Oct. 16, 2022
HOW TO AVOID AN IDENTITY CRISIS
Louis & Hettie Brittz
October 15-16, 2022Who Do I Think I Am?
1. “We are what we have been told about ourselves. We are the sum of the messages we have received. The true messages. The false messages.” DONALD BARTHELME
DQ1: Have you allowed “messages” you received about yourself to shape your identity?
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DQ2: What were you told about yourself that shaped how you saw yourself?
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DQ3: Whose “voice” has been the strongest in your identity-forming: Your own, God’s Word or people close to you?
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2. Which statement describes how you feel about
yourself:
God has made me new
God is making me new
God will make me new when I go to heaven
DQ4: Do you feel more like a sinner in need of redemption, or like a saint who has been redeemed?
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3. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them.” 2 Cor 5:17
DQ5: What does this verse tell you about your identity?
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4. For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Eph 2:10
DQ6: What would it take for you to feel like you are God’s “masterpiece” every day?
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5. I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. Gal 2:20
DQ7: How does this verse impact your identity?
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DQ8: What are the signs that Christ lives in you?
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6. Do you think the enemy tries to lie to you about your identity?
DQ9: Has he been successful?
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DQ10: How can you stand against those lies?
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