossians 1:14
I am blameless and free from accusation. – Colossians 1:22
Christ Himself is in me, the hope of glory. – Colossians 1:27
I walk in Christ Jesus. – Colossians 2:6
I am firmly rooted, built up, strengthened in the faith and overflowing with gratitude. – Colossians 2:7
I have been made complete in Christ. – Colossians 2:10
I have been spiritually circumcised. My old unregenerate nature has been removed. – Colossians 2:11
I have been buried, raised, and made alive with Christ. – Colossians 2:12-13
I am hidden with Christ in God. – Colossians 3:3

In Christ Jesus …
I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life. – Colossians 3:4
I have put off the old man and have put on the new man, which is renewed in the knowledge after the image of Him Who created me. – Colossians 3:9-10
I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved. – Colossians 3:12-13
I am beloved of God.  I am chosen. – 1 Thessalonians 1:4
I am a son of light and not of darkness. – 1 Thessalonians 5:5
I have been given a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline … not fear! – 2 Timothy 1:7
I have been saved and set apart - called - according to God’s doing. – 2 Timothy 1:9
Because I am sanctified and am one with the Sanctifier, He is not ashamed to call me brother. – Hebrews 2:11
I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling. – Hebrews 3:1
I have the right to come boldly before the throne of God to find mercy and grace in a time of need. – Hebrews 4:14-16
I became God's prized possession when He chose to give me His true word. – James 1:18
I am a doer of the Word and blessed in my actions. – James 1:22-25
I am submitted to God, and the devil flees from me because I resist him in the Name of Jesus. – James 4:7
 
In Christ Jesus …
I am God’s child for I am born again of the incorruptible seed of the Word of God, which lives and abides forever. – 1 Peter 1:23
I am one of God’s living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house. – 1 Peter 2:5
I show forth the praises of God Who has called me out of darkness into His marvelous light. – 1 Peter 2:9
I am part of a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people. – 1 Peter 2:9
I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live. – 1 Peter 2:11
I am an enemy of the devil. – 1 Peter 2:11
I am not a slave to my urges and craving, I am steadfast and can go do anything with Jesus. – 1 Peter 2:11
I am healed by the wounds of Jesus. – 1 Peter 2:24
I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God by which I am a partaker of God’s divine nature. – 2 Peter 1:3-4
I am cleansed by His blood! – 1 John 1:7
I am totally and completely forgiven. – 1 John 1:9
I am forgiven on the account of Jesus’ name. – 1 John 2:12
I am anointed by God. – 1 John 2:27
I am a child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns. – 1 John 3:1-2

In Christ Jesus …
I have the Greater One living in me because greater is He Who is in me than he who is in the world. – 1 John 4:4
I am loved.  I am like Christ. – 1 John 4:10
I am in the world as He is in heaven. – 1 John 4:17
I am born of God. – 1 John 5:1
I have overcome the world. – 1 John 5:4
I am born of God, and the evil one - the devil - cannot touch me. – 1 John 5:8
I have life. – 1 John 5:12
I am born of God, and the evil one does not touch me. – 1 John 5:18
I have been redeemed. – Revelation 5:9
I am an overcomer by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony. – Revelation 12:11
I am victorious. – Revelation 21:7


Source:  Compiled from several internet lists of Identity in Christ statements, including but not limited to one from Joyce Meyer and the popular one from Neil T. Anderson.


- Tony Green, author of the book Triumphant Surrender