Embracing True Identity Through God's Presence

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Day 1: Writing Down Negative Thoughts to Allow God to Deal With Them

Negative thoughts can be overwhelming and can often lead us to believe lies about ourselves. However, when we write these thoughts down, we are able to confront them and invite God into the process of healing and transformation. This practice allows us to surrender our fears, insecurities, and doubts to God, trusting that He will replace them with His truth.

2 Corinthians 10:5 - "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."

Reflection: Have you ever tried writing down your negative thoughts about yourself? If not, would you consider starting this practice as a way to confront these thoughts and invite God into the process of healing and transformation?

Day 5: The Importance of God's Presence in Overcoming Negative Identities

Negative identities can be deeply ingrained in us, often as a result of past experiences or lies we've believed about ourselves. However, God's presence in our lives can help us overcome these negative identities. When we invite God into our struggles, His love and truth can transform our perspective and give us hope for change.

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

Reflection: Can you recall a time when you felt God's presence helping you overcome a negative identity? If not, how might inviting God's presence into your struggles change your perspective and give you hope for transformation?

Sermon Summary

In the sermon, I was reminded of the importance of recognizing and rejecting the negative identities that have been spoken over me or that I've said to myself. I was encouraged to see myself through God's lens, as His workmanship, created for a purpose. The speaker emphasized the need to pray and ask God to remind us of our true identities in Him, and to help us overcome the negative identities that have been plaguing us. He also highlighted the importance of God's presence in our lives, enabling us to bear the fruits of the Spirit and to live out our God-given purpose.

In the second part of the sermon, I was urged to write down every negative thing I think about myself, so that God can deal with it. The speaker emphasized the importance of God's presence in our lives, acknowledging that we can't overcome our negative identities and the emotional pain that goes with them without God's presence. He also pointed out that our negative identities can prevent us from living out our God-given purpose, and encouraged us to trust in God's presence to guide us and help us overcome these negative identities.

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1. "Are you seeing how we can pray for God's presence to help us overcome all these negative identities in our life? Are you seeing how we can just use God's truth to help us do that?" - 58:04

2. "I'm no longer a harsh person, God's making me, the spirit's helping me become a kind and gentle person. For some of us maybe we're already there on being self-controlled but we're still working on that kind and gentleness." - 58:41

3. "I need you to remind me that I am not a waste of life. I need you to remind me that I'm not a worthless mistake. I am as you tell me in Ephesians 2 10, I am your workmanship, handcrafted, hand shaped by you, created in Christ Jesus to do good works." - 54:21

4. "We're no longer a harsh person but we're becoming a kind and gentle person. We're no longer an angry hot-tempered person, no we are becoming a peaceful and patient person. We're no longer a drunkard, an addict of any kind, no longer an overspender, we're no longer a lustful person, no we are becoming a self-controlled person." - 56:33

5. "Let Your Presence God be with me always in a personal way and be active in my life. Because I can't overcome my negative identity and all the emotional pain that goes with it without God's presence in my life." - 49:51

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