April 30, 2013
Who Not Do
The people who find their identity in what they do, are the ones who struggle with life. The person who knows God loves them, life is good.
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Have you ever noticed that when you ask someone “Who are you?” a lot of times they’ll say, “I’m a salesman.” “I’m a teacher.” “I’m a coach.” “I’m a teacher.” Many people find their identity in what they do. The problem with this kind of thinking is that people identify themselves with their negative habits and strongholds, too. I hear people say, “I’m an alcoholic; I just can’t beat it.” No, that’s not who you are, that’s what you do. But if you keep thinking that way and talking that way, it will become so ingrained on the inside that you’ll convince yourself that it’s true, and it will keep you from rising higher. One time somebody told me, “Scott, I’m an addict.” He was embarrassed by it. He didn’t want to live that way. I told him what I’m telling you, “That’s not who you are. It’s time to start acting like you have a destiny to fulfill.” Do you know who you are today?
January 2, 2013
No More Struggling
Don’t let your struggles become your identity.
We all go through seasons of difficulty and face storms in life. But during those times, we have to remember that God is greater than any struggle we face! He’ll take those challenges and use them to strengthen us, but we have to do our part and keep working our process toward the victory. Think about the caterpillar before it becomes a butterfly. When it’s wrapped in its cocoon on the backside of some tree, it doesn’t look like it has many options. But inside that cocoon as it becomes a butterfly, it doesn’t just sit and wait for someone to come and let it out. No, that butterfly knows that it has to make a move if it’s going to be set free to fly. In the same way, we have to do something to get out of the confining places we are in. We have to pray, we have to believe, and we have to press through to victory. No matter what you may be facing, remember His grace is sufficient for you. His strength is made perfect in you. He has given you everything you need to overcome in this life. Now is the time to break free and rise to new levels because He has victory and blessing prepared for you. Are you struggling today?
November 20, 2011
Who Are You
Who are you? That’s a familiar question. However, there are very few more important questions that, “Who are you.”
Our identity will determine so much about our life. Our identity will determine how we feel about ourselves and how we feel about others. Where then, do we get our identity? We gain the vast majority of our identity from whoever raises us. There is going to be someone in your life that has a major influence in your life. Those are the people that you were around in the first few years of your life. For those of you that are Christians it is important to know who you are in Jesus too. However, there are people, Christian, non-Christian, or whichever faith you follow that have no idea who they are or they have a miserable mental picture of their identity. I sit in church a couple times a week and see people that don’t know who they are, their life is a train wreck. The truly sad part is that so many of them look at others; believing that they have it all together. Let me tell you, those that look like they have it all together rarely have a clue. Those that do have it all together; well, you should have seen them yesterday or wait tomorrow. We all have to go through stuff, but that is part of shaping our identity. If you don’t really know who you are or have a miserable picture of who you are; just stand strong. Together we will walk this out and get the proper picture of who we are. It is something that you have to do, but we all are in this together.