Giving Thanks for Who I Am in Christ

Understanding your identity in Christ is absolutely essential for your success at living a victorious Christian life!

Dr Neil T Anderson - Freedom in Christ Ministries

The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God! (Psalm 50:23 ESV)

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV)

...giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. (Colossians 1:12 ESV)  [See: Sinners / Total Depravity vs Saints]

In Christ Scriptures

Romans 6:11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Thank you Father that I am dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus because I make the choice to believe it to be true

 

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Thank you Father that I have eternal life in Christ Jesus

 

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Thank you Father that there is now no condemnation for me in Christ Jesus

 

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

Thank you Father that I am set free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death
 

Romans 8:38-39  For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Thank you Father that nothing is able to separate me from the love of God in Christ Jesus

 

1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thank you Father that I am sanctified in Christ Jesus and I am called to be a saint

 

1 Corinthians 1:4 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus

Thank you Father for the grace of God that was given me in Christ Jesus

 

1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

Thank you Father that in Christ I was made alive

 

2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.

Thank you Father that in Christ You always lead me in triumphal procession and through me You spread the fragrance of the knowledge of Christ

 

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Thank you Father that in Christ I am a new creation

 

Galatians 2:4 Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery

Thank you Father for the freedom that I have in Christ Jesus

 

Galatians 2:16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Thank you Father that in Christ Jesus I have been justified by my belief and faith in Christ

 

Galatians 3:26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

Thank you Father that in Christ Jesus I am a son / daughter of God through faith

 

Ephesians 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, ⁴ even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.

Thank you Father that You have blessed me in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.  Thank you that You chose me in Christ, to be holy and blameless before Him.

 

Ephesians 2:6 …raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus

Thank you Father that I am raised up with Christ and have been seated with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus

 

Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Thank you Father that You created me in Christ Jesus for good works which You prepared beforehand for me to walk in

 

Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Thank you Father that in Christ Jesus I have been brought near to You by the blood of Christ

 

Ephesians 3:6 This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Thank you Father that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and members of the same body and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel

 

Ephesians 4:32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Thank you Father that You forgave me in Christ and I choose to forgive others as You in Christ forgave me

 

Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons

Thank you Father that I am a saint in Christ Jesus

 

Philippians 2:5 Have this mind [of Christ] among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus

Thank you Father that the mind of Christ is mine in Christ Jesus

 

Philippians 3:9 … not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith…

Thank you Father that I have the righteousness of Christ though my faith, belief and trust in Christ

 

Philippians 4:7 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Thank you Father for the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding and guards my heart and my mind in Christ Jesus (when I present my requests to You with thanksgiving while shunning anxiety and casting all my cares on You)

 

1 Thessalonians 5:18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Thank you Father that Your will in Christ Jesus for me is to give thanks in all circumstances – and I clearly have much to be thankful for…

 

2 Timothy 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus

Thank you Father for the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus

 

2 Timothy 1:9 … God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began

Thank you Father for Your purpose and Your grace given to me in Christ Jesus

 

2 Timothy 1:13 Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Thank you Father for Your faith and love that are in Christ Jesus

 

2 Timothy 2:1 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus

Thank you Father for Your grace that is in Christ Jesus by which I am strengthened

 

2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Thank you Father for the salvation with eternal glory that is in Christ Jesus

 

2 Timothy 3:15 … from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Thank you Father that You make me wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus

 

In Him, With Him, and Other Scriptures

Colossians 2:6-15 ⁶ Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, ⁷ rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. ⁸ See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. ⁹ For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, ¹⁰ and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. ¹¹ In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, ¹² having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. ¹³ And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made [you] alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, ¹⁴ by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵ He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

Thank you Father that I can walk in Christ, rooted and built up in Christ, established in the faith, filled in him, circumcised in him, buried and raised with him, made alive together with him, forgiven through him and triumphing over rulers and authorities in him.

 

1 John 5:18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he [Christ] who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him. (i.e. Christ protects Christians and in particular protects us from the evil one)

Thank you Father that Christ protects me and prevents the evil one from touching me

 

Romans 6:8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

Thank you Father that because I have died with Christ I will also live with Him

 

Romans 8:16-17 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Thank you Father that I am a child of God, an heir of God and a fellow heir with Christ.  I choose to share in His suffering that I may be glorified with Him.

 

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Thank you Father that I have been crucified with Christ and that it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me.  Thank you Jesus for loving me and giving Yourself for me.

 

Ephesians 2:5 …even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved

Thank you Father that You made me alive together with Christ

 

Colossians 2:20 …with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world…

Thank you Father that with Christ I died to the elemental spirits of the world

 

Colossians 3:1 …you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God

Thank you Father that I have been raised with Christ.  I choose to seek the things that are above.

 

Hebrews 3:14  For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.

Thank you Father that I am a partner with Christ.  I choose to hold on to my confidence in Him.

Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

Thank you Father that You have qualified me to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God! (Psalm 50:23 ESV)

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV)

...giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. (Colossians 1:12 ESV)

 

Additional Resources

The In Christ webpage for Scriptures Related to Our Acceptance, Security and Significance in Christ

Two Page PDF Version of this webpage.