Posts with the tag “identity”

Scripture reminds us in Book of Proverbs that a virtuous woman is “clothed with strength and dignity.” This image is powerful. In biblical times, clothing symbolized identity and status. What a person wore revealed who they were. Spiritually, the same principle applies today. The attitudes, beliefs, and identities we carry shape the way we live and how we experience God’s promises.  Read More

Drawing from Isaiah 60:1, “Arise, shine, for your light has come,” he challenges believers to delete the “and” between arise and shine. The word “and,” he says, is where delay hides. We arise but keep waiting to shine—waiting for confirmation, applause, or courage. But when the sun rises, it doesn’t wait to shine. Its rising is its shining. Likewise, your obedience to God’s call should be immediate and radiant.  Read More

We are no longer called forsaken, rejected, or broken. Instead, we are named accepted, redeemed, chosen, victorious, and beloved children of God. Just as Jesus took on the name of sorrow at the cross, we now receive new names of promise and intimacy at the Father’s right hand.  Read More