God says I am Saved
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2 Timothy 1:9 Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began. (NKJV)
2Timothy 1:9 For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time--to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. (NLT)
Rom 10:13 For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved." (NKJV)
I am a “whoever”.
Eph 2:8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. (NLT)
It is through God's grace that He gave us the gift of being saved.
Make no mistake, if you said, “Yes, I believe.” to Jesus, then you are saved.
Rom 10:13Everyone who calls out to the LORD and says, “Yes! I believe.” will be saved."
(OutCast Version)
Everyone, whoever not just a sect few, but absolutely ALL who say, “Yes, Jesus I believe.” will saved. That means teachers, doctors, freaks, misfits, goths, hookers, pimps, porn stars, even politicians will be saved, if call on Jesus.
Prayer:
Thank you Father God for hearing me when I called out you and said, “Yes! I believe in You, Jesus.” Thank you for saving me, from my past and from the pit of hell. You are the God Who saves.
Psa 68:20 Our God is a mighty God who saves us over and over! For the Lord, Yahweh, rescues us from the ways of death many times. (TPT)
God says I am Complete
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Colossians 2:10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. (NKJV)
Col 2:10 And our own completeness is now found in him. We are completely filled with God as Christ’s fullness overflows within us. He is the Head of every kingdom and authority in the universe! (TPT)
Colossians 2:10 Now, you are made complete and perfect in Him, Who rules over every kingdom and power on earth and beyond the stars. (OutCast Version)
The Greek word for complete is, teleios and means to be perfect. So, we can read Colossians 2:10 like this, “ and you are made perfect in Him”. Awesome! Right!
That's why Jesus says, Mat 5:48 "Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (NASB)
If Jesus dwells in us, then we are complete and made perfect. It's Jesus in us that makes us complete.
You are made complete and prefect in Christ. Jesus is more than enough for me and for you. And we are enough for Jesus.
Your are more than enough, just the way you are. You are complete and perfect.
Prayer:
Thank You Father God for making me complete and perfect. Thank You that I am more than enough to You. And, You are all I need. Thank You Father for loving me the way You love me. And, I love You.
God says I am Chosen
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1 Thessalonians 1:4 We know, dear brothers and sisters, that God loves you and has chosen you to be his own people. (NLT)
Eph 1:4 Even before he made the world, before He set one star in the empty space God loved us and chose us and picked us in Christ to be His, to be holy and without any defect, to be completely flawless in his eyes. (OutCast Version)
Rom 8:29 For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. (NLT)
Father God chose us as His very own before He created the universe. That is amazing! God chose each and everyone of us to be His.
1Pe 2:9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; (NASB)
1Pe 2:9But you are God’s chosen treasure—priests who are kings, a spiritual “nation” set apart as God’s devoted ones. He called you out of darkness to experience his marvelous light, and now he claims you as his very own. He did this so that you would broadcast his glorious wonders throughout the world. (TPT)
Think about it, God had a choice. He had a choice and He chose you and me, He chose us to be His very own. Do you feel special? You should. God feels that way about you.
I may be a Freak, I may be a Misfit. I may be discarded and rejected by the Church and the world, but God chose me to be His.
1Th 1:4 We know, dear brothers and sisters, that Father God loves you so much and has chosen you in advance to be his very own special treasured people. (OutCast Version)
Prayer:
Father God, I feel special, because You chose me to be Yours, and Yours alone. I belong to no one else, but You. I praise You and worship You, because You love me. Before I loved You, You loved me.
God says I am Forgiven
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1 John 2:12 I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake. (NKJV)
Eph 4:32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. (NLT)
Eph 4:32 Instead, be kind and affectionate to each other, tenderhearted and very compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God the Father through His Son Jesus Christ has forgiven you. (OutCast Version)
I am forgiven. You are forgiven. WE ARE FORGIVEN. Now, we must forgive those who we feel has done us wrong. If we don't forgive, God can't forgive us.
Mar 11:26 ["But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions."] (NASB)
Mar 11:26 ["But if you do not forgive those that have done wrong, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive you of your wrong doing."] (OutCast Version)
That's a scary thought. But, why does God forgive us of all of the things we do wrong? He has a reputation to live up to. He has the reputation of forgiving. If He doesn't forgive, then He's a fraud. Forgiveness has become the "F" word for a lot of people.
Psa 25:11 For Your name's sake, O LORD, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great. (NKJV)
Psa 25:11 For the honor of your name, O LORD, forgive my many, many sins. (NLT)
Psa 25:11 O LORD, for Your reputation You forgive all of the things I do that are not right. You forgive to prove to the world You are Who You say You are. You are the God that forgives.(OutCast Version)
Father God has set standards for Himself to live by. He says He forgives all who ask, so He has to forgive or He is liar.
You are forgiven.
He will never not forgive someone who asks to be forgiven.
Prayer:
Father God, thank You for forgiving all my wrong doings. Thank You for keeping Your word and showing the world that do what You say You will do. You are the God Who forgives and saves and heals.
