1. Who do you think you are?

3. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light Ephesians 5: 8 NIV

4. Hidden in Christ

5. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3: 3 NIV

6. You were...Now you are... A sinner...A saint... Rejected...Accepted by God... Guilty/ ashamed...Forgiven... Bound...Free... Cursed...Under God’s favour... Going nowhere...Full of purpose... An orphan...A child of God...

7. From slavery to freedom

10. 1. You are a NEW CREATION

11. This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun 2 Corinthians 5: 17 NLT

12. 2. You have been JUSTIFIED

13. We, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified. Galatians 2: 16 NIV

14. 3. You are a CHILD OF GOD

15. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure Ephesians 1: 5 NLT

16. 3. You are a CHILD OF GOD God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure Ephesians 1: 5 NLT

17. How does this become a reality to us?

18. Don’t copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Romans 12: 2 NLT

19. How does this become a reality to us? Don’t copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Romans 12: 2 NLT

20. Table Time 1.Pick out 3 of the statements and find the Bible verses that go with them. 2.Pick one of the 3 that has the most impact on you and be ready to tell the rest of the table about it. 3.Share your ‘favourites’ with each other.

21. Table Time 4. Discuss what difference these truths can make to our everyday lives for example:- When we feel tempted to sin When we have sinned. When we feel inadequate or afraid. How we relate to people at home and work How we pray and worship 5. What will you do in this coming week to let God change the way you think?