You are God’s child, His sheep, and Jesus’ special possession.

“For out of you shall come a Ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.” (Matt 2:6)

“that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.” (Tit 2:4)

“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people” (1Pet 2:9)

“who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.” (Eph 1:14)

“As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.” (Jn 10:15)

“For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren” (Heb 2:11)

“But He made His own people go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock” (Ps 78:52)

“We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.” (Ps 100:3)

“For thus says the Lord GOD: Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.” (Ezek 34:11)

“so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day.” (Ezek 34:12)

“I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.” (Jn 10:14)

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” (Jn 10:27)

“Feed My lambs.” (Jn 21:15)

“Tend My sheep.” (Jn 21:16)

“Feed My sheep.” (Jn 21:17)

“I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.” (2Sam 7:8)

“I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.” (1Chr 17:7)

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! says the LORD.” (Jer 23:1)

“My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray” (Jer 50:6)

“for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them.” (Ezek 34:10)

“therefore I will save My flock, and they shall no longer be a prey” (Ezek 34:22)

“I will take you as My people, and I will be your God.” (Ex 6:7)

“I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.” (Lev 26:12)

“You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.” (2Sam 5:2)

“if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (2Chr 7:14)

“Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.” (Isa 19:25)

“And say to Zion, You are My people.” (Isa 51:16)

Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore they shall know in that day that I am He who speaks: Behold, it is I.” (Isa 52:6)

“Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.” (Jer 24:7)

“You shall be My people, and I will be your God.” (Jer 30:22)

“I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.” (Jer 31:1)

“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” (Jer 31:33)

“They shall be My people, and I will be their God” (Jer 32:38)

“that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.” (Ezek 11:20)

“that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God,” says the Lord GOD.” (Ezek 14:11)

“Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.” (Ezek 37:12)

“In the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there it shall be said to them, You are sons of the living God.” (Hos 1:10)

“Then I will say to those who were not My people, You are My people! And they shall say, You are my God!” (Hos 2:23)

“Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the LORD your God and there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame.” (Joel 2:27)

“I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; they shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.” (Amos 9:14)

“Many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and they shall become My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.” (Zech 2:11)

“They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, This is My people; and each one will say, The LORD is my God.” (Zech 13:9)

“I will call them My people, who were not My people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.” (Rom 9:25)

“I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” (2Cor 6:16)

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” (Heb 8:10)

Reading: Lev 19-21; Matt 2