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Identity in Christ

Renewing Your Mind, Find Peace & Believe What God Says About You

You know the verses. Ask yourself, “What does God say about me?” and you could answer with 2 Corinthians 5:17 from memory: the old has gone, the new has come. But under the right answers, a quieter voice still says you’re unwanted, worthless, a failure. You tried telling yourself something better, and it felt like lying.

  • Length23 chapters, four parts
  • StatusBeing written
  • SeriesStandalone
  • IncludesA memory verse in every chapter, a self-test, and a discussion guide with an eight-week group plan
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  • Deeper Bible College
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  • The Unstuck Group
  • Kailua Assembly of God
  • Impact Church
  • Golden Gate Assembly
  • City on a Hill Church
  • Generation Church
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  • The Summit Church
  • First Assembly of God
  • Williamsburg Christian Academy
  • Oakdale Christian Academy
  • Church of God Mission International

The Problem

When the right answers have not reached your heart

Each of these has a chapter, and every chapter ends in something you do.

You Know What God Says About You And Still Hear “Not Enough.”

The lie you feel is rarely the lie at the root. You dig, layer by layer, until every bit of it is out.

Chapter Nine: “The Scalpel”

Telling Yourself Something Nicer Feels Like Lying.

Only the One who made you can tell you who you are. The truths in this book stand on what Christ paid for, which is what makes them honestly true.

Chapter Two: “Built on Sand”

Something Small Sets You Off And You Overreact.

You are guarding a wound: a core belief formed in pain. Naming the wound is the first of the five steps.

Chapter Six: “Why You Get Triggered”

You Reach For The Same Thing Every Time It Hurts.

Whatever you run to instead of God to stop the pain has become an idol, and the wound under it is still there.

Chapter Seven: “The Bandage Is an Idol”

You Know It Is True, And You Still Do Not Feel It.

Truth reaches the heart when you stop hiding who God made you to be and let a safe person see it.

Chapter Eleven: “Let It Breathe”

You Slip, And It Feels Like Proof Nothing Changed.

A new way of thinking takes about ten thousand repetitions before it feels natural. A slip is part of the process.

Chapter Twenty: “Healthy Flesh”

Each of those is a full chapter. Full contents below.

What You’ll Discover

  • The Five Steps to a New Heart: admit the wound, trust that God is bigger than it, cut out the rot, care for the wound, then keep it healthy.
  • A clear answer to who does God say I am, grounded in what Christ paid for, and in Scripture over how you feel today.
  • The identity in Christ scriptures that answer eight common lies, each lie paired with a verse that says the opposite.
  • How to renew your mind day to day: catch the lie, reject it, and thank God for the truth that replaces it.
  • Romans 12:2, the verse the whole method builds on, and why a new way of thinking takes about ten thousand repetitions before it feels natural.
  • The peace of God that holds while the storm still blows, and how to find peace without lying to yourself to get there.

Inside The Book

The working table of contents. Chapter titles may change before release.

Part One: A Foundation That Holds

Who you are was never yours to decide.

  1. Human Doing
  2. Built on Sand
  3. The Standard
  4. Someone Had to Do It for Me
  5. The Two Selves

Part Two: Healing the Wound

The lies you carry are a wound, and here is how a wound is healed.

  1. Why You Get Triggered
  2. The Bandage Is an Idol
  3. Bigger Than the Wound
  4. The Scalpel
  5. The Medicine
  6. Let It Breathe

Part Three: Eight Lies, Eight Truths

A short self-test, then each lie healed one at a time.

  1. I Am Loved
  2. I’m God’s Treasure
  3. I’ve Been Made New
  4. I Am Forgiven
  5. I’m Clean
  6. I’m Victorious in Christ
  7. I’ve Been Given Power
  8. I Have Hope

Part Four: Living Healed

Living differently every day, and turning your healing into your calling.

  1. Healthy Flesh
  2. The Secret Place
  3. Know How You’re Wired
  4. Your Calling Follows Your Pain

Who This Is For

The Believer Who Knows The Answers
And still hears “not enough” when the room goes quiet.
The One Who Tried Positive Thinking
And Christian self-help books that made healing sound easy.
The Small Group Leader
Looking for a way to walk others through who they are in Christ, one lie at a time. The discussion guide carries an eight-week plan.
The Pastor Or Counselor
Who wants a Scripture-first tool to hand someone between conversations.

Not For: readers who want affirmations to repeat. Every truth in this book is grounded in Scripture and in what Christ paid for.

The Daily Practice

Renewing your mind, one lie at a time

The method the whole book builds on, from Romans 12:2. It is simple to learn and takes repetition to live.

  1. Catch The Lie

    Notice the moment the old voice speaks: unwanted, worthless, a failure. Name it for what it is.

  2. Reject It

    Refuse to agree with it. Part Three pairs each of eight common lies with the verses that answer it.

  3. Thank God For The Truth

    Thank Him for the opposite truth, every time. That is how a new way of thinking becomes natural.

Chapter Ten works the practice through with worked examples and a one-page daily practice sheet.

What students of the Identity in Christ course say

The course helped me a lot. It help me for example to understand certain problems in my life. I learned how to overcome them, through Christ. The course had enrich my life and I am now more focus on God and to life my life to the fullest the way God intended it to be. Thank you for the enriching course.

— Anet B. Udemy review

I found this course much better than I expected. The actual linking to psychology and real-world interactions was a great help, as were some of the personality and spiritual resource links as of the end of the course. Pleasantly surprised by the course, and actually very glad I took it.

— LDSPhoenix Udemy review

I grew up with a past of church/scripture that only pointed out how we are not good enough. This will set a mind frame of unworthiness and not capable. Its important to see the other side of the coin. That I am worthy. Maybe if I knew this before, I could be closer in knowing what God’s plan is for me. Hopefully one day, after using these steps consistently, I will get there.

— Kim D. Udemy review

The course this book is built from: rated 4.7 from 220 ratings by 3,934 students on Udemy

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When Is This Published?

It is being written now, across all twenty-three chapters. A date will be announced once it is certain.

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Is This The Same As The Identity In Christ Course?

The book is built from it. The course’s teaching is reorganised around the Five Steps to a New Heart, with a Lie-and-Truth box in every Part Three chapter, a self-test you can retake, a memory verse in every chapter, and a discussion guide for groups.

How Is This Different From Positive Thinking?

An affirmation asks you to say something with no reason to believe it, which is why it can feel like lying. Every truth in this book stands on Scripture and on what Christ paid for, so you can believe it honestly.

Can A Small Group Use It?

Yes. The back matter carries a discussion guide with four to six questions per chapter, a leader’s page, and the twenty-three chapters grouped into eight weekly sessions.

Does It Replace Counseling?

It is a Scripture-first tool to use alongside the people who care for you. Chapter Eleven addresses therapy and safe people directly.

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