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Stop Trying Harder… Discover Your Identity in Jesus [Before You Try Harder, part 1]
Lasting spiritual change comes from identity in Jesus, not religious performance or self-improvement.
Main Ideas:
The push to improve can leave us feeling like we’re never enough.
Our value is received, not achieved.
Our place in God’s family was his idea, not our achievement.
When we become children of God, our identity fundamentally changes.
God adopted us because it was the thing that would make him the happiest.
Following Jesus starts by receiving, not achieving
Belief is choosing to be confident that God can and will do what he promised.
You can stop chasing a better you and rest in who you already are in Jesus.
Invitation: Remember who you are and speak your true name to yourself.
I am a child of God.
I have all I need in Jesus.
I am chosen.
I am adopted and accepted.
I am saved, forgiven, and sealed.
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📜 |TRANSCRIPT →
https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/media/2026-01-11.pdf
✍️ | 5 DAY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE → https://substack.com/@crosscreeksalem
🍞 | GATHER TOGETHER → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#gather |
4:30pm on Sundays.
👋 | SAY HI → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/welcome/
👨👩👧👦 | JOIN A GROUP → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#connect
🤝 | DONATE TO CROSSCREEK → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/donate/
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By Jon SilvaLasting spiritual change comes from identity in Jesus, not religious performance or self-improvement.
Main Ideas:
The push to improve can leave us feeling like we’re never enough.
Our value is received, not achieved.
Our place in God’s family was his idea, not our achievement.
When we become children of God, our identity fundamentally changes.
God adopted us because it was the thing that would make him the happiest.
Following Jesus starts by receiving, not achieving
Belief is choosing to be confident that God can and will do what he promised.
You can stop chasing a better you and rest in who you already are in Jesus.
Invitation: Remember who you are and speak your true name to yourself.
I am a child of God.
I have all I need in Jesus.
I am chosen.
I am adopted and accepted.
I am saved, forgiven, and sealed.
—-
📜 |TRANSCRIPT →
https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/media/2026-01-11.pdf
✍️ | 5 DAY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE → https://substack.com/@crosscreeksalem
🍞 | GATHER TOGETHER → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#gather |
4:30pm on Sundays.
👋 | SAY HI → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/welcome/
👨👩👧👦 | JOIN A GROUP → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/#connect
🤝 | DONATE TO CROSSCREEK → https://www.yourcrosscreek.com/donate/