Slide 1: If everything was stripped away… Who would you still be? Slide 2: You are not your job title. Not your platform. Not your achievements. Not even the role you serve in at church. Slide 3: You are not your past mistakes. Not the opinions people formed about you. Not the labels placed on your life. Slide 4: Your identity begins with this: You are His son. You are His daughter. Before you ever did anything for God, you were already loved by Him. Slide 5: Temporary things will always change, but your identity in Christ never will.
Throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. - Ephesians 4:22
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide - John 15:16
1: You are so valuable. 2: God paid attention to every detail when He formed you. 3. God gave his very best for you. 4. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. 5: You were designed with a purpose in mind. 6: You are so so so so valuable.
You received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” - Romans 8:15
Crazy thought for the day: God calls you friend.
Marked: What is your life marked by?
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. - Galatians 3:28
1. You think God sees every mistake you've ever made. 2. He sees the person He chose before you even existed. 3. You think God sees someone who keeps falling short. 4. He sees someone covered by a grace with no limits. 5. You think God sees your worst moment. 6. He sees His child. 7. You think God sees the version of you that you're ashamed of. 8. He sees the version of you He’s making you into.
1: You are called to be holy. 2: Set apart. 3: Consecrated. 4: A temple of the Holy Spirit. 5: "...you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy." - 1 Peter 1:15
Nothing you've done has changed who God says you are
1: No matter your story. 2: No matter your background. 3: No matter where you are in your faith journey. 4: There’s a place for you in this community.
"And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests." - 1 Peter 2:5
(1) We aren’t spectators(2) We aren’t superstars(3) We’re no lone rangers(4) We’re just people…(5) Working together…(6) For God’s glory
"The imprint of a father remains forever on the life of the child." — Roy Lessin
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Known + Loved by God
You are worthy of God's love.
What's one talent or gift you have that you know came straight from God?
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. - Ezekiel 36:26
Before we ever chose God, He chose us.
As the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you. - Isaiah 62:5
