{"id":9783,"date":"2021-10-22T02:08:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T02:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/?p=9783"},"modified":"2021-10-22T02:08:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T02:08:53","slug":"true-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cassowary.unitingchurch.org.au\/?p=9783","title":{"rendered":"True You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Before you were conceived in your mother\u2019s womb you were a thought in the heart of Papa God, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/ESV\/Jeremiah1%3A4\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremiah 1:4<\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Think about that for a second. Papa God knew you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This begs the question, what was it that God had in mind when he thought of you?\u00a0 To answer that it is important for us to come back to our original intention that the Father created us with. Therein, we find the glory we were created for; there we can move towards our destiny.<b> Like the eagle\u2019s home is in the sky, you were created to live within the ocean of God\u2019s love. Living in the fullness of who God created us to be is the place where we become fully alive in Jesus<\/b>.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Who are you?\u00a0This question is more important than \u201cWhat do you do?\u201d I\u2019m not talking about your title, but your identity. If you cannot answer this question, I believe that today you have a sweet invitation from the Father to discover who you were in Him before time began.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The truth is, you were made in God\u2019s image. While there are things about you that may be true, they are not THE TRUTH. <b>What God says and thinks about you is the whole truth.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">You were created to reflect an aspect of the beauty and the glory of God uniquely that those around you are able to experience the goodness, the kindness and the glory of who God is, through you, His beloved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">One of my favorite quotes is this,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span>\u201cI dare say we have heard a bit about original sin, but not nearly enough about original glory, which comes before sin and is deeper to our nature. We were crowned with glory and honor.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0 \u00a0by\u00a0John Eldredge<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">How has the Father crowned you?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">I want to challenge you to answer this important question today \u2014 Who does Papa God say that you are? Make a list of ten things that you hear Papa God saying and declare them over yourself for the next 30 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Adapted blog by Leif Hetland 21.10.2021<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before you were conceived in your mother\u2019s womb you were a thought in the heart of Papa God, according to Jeremiah 1:4. Think about that for a second. 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