What's Your Sign Part 1

Welcome to Free Life Chapel, where we help you discover and live the free life in Christ. My name is Kadi, and I'm so glad that you decided to tune in with us today. If you ever find yourself in the central Florida area, come visit us. We want to see you face to face, but until then, feel free to visit our website, freelifechapel.org, to find out more about what's happening at your church. There's an amazing message in store just for you. I hope you're encouraged. Have you ever had anybody ask you, what's your sign? You've never been asked that before? Yeah. Have you ever had a guy like me, you weren't sure what to answer him? Like, well, I don't know, I'm just born on this date. And people who are into all of that, like, oh, you're a Libra, I don't know what, you a Cancer, you a Capricorn, you a Pisces, I'll smack you in the mouth, you come, no, no, that's like you're on this zodiac. I mean, there's a lot of folks that they are into, and they know, and they got that part down, and it's all good. I would just say this, in the context of astrology and the zodiac sign, those things are laid out for us to look at. It's very interesting. The stars, the universe, all that is created there is definitely impressive. It's majestic. There's something about looking, have you ever been looking up at night, and you just saw all that and go, what a God, what a God? I mean, sincerely, when you look out there and realize that there are universes that we have not even touched, we don't know anything about those constellations, those planets, all that. I told you a little while back, I got this app on my phone that I can pull it up and point it to the sky, and it starts to show me the different constellations. Oh, there's Leo, there's, like, and it kind of shows all this.

And the way the zodiac works is there's 12, it's actually called houses, 12 houses of stars that are around the earth, and supposedly based on when you were born, you are identified by that constellation because it's a certain time of the year, and based on that, they now try to tell you that this is what your mood is going to be today because of that. And this is what's going to happen tomorrow because of that, and here's what your future looks like because of that. And they, a lot of those things, your personality traits, have you ever heard someone, well, I'm sorry, I just, I'm hot-headed, I'm quick-tempered, I'm just mad because that's my sign. Like we want to blame a lot, and we actually lean into and lock a lot in on that, but zodiac signs, fortune cookies, horoscopes, all of those things, all those things, we need to be careful with them. I understand that the universe is majestic. In fact, the Bible tells us in Psalm 19 and in Romans chapter 1 that creation and the universe are proof of God's reality and His power, but they are not God. They're just the work of God, but they are not God. So don't worship creation. Look beyond the stars and realize there's a creator who exists who oversees it all, and that's what we lean into. And so in other words, your sign is not based on the stars, but on the one who created them, who named them, and who stuck them in their sockets and said, stay there until I let you go. That's the one we lean to. In fact, the book of Deuteronomy chapter 18 actually tells us, do not get into stargazing. Don't start worshiping what's out there. Worship the only one and true God. So what is it then? Where do we find this identity? This is where it comes from. People searching for something to link their life to. Who am I?

What's the meaning of my life? Where am I going? What does all of this sucking air and paying taxes matter? How do I figure this out? People have always been on a search, trying to find where that thing hits. Why am I here? Romans chapter 6 verse 4 puts it this way. When we were baptized, we died and were buried with Christ. We were baptized so that we would live a new life. Read this. As Christ was raised to life by the glory of God the Father. After the third service today, we're going to celebrate baptism. As people who have given their life to Christ and they're going public with their faith. And there's going to be people that are going to be completely dry, who are going to go under the water, and they're going to get up wet. So what's all of that about? What they're declaring is their old life is gone and their new identity is alive. We have over a hundred registered for baptism today. If you want to come back and join us for the third service, pack a lunch. It's going to be great. It's going to be great. But people who are getting baptized are literally saying, my old identity is gone. My new identity in Christ is here. The old is done. The new is here. As a believer, please hear me, Jesus is your new identity. As a Christ follower, you now have a different relevance to your life than what you ever understood. As a Christ follower, there's meaning, there's joy, there's a value, there's a hope, there's an anchor connected to your faith and your walk with Christ.

