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The Power of “I AM”: Embracing Your Divine Identity with Jesus · Arise Women of God

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  What was the name of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament?
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  And what does that have to do with us today?
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  Stay tuned and we're going to discuss this.
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  Welcome to Bible Women in Bathrobes, the podcast where faith meets comfort.
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  Hello and welcome to another episode of Bible Women in Bathrobes.
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  I'm your host, Tamara K.
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  Anderson.
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  And joining me today are two wonderful women, Wendi Christensen.
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  Wendi, welcome and thanks for being here.
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  Thanks for having me on.
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  I'm so happy to be here and talk about this subject.
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  And Kari, Anjewierden.
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  Kari, thanks for being here.
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  Thanks for inviting me.
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  I'm excited as well.
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  This is a fun topic, you guys.
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  And it is so interesting to dive into these more ancient names of Jesus, how they knew him in the Old Testament and yet how we see kind of the same strains in the New Testament and how we see
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  the same strains of who he is in affirmations.
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  And so we're going to kind of tie all this together and explain that whole process.
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  So, Kari, let's kick it off.
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  I know you were doing some research especially, especially into the names of Jehovah and I am, or Yahweh as he was called in the Old Testament.
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  Why don't you go ahead and kind of talk us through what you found as far as the meaning of those.
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  So I was looking in Strong's Concordance, which gives a lot of background in the Greek and the Hebrew translations of words.
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  And as I was looking these up, these are some of the words, some of the phrases that, that I was seeing in Exodus, it talks about Yehovah is the word which is self existent or eternal.
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  The name I am is indicative of to be, to exist.
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  And in John 8:55, he taught it, it says, this is the Greek Emma, I me, myself.
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  So he's talking about I am.
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  It is I, I exist, I have been, I will be.
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  And so there's, there's a couple of Greek words, the Emma or I me.
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  And both of those talk about that he is, that he was, that he always will be.
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  So when he is declaring I am Jehovah, I am, that I am, I am the great I am.
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  It's his declaration, it's his stamp of this is who I am.
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  This is my credential.
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  And that's all you need to know.
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  Right.
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  So I love that.
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  And I also love the word unchangeable in here with the Eternal, because He is, he was, he always will be.
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  And we know that he's an unchangeable God.
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  One of the things that struck me as I was reading these and thinking of this declaration of who he is, I think in our world today, we deal a lot with unbelief.
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  And here God is saying, believe in me.
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  I am.
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  I always have been.
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  I'm here.
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  Believe that I'm here.
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  Believe that I have always existed.
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  Believe that I in my promises.
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  Right.
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  And I know we'll get into more of that as we talk, but those were some of the things that I pulled out of this study that I did as I was reading about the Greek and Hebrew and their
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  terminology.
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  Yeah, it's so beautiful and I find it so fascinating.
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  As I was also diving into it in preparation for this episode, I found it interesting that a lot of that precious name of God, Jehovah, was removed from the Old Testament and reverenced him, and they substituted the word
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  Lord or God.
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  But you will see it capitalized in the Old Testament.
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  And.
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  And I think it was in obedience to that, one of the Ten Commandments where it says that we need to keep his name holy.
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  You know, that.
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  And.
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  And that is something I think we struggle with as a society and whole in.
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  In this, these times is.
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  It seems like not very mean.
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  Many things are held holy or of high regard enough that we keep it really sacred.
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  And so I think we can learn something from the ancient Jewish people and their love and their honor and the respect of Jehovah as the great I am.
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  And that they held that name so, so sacred that they.
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  They almost didn't dare say it.
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  It was reserved probably for the rituals or stuff like that.
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  It was very, very hallowed.
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  And you see it coming up, for example, in when Moses was called by the burning bush and he gets his call to go and.
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  And save the Israelites from the Egyptians.
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  He's like, who should I say sent me?
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  This is Exodus 3:14.
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  And God said unto Moses, I am that I am.
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  And he said, thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I am hath sent me unto you.
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  So I think he's saying, the eternal God, you know, of our fathers, basically is what it translate to almost the one who has always been eternal.
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  I Love that word eternal.
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  I love that we can substitute that for this.
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  Wendi, any thoughts?
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  Yeah, just as you're talking, you know, the, the Israelites, that.
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  That was a big deal to them, and it was so holy, that name.
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  And they all looked to this great Jehovah coming and him being known as the great I am.
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  So when Christ does come and declares himself as the great I am, they're all like, blasphemous.
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  That's blasphemy.
