8 results for tag: Identity

Identity: We Are Loved

Love stories. We've read them in books. We've watched them on tv and movies. We are drawn to the romance, the passion, the security. We long to know that true love exists and that it exists for us. That need for love, to feel loved, is in every person. The key is to make sure that the love that defines us is from the right source. In order to embrace our identity of "loved," we need to know where love is not found. Love is not based on appearance. Your hair, your skin, your weight, those things don't earn you love.  When we look in the mirror, we all see things we'd like to change. But what does God see? "The LORD does not look at the things ...

Identity: We Are Conquerors

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." -Romans 8:37 What exactly does it mean to be more than conquerors? The definition of a conqueror is a person who vanquishes; in other words a victor. Training: Picture an army of warriors who become victorious after a battle. How did they get to that point? They trained, they strategized, and they studied their opponent. They most importantly became confident in their leader and themselves. How should we expect to become victorious in our Christian walk? First we must become confident in our Savior, the one whom ultimately already won the battle for us on the ...

Identity: We Are New

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” -2 Corinthians 5:17 As mothers who have walked through the death of a child, it is easy to define ourselves by our losses — to feel unworthy, damaged, incomplete.  But, dear one, this is not the sum of who you are.  In Christ you have been made new!  You have become a new creation!  “And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.” -Romans 6:4b This reality of being made new in Christ is achieved upon salvation. You were once blind to spiritual things, but God ...

Identity: We Are Free

So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.  And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. -Romans 8:1, 2 Freedom. We all want it. We think it is owed to us. But what does it mean to be free. In America, we think of our freedom in terms of our rights. Our right to free speech. Our right to assemble. Our religious liberty. Our right to bear arms. In the 1970’s, women signified their freedom by burning their bras.  Teenagers have a distinct definition of freedom that mostly involves freedom from their parents’ rules. ...

Identity: We Are Children

"For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him." -Romans 8:14-17 ONE of the most precious themes in all of Scripture is that of the sonship of believers in Christ. This ...

Identity: We Are Chosen

Deep down we all long to be accepted and pursued. This longing is also accompanied by a deep sense of rejection when we feel as if we don’t fit in or seem to be forgotten by others — when you don’t get called back after the interview, when someone else gets the promotion, when you don’t make the team, when everyone around you seems to be bringing home their babies and your arms feel heavy with emptiness.  But dear sister, please hear this:  as your friends are posting pictures of beautifully decorated nurseries while yours remains empty, as the moms in your community meet together, and they don’t think to include you because your child is ...

Identity: We Are Alive

Join us on the blog over the next eight weeks as we study together what God's Word says about who we are in Christ. ... “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages He might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” -Ephesians 2:4-7 But God. These two little words carry life-altering significance. Whenever you see these words, you know ...

Identity: We Are Forgiven

Join us on the blog over the next eight weeks as we study together what God's Word says about who we are in Christ.   ... “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” -Colossians 1:13-14 We are all sinful beings.  In fact all of creation — every drop of rain, every blade of grass, every fish in the sea — is groaning under the weight of sin.  Our sin separates us from the presence of our Holy God, and there is nothing that we can do to remedy this on our own.  We can never measure up to the insurmountable holiness of God.  If ...