Posts with the tag “identity”

Before she was ever a queen, she was a young Jewish girl named Hadassah. She was an orphan living in exile, far from the land God had promised His people. Then her circumstances changed dramatically. She was brought into the Persian palace and even given a new name—Esther. It's interesting, isn't it? Everything around her tried to redefine who she was. The empire encouraged her to blend in, to hide her heritage and to embrace an identity shaped by the culture around her. But although her name changed, her identity never did.  Read More

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