This Means Everything // Identity // Pastor Keenen Worrell

Why is it that I don't have to accept any lack that is operating in my life? Because Jesus didn't operate in lack, and I am in Christ. I have access to all of these things because I am in Christ. Anything that I need, I have access to it. Anything that I lack, I have access to it. Any area that is in my life that is not in line with the word of God, I have access to the ability to change it. Every blessing that I need, I have access to it because I'm in Christ. [00:10:41] (35 seconds)  #InChristNoLack

Identity is the first place that the enemy tries to attack us as believers. It's the same thing he did to Jesus all these years ago. Jesus gets baptized. God comes the voice comes, the spirit ascends like a dove, and he says, this is my son whom I'm well pleased. Everybody heard it. It was loud. The very next verse, he's ushered into the desert, and the first thing Satan says, if you be the son of God. The that's an attack on your identity. [00:18:37] (30 seconds)  #IdentityAttackRecognize

So just like my son's behavior doesn't disqualify them from being my sons, neither does your behavior disqualify you from being in Christ. So when the enemy tries to bring up something that you've done, when the enemy tries to bring up your past, when the enemy tries to bring up, oh, you know what you said, you know what you did, you know what you thought, It doesn't matter. I'm still in Christ. Yeah. Yeah. Your identity is not based on your performance. [00:20:44] (33 seconds)  #IdentityNotPerformance

To be in Christ is to participate in all that Christ is and all that Christ has done. K? Because we are in Christ, we share in his faith. Because we are in Christ, we share in his righteousness. Because we are in Christ, we share in his death, burial, and resurrection. And get this, because we are in Christ, we share in his victory. [00:08:48] (32 seconds)  #ShareInChristVictory

The reason that I have a problem rewatching superhero movies is because I know the identity of the superhero before he does. It's frustrating because I'm watching the superhero get beat up. I'm watching him get slapped around. I'm watching him lose fights that he should win. Why? Because he doesn't know his identity. And because he doesn't know his identity, he's not operating in his authority. [00:03:54] (30 seconds)  #KnowYourIdentityAuthority

I fully expect the presence of God to show up. Why? Because the presence of God is in me. I fully expect that when I pray that God hears what I say. Why? Because I am a son of God and I am in Christ. I fully expect that I don't have to lay down and take whatever the enemy throws at me. Why? Because I'm in Christ. [00:23:17] (24 seconds)  #ExpectGodsPresence

It needs believers who aren't performing, believers who are insecure, believers who aren't trying to prove something. It needs authentic believers who show up taking territory, who show up healing the sick, who show up speaking the truth, who show up shifting the atmosphere. Why? Because when we when we when we show up knowing who we are, can't nobody tell us nothing. [00:22:49] (29 seconds)  #AuthenticBelieversTakeTerritory

Here's the thing, they don't question their identity. They know who they are. They go in the refrigerator, they go touch stuff, they own the drums, and why? Because I know who my daddy is. I know who he is. I know who I am. I am a son of my father. And because of that, I know who I am, and I can do what I can do because I know who my daddy is. They don't question their identity. They move in the authority that comes with their identity. Here's the thing. We are the same. [00:14:55] (38 seconds)  #OwnYourIdentityMoveInAuthority

When my sons misbehave, my wife has to say something to them, or they have to be disciplined because of something that they did. They're still my sons. Their identity has not changed because of their actions. They're still my sons. Now there may be a consequence that because of their actions, but it doesn't change their identity. That is who they are. In the same way, the scripture says, we have received the spirit of adoption as sons. [00:19:57] (47 seconds)  #AdoptedAsSons

Fear happens because we've operated outside of our identity, and there's condemnation that is taking place that comes from the enemy that gets us to feel like now we have to approach God in a sense of fear. God, it's me again. You know, I'm if you would just find it in your heart to to heal me, God, and I know I've I've not been faithful. I know I've not been and and and that's how you sound to your father. [00:17:57] (39 seconds)  #FearFromLeavingIdentity

Whatever happens to this water bottle happens to the water. If I throw it, the water goes with it. If I throw it in the trash, the water goes with it. If I ball it up and I I just do, the water goes with the water bottle. So what does that mean? Everything that happens to Christ because we are in Christ, we have. K? [00:08:10] (31 seconds)  #UnitedWithChrist

I am in Christ. So whenever the enemy tries to do what he does, you remember I am when temptation comes, remember, I am in Christ. He is already one. I do not have to give in to temptation. When fear and anxiety and depression try to whisper in your ear, remember, no. I am in Christ. He is my refuge and my fortress. In him will I trust. When shame tries to define you, when shame tries to rear its ugly head, remember, no, I am in Christ. I am a new creation. Your identity determines your authority, and your identity is in Christ. That means everything. [00:25:24] (45 seconds)  #InChristStandAgainstTemptation

The old you has died. Stop trying to pick him up. The old you is dead. The new you is alive. Listen, your new identity is not something you earn or something you achieve, it is something that you receive. It is something that you grab hold of. I dare you to write it down. Write it on your mirror. Write it on on on on your refrigerator. [00:24:35] (38 seconds)  #NewIdentityNow

You know, dad, you you have a second, if if you if you have time, if if it's okay, if it is because if they start saying that, I'm gonna be like, stop talking like that. Just tell me what you want. What do you want? Well, I was thinking, no. Don't do that. What do you want? Hey. Can I have some? Yes. Go get it. Oh, is it okay? Yes. Go get it. Why? Because I'm their father, and they are my sons. He says, we have been adopted. We don't have a spirit of fear. [00:17:21] (33 seconds)  #AdoptedAndApproved

Satan's attacks are defeated quickly when we know who we are. So let me get back to this. So what he does is is he tries to condemn us with sin when we act outside of our identity to try to convince us that we no longer are who we are. And somehow, our actions have disqualified us from our identity. K? This is the trick of the enemy. K? [00:19:23] (30 seconds)  #EnemyLiesExposed

Know who you are. And here's here's the other thing. Because I know who I am, I'm not threatened when somebody else comes up or comes around. Because I know who I am, I'm not in fear or I'm not afraid about my identity when somebody else comes around. That's why when somebody says, hey, can you pray for me? I'm like, yeah. Let's do it. Somebody asked, hey, you know, are you afraid when when people ask you to to pray for them or you don't know what they're gonna say? No. I know who my daddy is. [00:16:29] (34 seconds)  #SecureInGodIdentity

We are no longer who we once were. The old the old life, your old way of thinking, your old way of being, your old way of speaking has passed away. We are called to live in accordance to our new identity. Here's the thing. If the enemy can keep us from knowing or acknowledging who we are, he will control how we live and how we can impact on this earth. [00:06:09] (28 seconds)  #LiveAccordingToNewIdentity

This week, you will have an opportunity to make a decision. Will you continue to try to pick up an identity that's dead, or will you choose to walk in your new identity in Christ? This week, you decide. This week, you decide. [00:27:44] (24 seconds)  #DecideToBeInChrist

You are not your past. You are not your mistakes. You are not what the world told you to be. You are in Christ. You are seated with him. You are hidden in him. You are loved by him with a love that will never ever ever leave you. [00:24:14] (22 seconds)  #YouAreNotYourPast

Because when we are fully convinced and fully operating in our identity, we are unstoppable. Because we stop fighting for identity, and we show up fully knowing who we are, walking in the promises and the authority that we've been given. The world desperately needs true believers confident in their authority. [00:22:23] (25 seconds)  #UnstoppableInChrist