God says I am a new creation
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2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (NKJV)
2Co 5:17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! (NLT)
2Co 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, if anyone says, “Yes, I believe” with they're whole heart that person is a new creature, a new person, a new never before existed creation; the old things, all the past wounds, hurts and sins passed away, and was wiped out of existence; behold, new, fresh and luxuriant things have come. (OutCast Version)
The person we were before we said to Jesus, “Yes, I believe.” no longer exist. We are made into brand new never existed before creatures. Who we were before we came to Christ is gone forever.
God, Who is outside of time, reached down into time, into our past and wiped out the past we had without Him. God took our dark sinful past and made it as though we did not sin. As though it all never happened. He took our hurts, wounds and pains and healed us and made us whole. God made us into brand-new creations. We are people who have never existed before. He changed our past. Like He changed the water in to wine. There was no evidence of the wine ever being water. He changed everything about it. Just like our past, all of it, never happened. There was no life before Christ.
Check out these verses and see for yourself.
Isa 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool. (NASB)
Isa 1:18 “Come on now, and let us come together on this,” Says the LORD, Though your sins, your mess ups and wrong doings are just like bloody scarlet, They will be just like the purest freshest white snow; Though they are red like bloody crimson, They will be like the whitest wool. (OutCast Version)
Isa 43:25 I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins. (NASB)
Isa 43:25 I, and only I, am the One who forgives, wipes out and erases your mess-ups and wrong doings for Because My reputation says that's what I do, And I will not remember any of your mess-ups and wrong doings. (OutCast Version)
Isa 43:19 Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.
See, I am doing a new thing, something fresh and exciting! Now it springs up, and come upon you quickly; do you not perceive it, can't you see it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland, it's like magic. Isa 43:19 (OutCast Version)
Psa 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. (NASB)
Psa 103:12 From infinity to the right to infinity to the left, is how far He has thrown our mess-ups and wrong doings from us.
(OutCast Version)
Jesus rewrote our past.
Prayer:
Father God, You are the Time Changer. You are the only one that rewrite our life history. In Your eyes all that did before I said yes to You never happened. Thank God fore making me brand new.
God says i am a child of god
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1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. (NKJV)
1Jn 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. (NLT)
1Jn 5:1 Everyone, not just a sect few, but every single person who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves all his children, too. The Freak, the doctor, the Goth, the teacher, the Weird and the lawyer all of Gods children. (OutCast Version)
Everyone includes me, includes you, includes all of us. We are God's children, and we should love all God's children no matter what they look like. Rather they dress like a lawyer, a teacher, a goth, a freak or whatever. If we believe Jesus is the Christ our Savior the Son Of God then we are His children. Case closed.
Absolutely Nowhere in scripture does it say we have to dress a certain way before we can believe that Jesus is the Christ our Savior. I'm a Freak and I believe, so that makes me a Child of God.
Prayer:
Father God, thank You for Making me Your child. Thank you for loving me even though I'm a Freak. Thank You for caring about me even though I'm weird. And, I love You.
God says I am Light
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Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. (NKJV)
Mat 5:14 You are burning embers that light up this darkened world. So, be a blazing lighthouse fire to lead the way, like a carnival lights up the night sky on a hill for all to see. (OutCast Version)
OutCasts - you, me, us, we are the light of the world. We are the Kinetic Believers (Believers in Motion), what we do, how we act, what we say tells the world who we are and who we serve.
We are the carnival of lights, the city on a hill, a blazing lighthouse fire showing this dark world the way.
Prayer:
Father God, what a great responsibility, to be a light for people to see their way to You. Thank You Father for giving me this task. I will always share You with the world and be the light that leads people to You.
God says that I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR
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Romans 8:37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. (NKJV)
Rom 8:37 Yet even in the midst of all these things, we triumph over them all, for God has made us to be more than conquerors, and his demonstrated love is our glorious victory over everything! (TPT)
Rom 8:37 But in all things that come against us, they do not faze us, for we are much more than conquerors, we triumph through Jesus Christ who loves us. (OutCast Version)
We are more than conquerors. What does that mean? What do we conquer? We totally defeat sin, troubles, bad habits, past wounds and hurts, and bad choices. We are victorious through Jesus Christ Who loves us. He gives us the victory. Anything that comes against us to try to throw us off track can not stand in the Name of Jesus.
Satan is behind most of the troubles in our lives. He behind most of the past wounds, hurts and pains. Most of the bad choices and wrong doings, but we have the victory over Satan. God has given us the power to crush his head under our feet. Awesome.
Rom 16:20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. (NKJV)
Rom 16:20 And the Mighty God of peace will very soon crush your enemy Satan underneath your feet. The grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always. Amen. So be it.
(OutCast Version)
We are much more than conquerors through Jesus Christ Who loves us.
Prayer:
Thank You Father God for giving me the power in the Name of Jesus to overcome, to be victorious and to be much more than a conqueror. In Jesus Name I stand against all that come against me. Amen.
