1. Neither we nor anyone else dictate our identity.
2. Our identity is not our circumstances.
3. God gives us our identity.

Very good creation:
Genesis 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Beloved Child:
1 John 3:1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him
His Creation:
Isaiah 43:1 But now, this is what the LORD says – he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
His Handiwork/workmanship:
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.
Image bearers:
Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Redeemed:
1 Peter 1:18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors.
Temple For His Holy Spirit:
1 Corinthians 3:16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives among you?
Friend:
John 5:15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.
Loved:
Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
His Heir:
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 in his glory

A New Creation:
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here!
Accepted:
Romans 15:7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Triumphant:
2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.
Free:
Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
A Part:
Ephesians 3:6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.

Citizen Of Heaven:
Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Complete:
Colossians 2:10 And in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
Chosen:
1 Thessalonians 1:4 For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you.
Sound Mind:
2 Timothy 1:7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
Saved:
Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.

Set Apart:
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
A Special Possession:
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.