💞Encouraging Mondays: When You Know God, You Know Who You Are
👋🏼😊 Good, Blessed Encouraging Mondays, Family, Friends & New Encouragers!
📖 Today’s message is entitled:
“When You Know God, You Know Who You Are”
📖 SCRIPTURE READING — (NLT)
1 Peter 2:9
“But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.”
💛 ENCOURAGING MONDAYS REFLECTION
“Identity Flows From Relationship”
Family…
God is inviting us to see something clearly:
You don’t discover who you are apart from Him…
You discover who you are through Him.
So many people are searching for identity:
in accomplishments
in relationships
in titles
in approval
But the Lord is gently reminding us:
Identity is not something you create… it’s something you receive.
This is not about perfection…
This is about alignment.
When you truly begin to know God…
something shifts.
You no longer have to:
strive to be enough
prove your worth
chase validation
Because God’s presence brings clarity about who you are.
1 Peter 2:9 tells us:
You are:
chosen
royal
holy
His
Not because of what you’ve done…
but because of who He is.
And when you know Him…
you begin to believe what He says about you.
God is not asking you to figure yourself out on your own…
He is inviting you to discover yourself through Him.
😊 Because identity rooted in God:
is stable
is secure
is not easily shaken
💛 ENCOURAGING THOUGHT FOR TODAY
If you’ve been feeling:
• unsure of who you are
• weighed down by comparison
• searching for your place
Pause and remember:
You are not rejected.
You are not forgotten.
You are not out of reach.
God is still speaking.
God is still drawing.
God is still walking with you.
🍎 TEMPLE CARE CHECK-IN
This journey is not about guilt or extremes.
It’s about awareness, stewardship, and grace.
You may be:
• consistent
• restarting
• adjusting
• learning
• observing
And all of it still counts.
🙏🏼 CLOSING PRAYER
“Lord,
Thank You for Your presence, Your patience, and Your light.
Bring our hearts into alignment with You.
Shine on every place that needs clarity, healing, and renewal.
Help us walk honestly,
live intentionally,
and rest confidently in You.
Cleanse us.
Guide us.
Renew us.
In Jesus’ powerful, majestic name,
we Praise and we Pray,
Amen.”
🙏🏼 DAILY PROCLAMATION
Before we close, I want to invite you—only if you feel led—to say a daily proclamation with me.
This is the proclamation I return to daily.
Not out of perfection, but out of surrender.
From Survival to Surrender — My Daily Proclamation
God, today I stop negotiating with You.
I stop hiding parts of my life behind excuses, wounds, and fear.
I stop managing sin instead of surrendering it.
I stop calling survival “strength” when it is really exhaustion.
I release every attachment that feels good but pulls me away from truth.
I let go of relationships, habits, and cycles that soothe me temporarily but cost me spiritually.
I acknowledge what I already know:
what does not align with You cannot heal me.
Today, I surrender control.
I surrender comfort.
I surrender timing.
I surrender the false intimacy I’ve used to avoid true wholeness.
I choose alignment over appetite.
Obedience over urgency.
Healing over hiding.
God, I no longer want to survive — I want to live whole.
I invite You into every area I’ve kept guarded, delayed, or divided.
Lead my life.
Heal my heart.
Reorder my desires.
From this moment forward, I choose surrender —
not because I am weak,
but because You are strong.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
💕 Have a Blessed Day and Week Everyone
💞😊 Much love for you all!
STAY CONNECTED WITH ENCOURAGING MONDAYS
Encouraging Mondays is more than a message —
it’s a digital ministry and growing community rooted in faith, reflection, and peaceful transformation.
Website — https://encouragingmondays.com
LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawna-stately-853771390
YouTube — http://www.youtube.com/@EncouragingMondays
Podcast — https://open.spotify.com/show/3pT2RcBNOKpa8A2vuYIJ4W
