For those of you who did not attend the retreat, Heather mentioned the list we read regarding who we are IN CHRIST. If you have received Christ, this list describes you as a new creation:
I am the salt of the earth (Matt. 5:13)
I am the light of the world (Matt. 5:14)
I am a child of God (John 1:12)
I am part of the true vine, a channel of Christ's life (John 15:1, 5)
I am Christ's friend (John 15:15)
I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit (John 15:16)
I am a slave of righteousness (Romans 6:18)
I am enslaved to God (Romans 6:22)
I am a son (daughter) of God; God is spiritually my Father (Rom 8:14, 15; Gal 3:26; 4:6)
I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him (Rom 8:17)
I am a temple-a dwelling place of God. His Spirit and His life dwells in me. (1Cor 3:16; 6:19)
I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him (1Cor 6:17)
I am a member of Christ's body (1Cor 12:27; Eph 5:30)
I am a new creation (2Cor 5:17)
I am reconciled to God and one in Christ (Gal 3:26, 28)
I am an heir of God since I am a son (daughter) of God (Gal 4:6, 7)
I am a saint (Eph 1:1, 1Cor 1:2, Phil 1:1, Col 1:2)
I am God's workmanship - His handiwork - born anew in Christ to do His work (Eph 2:10)
I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God's family (Eph 2:19)
I am a prisoner of Christ (Eph 3:1; 4:1)
I am righteous and holy (Eph 4:24)
I am a citizen of heaven, seated in heaven right now (Phil 3:20; Eph 2:6)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col 3:3)
I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life (Col 3:4)
I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved (Col 3:12; 1 Thess 1:4)
I am a son (daughter) of light and not darkness (1 Thess 5:5)
I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling (Heb 3:14)
I am a partaker of Christ; I share in His life (Heb 3:14)
I am one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house (1 Pet 2:5)
I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own posession (1 Pet 2:9, 10)
I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live (1 Pet 2:11)
I am an enemy of the devil (1 Pet 5:8)
I am a child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns (1John 3:1,2)
I am born of God, and the evil one - the devil - cannot touch me (1John 5:18)
I am not the great "I AM" (Ex 3:14; John 8:24, 28, 58) but by the grace of God, I am what I am (1 Cor 15:10)