And ladies and gentlemen, let me just tell you this, I am firmly 100%, I believe this after more than three decades of full-time ministry, studying my Bible, the biggest issue, the biggest challenge we have in our lives as Christ followers is actually buying into the identity of Jesus. As long as you struggle with who He is, then you'll never know who you are. And you will struggle the rest of your life thinking this Christianity thing doesn't work for me. Because I don't understand the identity, the buy-in, who He is and now how I can live because of that. The Bible tells us that Jesus was, before He went into ministry, He was tempted 40 days and 40 nights. Like He ain't eating anything, there's no food going on, and in the middle of this temptation, the enemy comes up and approaches Him, Satan, and he begins to tempt Him. The first thing he tempts Him with was his hunger. He said, yo, Jesus, you see all these stones? Turn them to bread. How many believe if He turned it to bread, it probably would have been like Carrabba's bread with some oil and some seasoning beside it, like it would have been that kind of bread? Yeah. A little dipping thing? Yeah, I know. Turn this to bread. And the second temptation, He comes back again and He tempts Christ. And in both of the first two temptations, Jesus looks back at Him and says, I'm sorry, when Satan was tempting Him, here's how He opened the temptations. If you are really the Son of God, watch, if you really know your identity, He was questioning the identity of Jesus. He was, He was pushing back and trying to cause question as to Jesus, do, are you really who you say you are? Are you sure you are who you are?

Creating that, that conflict, that, that bite. And then in the third temptation, He tells Jesus, listen, bow down and worship me and I will give you, in other words, not just give you stuff, I will give you identity. I will give you purpose. I will be the one who will fashion and form and give you future. This is what the enemy was doing with Jesus and, and, and in all of these, in all of these attacks that Jesus went through, the only response He had in all three attacks was He looked back at the enemy and He said, it is written. In other words, He started quoting the Bible. Don't miss this, don't miss this. When Jesus's identity was in question, He went back to the Bible to defend His identity. He started speaking the word, ladies and gentlemen, this is the greatest weapon, the greatest tool you will ever have in your life and you and I need to commit ourself to a lifetime of discovering what God's opinion is about your life. You need to see it through His eyes, not through your eyes, not through your mama's eyes, not through culture's eyes, through His eyes, because culture and people and you, you will condemn yourself, you will beat yourself up, you will damn yourself to hell, but Jesus keeps showing up with a grace and a truth and a mercy that keeps elevating and lifting us back up. So we've got to buy in to what He said, but listen to me, here's the key. If the enemy would attack Jesus's identity, I bet you know he's going to attack yours as well. Yeah, you know why? Because unlike the third temptation, then bow down and worship me, why does He want to alter your identity? He wants your worship. He wants you to focus on Him. He wants you to let His words become the greatest in your life. Jesus fought back with the Word and we have to do as well. See here's the deal, if you and I are not careful, pain will define you for the rest

of your life. You'll be bitter, you'll be angry, you'll be a victim, and you will so relate and identify with what happened with you at 10 that you'll be 50 and you're still living like you're 10. You've only matured your excuses and matured your weapons in order to keep fighting because it's become your identity. Pain will identify you. Failure can identify you. You can so relate and identify with failure that you stop trying again in the future. I'm so afraid and I'm so insulated, I'm so protecting, I'm never taking a step again. I'm not trying. You lost your try. And ladies and gentlemen, the worst thing you will ever lose in your life is not a diamond, not a coin, not a house, not a job. If you lose your try, you've lost everything. And the enemy is coming after this. People and culture will try to define you. Family will try to define you. Yeah, no, no, no, let's go here a minute. Culture, culture is in a battle for identity right now. Culture is scrounging for identity. In fact, Gen Z right now, there's some amazing statistics. In fact, if you're wondering who Gen Z is, Gen Z is at the ages 13 to 28. That's who Gen Z is. Gen Z right now, here's what the stats are coming out telling us,

