Pastor John Bevere recently shared scriptures to help people who are going through an identity crisis.
If You’re Going Through An Identity Crisis
Do you have doubts about who you are? What are your values, or perhaps your purpose? If so, you might be experiencing what some refer to as an identity crisis.
According to Healthline, “the term “identity crisis” first came from developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst Erik Erikson. He introduced the ideas of adolescent identity crises as well as midlife crises, believing that personalities developed by resolving crises in life.”
They added, “If you’re experiencing an identity crisis, you may be questioning your sense of self or identity. This can often occur due to big changes or stressors in life or due to factors such as age or advancement from a certain stage (for example, school, work, or childhood).”
Four Scriptures To Aid Identity Crisis
Going through an identity crisis is challenging. It can also be frustrating and confusing. But the good news is that God’s Word is always a lamp on our path. We can always rely on God for clarity about who we are and how He made us.
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Here are four scriptures to help you cope with the identity crisis.
1. You are NOT your past
“So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:16–17, NIV).
2. You were created ON purpose FOR a purpose.
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth” (Psalm 139:13–15, NIV).
3. Your best days are AHEAD of you, and not behind you.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:11–13, NIV).
4. With God on your side, NOTHING can stand against you.
“When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place. The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? The Lord is with me; he is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies” (Psalm 118:5-7, NIV).
Reference: John Bevere, Healthline
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