Identity In Christ Quotes

“Never forget who you are in Christ. If you have thoughts or feelings that make you feel bad about yourself, remember they come from the enemy. Do not believe Satan's lies. You are not who he says you are.”
― Robby Dawkins, Identity Thief: Exposing Satan's Plan to Steal Your Purpose, Passion and Power

“True rest comes from surrender, calling an end to the struggle between the false identity forged by hurt, pain and disappointment, and our real identity in Christ.”
― Laura Gagnon, The Book Satan Doesn't Want You To Read

“God has never been about hierarchy. He is about yielded hearts and people who are willing to step out in faith because they discover who they are in Christ.”
― Robby Dawkins, Identity Thief: Exposing Satan's Plan to Steal Your Purpose, Passion and Power

“God's family is our true family
Just as the family you grow up in shapes your identity such as your name, beliefs, and values, being part of God's family is a new identity. Our individual relationships and families still matter, but our new status as sons and daughters of the living God comes first.”
― Rebecca Sharley, God's Family Now: A New Look At Kids' Ministry

“I was graced with this remarkable truth: “Knowing who you are in Jesus Christ makes it easier to function in this world.” I soon realized I didn't know who I was in Jesus
Christ. Not only did I not know my identity in Jesus Christ, but I also realized that I didn't know my Saviour enough to know myself. It's like, how can I know who I am if I don't
know who He is?”
― Shakara Ann Francis, A Mother’s Pain but Our Father Cares: A COLLECTION OF POEMS AND SPIRITUAL LESSONS FROM A FIRST-TIME MOTHER

“Have you ever experienced something in your life you never thought would touch you or your family? Have you ever felt like, ‘God! I thought we were friends, you and me? I thought you loved me. You don’t even seem to be acting according to You Word!’ …I have.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“We may say, ‘God works all things together or good.’ But if we are not waiting with expectation for our ashes to turn to beauty, this remains head knowledge—not a reflection of our faith in a God who works the impossible on our behalf, simply because He loves us.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“Holding an expectation of God actually honors Him. A heart of faith-filled expectation says, ‘I know You are good. I know You are all-powerful. I know You are a loving Father and a faithful friend, and I anticipate You being just that.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“My focus had to be on God and who He is, not on the enemy and what he was doing. Darkness feeds on attention and fear, and I wasn't going to offer it any nourishment.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“When you are going through a dark time, one side effect can be to forget the power and the goodness of God. When God isn’t doing what you think He should, it is easy to focus on the problem, and it suddenly becomes larger than the solution—which is God Himself.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“We have often mistaken the seasons of ease in our lives for God’s blessing. God has blessed us, but what we don’t understand is that sometimes He is blessing us even more when everything appears to be falling apart at the seams.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“God pushes us to offense—without explanation—and asks us the same question Jesus asked His disciples, ‘Do you also want to go away?’ And then we have a choice. We either believe or we don’t. We either let Him be God, or we put Him in a box.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“We reduce our theology of God to match the “facts” of our circumstances, instead of the truth of who He is. In our hearts, we have tamed the Lion and cut off His mane.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer

“God doesn’t see as man sees. It is a facet of His character to see people in light of who they will become, not in light of their past or even their present.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer

“As we know Him (intimately), sin loses its grip on us. Our love for Him deepens, and serving Him becomes a great joy and fulfillment, not a drudgery birthed out of performance.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“The spiritual DNA of who God created us to be resides in us before we walk in any of it.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“Is it worth the sacrifice? Is it worth the cost? There was a time I told the Lord to “pick someone else. This is too hard!” I’m so thankful He turned a deaf ear.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“So how can God take something tragic in our lives and bring good from it? The answer isn’t found so much in the ‘how,’ but in the ‘Who.’ The answer is found in who God is. It is found in His character. It is found in the essence of His presence, in the fragrance of His being. …It is found in a love so encompassing—so extravagant—we have not the mind to comprehend it.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“It is a weapon of spiritual warfare to rejoice in the Lord, in full confidence of what God will produce from your darkness, and in the face of insurmountable evidence to the contrary.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“Any place where my heart believes I have more love, compassion or mercy than God, I have elevated myself above Him and am believing a lie. And any place where I have placed limits on His love and power, I have humanized Him and reduced Him to what my mind can comprehend.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“Ask Him for wisdom to understand what is actually the enemy at work in your life versus what is simply God allowing you to be buffeted and trained for your destiny.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“No one is meant to fight a war against the enemy in vain. God delights in granting our request for redemptive spoils of our spiritual warfare.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“We are not meant to come through our battles as merely survivors. We are meant to come off the battlefield as victors, and to lead others out to victory, as well.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“In God’s justice system, it is the battle with the lions, bears, and the giants of the land that equips us to be kings.”
― Kristen M. Smeltzer, Who Do You Say I Am?: Overcoming the Spirit of Identity Theft

“That’s not what He calls you. He calls you precious. He calls you beloved. He calls you chosen. You don’t have to listen to the lies of the enemy. God is truth, and He doesn’t lie.”
― IyanuOluwa Olorode, Love's Beacon

“Invest in yourself to become the best version of you—because your growth is the gateway to your God-given greatness."

— Ms. Alisha Jackson, MSW”
― Alisha Jackson, I AM A DIVINE WARRIOR: A Better Life Starts With You

“Once you realize God's got your back, you'll stop worrying about who doesn't.”
― Joy Marino, Who Can Find Her?

“The greater danger isn’t that believers—men and women alike—go too far with God. It’s that we don’t go far enough. Too often, we shrink back from the fullness of our calling or inheritance—not because God said “Stop,” but because we chose to obey human voices over the voice of God.”
― Kathleen Johnson Wu, Scripture Girl: Thousands of Memory Verses, One Transformed Life—A Scripture Memory Testimony

“The greater danger isn’t that believers—men and women alike—go too far with God. It’s that we don’t go far enough. Too often, we shrink back from the fullness of our calling or inheritance—not because God said “Stop,” but because we chose to obey human voices over the voice of God.”
― Kathleen Johnson, Healed to Heal

“I’d wager that our problem is not a theology problem, though plenty of that exists. Further, our problem isn’t that we don’t have enough evangelism, church planting, or missional outreach initiatives. Our problem, at its core, is an identity problem. We have self-proclaimed Christians who lack clarity on what it means to be in Christ and for Christ to be in them. Worse yet, many lack the understanding of who Christ has invited them to become through the cross, resurrection, and the transformative power of His Spirit. There is an unhealthy fixation on what God must want us to do rather than on who God wants us to become.”
― K. Lee Brown, The Invitation: Discover Kingdom Identity and Purpose