{"id":17422,"date":"2014-01-30T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T05:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=17422"},"modified":"2014-01-30T01:32:28","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T06:32:28","slug":"christlife-fourteen-continuing-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/30\/christlife-fourteen-continuing-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTLife – Fourteen: Continuing the Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christlife<\/a>If then you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth. For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, Who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in [the splendor of His] glory.
\nColossians 3:1-4<\/p>\n

Y\u2019know what I SO love about this little passage of the Scripture\u2014all I have to do is set my mind (and keep it set!) to seek \u2018things above!\u2019 All the rest is God\u2019s job!
\n\u2022 being raised with Christ
\n\u2022 having a new, real life
\n\u2022 being hidden in Christ
\n\u2022 Christ\u2019s return
\n\u2022 appearing with Him<\/p>\n

Here we are, friends,…we have now entered into Part 2: Your Life IS Christ<\/strong><\/em>! \u00a0As Mrs. Myers writes on page 61, \u201c…as we let God lovingly invade our lives through our faith in Christ, He provides what is essentially a new album…we relate to God as our Father, He fills our new album with images that give unshakable support of our sense of identity.\u201d \u00a0Images like these:<\/p>\n

\"2014-01-30<\/a><\/p>\n

Ok, show of hands here (actually, please leave a comment below or a \u2018like\u2019 in our study group!): who of you wants a new<\/strong> album filled with God\u2019s images of our identity? \u00a0Oh…I do! \u00a0These images will reflect that \u2018I AM who God says I am!\u2019 \u00a0No doubt! \u00a0One could fill journal after journal with these Truths.<\/p>\n

Kim and I would love to encourage you to design your own inner identity album<\/em><\/strong> page today that does just that! \u00a0If God is showing us His images of us, we no longer should be finding our identity through status, or performance, or our physical appearance.<\/p>\n

Oh! \u00a0Kim has something to share, AND her inner identity album page, too…
\nI love what Mrs. Meyers reminds us of on page 61. \u00a0That our status is important ONLY as it gives opportunity to glorify God and serve others…Our actions become a way of giving love rather than trying to earn an ego-building response from other people. \u00a0We no longer need to depend on how people respond to us and we escape from evaluating ourselves in the mirror of human approval. \u00a0Ladies, it isn’t about us…It is ALL about Him! \u00a0The enemy would love to render us ineffective by making us think we are not worthy. \u00a0But because of Jesus we have been redeemed, bought with a price\u2014and that makes us royalty, princesses, daughters of the King! \u00a0I want to encourage each of you to do a page like this (below) as a reminder of just how much the Father loves you and who you are in HIM. \u00a0The key here is in Him. \u00a0Apart from Him we can do nothing!!!!<\/p>\n

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
\na people belonging to God,
\nthat you may declare the praises of Him who called you
\nout of darkness into his wonderful light.
\n1 Peter 2:9<\/p>\n

\"CLiiakimweek3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

* \u00a0~ \u00a0* ~ \u00a0* ~ * ~ * \u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

may we pray just a portion of Mrs. Meyers prayer over you?<\/p>\n

\u201cFather, I\u2019m so glad for the beautiful portrait in Your Word of who I am in Christ. Thank You for revealing these Truths\u2014Truths which we humans so desperately need. I celebrate the fact that I never again need to rely on my appearance, my performance, or my status to define who I am. I invite You to lovingly invade all my thinking about myself. Expose further ways in which I\u2019m holding on to what is deceptive and inadequate, and encourage me to cling to the exciting Truths You have revealed\u2014Truths that confirm who I really am in Your sight.\u201d \u00a0We pray and ask these things in Jesus\u2019 name. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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