Your Identity and Purpose in Christ

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She grew up carrying labels. Abused. Unwanted.

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Overlooked. Then, she found out she was adopted. As an adult, while sorting paperwork, Christine Kane found her birth certificate and saw a word that stung: #2508, UNNAMED. That one line tried to define her whole life. If you've ever felt like that—like a file folder label instead of a person—you know the ache. What do you do when the story handed to you says,"Not enough"?

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Welcome to Daily Devotions for Busy Lives. I'm Bart Leger. And today, we're talking about something deeply personal. And that's your identity. Because every day the world tries to tell you who you are—your job title and your mistakes, your past, your social feed. But when you belong to Jesus, those labels don't get the final say.

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Ephesians 2: 10 says, "For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago." And

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14 adds, "Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex. Your workmanship is marvelous. How well I know it."

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10 It's easy to let old words or painful experiences become our identity. Maybe someone told you you'd never measure up. Maybe life left scars that whisper, "You're broken." But Scripture tells a different story. When God calls you His masterpiece, He's not exaggerating. A masterpiece isn't mass produced. It's one-of-a-kind, and shaped with purpose by the hands of its creator. Ephesians 3: 16 That means your design isn't random and your story isn't wasted.

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Your identity comes before your activity. Before you ever do something great for God, you are already someone loved by Him.

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And when you know who you are in Christ, when you've trusted Christ as your Savior, you begin to live out your purpose with confidence, not comparison.

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That's what happened for Christine Cain. She met Jesus and began trading labels for

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10 told her she was God's masterpiece, and Psalm 139 reminded her she was wonderfully made. Hesham, it didn't vanish overnight. But step by step, she let God rename

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Loved, Chosen, and Sent.

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And out of that new identity came purpose. She and her husband launched A21 to fight human trafficking and later propel women to help women walk in their calling. Her story shows that healing begins when we believe what God says about us and that purpose flows from identity, not from our performance. Today, write down one false label you've believed.

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Maybe it was unworthy. It might be forgotten. Or maybe not enough. it may not be forgotten.

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Or you may not be forgotten. And you are a masterpiece, you are beloved, and you are redeemed.

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Pray that God will help you live from that identity this week.

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Father, thank you for calling us your workmanship, your masterpiece. Help us stop living under old labels and start walking in who we are in Christ.

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Remind us that our purpose flows from your love, not our performance. In Jesus' name, Amen. And if you know someone who needs to hear this episode, please send them to www.

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dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/85. Now, thank you for that, and I know they will appreciate you for it. Thanks for joining me today on Daily Devotions for Busy Lives. Remember, you are God's masterpiece, created with purpose and loved beyond measure.

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Come back next time for more encouragement to help you live grounded in God's truth. Until then, God bless and have a great day.