Empower Connect Conversations

Empower Connect, a podcast of personal stories on forgiveness to encourage you to embrace lessons contributing to your growth in life to bring inner peace by self-acceptance and self-love.

God has defined your identity. You are who Christ says that you are. In Him is where your true identity lies. Christ, say you are you are chosen, forgiven, a child of God, redeemed, justified, accepted, free, predestined, adopted, heirs, ambassador, beautiful, set apart, fearfully and wonderfully made. Our true identity is found when we stop being “who we are” and start being who we were created to be.”

Be inspired to let your identity in Christ shine as bright as possible. Keep saying yes to your identity in Christ, He knows your brokenness and He knows it is going to take work but with His help and your yes, you will become who He created you to be.

Ephesians 4:24, “Put on you new nature, created to be like God, truly righteous and holy.

Ephesians 2:10, For we are God’s masterpiece, He created in us anew in Christ Jesus.

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“You may get knocked down, but you are not out, get up this is not the end of your story. Just get up and turned the page to start a new chapter because your story is not over.”

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Image you are riding on a rollercoaster, you are securely bucketed in. The ride starts off slow going uphill, you feel comfortable, then it starts to pick up speed, now your emotions are changing, as you go up and down, up and down the tracks, you start getting butterflies in your stomach. Now the speed is faster, the rollercoaster takes you on a loop turning upside down before straightening up again. By now you probably are screaming, have your eyes close, or you have your hands up in the air enjoying the thrill. Just as it seems that you have your feeling under control, it seems like the ride is slowing down and taking you backward only to speed up as it is going forward again to takes you through a tunnel that is dark. Now fear or anxiety may kick in as you look to see the light at the end of the tunnel but you cannot see it. Finally, rollercoaster exits the tunnel going downward at a high speed before it slowing down as it brings you to the end of the ride. Getting off the ride you feel either shaken and thankful the ride is over or you are laughing because you enjoyed the ride.

Now image the rollercoaster as the emotions you feel in the storms in your life.

Do you know yourself?

To know yourself is to love yourself, and to love yourself is very important to connect with yourself. The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself. Connecting to yourself will determine the journey and decision you take in your life. The further you disconnect to yourself, the further away you will be to live the life you were born to live. Connecting to yourself leads to knowing what to do, where to go, and who to be with. Learning to connect to my inner self allowed me to know exactly who I was as a person and what defines me.

We all have gifts that are waiting to be born. Take a journey to connect to yourself to know your identity, know your worth and know you do have a choice. It starts with a decision. It is time to come out of hiding, put off your armor and start living your life on purpose.

“You may get knocked down, but you are not out, get up this is not the end of your story. Just get up and turned the page to start a new chapter because your story is not over.”

The greatest connection I will ever have, is the one I have with God. Everything that I am, everything I have begins with God. Connecting to God helped me develop an authentic relationship that is exciting that empowers my journey. I know I will not always get it right or have it together at all times but because of His grace and commitment, I know that I can always humbly reconnect to Him for strength to keep moving always forward.

“You may get knocked down, but you are not out, get up this is not the end of your story. Just get up and turned the page to start a new chapter because your story is not over.”

How do you connect to God:?

I made God’s Word a valuable art on my heart. Learning to work on me by focusing on what I can control, my hopes, my attitude, my drive, my willingness, my commitment.

God gave me space to occupy in this world. My job is to be comfortable in my space that God has given me.

Philippians 3:13-14, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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But grace is a wonderful thing when we need to let go of grudges. It is a higher form of forgiveness, in a way. Practicing grace essentially implies being ready to forgive, in anticipation of being hurt by someone that matters a lot – a partner, child, parent, colleague at work, etc. When we forgive people for future offenses, we avoid developing grudges.

Holding a grudge give you the feeling that you are owed something; forgiving on the other hand is valuing yourself to move on.

Moving past the feeling of resentment help us grow to let go of the grudge we have for someone. It is an opportunity to accept things for what they are and live in the present

We live in a world where everyone is quick to blame. Blaming others seem like it a way to get us off the hook. Think about when you watch your favorite sports team lose, what do you do you start blaming someone from quarterback to the coach.

But in reality, you cannot blame your bad behavior on others, you are responsible for your actions. Let look at some people in the Bible that used the blamed game and never taking personal responsibility for their action.

1 Corinthians 10:13, ‘No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.’

In this verse we learn that:

1. Our God is a faithful God.

2. Our God won’t allow a temptation to come our way that is stronger than we are able to endure.

3. Our God will always provide a way of escape, in other words, He will help us through those times of temptations.

We should never be tempted to blame others we should own up to our responsibility. You cannot blame your bad attitude, resentment and unforgiveness on others. Taking responsibility for our behavior and ceasing to blame others are the steps we must take to receive the blameless standing God want to give us.

Other Scriptures Reference: Genesis 3:8-13; Exodus 32:19-24; 1 Samuel 15:3, 9, 20-21, Ezekiel 18:20