Quotes about Identity

Fear in a believer is a function of forgetfulness. To the degree that you forget who God is, who you are as his child, and what you have been given by his grace, fear is your default emotion.

Human beings are always assigning to themselves some kind of identity. There are only two places to look. Either you will be getting your identity vertically, from who you are in Christ, or you will be shopping for it horizontally in the situations, experiences, and relationships of your daily life. This

To live for yourself is to rob yourself of your own humanity. It is only in living for Christ that we actually begin to become what we were meant to be.

Only when I focus on the holiness and glory of God am I able to see myself with accuracy.

When the thing you have been trusting (whether you knew it or not) is laid to waste, you don't suffer just the loss of that thing; you also suffer the loss of the identity and security that it provided.

Either you will be getting your identity vertically, from who you are in Christ, or you will be shopping for it horizontally in the situations, experiences, and relationships of your daily life.

We are hardwired for glory because we are hardwired for God.

I am designed to appreciate beautiful things, but I must not attach my identity to how many of those things I possess, and I must not let my heart be ruled by

You are always looking for something to which you can attach your identity, your hopes and dreams, and your inner peace.

If you're God's child, you can rest assured today that both your standing before God and his rule on your behalf are sure and secure.

Midlife doesn't introduce you to a new you; it forces you to admit who you have been all along.

the struggle of midlife is fundamentally rooted in the idolatries of the heart.