I say I am afraid, but God says I am powerful, loved, and have a sound mind. Yes, your joy will overflow!” (John 15:11)ġ5. “I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. I say I am unhappy, but God says I am joyful/joy-filled. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27).ġ4. “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you not as the world gives do I give to you. I say I am worried, anxious, or afraid, but God says with Him I am peace-filled. “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying ‘This is the way walk in it’” (Isaiah 30:21).ġ3. I say I am lost, but God says He gives me direction. “But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57).ġ2. I say I have failed, but God says I am victorious in Christ. “Perhaps this is the moment for which you’ve been created” (Esther 4:14).ġ1. I say I am purposeless, but God says I was created with purpose. “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare, and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11).ġ0. I say I am hopeless, but God says because of Him, I am hopeful. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9).ĩ. I say I am alone, but God says He is always with me. I have been rejected, but God says I am His! “So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority” (Colossians 2:10).ħ. I say I am broken, but God says He makes me whole. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure” (Ephesians 1:5).Ħ. “God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. I was abandoned, but God says I am adopted. “I am writing to you who are God’s children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus” (1 John 2:12).ĥ. I recognize I am a sinner, but God says I am forgiven. “God arms me with strength, and he makes my way perfect” (Psalm 18:32).Ĥ. I say I am weak, but God says He makes me strong. “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).ģ. I say (or have said) I am scarred but God says I am healed. No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39).Ģ. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow-not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.

“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. I say (or have said) I am unlovable, but God says I am forever loved.So I want to agree, receive and accept what God says about me, because He knows me best and loves me most. Honestly, I don’t care for many of the names and nicknames I’ve received over the years.

So just like on the famous episode on the Oprah show where she gave everyone a new car, “you get a new name, and You get a new name, and YOU get a new name!” Everyone who accepts Jesus as their Lord and Savior gets a new name! And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one understands except the one who receives it” (Revelations 2:17). To everyone who is victorious I will give some of the manna that has been hidden away in heaven. “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. The old has passed away behold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). We are new creationsīut Christ calls us “new creations.” ”Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. You’ve probably done that occasionally too. Throughout my life, the enemy has whispered labels in my ear that I began to identify with and call myself. But perhaps not in the way you might expect. According to the calendar, February 13th was “Get a Different Name Day.”Īs I thought about this “holiday,” I reflected on times I not only wanted but needed a different name.

Or maybe you were teased as a child (or even as an adult) by people calling you names. Have you ever wondered who God says you are? Or have you ever wanted a different name? Maybe you never liked the name your parents chose for you at birth.

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