God says I am accepted
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Romans 15:7 Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory. (NLT)
Eph 1:4 Even before He made the world, before He set one star in the empty space God loved us and chose us and picked us in Christ to be His, to be holy and without any defect, to be completely flawless in his eyes. (OutCast Version)
Before our Father in heaven laid the foundation of the world, He looked into time, into the future and saw you- He saw us. He chose each of us the way we were, the way we are. He didn't ask us to change before He accepted us. He didn't ask us to quit doing things before He accepted us. His Holy Spirit does convict us of certain things, but that happens after we come to Him. Let no one try to change you. Only the Holy Spirit has that right.
When Jesus called each of His disciples He didn’t have them clean up first. He didn’t ask them to get their act together first. He chose them and accepted them the way they were. He never condemns anyone. The woman caught in the act of adultery, was accepted, was forgiven and was told to go and sin no more. The thief on the cross was accepted where he was at, and taken in to paradise.
1Pe 2:10 there was a time when you were nothing now you are something great, you were rejected and discarded now you are accepted. (OutCast Version)
I'm Accepted
I am not rich
I don't drive an expensive car
I'm not something to look at
I can't afford designer clothes
I'm not a member of the country club
My hair is not the latest cut
My skin is not nice a tan
When I'm seen, I'm ignored
But, Jesus calls me friend
I'm accepted by my Friend
He is the only one that matters
Jesus calls me friend
I'm accepted by Jesus my Friend
Prayer:
Father God, thank you for accepting me. Thank you for seeing my short comings and my faults and still wanting me. You didn't ask me to get it together before you accepted me. I praise you and worship you.
God says I AM MORE VALUABLE
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Mat 6:26 “Look at all the birds—do you think they worry about their existence? They don’t plant or reap or store up food, yet your heavenly Father provides them each with food. Aren’t you much more valuable to your Father than they? (TPT)
Mat 10:31 Fear not, then; you are of more value than many sparrows. (AMP)
Mat 10:31As I have said before, don't be afraid; you are so much more valuable to God than a whole flock of little sparrows. (OutCast Version)
We are more valuable to Father God than anything else in creation. We are of more value than any animal, any precious gem, any star...ANYTHING. We are of more value than the angels in Heaven. Father God sent His Son to die for us, not the angels. We are the apple of His eye. We are His obsession.
Psa 17:8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings (NIV)
Psa 17:8Keep me as Your obsession; protect me like the eagles protect their young with their mighty wings. (OutCast Version)
Prayer:
Thank you Father God that I am so valuable to You. You consider me the apple of Your eye. I am Your obsession. I love You so much.
god says I Am A SPECIAL POSSESSION
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1Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God's] own purchased, special people,
that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
(AMP)
1Pe 2:9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
(NASB)
1Pe 2:9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, Believers Chosen by God, A royal PRIESTHOOD, Children of King Jesus to Preach the Gospel, A HOLY NATION, A Nation of His Set Apart OutCasts, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, His very own Segullah (Special Possession), so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him, To shout out to everyone all that He has done, who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous illuminating light;
(OutCast Version)
In Hebrew the word for “special” is the same word used for “possession”, “Segullah” meaning; Jewel, treasure.
The Father God looks at us as a treasure, a precious jewel, His very own “Jewel of great value.”
Here is the same verse in the Orthodox Jewish Bible and the Hebrew Names Bible.
1Pe 2:9 But you are an AM NIVCHAR ("a chosen people” YESHAYAH 43:20; SHEMOT 6:7), a MAMLECHET KOHANIM ("a kingdom of priests, royal priests" Ex 19:6), a GOY KADOSH ("a holy nation" Ex 19:6), an AM SEGULLAH ("a people of treasured possession" Ex 19:5; Mal 3:17), for this purpose: that you may declare the wondrous deeds of the One who gave you the kri'ah (calling) and summoned you out of choshech into his marvelous ohr [Isa 43:21; 42:12]. (OJB)
1Pe 2:9 But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood; a holy people, and a people for possession; that you should proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness to His precious light: (Ex. 19:5, 6) (HNB)
Mal 3:17, 18 "They will be my people," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. "On the day when I act in judgment, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child.
Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not." (NLT)
Psa 94:14 The LORD will not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession. (NLT)
Some people have taken offense with the word “possession”. Being God's possession is an honor. When you buy something it becomes your possession. Well, God bought me and you.
1Co 7:23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. (NKJV)
We were bought by the sacrificial blood of Jesus. He paid a great price for me, for you, for us. That is why we are His Special Treasured Possession.
Prayer:
Father God, You bought me at a great price. The ultimate price. With the blood of Your only begotten Son. Thank You so much Your own, Your possession, Your jewel, Your treasure. You are amazingly great and wonderful.
I am an Alien, I am strange, I am an OutCast, I am a Freak
My Friend Jesus still loves me
1Pe 2:11 Dear friends, to this world and to the religious community you are as aliens and strangers, and as OutCasts and Freaks, avoid fleshly lusts and unhealthy sexual desires which wage war against the soul.
(OutCast Version)
