In this episode I share a journaling excerpt from a time in my life when my personal identity was tied to my career. We can all find ourselves tying our personal worth to external measurements found in how we operate in the world around us. But everything in this world can be taken away. When we wrap up our own personal value into the things of this world, such as a job, relationship, or social status, it sets us up to have an identity crisis when that thing gets taken away. God invites us to find our identity, worth and value in Him. Every one of us is of infinite value to God, regardless of our circumstances in life. When we can recognize this and allow God to untangle our identity from everything else, it brings a new level of freedom. The life worth living is lived in full connection with God, and that can never be taken away.

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0:00 Welcome Intro

4:13 Journal excerpt start

4:20 Quote: My child, my child, I long for you to receive my power…

5:12 Quote: I AM the way. I AM the truth that you need…

5:24 Quote: What is your reputation and influence across your workplace…

6:18 Quote: This is my will and plan for you, my child. Not to stress…

6:42 Quote: Yes, my child, let go of what hinders and distracts…

7:13 Quote: My glory will find its house in you…

7:33 Context and backstory about having my identity tied to my job

10:25 When we tie our personal value to the things of this world, it sets us up for an identity crisis

12:52 Shifting my identity to who I am in God means when I lose things of this world, I don't lose myself

15:18 We are always enough in God's eyes

17:48 Look at your own life and ask “Where am I finding value in myself?”

20:50 The life worth living is the life that is lived in full connection to your creator

22:25 Our ultimate prize is our relationship with God and that can never be taken away

26:32 More personal backstory about my own learning and growing in finding my identity in God

29:38 Thanks for tuning in

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• My child, my child, I long for you to receive my power and goodness and glory and might. I long for you to receive to the fullness of my Spirit.

• I AM the way. I AM the truth that you need. I AM the life that is worth living.

• What is your reputation and influence across your workplace? Yes, you did well. You built and created and proved your worth to many. But what is all that compared to me? What is all that compared to living in my glory? Isn’t my way better? Aren't my plans more? Then why do you hold on to such things? Why do you stress and strive and fill your time with things that will quickly pass away?

• This is my will and plan for you, my child. Not to stress and strive for things that will soon pass away, but rather to live in light of eternity.

• Yes, my child, let go of what hinders and distracts. Grab hold of my plans and promises. Go all in. Live for me, my child. Do my work. Follow this path I have set before you. Run this race. Win the prize. Yes, my child, I am your prize and I desire to give you all of me. I desire to fill you with my glorious Presence to a degree you have never known.

• My glory will find its house in you. Yes, my glory will shine forevermore in and through you.

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