it’s not what you know, it’s who you know

You are not who others say you are. You are who God says you are. —Craig Groeschel

See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him. —1 John 3:1

Relationship is everything.

You are a child of God. When you began following Jesus, you were born into God’s family. A new birth. A new beginning.

Don’t allow the opinions of anyone to convince you otherwise.

And don’t allow even your own ideas to cloud this reality.

You are not who others think you are. You’re not even the sum of who you think you are.

You are a child of God and everything is new. You have a new start, a new life and a new destiny. And even more—his goal is to bless you and your family to be a blessing.

Let that truth sink deep into your being. Meditate on that and allow it to inform everything you do today.

And because you belong to Christ, nothing in this world can touch that. It is secured in heaven.

You are a child of God.

Love you,

Pastor Bill

Bill Herried is lead pastor at CenterPoint Christian Fellowship in Tacoma, Washington. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, and Master of Divinity from Corban University in Salem, Oregon. He is married to the most extraordinary woman on the planet. Together they have 6 adult children and 6 grandchildren, and he loves a good biryani. Bill invites you to learn more on Your Daily Encouragement

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