Your true Identity

Identity- the distinct set of characteristics, beliefs, experiences, and social roles that define a person or group.

YOU HAVE A perceived identity and a TRUE IDENTITY

“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1‬:‭27

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭4‬-‭5

“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

“Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any of the wild animals/CREATURES the Lord God had made.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭3‬:‭

But now, this is what the Lord says … “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. 2When 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.’ Isaiah 43:1-2

““Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭26‬:‭34‬-‭35‬

“In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.” ‭‭Judges‬ ‭21‬:‭25‬

When God’s WORD is no longer THE standard and truth becomes a matter of personal preference, chaos and destruction will follow.

“For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭1‬:‭21‬-‭22

“Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.”‭‭Romans‬ ‭1‬:‭24‬-‭32

“After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭15‬:‭14‬-‭17

The place where you are on your journey determines what you’re willing to listen to

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.” ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2‬:‭8

• Identity is Distorted by Wrong Attachments
•  Identity Forgotten Leads to Misplaced Hunger
• Identity Restored Begins with Right Realization
  + Click to add your own note

Life Application

1. Anchor your identity in the Father
2. Audit your attachments
3. Act on moments of clarity
   + Click to add your own note