Our True Identity

[Walter and Deborah]

Tuesday 11-16-21 Kislev 10, 5782 3rd. day of the weekly cycle, 56th. Fall Day
 

Who God Says You Are: 17 Scriptures About Our True Identity

by DrMichelle | Blog, Encouragement | 19 comments

Have you ever wondered who God says you are? Or have you ever wanted a different name? Maybe you never liked the name your parents chose for you at birth. Or maybe you were teased as a child (or even as an adult) by people calling you names. According to the calendar, February 13th was “Get a Different Name Day.”

As I thought about this “holiday,” I reflected on times I not only wanted but needed a different name. But perhaps not in the way you might expect.

Throughout my life, the enemy has whispered labels in my ear that I began to identify with and call myself. You’ve probably done that occasionally too.

We are new creations

But Christ calls us “new creations.” ”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).

God says He gives us a new name. “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. To everyone who is victorious I will give some of the manna that has been hidden away in heaven. And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one understands except the one who receives it” (Revelations 2:17).

So just like on the famous episode on the Oprah show where she gave everyone a new car, “you get a new name, and You get a new name, and YOU get a new name!” Everyone who accepts Jesus as their Lord and Savior gets a new name!

Honestly, I don’t care for many of the names and nicknames I’ve received over the years. So I want to agree, receive and accept what God says about me, because He knows me best and loves me most. “A different name” if you will.

 

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17 Bible Verses: what God says about you

1. I say (or have said) I am unlovable, but God says I am forever loved.

“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39).

2. I say (or have said) I am scarred but God says I am healed.

“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).

3. I say I am weak, but God says He makes me strong.

“God arms me with strength, and he makes my way perfect” (Psalm 18:32).

4. I recognize I am a sinner, but God says I am forgiven.

“I am writing to you who are God’s children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus” (1 John 2:12).

5. I was abandoned, but God says I am adopted.

“God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure” (Ephesians 1:5).

6. I say I am broken, but God says He makes me whole.

“So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority” (Colossians 2:10).

7. I have been rejected, but God says I am His!

“Do not fear. I have redeemed you. I have summoned you. You are mine” (Isaiah 43:1).

8. I say I am alone, but God says He is always with me.

“…Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9).

9. I say I am hopeless, but God says because of Him, I am hopeful.

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare, and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11).

10. I say I am purposeless, but God says I was created with purpose.

“Perhaps this is the moment for which you’ve been created” (Esther 4:14).

11. I say I have failed, but God says I am victorious in Christ.

“But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57).

12. I say I am lost, but God says He gives me direction.

“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying ‘This is the way; walk in it’” (Isaiah 30:21).

13. I say I am worried, anxious, or afraid, but God says with Him I am peace-filled.

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).

14. I say I am unhappy, but God says I am joyful/joy-filled.

“I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!” (John 15:11)

15. I say I am afraid, but God says I am powerful, loved, and have a sound mind.

“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7).

16. I say I am nothing special, but God says I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well” (Psalm 139:14).

17. I say I am worthless, but God says Jesus died because I am worth it.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).

LOL, Walter and Debbie

 

[Sower]

1 hour ago, Walter and Deborah said:

 

Who God Says You Are: 17 Scriptures About Our True Identity

 

LOL, Walter and Debbie

 

Can't add anything to that!

But I can say, God is light.

His promises to us are true.

Thanks again, Walter and Debbie.....

[Riverwalker]

lovely....saving

 

[steve morrow]

ARE  WE  NOT  BRETHREN  --IF--

LUKE 8:21  and  HE  answered and said unto them ---MY  mother and --MY brethren--- are these which hear the word of  GOD  and do it 

 

ARE  WE  NOT  CHILDREN  --IF--

1 JOHN 3:10  in this the children of  GOD  are manifest and the children of the devil ---whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of  GOD  ---  neither he that loveth not his brother---

 

1 JOHN 2:9  he that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now 

--2:10-- he that --loveth his brother  --  abideth in the light -- and there is none occasion of stumbling in him

 

1 JOHN 3:14  we know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the  BRETHREN  ---he that loveth not his brother abideth in death---

 

PSALM 119:130   the entrance of thy words ---giveth light--- it giveth understanding unto the simple 

 

ISAIAH 8:20  to the law and to the testimony ---if they speak not according to this word -- it is because there is no light in them---

 

PROVERBS 6:23  for the commandment is a lamp ---and the law is light--- and reproofs of instruction are the way of life 

 

1 TIMOTHY 4:6  if thou put the  BRETHREN  in remembrance of these things thou shalt be a ---good minister of  JESUS  CHRIST--- nourished up in  --the words of faith-- and of good doctrine whereunto thou hast attained 

 

LOVING  THE  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST 

[MrBear]

My identity is Iam a child of God

I feel my Fathers presence when I wake, iam often woken up by him as well

We have great conversations, and when I’m doing wrong I know he will eventually show up and peer down his glasses at me and say “ what are you up to son?!”

Iam bound by blood ? And I have a family that shares this love for him

My identity is that I’m a son that has been promised a great inheritance, one better than any worldly inheritance!

He allows me to have free will, and when I mess up his love accepts me back into the Family

My identity is being that child created in his image, and loved so unconditionally my human heart cannot begin to understand?

( the Holy Spirit inspired this so I got off track, but He does that my love for the Father spills out for it says  whatever fills your heart will spill out of your mouth)

THANK YOU and PRAISE YOU my Father

Edited November 17, 2021 by MrBear

[steve morrow]

UNCONDITIONALLY  ???

 

PROVERBS 15:28   the heart of the righteous studieth to answer ---but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things---

 

ISAIAH  55:8   for my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways  MY  ways  saith  THE  LORD

--55:9--  for as the heavens are higher than the earth ---so are  MY  ways higher than your ways --- and  MY  thoughts than your thoughts---

 

AGAIN -- 2 CORINTHIANS 13:8  for we can do nothing against the truth but for the truth 

 

JOHN 15:9  as  THE  FATHER  hath loved  ME  so have I loved you continue in  MY  love 

--15:10-- IF  YOU  KEEP  MY  COMMANDMENTS --- you shall --abide-- in  MY  love even as I have kept  MY  FATHERS  commandments and abide in  HIS  love

 

1 CORINTHIANS 16:22  --IF  ANY  MAN-- love not  THE  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST  let him be anathema maranatha 

JOHN 14:15  --IF--  you love  ME  keep  MY  commandments 

JOHN 15 :6  --IF--  a man abide not in  ME  he is cast forth as a branch-- and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fire ---and they  are burned---

 

1 JOHN 1:4  he that saith I know  HIM  and keepeth not  HIS  commandments ---is  a  liar--- and the truth is not in him

PSALM 119:59  I thought on my ways and turned ---my feet unto thy testimonies---

--119:60-- I made haste and delayed not to keep thy commandments 

PSALM 119:48  my hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments which I have loved ---and I will meditate in thy statutes---

 

LOVING  THR  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST

[Mama Etna]

@Walter and Deborah  Very well said!