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Who Am I?

I am more than just my name.

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Often people ask us this question -- "Who am I?" Most times our answers are simple and plain… just our name. But in truth, you are more than just a name. You are more than just human. You are something beyond the ordinary. Just in case you are yet to understand who you really are, I will let the bible explain better:

Romans 8:15says, The spirit that we receive is not a spirit of slavery, but that of redemption. It is the spirit that makes us cry ‘Abba Father.’”

Do you know what this means? It means that you are not a slave anymore. It means that once you have God’s spirit in you, you are His son/daughter. You are not a slave and so sin, death, failure, sickness, poverty, disappointment have no say over you. You are the son/daughter of the great king, how can you be poor? You are the child of the great healer, how can sickness have power over you? You have God in your genes. You are a superior being. If you are tested, the DNA you see is God’s DNA. He is your father because you have accepted Him and received His spirit. And so, you can speak to that ugly situation and break free from that chain.

Remember the story of the Prodigal Son? (Luke 15:11-32) Read it up. The boy, who took his share of his father’s property, squandered it and came back begging for forgiveness. Well, let’s take a look at that story. Our focus isn’t on that boy but on his brother. The younger son said, ‘Father give me my share of your wealth and let me go and live my life’. His father divided his wealth, gave the young man his share and he left. Now tell me, this man had only two children. He divided his wealth and gave one-half to one child; who does the other half belong to? The other child right? But this other child failed to realize that it was his. He failed to realize that being only the son of a king meant he was a potential King. Yet he worked as a slave and equated himself with slaves. He didn’t have the spirit of recognition to know that everything was his own. He was requesting for a kid (a baby goat) when he owned cows. He was requesting for a small celebration with his friends when it was in his power to feast Day and Night to his heart content

A lot of us suffer because we do not know who we are. Your body alone is the temple of the Lord. A temple is a place where people come and see God. A temple is a place of peace, calm, rest and deep communion with God. So tell me why do you still suffer? O that God may give you the spirit of recognition that you may see that you are more than people see you as.

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