Quotes about Belonging

The unquestioning acceptance by my peers had dislodged the familiar insecurity.

In the church, we think of ourselves as all part of God's family. That means that we think of the people of where we worship as brothers and sister--part of our family. The church people have been treating us as the family members we are.

The LORD says … "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine." Isaiah 43:1

Nothing haunts us more than our search for, finally, a sense of place. As it turns out, true belonging is found only in the sovereign palm of God. There alone we find our place, even amid the seasons of moving, planting, uprooting, and replanting. It's only when we find our place in Him that we find rest. David said it with beautiful simplicity: I am at rest in God alone. PSALM 62:1, CSB

We must not be defined by anything that has happened to us or anything we have done. We are defined by who we are in Christ.

Who does God say we are? If we've received Jesus as our personal Savior, the sum of our identity is found in 1 John 3:1: "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! And that is what we are!

Acknowledge that the LORD is God. He made us, and we are His— His people, the sheep of His pasture. Psalm 100:3

Look at how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God's children. And we are! 1 John 3:1

Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior" (Isa. 43:1-4).

I grew up segregated, but there was not much feeling of being shut out of anything.

I follow You, Lord, because You are my home. Wherever You are is where I belong.

It's because when God adopts you into His family, you belong to Him. He stamps His name on you. A name that comes with His protection. And His birthright, which is eternity and the power to live with joy on this earth.