Becoming Me in Him
Main Idea: The best version of me is when I find myself in Him.
🧭 Opening Reflection
What are you searching for… really?
In a world full of lies about who we are, the truth of our identity isn’t found in what we’ve done, what we feel, or what others say—but in who Jesus says we are through Him.
❓ Identity Check: Where are people looking?
🔍 Some look inward
📱 Some look online
✈️ Some look everywhere else
But the deeper question isn’t:
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It’s:
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When you know Whose you are, you finally know who you are.
🧠 How the World Seeks Identity
Worldview ————————- Identity Based On
Atheist Logic + Legacy (I am an accident; make life count)
Agnostic Experience + Uncertainty (Maybe I have purpose)
Humanist / Secular Self-Construction (I define myself)
Eastern Religions Detachment (I must disappear or transcend self)
New Age / Spiritual Energy + Inner Awakening (Find my “vibe”)
Cultural Christianity Faith + Performance (Believe in God, but still striving)
True Christianity Identity = Received in Christ, not achieved by me
📖 Key Scriptures
✝️ Galatians 2:20
“I am crucified with Christ… yet not I, but Christ liveth in me…”
🔝 Colossians 3:1–4
“If then you were raised with Christ… your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
🔐 Ephesians 1:13–14
“…you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise… the guarantee of our inheritance…”
🎯 Philippians 3:12–14
“…I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
🧬 In Christ, I Find My Identity:
SECURITY I am fully known and fully loved Jeremiah 31:3; Romans 8:38–39
PURPOSE I was created on purpose, for a purpose Ephesians 2:10; Jeremiah 1:5
BELONGING I am part of God’s family and Kingdom Ephesians 2:19; 1 Peter 2:9
DIRECTION God is shaping who I am becoming Philippians 1:6; Psalm 37:23
FREEDOM My past does not define me John 8:36; 2 Corinthians 5:17
🔄 SYSTEM > STRIVING
Right Identity leads to:
- Right Living
- Right Thinking
- Right Training
🛠️ Don’t start with trying. Start with training.
✔️ Who before Do
✔️ Belief before Behavior
✔️ Spirit over Willpower
We live by
📘 Identity Examples from the Bible:
Daniel – Stayed true in Babylon by spiritual disciplines. (Daniel 1:8; 6:10)
Paul – From persecutor to preacher. (Galatians 1:15–16)
Gideon – Called “mighty warrior” while still hiding. (Judges 6)
Jacob → Israel – Wrestled with identity until God renamed him. (Genesis 32)
📷 Passport vs. Selfie
A selfie shows how you want others to see you.
A passport proves who you really are.
God has already issued your identity:
CHILD OF GOD
You don’t need a filter—you need faith.
🔑 TAKEAWAY TRUTH
“The truest version of you is the one becoming more like Jesus.”
✔️ Not the sum of failures, trauma, achievements, or followers
✔️ You are:
→ Chosen
→ Called
→ Crucified with Christ
→ Becoming who God says you are
If you feel lost, ashamed, or stuck in your old identity—
Step forward not to fix yourself,
But to be filled by Jesus and
Found in Him.
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. What part of your identity are you still surrendering to Jesus?
2. How can you stay grounded in your identity when life gets hard?
3. What spiritual system can help you consistently live like who God says you are?
4. Who in your life needs to hear the truth about who they are in Christ?