that they have the highest levels of comparison, depression, and anxiety because of what's happening in social media right now. They are trying to live up to a standard that has been filtered. It's had 17 pictures taken and they chose one out of 17. They altered, they fixed, they AI'd everything to make it look and sound great. Now we've got a culture trying to compete with something that doesn't even exist. And they're feeling beat down and they're feeling less and they're feeling I don't add up and I'm not worth it and I'm not worthy. No wonder depression and anxiety is building because they feel like they can't keep up with where culture is going. They're already failures at 10, 11, 12, 13. There's no way to get my head above it all. I'm behind the entire world right now. This is what's going on in the fight for identity. This is a real issue because our kids wanna be accepted. Our kids wanna have value. They wanna belong. They wanna know that there's meaning to life. But if that's what it is and I can't compete, then why even try? We're all searching for that authentic self, that watch, that image of who am I? What do I bring to the world? And so then we lock and load on things like education.

I'll put more initials after my, more letters after my name. We'll lock in on a career and that's who I am. I am the career and it all works fine until the company goes belly up and now you didn't just lose the career, you lost you. You see, we throw ourself into relationships. Maybe you've never done this before but there's some that have so buried themselves in who they're with that when that doesn't work out, all of a sudden they're lost, they're gone, they're a victim because that was their identity, seeking approval of others. I am who I am because of the charity that I give. I am who I am because of the money that I have. I am who I am because of power, because of sex, because of possessions, because of my ethnicity. I'm so locked and loaded on my culture. I'm so proud about that that everything else is gone. No, we're in a mess. Social media followers, we're trying to create identity in all of these things and ladies and gentlemen, whatever it is that you allow to label you will own you and limit you for the rest of your life. We've been duped, we drank the Kool-Aid and we're going after all kinds of things, trying to make our mark, make sure I'm remembered. Who am I? What do I bring to the table?

And ladies and gentlemen, all of these things are gutting us. They're not fulfilling us because any identity outside of a relationship with Jesus Christ will always lead you to wrong places. You are not made to identify with anything or anybody else, only with him. I'm not saying that we don't enjoy our careers. I'm not saying that we don't enjoy education. Of course we do when we pursue those things. Celebrate, celebrate your ethnicity and your background and your last name and where you came from, what people did yet. Those things are celebration and praiseworthy. They're just not, I'm not gonna have a lid built on my life that that is the apex of who I am, absolutely not. Because here's the deal, you don't have time to go in the wrong direction. How sad would it be to raise your head and realize you've been 12 years running in the wrong direction? Because it's happening everywhere. And whenever we buy into that kind of mindset, it creates things where we become mislabeled and we're misled in life and no one has time for that. Ecclesiastes two verse 11 says this. By the way, written by the wisest man who ever lived. So just add that to the verse, all right? I thought about all that I had done and how. hard I had worked doing it, read this, and I realized that it didn't mean a thing.

It was like chasing the wind of no use at all. The richest man, the wisest man, running in the wrong direction, it realizes I have been wrong all this time. You don't need to live a life that way. It's tragic to build a life on something that is unable to actually provide what you expected it to give. It came up empty. There's no lasting success. There's no satisfaction. This is why we are looking, applauding, and throwing awards at people that we think are at the apex of life, and their lives are completely falling apart. I celebrate none of that, but it just goes to show when you get the awards and you hit the apex of that world, if that's your identity, it will never be strong enough to hold you. It will drop you and care less. That means there must be something greater to build our life on than just a career and pursuing an award or what my last name becomes. There's gotta be something greater. In the Hebrew language, there's something really interesting. There is no verb for the words to have. There's no verb for it to say that you have something. It doesn't exist.

