Quotes about Identity

I AM is less noun, more verb. Less a destination and more a direction.

And in response, I had stored up reserves of I'll show you anger. That's a particular kind of anger. When you feel like someone wouldn't let you be you, it strikes at the core of who you are. And that sacred wound can animate all kinds of action. There's a ton of activating energy there.

Jesus did not use hell to try and compel "heathens" and "pagans" to believe in God, so they wouldn't burn when they die. He talked about hell to very religious people to warn them about the consequences of straying from their God-given calling and identity to show the world God's love.

He will always transcend whatever cages and labels are created to contain and name him, especially the one called "Christianity.

Gospel is the announcement of who God insists you are. You're

Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.

They would not find me changed from him they knew — Only more sure of all I thought was true.

Something was withheld . . . We found it was ourselves.

Mrs. Hammon told me that God made my hair red on purpose and I haven't card for him since.

A positive self-image has little relationship to our material circumstances.

But, you see, it's not what you do that matters really. It's only you.""Me what?""Just you here. Or you in the city. Or you somewhere in the world. I don't know. Just that.

Religion: 'My identity is built on being a good person.' Gospel: 'My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ's.'