Host: TJ Freeman

Summary: In this episode of Back to Rurality, TJ Freeman, a rural pastor, challenges the reliance on personality tests to define identity. He shares personal struggles with identity crises and emphasizes the importance of understanding one's worth as being made in God's image. He encourages listeners to root their identity in their relationship with God and to live out God's word, regardless of one's individual personality traits.

Key Points:

• Identity Crisis: Many Christians go through seasons of life where they struggle with their identity. We might seek out solutions in an online test, our professions, or our friends. Instead, we should seek out to live according to the Bible says about us!
• What the Bible Says About Us: The very beginning of the Bible tells us that we were made in God’s image. We are His representatives and we exist to bring Him glory!
• How Can We Represent God: We can best represent God by walking in relationship with Him. As we continue to grow closer to  Him in prayer and studying His word, we begin to look more and more like him. Then we reflect Him to those around us.

Listener Takeaways:

• We can confidently trust the Lord for the way he has made us. We can fight the temptation to be jealous of the personalities He has given our friends. 
• Our own personalities are gifts from the Lord, but we can still take time to reflect and make sure we are living our lives according in God’s word, and exercising dominion in the way he has called us to. 
• When our minds are set on representing Christ, a lot of our own insecurities and questions about ourselves are able to fade away. Live to make Him known!
  
  

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