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  Like, no way can you declare that you are this great I am that we have talked about and preached about and looked forward to and.
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  And wanted to come.
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  And that's why it was such a big deal when Christ declares that he is that great I am.
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  That's.
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  That's a big reason why he was crucified.
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  Right.
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  Was this whole thing centered around that, that he was declaring to be this person that they had been anticipating and looking for and waiting for to come and redeem them.
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  And they didn't believe it was Christ.
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  Some did not those.
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  Not those religious leaders, they did not believe that this was him.
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  And so it says a lot about just him declaring and knowing and understanding who he was, that he truly was that great.
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  And all he had to say is, I am and I am.
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  And they were like, what?
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  I know they wanted to stone him.
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  How can you say that?
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  No, you can't say that.
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  You know, and so then.
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  And I know you're going to get into more.
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  I'm like, then how much more powerful is it for us to realize and understand when we're using at least I am statements and I am words, the power that it brings and how it does affect and influence us.
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  I want to talk about more when we are ready.
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  Well, and my understanding is the name Jehovah was used as a premortal Christ right before he was as a mortal body.
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  Right.
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  And that would be maybe something that would confuse them if.
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  If they didn't understand some of those things as the Israelites, that if they didn't understand that terminology, that.
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  That was a precursor to, you know, he will be coming, but also goes back to that eternal unchangeable, he always has been.
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  Right.
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  So he was God in the beginning.
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  He still is God even after he comes.
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  And that that mortal time period doesn't change that.
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  It doesn't do anything to change that at all.
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  Always the same then, now and forever.
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  Right?
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  Yeah.
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  Well, and I also found it interesting.
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  It goes back to what you were saying, Tamara, about how much they reverenced that name of Jehovah because it's only mentioned four times in the Old Testament.
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  So, yeah, very, very sacred.
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  I love that this is part of our names of Christ that we are talking about, because I think it's very, very important that we cover this, this name of Jesus as such a hallowed, beautiful name and so symbolic,
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  tying this kind of together and opening up the discussion and to how it applies to us today.
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  I love that I am meaning that he always was and always will be eternal.
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  And we kind of take that and we look at some of the words we see in the New Testament.
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  He says, I am the bread of life.
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  I am the light of the world.
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  I am the door, the good shepherd, the resurrection and the life, the way, the truth and the life, the vine.
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  I mean, those were just some of the ones you can find in the New Testament.
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  And all those things talk about different ways that Jesus can help us.
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  You know, he gives us food and nourishment, the bread of life, the light of the world.
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  I am the light of the world.
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  He gives us light.
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  He's the door through which we enter into to our salvation.
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  We've talked about him being the good shepherd, the resurrection and life.
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  He gives us the opportunity to be resurrected.
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  The way, the way we walk, the truth, the life.
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  He gives us life, the vine.
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  I was just thinking, like, I did some pruning this weekend, and of course I.
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  We're chopping off things that are growing way beyond their bounds, and anytime you cut anything off, it dies, it withers.
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  And it just shows how much our souls and spirit need Jesus.
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  Right.
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  Oh, so, so, so badly.
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  And so I'd like to open up this discussion of Jesus as Jehovah and the great I am.
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  But tying it into these powerful I am statements that we can say about ourselves and perhaps hope are eternal beings and who we can be through Christ.
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  And I thought I'd let Wendi kick us off with this because you did a awesome presentation on this, this, this past week.
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  Yes, I was.
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  So it was so fun.
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  I got to talk to.
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  Yeah.
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  Over 400 kids just about this very topic and just remembering who they are.
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  And I think it's so beautiful as we introduce.
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  You know, when Christ went to introduce Himself, like you were just saying, Tamara, he would say, I am the good shepherd, I am the bread, the life, and the life.
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  He.
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  He knew who he was, and he had to know who he was and understand who he was in order to fulfill his mission.
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  Right.
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  To complete his mission, he had to have an understanding of who he was.
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  And I feel like that's why he would go into the wilderness before he went out on this big, you know, mission that he had his 40 days of fasting.
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  And then he was tempted, right?
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  He was tempted by, by Satan saying, go do this, like trying to tempt him with who he was.
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  And, and go do this, go jump off this, go eat this.
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  You know, you've been fasting.
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  And.
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  And he was able to remember who he was through that whole process.
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  And we are really a piece of Christ, right?
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  In, in a sense of being he was the great I am.
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  And if we believe that we're part of him where we take upon his name, and if we're taking upon his name and becoming children in Christ, then we become part of that I am and that I am.