Now, understand this. Let me just kind of put it this way. There is something that says, basically, there is to me, but it never gives me the chance to take full possession of something. That doesn't exist. The concept is there. I have children. The concept is there, but to me, there are children. It's not the word of defining, definitively possessing and owning something. Why do I bring this up? Because this Hebrew language was what God initiated life, and his word comes straight out of this. And so the fact that that nuance is missing actually speaks to us and gives us a message behind how you and I are created and why we are here. Because when we understand that I never fully actually possess anything, the message is this. Everything you have is temporary and it will leave you. You possess nothing. Don't believe me? Have you been to a funeral recently? They don't rent U-Hauls. You take nothing with you. When you're gone, your kids get all that stuff. Or the government gets all that stuff

if you didn't set it up right. I mean, like, everyone, all that stuff, that favorite hat you got, your grandkids are gonna get that hat. That purse, that money, that house, that, it's gonna go away. It's amazing how people build and work for decades to build a name and how it is forgotten within a decade. Those things, ladies and gentlemen, you don't own them. You don't possess them. They don't belong to you. Everything in your life, we are gripping stuff that doesn't exist. And we're fighting for things that you will never control. It is on the way out of your hand. The Bible is laying out a principle here that you and I have got to make sure that we're not fighting for something that we'll never own, that we can never have in life. Ownership, in other words, is an illusion. So when you and I are going after things to create our identity, what you're putting your hands on is fleeting. You're grabbing shadows and trying to put them in your pocket. There is only one thing that you and I can own in life, and that is Jesus. First Corinthians chapter six, verse 19 says this. You don't belong to yourself. Isn't that interesting?

You don't even own you. Not only do you not own everything you and I are grabbing for, homes and money and degrees and fame and recognition and all that stuff, it's not there. You can't control it. You can't own it. But the Bible says you don't even belong to yourself, your life. It's not your own. That means this, the problems and the burdens in your life don't belong to you either. So why is it that you're stressed and losing your mind over problems? Because you think you own them. And you're trying to own what can't be owned. And when you're trying to grab something that you can't put your hands on, it creates a conflict here. And worry and anxiety are running through us trying to control what can't be controlled. Are y'all hearing me today? We are living in this illusion of thinking that we can put it all together for ourselves. And that is the plot, the ploy, the disillusionment of the enemy to keep. you grabbing at stuff, keep you occupied, trying to become something when none of that has anything to do with why you're here,

why you were created, what God's plan is for your life. It's all temporary, except for one thing, Jesus. The only thing you can possess is actually Jesus. In fact, maybe just put it this way, you have to let go of everything you can't possess to take hold of everything he is. Because as long as I'm trying to get my hands on stuff, my hands are too full of nothing to get a hold of him who is everything. And I've got to make sure that I begin to look at myself and go, Scott, you're wasting your time. This is not how life is to be lived. Solomon told us it's a waste of time. It's going to produce nothing in life. Culture is trying to identify me. I'm trying to identify myself. I'm in a scramble for trying to find meaning. Maybe I should look back to the one who made me, who decided all of this from the beginning, come back to the originator and say, would you please tell me why I'm here and what is this all about? Acts chapter 17 says this, in him we live and move and have our being. I'm fully alive when I'm in his hands. I'm fully alive when I'm focused on Jesus. I'm fully alive and my abilities, my talents are able to do exponential things, but all of those things don't define me. He defines me and because I'm defined by him,

I can do this without any reservation and I live with a joy and a hope that's different because it's not about who I am, it's about who he is. So how do I possess my true identity? How do I find my true sign? What's my sign? Matthew 10, 39 tells us this, read it with me. Those who try to gain their own life will lose it, but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it, will shoot. That means I gotta lose it to get it and after I lose it all, I get it all. Well, that doesn't really sound appealing to me, yeah, because we're still full of ourself. You're still grabbing shadows. You're still grabbing what culture has told you is gonna make you something, is gonna give you something. It's making big promises and it's coming up empty, y'all. It's gonna keep coming up empty. The marriage is not gonna be enough. The money's not gonna be enough. The career's not gonna be enough. That third home that you just bought, it's not gonna be enough. The next vacation, it's not gonna be enough. It's all going to run. It's all going to leak. It's all going to seep out of your life and you're gonna keep grabbing until you realize I'm done playing the game.

