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“We can forget who we are with one phone call… The breakthrough is inside of us. What gets in the way is our brain.” –Dan Bohi

Know Your Identity

In Sunday’s sermon Brother Dan noted that the crisis in the American church is that we often live as if we have forgotten our identity. Jesus never failed in ministry because He never forgot who He was. He had no question of His assignment and why He was sent to the earth.

Do you know why God has you on the earth? Do you know your assignment?

Stay Focused On Your Identity

Brother Dan referred to the account of Jairus, a man who was distressed because of his daughter’s illness (Luke 8:40-56). In the face of the report of the girl’s death, Jesus encouraged Jairus with these words: “Don’t be afraid. Just believe, and she will be healed.” (Luke 8:50) In other words, Jesus didn’t get caught up in the bad report. Jesus was caught up in His identity and His assignment, and He instructed Jairus to focus on His word of healing instead of being distracted by the report of men.

Even if a bad report is accurate, we as Christians are called to keep our focus on our glorious Savior.

My prayer for us today is that we, like Jesus, will remain firmly planted in the ways of the kingdom of God. Will trials and challenges come? Yes. Will we receive bad reports? Certainly. But we are free to choose where our focus will be.

Look to the Lord. Praise Him. Thank Him. Hear Him. Trust Him. Obey Him.

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