True You

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Hello and welcome to The Overflow Podcast. My name
is Craig Booker. The title of this episode is True

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You. A lot of the material for this week’s episode
was inspired by Craig Groeschel’s book The Power

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to Change, Mastering the Habits That Matter Most.
Note: I will talk a lot about mental health, but

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please note this is not a substitute for therapy
or mental health care. I am not a counselor or

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a physician. If you need help with mental health
challenges, please find a qualified mental health

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professional. The title of this episode is True
You. Craig Groeschel says, “Who you think you are

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drives your behavior. Your who changes your do. He
also goes on to say it’s critically important for

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you to know who you are. So where do we tend to get
our identity? There are three places we tend to get

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our identity from one is what others think of us
two is our worst sins or habits, and third is our

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enemy. So, first, let’s talk about what others think
of us. A quote from Craig Groeschel’s book it says

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we tend to Define ourselves by what we believe
influential people in our lives think about us

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psychologists call this the Looking Glass Self.
We see ourselves through the eyes of others. We

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let those people define us. But that is not who
we are. The second area that we tend to get our

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identity from is our own or is our worst sins or
habits. Craig Groeschel says that we can also define

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ourselves by our worst sins or habits. An example
or a few examples of this is would be to say I’m

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an addict or I’m an anxious person. The third place
that we tend to get our identity from is our enemy.

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1 Peter 5:8 in the NLT says, “Stay alert,
watch out for your great enemy, the devil he

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prowls around like a roaring lion looking for
someone to devour.” Speaking of our enemy Craig

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Groeschel says his primary target is our identity.
He knows how essential your self-perception is.

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So he lies to you about who you are. And that
is why after you yell at your kids, you think

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I’m a bad parent. When you don’t get the job you
think I’m pathetic I never get me breaks. When you

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realize you didn’t read your Bible plan or pray
again this week, you think I’m a bad Christian.

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uh in the book, Craig Groeschel lists out what he
calls identity statements and their corresponding

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Bible verses. So I’ll read through these quickly
and I encourage you to look through the talk notes

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if you’d like to take a deep dive on these.
So identity statements and Bible verses so

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Isaiah 62:12 says we are sought after Isaiah
43 4 says we’re precious in His sight second

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Corinthians 5:17 says we’re a new creation in
Christ Romans 8:1 says we are not condemned.

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Colossians 1:14 says we’re forgiven
for 1 John 3:1 says we’re loved.

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uh so there are several there’s a long list of
these. I encourage you to go through them. uh for

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this section we also have an exercise and in
this exercise it says let’s Identify some of

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the voices that have accused you and told
you things about yourself that are not true

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uh it says has someone has someone in your family
or some other close relationship consistently told

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you something that you have come to believe about
yourself even though it is not based in truth

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list those lies next list any accusations you
consistently repeat about yourself that are

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not on your list of lies whether or not you know
their origin which of the identity statements and

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Bible verses listed in the chapter stood out
to you write out why you feel that statement

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and verse or verses speak to you uh principle uh
you are who God says you are 1 John 3:1 says

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see what great love the father has lavished
on us that we should be called children of

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God and that is what we are that’s all for
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