Jesus, I need you in my life. I'm giving you all of me, tell me who I am. He's the only one that makes sense. See, God decided from the beginning and then revealed to us through Jesus who we are. He put his image on you according to Genesis chapter one. You're fearfully and wonderfully made. That means you are bad to the bone. Would you turn to someone and tell them, shock and awe, that's who I am. Shock and awe, that's who he made me. Yes, fearfully and wonderfully made. You've got an inherent value and worth. You don't need someone on social media to qualify or approve your life. Jesus already has. I'm good, I'm good, I'm good in the neighborhood, hey. Like, it's all good, I'm in his image. Number two, he's equipped you and me with spiritual giftings. Oh, you got it going on, yes you do. And it's not anything you can take credit for. He pre-wired you with this stuff. You've got it there so you can live a rich life. He gave you the power to get wealth in life. We live a rich life and then we serve others with these giftings, that's why we're here. There's another one, there's a unique assignment and purpose on your life. God wrote a story and put you in it. The story has your name mentioned.

You're one of the main characters. You've gotta show up to play your part because he's written into the story. Your highs, your lows, he's moving you forward, but he's advancing you in life. We've gotta do it his way, there's a reason to live. There's a reason to wake up on a Monday morning. And suicide comes to tell you it's not worth it because identity is gone, meaning is gone. I've lost all hope, everything is a lie. It doesn't provide, why am I here? And ladies and gentlemen, we need Jesus to step in and do a work on the inside of us. Yes, there's emotional things and there is some challenges we go through and chemical imbalances and we go to doctors and we get the counselor's help. That's really important in life, but we've also gotta turn our eyes back towards Jesus as well and realize he is the meaning, he's the source, he's the hope of everything that this life is to give. There's a mark of ownership he put on you by Holy Spirit. You've been sealed. Holy Spirit inside, has anyone ever felt bad for doing something wrong? Anybody ever felt bad for doing something wrong? Now, if the person beside you did not raise their hand right now, you got a situation that you need to talk to them over lunch, all right, invite them to lunch,

say, we need to talk for a minute. Do you know why you felt bad for doing something wrong? Holy Spirit, the hound dog from heaven, he's after you. He's here to get your attention. We don't do that. He yanks your chain, he pull, look, Holy Spirit, it's just not bless me, bless me, bless me, no, it's correct me, correct me, correct me. He puts all that together. This is why the enemy is into identity theft. Because if he can steal your identity, he will send you down a road where the bridge is out. Oh, and it's gonna be paid with some fun stuff, some good stuff, ooh, party. My followers have gone up 1,000 in the past month, hey. Yeah, the bridge is out. You keep running, you keep drinking the Kool-Aid, it's not gonna produce what it's promising. You see, the enemy's here to strip God's image off your life. He's here to stop your giftings. He's here to kill your purpose, and he's here to make you doubt God's Spirit is even alive in you. The very things that God came to give us. Second Peter chapter one, verse four, says this. God made great and marvelous promises so his nature, ah, his nature, his nature, not mine, his nature would become part of us.

Stop right there. How many of you are glad that Jesus came to change your nature? Like, I can't use my nature. I was born this way. It don't wash out, and this verse, baby, you're gonna have to find another excuse. I don't care what you, well, I'm just angry. I'm just born this way. No, you got to take that anger somewhere else. You can't lay claim to that, and that's your excuse for the rest of your, well, my daddy was this way, and Jesus died to change your nature, so let's work on that right there. You can't claim I was born this way. No, the Bible says here, God made great and marvelous promises so his nature would become part of us. Read this. Then we could escape our evil desires and the corrupt influences of this world. When our identity, when our nature comes from Jesus, watch this, we begin to live in a daily victory. Even over our wrong desires and the cultural influences. When I begin to realize who Jesus is in me, and I begin to see what his word says about me, when I take on his thoughts, let these thoughts be in you, which were also in Christ Jesus.

