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When life gets to hard to stand, kneel.

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"Prayer is where the action is."

John Wesley

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Personal identity can be described in two parts: perception and reality. Perception is who you think you are. Reality is who you actually are. Learning to see the distinction between the two is part of maturing as a person and as a Christian. It means acknowledging that how you see yourself may or may not line up with who you are. Actually, a better way to say that might be: how you see yourself in part lines up with who you are and in part does not. How do you know the difference? ...Ultimately, you can only know the difference by learning to listen to the God who made you. He alone knows you as you actually are. Assurance comes from learning to submit your subjective perspective of self to God’s objective understanding of you. This guidance takes place over a lifetime of learning to listen to what God says about you. This is how the gospel addresses both the reality of who you are and your perception, how you see yourself: God uses both Scripture and fellowship with other believers to align our perceptions with reality. In Scripture, we have God’s own words, which display His Heart toward sinners and sufferers of every stripe. You’re no exception. In fellowship, we see other believers model the right kind of self-perception: humble confidence that God really is as generous to undeserving people as he claims to be. They have to figure themselves out no less than you do. You’re no exception there either. But here’s what may be the hardest part of the assurance question—and really any identity question. The only reliable answer will come not as certainty but as trust.

The desire for certainty is the longing to know beyond the possibility of doubt. It’s the desire for knowledge so absolute you possess it on your own. It can never be questioned or reconsidered. In other words, the desire for certainty is the yearning to know something objectively as it is. But the problem with this desire is that you are wanting to know something in a way only God can know! As a creature, your knowledge of things is limited. But God the Creator has no limits on His knowledge. You know some things imperfectly yet truly. But God knows everything perfectly and fully. Your ability to know is dependent, while God’s is independent. What that means is only God can attain the kind of certainty that someone who struggles with assurance might be obsessing over. If you think you can only settle your mind if you know you are saved beyond the shadow of a doubt, then your mind will never be settled. This is actually good news. God did not design you with such an unattainable standard of knowledge. What is attainable to people, however, is knowledgeable trust. It’s a knowledge that is dependent on what God says about His heart toward sinners and sufferers, including you. [The entire] church is full of such people who have to depend on God in the same way.

Jeremy Pierre

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What Lies Have You Believed?

What are some of the lies that you used to believe about yourself? For me, I thought that if I wasn’t perfect than I was worthless. If I made a mistake, I would beat my self up. If someone criticized me, I took it as an attack on my character instead of acknowledging that it was something that could be fixed. Often times, the thoughts I had about myself were unconscious. It is only now, in…

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My Identity in Christ

Compiled by Ben Malcolmson

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You Are Perfected In Christ!

You are perfected in Christ! Have you ever wondered just exactly what that means? Let me start with saying what it doesn’t mean. It doesn’t mean that God expects you be perfect and act perfectly all the time. That just isn’t possible. It also doesn’t mean that you can use it as an excuse to sin. My story Here’s a little bit about my story. I became a Christian at an young age. However, for…

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Why should we Know Who We Are in Christ

As a Christian, it is sometimes hard to know who we are and what we were created to do. Click to read Why It’s Important to Know Who We Are in Christ.

As a Christian, it is sometimes hard to know who we are and what we were created to do. That is why I wrote a blog series about our identity in Christ. This post has been written by Brooke Grangard. To learn more about her, please go to the end of the post to read her bio. Thank you, Brooke, for writing this wonderful piece called: Why It’s Important to Know Who We Are in Christ. An…

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“If we have put our trust in Christ as our Savior, we can stand on the promises of who we are in Him-chosen, holy, and dearly loved.” Amen! 🙌

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“When I first started seeing a counselor, I would never have shared that information with anyone. I didn’t want them to think I couldn’t handle life. Now I am proud to say I seek help.” – Amanda L.

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Discutir conmigo está bien, ya querer ganarme la discusión es avaricia.

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“If you don’t understand why God would love someone like you it is because you don’t see who you really are. You are judging yourself by your past decisions, but God sees you through the blood of His Son because you are worth it and He keeps no record of wrongs but values who He created you to be.”

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