{"id":425,"date":"2016-01-05T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wisdominallthings.com\/?p=425"},"modified":"2022-02-17T14:25:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T14:25:27","slug":"what-god-thinks-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wisdominallthings.com\/staging\/3400\/what-god-thinks-of-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What God Thinks of You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/f7t55-a762b2?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"122\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/f7t55-a762b2?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPOSE | Knowing Who We Are<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We all want to know who we are. We seek and search and try to \u201cfind ourselves.\u201d Many of us have taken personality tests and other assessments. We learn that we are a lion, a beaver, an ENFP, an activator, a competitor, a high I, high D.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; John Rinehart<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE | What God Thinks of You<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But is that seeing ourselves for who we truly are?\u00a0 We all need the encouragement of friends and family, especially because they have the unique view of knowing how we really are, and, as a trusted source, can add the recommended dose of reality to what they tell us.\u00a0 However, how do you get the &#8220;God&#8217;s honest&#8221; truth?\u00a0 God.\u00a0 He can bring a perspective that no one else can bring, and back it with an everlasting, unconditional love.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/what-god-thinks-about-you?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Rineheart provides 5 truths<\/a> about how God sees us: We are valuable, we are new, we have God&#8217;s Spirit, we&#8217;re being transformed, and we have privileged role we play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXECUTE | Who&#8217;s View Matters Most<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the different personality tools can help provide one dimension, adding the layer of family and friends can bring it more to life&#8211;the broadest and deepest understanding of who we are comes from God.\u00a0 His view of us is what really matters most as He is the source of who we are.\u00a0 This makes for a good morning mantra.\u00a0 Start each day with the truth&#8211;of who you are and who God is.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I am fearfully and wonderfully made.<br \/>\nPsalm 139:14 &#8211; <span id=\"en-NASB-16254\" class=\"text Ps-139-14\">I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; <\/span><span class=\"text Ps-139-14\">Wonderful are Your works, <\/span><span class=\"text Ps-139-14\">And my soul knows it very well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>I am a new creation.<br \/>\n2 Cor. 5:17 &#8211; <span id=\"en-NASB-28895\" class=\"text 2Cor-5-17\">Therefore if anyone is in Christ, <i>he is<\/i> a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>I have the power of the Holy Spirit.<br \/>\nActs 1:8 &#8211; <span id=\"en-NASB-26932\" class=\"text Acts-1-8\"><span class=\"woj\">but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>I will abide.<br \/>\nJohn 15:4 &#8211; <span id=\"en-NASB-26704\" class=\"text John-15-4\"><span class=\"woj\">Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit <sup class=\"footnote\" data-fn=\"#fen-NASB-26704a\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NASB-26704a&quot; title=&quot;See footnote a&quot;&gt;a&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+15%3A4&amp;version=NASB#fen-NASB-26704a\">a<\/a>]<\/sup>of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither <i>can<\/i> you unless you abide in Me.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>I desire to see God work the impossible.<br \/>\nMark 10:27 &#8211; <span id=\"en-NASB-24616\" class=\"text Mark-10-27\">Looking at them, Jesus said, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cWith people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nFurther reading:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/what-god-thinks-about-you?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what God thinks about you<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/bLv-2j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisdominallthings.com\/staging\/3400\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Wisdom-in-all-things-leadbox-wisdom-delivered.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for Wisdom In All Things Weekly Email\" width=\"623\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;We all want to know who we are. 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