Our Identity in Christ
From Leaderpedia
by Lisa Nagle
Serves: Families with Youth Ages 11-14
Nutritional Value: This recipe will help youth have a biblical understanding of grace which teaches that the most important thing about us is not what we do but who and whose we are in Christ.
Preheat: Parents should take time to read the scripture verses about our identity in Christ – John 1:12-13; 1 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 1:13-14.
Ingredients: Bible, Pens, Paper
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Recipe
Preparation:
As a family play the “Who Am I?” game. One parent will write celebrity names or biblical heroes on several pieces of paper. Each person will then take a turn answering questions about their identity. Set a limit of ten questions before the correct identity is revealed.
Cooking Steps
1. Open in prayer.
2. Parent: Ask each youth to answer this question: “Who Am I?” Possible answers could include the things they possess, the sports they play, a job or a club, the way they look, the amount of popularity they have. Ask: Who defines you? How would other people identify you? How would they describe you based on your physical appearance and on your personality?
3. Read together: John 1:12-13; 1 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 1:13-14. Discuss together what these verses tell us about who we are. Make a “T” on a paper and write two headings: “Our New Identify in Christ” and “Our Old Identify”.
4. As a family write down these biblical affirmations of our identity in Christ (Conformed to His Image by Kenneth Boa).
- I am a child of God. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name. John 1:12
- I am a branch of the true vine, and an instrument of Christ’s life.“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser….I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” John 15:1,5
- I am a friend of Jesus. “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.” John 15:15
- I have been justified and redeemed. Being justified as a gift through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:24
- My old self was crucified with Christ, and I am no longer a slave to sin. Knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin. Romans 6:6
- I will not be condemned by God. Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus Romans 8:1
- I have been set free from the law of sin and death. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. Romans 8:2
- I have been accepted by Christ. Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God. Romans 15:7
- I am a fellow heir with Christ. And if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. Romans 8:17
- I have been called to be a saint. To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. 1 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:2
- My body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who dwells in me. Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16
- I am a new creature in Christ. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corinthians 5:17
- I am joined to the Lord and m one spirit with him. But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 1 Corinthians 6:17
- I have been brought near to God by the blood of Christ. But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13
- I am chosen, holy, and blameless before God. Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be
Taste Test
Every week recite the affirmation and the bible verse as you send your youth out the door every morning. Do this until you have finished the entire list! You can also search the scripture and find some other affirmations.
