"The reason so many Christians are not enjoying the maturity and freedom which is their inheritance in Christ is because they hold wrong self-perceptions. They don't see themselves as they really are in Christ. They don't understand the dramatic change which occured in them the moment they trusted in Him. They don't see themselves the way God sees them, and to that degree they suffer from a poor self-image. They don't grasp their true identity." -Neil Anderson from the book "Victory over the Darkness"
My Identity in Christ
Matthew 5:13 I am the salt of the earth.
Matthew 5:14 I am the light of the world.
Matthew 6:26 I am valuable to God.
John 14:20 I am indwelled by Christ. His Spirit lives in me.
John 15:1,5 I am a branch of the True Vine.
John 15:15 I am Christ's friend.
John 15:16 I am chosen and appointed by Christ to go and bear fruit.
Romans 5:9 I am justified by Christ's blood.
Romans 5:10 I am reconcilied to God through Christ's death and saved through Christ's life.
Romans 6:18 I am set free from sin and a slave of righteousness.
Romans 8:1 I am free from condemnation.
Romans 8:2 I am free in Christ.
Romans 8:17 I am a child of God and a co-heir with Christ.
Romans 8:37 I am more than a conqueror through Christ.
Romans 15:7 I am accepted by Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:16 I have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:16 I am a temple of God. His spirit lives in me.
1 Corinthians 6:11 I am washed, justified, and santified through Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:27 I am part of Christ's body.
2 Corinthians 2:15 I am the fragrance of Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 I am a new creation.
2 Corinthians 5:20 I am an ambassador for Christ and a minister of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:21 I am the rightouesness of God in Christ.
Galatians 3:13 I am redeemed from the curse of the law.
Galatians 4:7 I am a child of God and an heir of God.
Ephesians 1:1 I am a saint.
Ephesians 1:3 I am blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
Ephesians 1:5 I am adopted into God's family.
Ephesians 1:7 I am redeemed and forgiven through Christ's blood.
Ephesians 1:11 I am chosen by God.
Ephesians 1:13 I am sealed by God with the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 2:5 I am now alive with Christ.
Ephesians 2:10 I am Christ's workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for me to do.
Ephesians 2:19 I am a fellow citizen with God's people and a member of God's household.
Philippians 4:13 I am able to do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
Philippians 3:20 I am a citizen of heaven.
Colossians 1:13 I am rescured from the dominion of darkness and brought into the kingdom of the Son God loves.
Colossians 1:22 I am holy in God's sight, without blemish and free of accusation.
Colossians 2:10 I am complete in Christ.
Colossians 3:12 I am chosen by God, holy and dearly loved.
Colossians 3:3 I am hidden with Christ in God.
1 Peter 2:9 I am of a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God to declare the praises of Him who called me out of darkness into his wonderful light.
1 Peter 2:11 I am an alien and stranger to this world.
1 Peter 5:8 I am an enemy of the devil.
1 John 1:9 I am forgiven of my sins.
1 John 5:18 I am born of God and the evil one cannot harm me.
Revelation 21:9 I am the bride of Christ.
May 18, 2011
May 11, 2011
New Song of the Week!
This is a great song - called Stronger by Christian artist Mandisa, formerly from American Idol. (The lyrics are in the youtube video.)
May 8, 2011
Happy Mother's Day Mom!
I have the best mom in the world! I love you so very much Mom and I hope you are having a great day with dad and Kristi and Andrew and Nadine.
Mom I just want to say
How much you mean to me
And how I do appreciate
Everything you’ve done for me
I pray that God will bless you
In an even greater way
And that His presence will be with you
Especially more today.
Mom I just want to say
How much you mean to me
And how I do appreciate
Everything you’ve done for me
I pray that God will bless you
In an even greater way
And that His presence will be with you
Especially more today.
May 5, 2011
Kristi, I'm SO Proud of you!
I just wanted to post that I'm so proud of my sister Kristi!!!!!!!
She just got her High School Equivalency Certificate!!!
To my sister Kristi: It took so much courage to step out on a limb and take the 5 tests required. I'm so proud of you just for trying. And I bet everyone in the family feels the same, but then you didn't just TRY, you PASSED! And you didn't just pass, you got awesome marks!! You did it Kristi!!!!!! You're done highschool!!! We all knew you had it in you and I hope this shows you how smart you really are! This is such a huge accomplishment and we all want to celebrate with you! Even though you may not want the attention or the pictures, we just love you so much and want to celebrate this accomplishment with you!!!!!!
