I was bought with a price

1 Cor 6:18-20 “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”

I was bought with a price.

The price was the blood of Jesus. Yet while I walked in the flesh, I continued to live in the flesh.  I yielded to every temptation. I was choked on every accusation.  Everyone was true.

It was not enough for me to know the pages of scripture.

I need to know, I belong to God. I belong to God.  Others around me Belong to God.

I have met a few people whose lives impressed me that they belonged to God. A few who I could recognize were walking in the spirit.

However, I fumbled around in the dark.  Deceived by satan’s lies, believing that he still owned me.  That my flesh owned me and I could not change that status.

I was trying to do for myself what God had already done for me.

He purchased me. He bought me. I belong to God.

Repeating the truth:

I am a child of God.

I am Jesus’ chosen friend.

I am holy and acceptable by God (justified).

I am united to the Lord and am one in spirit with Him.

I have been bought with a price, I belong to God.

Yes, repeating these truths daily is changing the way I think.  When I want to yield to the flesh, I sometimes begin repeating:  I am a child of God. I am Jesus chosen friend. I am justified. I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him. I have been bought with a price.

This is beginning to change the way I see me.