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  Statements are really powerful because they help us with our identity and they help us to remember who we are.
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  Just like Christ knew who he was to complete and fulfill his mission.
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  Because if he hadn't, if he had failed, we could not return and have blessings and understand our true eternal nature of eternally who we are.
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  If he had not fulfilled his mission and died and suffered for us, we couldn't change and repent ourselves and become new creatures, right?
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  And to Christ.
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  So those I am statements are just as important for us to know who we are and to understand our true identity.
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  And what you put behind those two words, I am, you become.
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  It's so easy with our negative self talk we have nowadays.
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  It's so easy to be like, oh, I'm so shy, or I'm dumb, I'm overwhelmed, I'm fat, right?
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  As women, we're always, I talk bad or I'm not smart, or I asked.
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  I was asking some of these teens, what are some things you put behind that they would say, well, I'm not popular, I'm insignificant, I'm not enough, or I'm not capable.
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  I think we as adult women do that I'm not enough.
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  I'm not capable, maybe that I'm not enough.
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  Looks like I'm not a good enough mom, I'm not doing this right, or I'm not good enough at this, taking care of my family or being a good enough wife or being a good enough housekeeper, whatever it is,
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  it's that not being enough.
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  But if we stop and step back, we really aren't enough.
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  Bottom line, we really aren't.
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  But if we step into that role of remembering Jesus Christ in our lives, then we do become enough.
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  Because it is through Jesus Christ that we become enough.
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  So then I am enough.
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  Through Jesus Christ, I'm not enough as a mom, but when I pair up with Jesus Christ to help me in my parenting, I do step into being enough.
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  And he guides me and he directs me, and he helps me to know what it is that I need to do or how I need to fulfill, or helps me to be more loving and kind, even in my
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  role as wife.
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  Right?
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  I.
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  I don't feel it off sometimes.
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  But when I ask the Lord and say, help me to be better at this or help me to understand what I need to do, he helps me make my shifts, or even if I feel, like, insignificant, he can
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  step in and say, hey, you did great.
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  Because I'll be honest, after speaking to these youth, and I was like, oh, this was great.
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  The next day, guess what popped into my head?
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  You could have said this differently.
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  You could have done this differently.
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  Maybe you could have used a different example here.
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  You could have shifted this and explained it better.
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  I was doubting my presentation, right?
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  And having second thoughts about, oh, I should have done this or this and this.
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  And I had to stop myself because that Satan sneaking in, that sneaky Satan who's getting us to doubt ourselves, because that's his role.
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  He tried to do that with Christ.
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  Anytime we are feeling that eternal, divine role of I am a daughter of God, I am this important person, Satan will sneak in and he'll say, no, you're not.
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  Well, maybe a little bit, but not here, not here.
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  You're not good enough here and here and here, right?
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  So I knew.
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  I was like, I know what's going on.
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  Satan's sneaking in, and he's trying to get me to doubt my presentation.
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  He's trying to get me to doubt that I delivered it well enough, and I stopped it.
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  And I went, no, no, no, no.
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  I was teaching those kids that they were enough.
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  Yes, I could have said this differently.
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  And you know what?
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  I'm going to tweak that.
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  Yes, I could have done this differently.
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  And, oh, I want to tweak that.
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  But for what I did and how I showed up and what I needed to deliver that day, it was enough because I was talking about our Savior, Jesus Christ, and helping those kids remember who they were in Him.
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  So I need to remember that right now.
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  In Him, I was enough.
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  I delivered what needed to be heard and fulfilled what needed to be there.
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  I was enough because of him.
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  So it was like a really good lesson for myself just to remember, even after giving that presentation, that I am enough in him because I am his.
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  What we did is we created.
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  I had them list negative things, like three to five negative things they say about themselves every day.
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  So if you think, okay, what are some things I say about myself every day?
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  If I look in the mirror, I'm like, oh, I'm not this.
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  Or I'm anxious, I'm overwhelmed.
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  You know, whatever it is, think about what are three things right now?
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  Negative things you might think about yourself.
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  You have it.
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  You probably have it, huh?
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  Do you guys have your things?
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  Now we want to take that and we want to shift it.
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  Okay, now I'm going to pair up with Christ, and I want to flip it so in Jesus Christ.
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  Now what does that look like?
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  So if I'm feeling like I'm not enough, then with him, I become enough.
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  Or if I feel like, oh, man, look at those wrinkles.
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  I am like, don't look very good.
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  I have so many wrinkles, and I'm getting old.