When I begin to take on his mind, let this mind be in you. When I begin to think his thoughts and live according to his ways, all of a sudden, things that used to be my issue that would hold me down, I start stepping on top of those issues. I'm walking different because I'm not subservient to the issues. I'm now greater than the issues because my identity is from one who has conquered it all. And so I'm living higher, I'm living stronger. Culture, I love culture. I love people, I love what's going on, but I'm not swayed by culture. Culture doesn't decide my lifestyle. Culture doesn't change my theology. Culture doesn't change my family. Culture, I'm solid because one greater than culture is the one who has defined my life. His nature is now my nature. That's the power of Jesus. That's his work in our life. And to say that he can't change it, I begin to live to my nature. We are now worshiping our nature. My nature is my identity instead of Christ. This is the slippery slope we're living in today. And sad, we're telling people, you can just live any way you want to

and God's okay with it. And it's from the pit of hell, folks. That's not Bible. I just gave you a good verse today. That'd be a great tattoo if you're looking for another one. This is why spiritual discipline is important. Watch. It's why it's important you're in church. You know why it's important today? Because you just sang songs. What a God, what a God. You are reminded of his majesty, of his plan for your life. You're hearing the word spoken. What are we doing? We're bringing you back into the identity, awakening the identity of Christ inside of you. And until you and I are showing up, if I'm not praying, if I'm not spending some time in a devotional, in God's word, all of those things, giving my tithe and offering, baptism that's going to happen today, all of those things are not to put stars or put pins on my lapel, but it's to keep shaping my mind, to keep my identity focused on him. I need all of these things. Small groups, connect four, serving in church, because it keeps shaping my identity

and puts me back on him. I get Scott. off of Scott and I get Jesus in my heart driving my life and that's the safest place, most successful place, most powerful place, most peaceful place I will ever live for the rest of my life. It's been decided ahead of time. When Cindy and I came back from Israel, we went over to, of course, see the kids. We saw Caleb and Elizabeth also, but we went over to see Malachi and Talia. Caleb and Elizabeth were there, so we saw them too. We ordered pizza and we're over at the house Friday night and enjoying some time together. While Talia's eating, I'm on the other side of the counter, she's on that side, and there was a little bag between us and I started going, Talia! And then I would duck down behind the bag. And so she picked up really quickly, now she wants to play hide and seek, so she starts going. And so I would just duck down behind the counter on the other side and Talia, she would come climbing down with pizza all over her face and her hands and she comes running around the side and she looked at me and then she would come running and then she'd give me a hug and she'd go, again, again, and then she would go back around. And so we played again, again, my knees are still sore from the tile,

I'm just telling you right now, it was all that. I loved it when Talia found me, but I want you to understand in the Bible that there's this place where we see King Saul is chasing David. It's 21 attempts Saul is making on David's life, trying to kill him and David is continually moving. Why was Saul trying to kill David? Because David had already been anointed to be the next king. He had a future that was already God decided and Saul was trying to kill him. God, Saul and David were playing hide and seek in the wilderness and every time Saul came this way, God would tell David, keep moving, go this way. And so David was always one step ahead of King Saul. Saul never found David and David actually arrived to his point of destination. But this is why Saul, the enemy of David was after him because he was trying to kill his future. If I can control him, if I can catch him, if I can get my hands on him, I will kill where he's headed. And I want you to understand the enemy is afraid of your future. So he brings distractions and discouragements and tries to derail your destiny by getting your eyes off of the mark, off the hope, off the purpose to what this life is all about to begin with. And if he can distract you, he will catch you and kill where God is trying to take you.

