Identify Yourself! A REALTalk Panel on Image and Identity

See below for Notes…

Identity & Image Scriptures

  • So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 (NIV)
  • For your royal husband delights in your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord. Psalm 45: 11 (NLT)
  • For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with you. Pslam 139:13-18 (NIV)
  • For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
  • For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
  • All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. Ephesians 3:3-8 (NLT)
  • I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:16-19 (NIV)
  •  ..In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39 (NIV)
  • This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:9-10 (NIV)

Chain of Destiny

Your Inputs (words & images), lead to your thoughts, your thoughts lead to your emotions, your emotions influence your decisions, your decisions destiny what actions your take, your actions turn into habits, your habits develop into your character and your character leads your destiny.

 

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Identity & Image Resources

 Speakers/Ministries

  • Trent Shelton – Trent Shelton provides inspiration based on the word of God through the Internet and speaking engagements throughout the World. He can be found on, Facebook, Twitter and You Tube.
    • www.trentshelton.com
    • www.rehabtime.org
  • Joyce Meyer – Joyce Meyer Ministries is dedicated to sharing God’s love and the life-changing message of the Bible with the world through TV, radio, various media productions, live conferences and online.
    • www.joycemeyer.org

Books

  • Beauty for Ashes: Receiving Emotional Healing by Joyce Meyers
  • Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud
  • The Butterfly Movement by Katrina Smith
  • Jesus Calling Devotional by Sarah Young
  • Friendship for Grown-Ups by Lisa Whelchel
  • 8 Great Dates for Moms and Daughters: How to Talk About True Beauty, Cool Fashion, and…Modesty! by Dannah Gresh
  • God’s Remedy for Rejection by Derek Prince
  • Personality Plus: How to Understand Others by Understanding yourself by Florence Littauer
  • Strength Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
    • The book comes with a code for the Strengths Finder assessment
    • You can pay for the assessment online ($9.99) without buying the book @ www.gallupstrengthscenter.com