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  I can flip it, too.
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  But you know what?
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  It's okay.
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  Because my body is enough.
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  It takes care of me every single day.
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  And it blesses me to love on my kids and to love on my family.
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  Or it blesses me to help other people.
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  And I want to be grateful for this beautiful body that I have.
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  And I'm just thankful that I have it.
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  Like, I switch it.
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  So whatever it is, I'm switching it over to I am not.
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  I'm switching it to I am and putting Christ in the equation.
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  And you create these beautiful personal I am statements.
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  So I want those three negatives to switch to three positives and my favorite three positive I am statements.
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  When I'm feeling down or maybe I'm feeling not confident enough, I say, I am loved, I am capable, and I am enough.
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  And sometimes I like to throw in I am his just to remind me.
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  But when I do that, if I stop and pause, if I'm feeling insignificant or I can't do this, and I pause and I take a deep breath, and I'm like, okay, I am enough.
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  I am capable.
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  I am his whatever.
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  Whatever resonates that day.
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  Then it's almost like this power surge.
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  This just this surge of power where I just feel, okay, I got this.
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  I can do it.
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  I can do it.
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  Let's go.
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  I can go again.
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  Because I'm believing what I'm saying about myself.
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  And I know Christ has my back and it allows me to step into the space that I need to step into.
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  Usually it's in the bathroom that I'm doing it, or maybe it's a closet or driving in the car.
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  But it doesn't matter because it.
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  It reinforces and it gives me that reminder, oh, he's with you, and you are significant, and he sees you, and you can do this.
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  You're capable.
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  You're enough.
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  You're strong.
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  I love that so much.
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  It.
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  And it reminds us of our eternal nature and worth and calling as God's daughters to do these things with him, connected to him, yoked with him.
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  Because, like, you're right, by ourselves, we're not enough.
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  But with him, we are.
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  And we can become who he needs us to become.
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  So I love that.
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  Kari, any thoughts?
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  Yeah, just thinking about.
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  About his I am statements that he makes.
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  And as we pair ourselves with him, we reap all those benefits, right?
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  He is our protection.
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  We don't need to be anxious or afraid.
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  He is our healer.
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  So even though life may be hard with him, things maybe not immediately are better, but.
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  But they will be better.
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  And just that ability to trust in his I am statements.
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  As we pair those with our I am statements, like putting them side by side, the strength that that brings, you know, it's kind of like the.
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  The binding of a couple of cords.
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  Alone, they're not so strong, so ours would not be so strong.
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  But when we pair them with Christ, they're unbreakable.
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  If we keep pairing them over and over again, they're unbreakable.
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  And I just love.
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  I love that I can trust him for those things, that I can look at his I am statements and know he will be everything.
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  He says that bread of life, that living water, that door, like you said, to eternity.
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  That the good shepherd, right, He's.
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  He's watching over me.
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  He will be there.
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  He will call my name.
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  He knows what I need in the moment.
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  And if I turn to him, then I can see those things in myself.
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  I can know who he sees me as and then who I can see myself as.
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  Oh, that is so beautiful, Kari.
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  .And.And such a good reminder because.
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  And I love how, Wendi, you also brought up that the adversary tries to drag us down and get us to spiral in those negative thoughts, because it's true.
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  And it's a battle we have to wage every single day.
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  I love that in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Christ talked about how we can't serve God and Mammon.
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  But I think every day we're presented with that choice.
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  Who are we going to listen to today and the circumstances that we're in.
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  Sometimes people are unkind and say mean things, and we may start to believe what they're saying.
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  And just when that happens, reminding yourself who you truly are.
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  No, no, no, no.
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  Like Wendi said, I am good, I am kind.
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  I am love, I am full of charity.
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  I am.
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  But we are only those things with Christ.
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  So the I am part comes from Jesus.
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  And then the kindness or whatever else we're describing ourselves comes from who we are trying to become.
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  And so it is a daily choice that we have to remind ourselves over and over and over and over again so that we remember who we truly are, because we so easily forget.
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  I think it's almost an.
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  It's almost an autopilot thing that you need to get to because the research has shown that we have between 6,000.
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  There's kind of differing numbers, but at least 6,000 thoughts a day clear up to 60,000 thoughts a day is where the research is, right?
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  6,000 to 60,000 thoughts a day.
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  And what they found is 75 to 80% of those thoughts that we have every single day are negative.
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  And then 95% of them are repetitive.
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  So you're thinking the same things over and over and over and over again.
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  And, and I think.
