Message Notes

Stepping into your Best Life
September 14th, 2025

But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. … yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace. 1 Corinthians 15:10

You do what you do because of what you think of you.

What impacts our decisions more than anything else is our identity.

For as he thinks in his heart, so he is…
Proverbs 23:7

He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 8:44

So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don’t believe me!
John 8:45

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
Jeremiah 1:5

Christ honoring habits solidify a Christ-centered identity.

Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives. Luke 21:37

And He came out and went, as was His habit, to the Mount of Olives… Luke 22:39

Who does Christ want you to be?

Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.

Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.
Ephesians 4:21-24

He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 8:44

For as he thinks in his heart, so he is…
Proverbs 23:7

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.
Jeremiah 1:5

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9