16 Awesome Things Christian Teens Can Take Pride In

What is pride?

Pride = the quality or state of being proud. Also one of the seven deadly sins—right up there with greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Proverbs 16:18 tells us pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. 

Clearly, pride is a weed you don’t want taking root in your heart.

But is all pride bad? Are there things Christian teens can take pride in without guilt?

In what do you take pride? 

What are you proud of? That fancy car that makes your friends salivate when you drive past? Your incredible speed on the court? An unusual talent people will pay money to witness? A certain culture or ethnicity? A family name?

Put your pride in an ideal, object, or accomplishment, and sooner or later you will be disappointed.

Your gender?

The above-mentioned Proverb isn’t a curse made by someone jealous of another man’s good fortune. When Solomon first penned those words, he was making an observation. Put your pride in an ideal, object, or accomplishment, and sooner or later you will be disappointed. Gifts fall apart, talents fail, culture corrupts. Achievement fades, possessions rust and break, family splits like an overgrown oak. 

And focus on gender distracts from your true identity in Christ.

Pride is dangerous—unless it’s in someone who will never let you down. 

Which means, as a Christian, you have a lot to take pride in. Because your identity is in Christ.

16 Things Christian Teens Can Take Pride In

I AM ACCEPTED:

I am God’s child.

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.

John 1:12

I am Jesus’ friend.

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

John 15:15

I stand before God 100% justified.

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peacewith God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:1

I am a member of an awesome group of people—the holy Christian church (a.k.a. Christ’s body). 

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

1 Corinthians 12:27

I have God on speed dial.

For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Ephesians 2:18

I’ve been forgiven of every last wrongdoing.

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 1:13-14

Related: How Do I Know if I Am Acceptable To God?

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I AM SECURE:

I can never be condemned.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives lifehas set you free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 8:1-2

I have citizenship in the coolest place ever—heaven.

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:20

Fear does not own me.

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power,love and self-discipline.

2 Timothy 1:7

Satan cannot touch me.

We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.

1 John 5:18

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I AM SIGNIFICANT:

I bring illumination and flavor to the earth. 

“You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.”

Matthew 5:13-14

I have a direct connection to the source of all life.

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.

Psalm 36:9

I am a personal witness of Christ.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 1:8

God himself dwells within me.

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

1 Corinthians 3:16

I am God’s personal work of art.

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10

I can approach God with head held high any time I want.

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

Ephesians 3:12

Related: Plug Into The Power of the Holy Spirit

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Now that’s a lot to be proud of. Embrace your identity in Christ and let that be your source of pride!

Further Reading About Your Identity in Christ

• Your Identity is In Christ: See How God Sees You
• Not Just On Sunday: How to Be a Christian Every Day
• How to Help a Friend Struggling With Gender Identity
• 7 Bible Passages About Your Status Before God

Do you struggle with how to handle Pride Month as a Christian teen? This article from Youth Pastor Theologian—What Would Jesus Say About Pride Month—shares some great biblical insight. Though geared more toward youth leaders and parents of teens, teens themselves can glean useful information from it as well.