{"id":417,"date":"2025-07-05T00:08:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T07:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=417"},"modified":"2025-07-03T20:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T03:39:57","slug":"july-5-who-am-i-in-christ-blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/july-5-who-am-i-in-christ-blessed\/","title":{"rendered":"July 5–Who Am I in Christ? \u2013 Blessed"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Christ I am: \u00a0BLESSED
\n<\/u>Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ\u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0Ephesians 1:3 NKJV<\/p>\n

Believers, as you are seeing by these daily verses, we who are in Christ are Blessed with every possible blessing we could imagine and more!
\nIf you carefully read the book of Ephesians Chapters 1 thru 3 you will find 54 spiritual blessings you have received in Christ.<\/p>\n

\"54(You can find each of those blessings with accompanying verses in the book \u201c54 Spiritual Blessings in Christ\u201d available <\/em>>>\u00a0<\/strong> HERE\u00a0 <<<\/strong><\/a>if\u00a0 you would like to read more about the blessings found just in Ephesians)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

So, today, let us just ponder all these things in our hearts and give thanks for all we are Blessed with in Christ!<\/p>\n

\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n

(If you are not yet a believer in Christ, I invite you to visit the\u00a0 GOD’S PLAN<\/a> \u00a0<\/strong>page on our website to learn how to become one. It will be the best decision you will ever make.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Christ I am: \u00a0BLESSED Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ\u00a0 \u00a0Ephesians 1:3 NKJV Believers, as you are seeing by these daily verses, we who are in Christ are Blessed with every possible blessing we could…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[505],"tags":[82,36,3,530,234,3306,30,32,260,524],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-who-am-i-in-christ","tag-54-spiritual-blessings-in-christ","tag-blessed","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-ephesians-13","tag-in-christ","tag-july-2025","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-spiritual-blessings","tag-who-i-am-in-christ"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BLESSED-Ephesians-1.3.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":800,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/standing-on-the-promises-blessed\/","url_meta":{"origin":417,"position":0},"title":"October 5–Standing on the Promises: BLESSED","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"October 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A Precious Promise: BLESSED Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, Ephesians\u00a01:3 Thoughts: When we, by faith, accept Jesus as our Savior, we receive so much more than salvation! 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