But ladies and gentlemen, as long as your eyes are on Jesus and I'm listening to what his spirit is speaking to me about and I'm connected to his house, nothing is going to stop where you're headed in life and you will have everything and then some. When we surrender to Christ, Holy Spirit keeps us moving towards our future. And that means the past can't define you and it can't kill you. You weren't made to run from your past for the rest of your life, you were made to run into your future. That's why you're here. So now you can have daily victory over addiction, daily victory over fear, daily victory over that attitude, low self-esteem, guilt and shame, gone. Why? Because Jesus has already been the one that defines who I am. He says that shame died on the cross. I'm not made to live with shame on my life, but the past and people always trying to remind me of where I've been are defining me as shameful. And if I live down to that identity, that label controls me. But when Jesus died, he ripped the label off. He says, Scott, you're free. I paid that price. Get the shame off of you because shame is on me.

Take my place and run, son. This is what he's trying to do for us. And if we miss it, we will live feeling defeated as a Christ follower every day of our life. I've got good news for you. You're doing better than you think you are. You're winning, grace is for you. Heaven is on your side. The promises are yes and amen, according to God's word. You got to begin to see yourself through his eyes. Colossians three, verses two through three. I'm finishing. Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things. For you died and your life is, what? Hidden in Christ. It's hidden. It's hidden. That means when I know who I am in Jesus, the enemy and culture and life and the past can reach for me, but it can't find me. I'm hidden in Christ. That's why I'm walking on top of things that used to take me out. And my family is stronger than the former generation. And I'm not walking through what they went through. And I'm not living down to the standards that they said. I'm living up to. I'm on the shoulders. I'm grateful for the price that was paid behind me, but I'm reaching for more.

I want to dial it up a notch. The best days are still ahead of me. We begin to live at this next level, folks. Here's the message. Only a surrendered life to Jesus is gonna save you. satisfy your deepest desires. So what's your sign? What's your sign? It's not found in a zodiac constellation. It's not found in the New York Times horoscope. And it's not on a cookie in your favorite restaurant. I'll tell you who you are. Your sign is the cross of Jesus Christ, that's your sign. Your identity, you've been forgiven and you've got a new life. Your sign now is hope, joy, peace, and a heart full of laughter. Your sign is a past that cannot catch you and a future that cannot be stopped. This is who you are. Your sign is life and eternity with Jesus. Would you please stand to your feet? Some of you may hear me now and end up believing me later. But until you surrender to Christ, you will never know what identity actually looks like. It's kind of like Caleb's analogy today. I'm on the bike, if I'm not careful, I'll think I'm the one doing the work. When really he is the one who is guiding my life,

leading and directing. And ladies and gentlemen, your identity, who you are, is beyond your pay grade to decide. You're too important, you're too valuable. And you better turn the keys over to the one who made you and said, let me put my thoughts inside of you so you'll live up to my promises and not down to your expectations. Life gets better from here, trust me. So we get into his word, we worship, we serve, we do life together. And the more we do this, the more I begin to take on who he is and the mind of Christ sets me free. Father, we love you today. And we're so grateful for the promises that you have in our life. In ourselves, we're not good, we're not good enough. But we're taking on your nature. And despite our failures and despite our falling backwards and going sideways and getting an attitude today and having to come back around the fact that we're still in relationship with you and working towards you is everything. Because this life, my identity is not built on how good I am, but it's built on the price you paid on the cross. Today, we say thank you and we love you. God, all my friends that are here today,

those watching online, I pray that you stir their heart and bring a fresh peace and a rest in us knowing that I don't have to add up, I don't have to compete, I don't have to impress, I don't have to be approved. No, I know who I am, the image on my life is you. And since I will seek first your kingdom and your righteousness, everything else is gonna be added to me. God, today, help us to keep our eyes on you and experience all that you are, that we can live this abundant life. I thank you for it today, in Jesus' name. Everybody said amen, amen. Can you put those hands together? I told you the message would encourage you. For more encouraging messages, feel free to visit our website, freelifechapel.org. Until then, I hope you have an amazing day.