The Gift

Seven readings, rooted in identity given by God.

Reading #1 — I Am His

I am beloved. God set his love on me before I did anything to earn it.

I am fearfully and wonderfully made. My body and my life are being shaped by his hand.

I am accepted in the Beloved. Grace has made me acceptable.

I am being renewed day by day, transformed from the inside out.

I am a receiver of grace. What I have is gift.

I am forgiven, fully and at cost. I forgive others because I was forgiven first.

I am a gift, and I am worthy of love, because God said so.

Reading #2 — What I Believe

I believe my thoughts matter, and I offer them to God to renew.

I believe divine love shines from within me because his Spirit dwells there.

I believe my worth is fixed and already given.

I believe I am strengthened by him for what I face today.

I believe in prayer, as relationship with One who hears me.

I believe every good gift comes from the Father of lights.

I believe I am being made into something beautiful.

I believe in compassion, and I extend it because it was extended to me.

I believe my life bears witness to grace.

I believe others’ welfare matters as much as my own.

I believe I am meant to help those who need me, out of what I’ve received.

I believe I participate in what God is doing in the world.

I believe there is one source, and I listen to him.

I believe in what he has done — always.

Reading #3 — My True Purpose

I follow the calling I’ve been given, and I act on it.

I am true to myself and to others.

I seek good outcomes for everyone in my relationships and my work.

My worth is settled, and my purpose flows from that settledness.

I let others help me. I was never meant to be self-sufficient.

I love people of every shape, size, color, and creed.

I am one with others in Christ.

I make decisions carefully, and I trust that even my mistakes are held by grace.

I am being sanctified, a slow work, and that is enough for today.

I am forgiven, and I am being made whole.

My future is held by grace.

I love my life and the people in it, imperfections included.

I am on the road home.

Reading #4 — Provision

I receive what God provides — financial, relational, physical, spiritual.

I trust the wisdom of God, who orders all things for my good.

I hold money and provision loosely, as stewardship.

It is done. Christ has already accomplished what matters most.

Reading #5 — Decisions and Surrender

I bring my decisions to God rather than trusting my own record alone.

My decision-making is sound when it’s surrendered.

When I get it wrong, God meets me there and redirects me.

I hold my choices with humility.

Reading #6 — I Love Our Clients

I love our clients. Loving well is the work.

They help us grow. I receive their praise with gratitude and their correction as a gift.

They want to do business with us, and I want to be trustworthy of that.

Today I will do my best to serve them well.

I am grateful when the work is enjoyable, and faithful to it when it isn’t.

I receive their feedback, even the hard kind.

We charge a fair price, and I trust that fairness sustains the business.

I love our clients as people.

Reading #7 — Grateful

I am grateful. Every good gift comes from the Father of lights.

God is good, and I trust his goodness even in what I don’t understand.

I try to see the good in people.

Provision comes to me as gift.

I receive grace, undeserved, and that is better than being owed.

I hold what’s given to me open-handed.

I am grateful — deeply loved — and I receive that, today, again.