{"id":14076,"date":"2013-08-16T01:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T06:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=14076"},"modified":"2013-08-15T23:29:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T04:29:46","slug":"i-am-chapter-6-day-5-i-am-able-to-do-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/16\/i-am-chapter-6-day-5-i-am-able-to-do-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"“I AM” Chapter 6 – Day 5: I AM…Able to Do Anything"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hasn\u2019t it been such a great joy and encouragement to consider just some of what<\/strong> <\/em>I am (I AM) and who<\/strong><\/em> I am (I AM) IN CHRIST<\/em> these past couple of weeks?\u00a0 My heart has been revived and refreshed because of the TRUTH that has been presented in our I AM<\/strong> <\/em>study.\u00a0 I am so thankful for all that God revealed to Teresa as she wrote this book.\u00a0 We have reflected upon the truth of who<\/strong> and what <\/strong><\/em>God has made us to be in Christ.\u00a0Here in the Book of Ephesians, listen to this truth:<\/p>\n

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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.\u00a0 For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love He predestined us for adoption to sonship<\/span> through HJesus<\/span> Christ…In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God\u2019s grace that He lavished on us…In<\/span> Him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will…And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance…those who are God\u2019s possession\u2014to the praise of His glory. —\u00a0Excerpts from Ephesians 1:3-14<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

How about a little review?<\/p>\n

I AM accepted<\/strong>
\nColossians 1:12 and 13
\n…and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.\u00a0 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves…<\/p>\n

I AM family<\/strong>
\nGalatians 4:4-7
\nBut when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.\u00a0 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba<\/i>, Father.”\u00a0 So you are no longer a slave, but God\u2019s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.<\/p>\n

I AM free to be me<\/strong>
\n2 Corinthians 5:17
\nTherefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!<\/p>\n

I AM fit for service<\/strong>
\nEphesians 1:3-7
\nPraise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.\u00a0 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will\u2014to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.\u00a0 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n

I AM complete<\/strong>
\nColossians 2:9 and 10
\nFor in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;<\/p>\n

I AM significant<\/strong>
\nGalatians 2:20
\nI have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.<\/p>\n

I AM a branch of Christ<\/strong>
\nJohn 15:5-8
\nI am the Vine; you are the branches. If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing.\u00a0 If you do not remain in Me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.\u00a0 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.\u00a0 This is to My Father\u2019s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be My disciples.<\/p>\n

I AM God\u2019s workmanship<\/strong> (His masterpiece)
\nEphesians 2:10
\nFor we are God\u2019s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.<\/p>\n

I AM a minister<\/strong>
\nEphesians 4:3-6
\nMake every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.\u00a0 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;\u00a0 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.<\/p>\n

whew<\/span>! …or rather… HALLELUJAH!\u00a0 And who<\/strong><\/em> and what<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0I AM in and through Christ<\/span> leads us to\u2014I AM able to do anything<\/strong><\/em>!\u00a0 His grace covers me!<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 12:9 <\/strong><\/p>\n

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ\u2019s power may rest on me.<\/p>\n

The Apostle Paul, sharing of us struggles to live for God\u2019s glory, tells us what the Lord revealed to him.\u00a0 This truth applies to our lives, too.\u00a0 In our weakness(<\/span>es<\/span>) we, too, are given the sufficiency of Jesus\u2019 power through His gracious help and provision.\u00a0 Through all that I AM in Christ, I AM able!\u00a0 God has provided for us in so many ways!<\/p>\n