Your Identity Is Not Your Past — Your Calling Is Above the Current

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Upside down Kings, see what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God, and so we are, beloved.
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We are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared.
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But we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is, and everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
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First John three, one through three.
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Here are some things of who God says we are.
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This is in my recovery program, uh step number seven, week one, day three.
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I want to read this to you.
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This is who God says we are.
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Love, accepted, chosen, forgiven, blameless, righteous, holy, free, a new creation, his child, an heir, a friend, a saint, a co-worker, his temple, a member of his body, united in spirit with him, one in fellowship with him, one who bears spiritual fruit, a sharer of his nature, someone with direct access, able to know God, able to do God's will, set apart for his good work.
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Now, are we listening to God's voice here?
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Or are we trying to create our own identity based on what the world says?
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Or maybe even the past.
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One day I'll get into you know a little bit about my story, but for here, I want to encourage some of you out there who you feel called to something, a calling, a purpose, a pull towards a certain people group or towards a certain purpose, an outcome.
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And I just want you to know that if you look through your background of pain and struggle with that, that your calling, your purpose is above your situation.
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It is separate from, your identity is separate from your past.
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Your calling is above your situation, your identity is separated from the outcome.
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I am, the other stuff will become.
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Cheers, guys.