Hello everyone. Welcome to \u201cNotes From the Presence.\u201d I\u2019m going to give the inspirational shout-out for this blog to my podcast co-host in craziness and grace \u2013 Karitas Townsend!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This past week, we were talking about our identity in Jesus and how He has made us brand new. The problem is, we don\u2019t see it that way. We most often have a view of ourselves that is far outside of what God is thinking about us. As we talked, the following scripture came up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Genesis 3:9-11 (NASB) Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, \u201cWhere are you?\u201d He said, \u201cI heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.\u201d And He said, \u201cWho told you that you were naked?<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n So here is where I will venture off into a series of questions. If any of these questions land outside of your comfort zone, please bear with me till the end of this post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that you were naked?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that you were unworthy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that you are unlovable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that you are dirty?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that you have nothing to offer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that you are unqualified?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that you aren\u2019t good enough?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that you are a bad friend?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that you are not intelligent enough?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that there is no hope?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that you are sick?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that God is not happy with you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who told you that you are letting Jesus down?<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, the question is – who<\/strong> <\/strong>does <\/strong><\/em>tell us these things? <\/strong>Now, let\u2019s hear what heaven has to say about the matter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says you are clothed in His righteousness<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says you have been made worthy through His blood<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says you are totally lovable, and beloved<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says you have been made spotless and clean<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says you have divine destiny all over you \u2013 you have much to offer<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says that He has put every qualification in you that you need to excel in life<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says you have a new nature that channels His goodness<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says that you are an excellent friend, one who many trust and love<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says that you have the mind of Christ, you are exceptionally intelligent<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says there is always hope<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says that by His stripes you are the healed one<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says that in you, He is well pleased<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heaven says that you are exceeding all of Jesus’ expectations<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, I end with a quote: \u201cWe can\u2019t afford to have a thought about ourselves that God isn\u2019t thinking about us<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Bill Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks for reading. If you would like to be notified when new posts come up, just fill out the “subscribe” form on this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cheers, Dean<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello everyone. Welcome to \u201cNotes From the Presence.\u201d I\u2019m going to give the inspirational shout-out for this blog to my podcast co-host in craziness and grace \u2013 Karitas Townsend!! This…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/presencenotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Web-12.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/presencenotes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/presencenotes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/presencenotes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presencenotes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presencenotes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/presencenotes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/presencenotes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presencenotes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presencenotes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presencenotes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presencenotes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}