Identity CRISIS!

Identity CRISIS!

Dr. Kluane Spake
htttp://kluane.org spake@mindspring.com

THE IDENTITY CRISIS
Statistics say that 87% of the church is dysfunctional. Many Christians are neutralized and unproductive. Religion has caught us in a TIME WARP. We tend to live in our yesterdays - in regret - wishing we could live our life over again. We worry about how we messed up and why we are in the mess we're in.

Most believers only have a head knowledge about what the Bible says... it isn't a reality.You and I both know that study can sometimes be dull and impersonal. Lengthy explanations can contain more content than you can capture or retain. And, even when you can understand some conceptual ideas, they can still seem too lofty, too distant, and even irrelevant to your life right now.
But... there's no more important quest than to discover your identity.


Too many Christians live in the past and their past identity -- and then spend the rest of their lives looking for sympathy for their past. The truth is, you may have messed up in the past. But... WHAT TIME IS IT???? NOW! Now is where God IS. God is ONLY in the NOW. HE SHOWS UP IN NOW. Today is a new day! It's the day to discover who you really are.

THE ONLY THING you CAN CHANGE about your PAST is your
PERCEPTION OF PAST. The past is NOT WORTH LOSING YOUR PRESENT OVER. The NOW IS PRECIOUS. Today is the day to begin to find out who you really are.

What is the sound of NOW? It is your ultimate IDENTITY IN CHRIST. It really is time for this paradigm shift to happen IN YOU. The fullness of the Godhead bodily LIVES IN YOU!

Here we are - spiritual beings living on earth. Trying to understand dual citizenship -- of living on earth and in heavenly places at the same time. Our heavenly identity often collides with our emotions and disappears depending on our circumstances.

Paul often used the phrase "in Christ." We've read it for so long that it usually doesn't register what that means to us to be "IN CHRIST," to be moved out from the collapse of the Fall and to share in Christ's death and resurrection LIFE.
The number one problem in the Church today is that believers don't fully know our identity. The question remains... "WHO are you?" The greatest warfare should be in your minds - to renew to who you really are.
My friend, these are Strategic times. The weariness is lifting off your expectations as the door of understanding opens your eyes. It's time for expansion within. It is a time of uploading and activating all that you have learned. Broader vistas await. There is a positional shifting everywhere you go, get ready to receive!

Great and unexpected truths of extraordinary magnitude unveil as your identity in the Lord is more firmly established. From today, your life and ministry are energized. You are released to reap the provisional harvest.
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