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How to be More Confident in Your Identity in Christ Part 3: Removing Labels and Knowing Your True Name

5/15/2020

Here’s something you may or may not know about me: I LOVE pancakes.

There have been many Saturdays when (after sleeping in), I’ll get up and make myself pancakes.

I have the recipe memorized, and I know the importance of properly measuring out the ingredients.

What would happen if you were doing some baking and one of the ingredients was mislabeled?

Let’s say, the salt was mislabeled as sugar.

If you added as much salt as what was supposed to be sugar, those pancakes, or cookies, or cupcakes, would NOT turn out right.

Even if they baked okay, they wouldn’t taste okay.

They wouldn’t become what they were created to be.

Have you ever felt labeled - whether by the words of others, the pressures of culture, the lies of the enemy, or your own negative self-talk?

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How to be More Confident in Your Identity in Christ Part 2: For the One Who Doesn't Feel Good Enough

4/16/2020

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You know those introductions people do on social media? Where you share a picture of yourself and tell a few things about yourself as a way to introduce yourself to others?

I like reading other people’s introductions.

But when it comes to writing my own, well… I’m not very good at it.

With my selfie staring back at me, I feel awkward and insecure, not able to think of a single thing to say about myself that sounds good enough, wise enough, kind enough, fun enough, not-lame-and-boring enough to be worthy of sharing with others.

How many of us feel we’re not enough of something? 

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What Are You Reaching For? Identifying the things we turn to instead of Jesus

4/3/2020

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We’re in a season of the church calendar known as Lent.

Lent takes place during the weeks leading up to Easter - that time of remembering Jesus’ death on the cross and celebrating His resurrection on the third day.

I’m not going to go into an in depth explanation of Lent, but one thing that is traditionally part of this time is the practice of fasting - giving something up to make space for prayer, renewal, and deeper dependence on God.

We’re also in the middle of a time when much in the world has shut down and many are shut in to stop the spread of a pandemic. Because of the coronavirus, there are probably things you’ve had to give up for a time, whether you intended to or not.

So during this time of giving up, I find myself asking, What am I reaching for?

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How to Be More Confident in Your Identity in Christ Part 1: Remembering Whose You Are

2/20/2020

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There are a lot of situations that can make me feel self-conscious… trying something new, meeting new people, posting a selfie on Instagram, sharing an idea or opinion, shopping for button-up blouses, showing something I’ve created…

Each of these instances can make me feel self-conscious because as I’m trying, meeting, posting, sharing, shopping, and showing, I’m also searching for answers to my questions of identity.

Do I have significance?
Am I worthy of love?
Do I bring value to this situation or relationship?
Do I belong?
Am I good enough?

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What if I'm Struggling as a Christian?

9/19/2019

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The struggle is real… but so is God.

That’s a phrase we know, and maybe we think it’s a bit cliche.

But I do like that it holds in tension two truths: God is real and active in our lives, and struggles are a part of life, even a life of faith.

When we’re struggling with something - whether it’s anxiety, wrestling with questions, overcoming insecurities, breaking an addiction, forming healthy habits, or discerning the next step - we can feel alone, we can feel like we’re not “Christian” enough, we can feel discouraged.

But struggling in something doesn’t mean I’m not walking with Jesus. And walking with Jesus doesn’t mean I will never face hard stuff or have questions or be tempted or wrestle in my faith.

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