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Rooting Our Identity in God’s Word | PRESENT (Pt. 2) | Mandy Santos

📺 LIVE ONLINE SERVICES each Sunday at 8:30am | 10:00am | 11:30am PT ◾️ Identity is a popular topic that is prevalent in today’s world. The question “Who are you?” can stir up anxiety. ◾️ Parents, coaches, influencers, personality tests, and countless voices around us convince us who we should be. It seems like everyone is searching for someone to tell them who they are. But trying to be anyone other than who God created you to be is exhausting. ◾️ How can we understand the route to freedom, healing, and wholeness? How do we recognize who and what the enemy is in our lives that tries to steal away our true joy and peace? ◾️ Join us today as we continue our series filled with core strength “Present”. We’ll learn true joy and identity flourishes when we understand the essence of God’s word. ✅ Check-in to let us support you in your journey. If you’re new here, you’ll also receive a free digital gift card! https://echo.church/checkin → ✋ Decided to follow Jesus? We’d love to guide you in the next steps in your faith journey! https://echo.church/yes → 💌 If this message encourages you, SHARE IT with a friend! LIKE & subscribe so you don’t miss our latest videos. → 🙏🏽Need Prayer? TEXT our Prayer Line: (408) 716-1675 Thanks for joining us! ====================

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Genesis 3:1-6

💫 IN: Rooting Our Identity IN God’s Word 💫

|| “Without knowledge of self, there is no knowledge of God; without knowledge of God, there is no knowledge of self.”
~John Calvin

💡 We Can only Discover Our True Identity In Relationship With God.

|| "If you know the enemy and you know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
~Sun Tzu, The Art Of War

1. THE ENEMY TESTS OUR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S WORD.

Genesis 3:1

Genesis 2:16-17

Genesis 3:2-3

💡 Order Of Events
🔸 GENESIS 2:7 - God Forms The Man
🔸 GENESIS 2:8 - God Plants A Garden
🔸 GENESIS 2:9 - God Made Trees Grow
🔸 GENESIS 2:15 - God Put Adam In The Garden Of Eden
🔸 GENESIS 2:16-17 - God Gives Command To The Man
🔸 GENESIS 2:19 - God Forms Animals
🔸 GENESIS 2:20 - The Man Names The Animals
🔸 GENESIS 2:21-22 - God Makes Woman

1 Corinthians 8:1

🔸 Knowledge Is not The Goal; LOVE Is The Goal.

2. THE ENEMY CHALLENGES OUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD’S CHARACTER.

Genesis 3:4

3. THE ENEMY DISTORTS OUR PERCEPTION OF OUR IDENTITY.

Genesis 3:5

🔸 A Lack Of Confidence In God's Character Increases Insecurity In You.

Luke 4:4

Deuteronomy 8:3

💡 ILLUSTRATION OF VASE

💡 How To Love God’s Word?

1. Approach Humbly

2. Meditate Consistently

3. Respond Wholeheartedly

Psalms 119:81-86

Psalms 119:87-96

❔ What do you sense God asking you to do with today's message?

🎶 Worship Songs 🎶
Take You At Your Word - by Cody Carnes
Awake My Soul - by Hillsong Worship
Living Hope - by Cross Point Music

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