The enemy would love to distort your identity to keep you from recognizing who you really are. Even though youâre a masterpiece, made in Godâs image, one of a kind, youâll start living like youâre unworthy, not valuable, nothing to offer. Delete the strongholds that contradict who God says you are.
God is changing your name.
From lack, from struggle, from not enough⊠to blessed, to prosperous, to more than enough!
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He called you. He equipped you. He anointed you, favored you, empowered you. Break out of those chains of how people are trying to define you. The only power they have over you is the power that you give them.
God didnât bring you this far to leave you. He knows whatâs come against you. He feels the pain. He collects your tears. This is not the end of your story. This is one chapter. You may have had to bury something along the way to where God is taking you. It wasnât a surprise to Him. It didnât cancel your destiny.
Trust Him when you donât understand. He opens doors and He closes doors. Itâs not random. Itâs a necessary ending. Without the manna ceasing, you wouldnât enter your Promised Land.
Make up your mind that no matter what happens, youâre going to stay in peace. No matter what someone says, if your plans donât work out, youâre not going to get upset and let that ruin the day. When you decide ahead of time, youâre already prepared. Don't give away your joy.
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God wouldnât have given you the gift if you couldnât handle it. You may not feel qualified, but Heâs going to prepare you. Youâre not a finished product. Heâs making you, molding you, bringing out gifts and talents that you didnât know you had.
God brings people in and moves people out. Don't be discouraged over who walked away, who wouldnât stay. If they left you, you didnât need them. If they walked away, let them go. God has new relationships, new opportunities.
If you want to save yourself a lot of frustration, surrender the outcome. Quit trying to control how itâs going to work out, and when itâs going to happen, who needs to show up. Youâre putting God in a box, telling Him what to do and how to do it. No offense, but He doesnât need your help. He's God. When you surrender the outcome, youâre saying, âGod, I trust You. You know whatâs best for my life.â
We should be growing. We should be better this year than last year. Not the same negative attitude dragging us down. Not giving in to the same temptation, still running with the same people that bring out the worst, the same guilt, the same hurt poisoning our dreams. Those are toxins keeping us from the great wonders God has in store.
You may be uncomfortable for a season. Itâs hard to stay in faith when things arenât changing. But if youâll dig down deep and pass the test, youâre going to come into favor that will last a long time.
Youâre not defined by your mistakes. Youâre prepared by your mistakes. Every failure can teach you something. Donât live in regrets; learn from your mistakes. Get the lesson out of it so you donât keep repeating them.
Itâs amazing what happens when we get rid of the wrong identity. You can be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Start dwelling on what God says about you. Not the limited, canât do it, not worthy thoughts, but the strong, talented, well-able thoughts.
Who do you believe you are? How do you see yourself? When God breathed life into you, He named you blessed, prosperous, talented, victorious, one of a kind.
Psalm 34 says, âThose who trust in the Lord will never lack any good thing.â God has given you everything you need to fulfill your purpose. Heâs already put in you the wisdom, the confidence, the strength, the talent. Itâs already there. The question is: do you recognize what you have?
When youâre spending a lot of emotional energy, being productive, using your skills, helping others, you have to make sure youâre taking time to get filled back up emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
Iâm trying to convince you to become a prisoner of hope, to where you canât be talked out of it. Because when you do, God says double is coming.
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When negative memories come up, wanting to remind you of all the heartache and disappointment, change the channel. Keep the right picture playing in your mind.
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