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  And most of it's negative.
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  At least 75% of it is negative of those 95 repetitive thoughts.
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  So if I'm having all these thoughts per day.
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  And our minds are wired, right, they're wired to go to the negative because we're protecting ourselves.
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  It's that fight, flight or freeze.
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  It's to protect the human being, to keep us safe.
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  So our brains go to that automatic negative space of, oh, I gotta plan ahead, make sure I'm good to go here.
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  Oh, I gotta make sure I'm okay here.
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  Oh, am I safe?
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  And so if you're in that space all that time, it's only common that you're going to think, I can't do this, or I'm not enough, or I don't know.
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  That's not going to turn out.
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  That's not going to work out.
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  It's this anticipating, right?
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  That's why there's so much anxiety in the world today, because we can't control all the circumstances around us.
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  But imagine if we could automate more positive thinking.
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  Statements about ourselves have these automatic I am statements about us to remind us on that daily basis of who we are and to step into those days each day more in that prefrontal cortex, which is where we process
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  emotions better.
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  It's where we're wise and we have that wisdom and we can work through problems better.
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  We step into that space with powerful I am statements.
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  It's going to shift so much in our lives to where we're creating the life we want rather than just letting it happen to us.
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  Right?
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  And so I, I think that it's.
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  If you can get it more automated instead of going just right to the negative and pause it and go.
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  Satan's trying to drag me down with some more negative junk today.
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  And I'm just taking it hook, line and sinker.
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  Here I go, taking the bait.
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  But hey, I'm going to choose to follow Christ today.
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  I'm going to choose to remember I'm part of his, in him.
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  And I'm going to stand in that space of I am enough.
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  I am capable.
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  You almost like stand a little taller, right?
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  It's your power pose.
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  You stand a little taller.
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  I am enough.
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  Yeah, I need to switch things or change things because I think repentance is a big thing.
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  We're always shifting a little bit to become more like him, right?
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  We.
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  He's our.
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  He's our goal.
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  But with him, I become so much more powerful if I've got those automatic I am statement.
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  So I actually have an I am statement that I've been like put on my mirror.
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  Or you can put it on your phone.
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  Right?
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  Your.
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  Your powerful.
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  Yeah.
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  Yay.
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  Look, Kari's got hers right there.
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  And just have it where I can read it often to remind myself.
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  Or like I said, I have my three go to phrases.
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  My powerful I am that are simple, quick and fast.
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  If I can't remember my paragraph of I am, or if I'm not right there in my bathroom to read it, where I can just ramble them off in my head to just be a good reminder.
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  Oh, that's.
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  That's right.
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  That's who I am.
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  I am his.
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  Yeah, I am enough.
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  Yeah, I'm totally capable.
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  I've got this because he's got my back.
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  So I can do this.
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  I think that if we can make it more an automated thought, it could save us and bring us so much peace and comfort because of him.
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  I love that.
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  Wendi.
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  I was gonna say that too.
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  That just that being able to see it every day, to practice it every day.
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  And.
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  And I love to pair that with prayer.
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  Right?
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  Going to God and saying, will you help me with this?
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  Because this is a weakness that I have.
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  Will you help me make this a strength?
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  Will you help me to practice this every day?
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  I know I had an experience yesterday where on social media probably.
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  And I was all of a sudden having this feeling of I'm not enough.
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  Right.
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  If I could Only be like, that person.
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  The comparison.
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  Absolutely.
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  And I'm not even sure what happened, but in the moment, I was able to stop and God was able to help me replace that with.
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  That's not true.
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  That's not true about you.
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  And I as God, have enough room for them to be awesome and for you to be awesome.
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  And you don't have to compare yourself or put somebody else down, because you're both awesome and I have room and to spare.
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  Right.
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  And it was so beautiful to be able to say, yeah, yeah, with Christ, there is room enough.
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  And I can rejoice in somebody else's things.
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  I can cheer them on, you know, that they're good things.
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  I can cheer them on.
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  Instead of saying.
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  Instead of being envious or jealous.
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  Jealous and saying, I wish I was like that.
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  Right.
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  Instead, I can say, yeah, like you said, with God, I am that.
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  I can be anything.
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  Pairing that with the prayer.
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  I love that example, Kari, because I think as women, we fall into comparison mode.
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  I think way more than men, honestly.
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  Like, we're constantly comparing.
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  And I had another friend that taught me that same principle, and she was such a good example because I would see things and do the same thing, like, oh, I don't measure up.
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  I'm not enough.
