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Your Identity in Christ
Taken from The Bondage Breaker®
Copyright © 2007, 2019 by Neil T. Anderson
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97408
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-8624-3 (pbk)
ISBN 978-0-7369-8625-0 (eBook)
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CONTENTS
1. You Have Every Right to Be Free
2. You Can Win the Battle for Your Mind
• CHAPTER ONE • |
YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE FREE
Lydia was a middle-aged woman who was dealt a bad hand. Memories of ritual and sexual abuse that she suffered as a young child had haunted her throughout her life. Her shattered self-perception was written all over her when she came to see me. As Lydia told me her story, she displayed little emotion, but her words reflected total despair.
“Lydia, who do you think you are? I mean, how do you perceive yourself?” I asked.
“I think I’m evil,” she answered stoically. “I’m just no good for anybody. People tell me I’m evil, and all I do is bring trouble.”
“As a child of God, you’re not evil. You may have done evil things, but at the core of your very being is a desire to do what is right, or you wouldn’t be here,” I argued. I handed her the following list of scriptures describing who she is in Christ:
IN CHRIST
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About Your Identity in Christ
You Are Accepted, Secure, and Significant • claim the Bible’s promises for and about you as one who belongs to God • replace spiritual strongholds with confidence in Jesus’s restorative promises • live assured that you are dearly loved, irrevocably accepted, and masterfully made
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