In your mind’s eye, how do you picture yourself? What do you believe about who you really are? Please take some time to reflect on these questions (taken from Chip Ingram’s new book, “Discover Your True Self – How to Silence the Lies of Your Past and Actually Experience WHO GOD SAYS YOU ARE:” _ Starting Pointīefore you begin to dive into these reflections on identity, it’s important to think about your starting point. And, most of all, may you know the love of Christ, for you are His beloved. May you live from your identity and not for it. We encourage you to read and think about one each day. May the verses, passages and quotations below speak truth into your souls and help you to know, truly know, who you are in Christ. You are defined by Him as loved, beautiful, forgiven, worthy, ransomed and chosen. If you have received Christ as your Savior, you have a new identity IN CHRIST. God wants you to know that you are loved unconditionally in all your imperfection by God, who loved you so much that he sent his son to die for you. My self worth = my performance + others’ opinions of me But if you base your worth on others’ approval, then your behavior will reflect the insecurity, fear and anger than come from this unstable place. If you base your worth solidly on the truths of God’s word, then your behavior will often reflect His love, grace and power. Your identity – who you think you are – drives your behavior, whether you realize it or not. He made you and knows how to meet your needs, and especially your need for self worth. We want you to know (not merely head knowledge but heart knowledge deep within) that your value is not dependent on your ability to earn the fickle acceptance of other people, but, rather, its true source is the love and acceptance of God. We want you to have body confidence and not body consciousness. We want you to know that it is your beauty within that truly matters. We want you to have an accurate view of yourself and to know deep in your soul your value and significance. It is our greatest desire for you to know who you are in Christ. We live FOR our identity and not FROM it.
We try to meet our needs in the wrong way.
We base our thoughts about ourselves on what others say or think (or what we ‘think’ they think). So many struggles in life come as we look to someone or something else for value and significance. Now, It’s Time to Dig Deeper on Your Own Intro to 21 Day Journey
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