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  And she would look at it as, let's celebrate both of you.
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  This is awesome.
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  Like, why can't you both be great at it and both stay in that space?
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  And it really helped my mind to shift as well.
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  To where now?
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  Yeah, it's like God taught me that same concept that you shared.
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  I had to learn that, too, so that now I can celebrate and go, that's okay.
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  They're good at that.
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  And their strengths are there.
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  That's wonderful.
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  And I have strengths in a different area that are wonderful, too.
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  And we're both great.
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  You know, you can both be really good at something that's so great.
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  Well, ladies, let's wrap it up.
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  I'd love to invite you to either share one of your I am statements or just a takeaway from today.
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  Let's see.
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  Kari, would you like to kick us off with that?
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  Sure.
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  I'm looking at my I am statement, since it's right here, or statements, because I have several.
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  For me, my most prized statement, I call them my soul statements.
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  I am a very choice daughter of God.
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  It reminds me of who I am.
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  It reminds me of my place with him.
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  It reminds me of my importance with him.
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  And that's all I need to know.
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  That is the only title I need to give myself, is Daughter of God.
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  If I am that if I am with him in that.
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  Anything else, I mean, I have other statements, but all of these others just fall into place.
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  He will help them all just fall into place exactly where they're supposed to be.
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  I mean, I do have one that Christ is by my side helping me share different things.
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  Discernment, judgment, wisdom, by following his voice in the Holy Ghost.
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  Just that reminder that it comes through Christ that He is that rock.
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  He is that he is everything.
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  He is everything.
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  And I am because he is.
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  I love that.
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  Thank you so much, Wendi.
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  Yeah.
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  You know, my first sentence of my I am statement is I am a daughter of heavenly parents who are pleased with me because I.
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  That's how I.
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  That's what I believe.
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  That's my belief.
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  And, and when I was first doing my I am statement, it seemed a little prideful, like, wow, you think all those great things about yourself.
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  Like, I should be like, oh, I shouldn't say that.
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  And then I had to stop and go, no, this is how I am seen by God.
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  And I want to see myself the way he sees me.
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  And so then I was able to step into that place of are a great blessing.
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  You have courage and conviction.
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  And I'm honest.
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  And I looked at my spiritual gifts, I liked to look at, you know, I looked at my spiritual gifts and wanted to name those spiritual gifts and whether it was, you know, things other people had been had said
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  about me or things I had heard and felt from from God.
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  And so I put that in there.
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  So that's why I.
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  Some of my I am statements are, I have courage, I have integrity.
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  I'm honest.
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  I hear and listen to people.
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  I.
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  I bless people.
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  I am a healer of souls.
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  That was one that I heard really clearly because I work, I'm, you know, in therapy, I counsel with people.
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  I try to help them to see and understand themselves.
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  So I really wanted to put that in there.
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  I also wanted to list just a few.
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  If you're.
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  If maybe listeners are like, I don't know, what are some I am statements?
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  I am a child of God.
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  I am created for joy.
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  I am known and remembered by name.
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  I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.
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  I am not my past.
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  I am becoming.
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  I am here for a reason.
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  I am strong through him.
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  I am loved, I am growing.
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  I am his.
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  Just a few.
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  Maybe if you're like, I don't know, what are some names?
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  Maybe choose a few of those or take the ones that are so negative and flip them.
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  But I challenge our listeners to Just find at least, you know, at least three I Am statements that resonate with them and who they are.
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  Whether that's a spiritual gift or compliment people give them all the time or something that represents a truth of how God sees them, which I am a child of God is a really big truth, but something that resonates
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  just to help them to remember their true identity.
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  Because you weren't sent here to Earth to wonder who you are.
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  You were sent here to remember who you are, to remember who you've always been, which is his.
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  I love that and I love that invitation of those.
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  The the one that I was going to tack on is one I have in my I Am statements.
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  And it is I am a strong, passionate and powerful warrior of light.
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  And of course, that goes along with our group, Women warriors of Light.
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  I've always felt passionate about fighting for myself and for others to feel God's love and light in their life.
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  And so that one really resonates with me in addition to several that you guys have said.
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  So I'm going to echo Wendi's words, write down your I Am statements.
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  You are these things through Christ, and I'm so thankful for him as the great I am for the great Jehovah of the Old Testament, the Messiah of the New Testament, our Savior, Redeemer and friend.
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  And I pray that you can feel his love for you and see your worth and value eternally as he sees and knows his.
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  He can help you do that.
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  God bless my friends.
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