Three Lies Christians Believe About Themselves
Growing up, I heard a lot about God’s love when I went to church. While I heard that God loved and forgave me through Jesus, I didn’t hear that He valued me, had a positive view of me as His image bearer (Genesis 1:27), and deeply cared about me. This poured gasoline on the fire […]
Do we Create or Discover our Identity?
During multiple times in my life, I’ve been stopped by the question, Who am I? We cannot walk through life without asking this question. It usually pops up in the most vulnerable of moments, when our identity is shaken. The ability to reflect on it is one of the attributes that sets humanity apart from […]
Rethinking Accountability: A Proactive and Healing Approach Part 2
We live in a world full of stress, hurt, and things that were not meant to be. Regardless of our particular struggles, we all develop ways of dealing with stress and pain in our life — often through unhealthy choices. As I shared in my last blog post, I developed a number of compulsive behaviors […]
Rethinking Accountability: A Proactive and Healing Approach Part 1
Have you, as I have, experienced reactive and unhealthy accountability in your life? Have you found yourself hiding your struggles, or only sharing your unhealthy choices after you returned to them? Were you then shamed by others after you finally mustered up the courage to open up? In this post I address the difference between “accountability” […]
Self-Image: See Yourself as God Sees You
Hi there! We’re Jennifer Davis and Anne Clark. Having the opportunity to work with Josh McDowell, we’ve learned just how important self-image is. Josh says it affects every relationship in our lives. For that reason, we’re going to chat about how to develop a healthy self-image and why it’s so important. Josh has written a […]
Your Identity: Are You a “Worthless Sinner”?
For most of my life I believed I was a worthless sinner, only tolerated by God because of Jesus’ work on the cross. Sure, I “knew” that God loved me, but I believed that I was still a “wretch” with minimal value. Throughout my years in ministry, I’ve known many missionaries, college students, men, and […]
Live in the Light: See Yourself As God Sees You
Ladies, in this series exploring our true identity, let’s look at whether you’re shining the proper light on your portrait, the self-image you carry around inside your head. Your TRUE identity comes from one single source: what God says about you. God has declared that He sees YOU as eternally lovable, and eternally valuable! Why, then, do […]
Mistaken Identity: See Yourself as God Sees You
Ladies, in our series exploring our true identity, let’s look at whether you’re walking around with a mistaken identity. If you’re basing your self-identity and self-worth on the three cultural myths we covered last week, that you’re viewing yourself entirely incorrectly. Though you might not be aware of it, you are carting around a personal identification photo with […]
Personal Identity: See Yourself as God Sees You
Ladies, in this first blog post in our series exploring our true identity, we have to ask: How do you see yourself? As God sees you — or as the world sees you? Are you basing your personal identity on your job title? Your marital status? Your dress size? The car you drive? The volume […]