BIG HUGS from your sister Rebecca who loves you no matter what, for life, you're stuck with me!
And I'll take the pictures down if you really want me to haha
May 2, 2011
"Is It All In Your Head?" NO!
There was an interesting article in the latest Reader's Digest about the 5 most understood illnesses in Canada called "Is It All In Your Head?". Number 1 was Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and number 2 was Fibromyalgia. So I wanted to give you a little summary of the article to give you a glimpse of the frustrating reality of over 300,000 lives in Canada, including mine.
1. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
It begins by recapping a person's story and I loved how she expressed the extreme fatigue and pain she experienced; she described saying, "walking from the bedroom to the kitchen felt like walking across the Sahara". She was quickly diagnosed with CFS but her doctor had no idea how to help her. She remembers "My doctor basically said 'I can't help you.'" (I've heard that from more than 1 doctor as well.) The article continues by providing general info about CFS explaining how patients are often sent to psychiatrists because physicians don't know what to do with them. Patients still also "face physicians who are not well-informed about the debilitating nature of their illness" and simply think it's too "time consuming and difficult to treat and diagnose." (I was blessed with a very caring doctor in Windsor, and very knowledgeable doctors while in England.)
2. Fibromyalgia
The article describes how "the mainstream medical community is at odds over whether Fibromyalgia is an actual condition. Sufferers usually appear perfectly healthy when examined because there are no laboratory tests to support or discredit symptom testimony." This results in doctors, again, sending their patients to psychiatrists. "When doctor's don't understand a condition, they always make this leap to the head." The problem continues with drug companies that "engage in the most egregious type of marketing and disease-mongering". The medical test that is now widely accepted is the "tender points test" (which was how I was diagnosed) but this again relies on the patient's testimony and results in grave misdiagnosis, unfortunately resulting in the real sufferers (like myself) being lumped into the wrong category. Because there is generally no consensus, patients are often left to come to their own conclusions and figure out how to treat their illness on their own. One patients says "I think it's sad that after all these years, we have to jump through hoops to prove ourselves". (Trust me, I understand...)
1. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
It begins by recapping a person's story and I loved how she expressed the extreme fatigue and pain she experienced; she described saying, "walking from the bedroom to the kitchen felt like walking across the Sahara". She was quickly diagnosed with CFS but her doctor had no idea how to help her. She remembers "My doctor basically said 'I can't help you.'" (I've heard that from more than 1 doctor as well.) The article continues by providing general info about CFS explaining how patients are often sent to psychiatrists because physicians don't know what to do with them. Patients still also "face physicians who are not well-informed about the debilitating nature of their illness" and simply think it's too "time consuming and difficult to treat and diagnose." (I was blessed with a very caring doctor in Windsor, and very knowledgeable doctors while in England.)
2. Fibromyalgia
The article describes how "the mainstream medical community is at odds over whether Fibromyalgia is an actual condition. Sufferers usually appear perfectly healthy when examined because there are no laboratory tests to support or discredit symptom testimony." This results in doctors, again, sending their patients to psychiatrists. "When doctor's don't understand a condition, they always make this leap to the head." The problem continues with drug companies that "engage in the most egregious type of marketing and disease-mongering". The medical test that is now widely accepted is the "tender points test" (which was how I was diagnosed) but this again relies on the patient's testimony and results in grave misdiagnosis, unfortunately resulting in the real sufferers (like myself) being lumped into the wrong category. Because there is generally no consensus, patients are often left to come to their own conclusions and figure out how to treat their illness on their own. One patients says "I think it's sad that after all these years, we have to jump through hoops to prove ourselves". (Trust me, I understand...)
May 1, 2011
Oh, how I love my family!
My parents, Kristi and Chewie were able to go to Sudbury last week to visit Mark, Averil and Evan. All three of their birthdays were in April and it was Evan's 1st birthday. I was wishing I was there, but am happy that they all got to spend some time together.
The cutest thing is that Evan has started to say "dog". He doesn't say very many words yet; I think mainly "da da da da", "all done" and "Averil" (from Mark saying Averil's name haha). But while Chewie was up there, he started calling out "daww dawww dawww" trying to say dog dog dog, which I think it utterly adorable!
Here are a couple pictures:
The cutest thing is that Evan has started to say "dog". He doesn't say very many words yet; I think mainly "da da da da", "all done" and "Averil" (from Mark saying Averil's name haha). But while Chewie was up there, he started calling out "daww dawww dawww" trying to say dog dog dog, which I think it utterly adorable!
Here are a couple pictures:
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