Reader, have you ever been nervous to know what God thinks about you?

I have.

I worried that God didn't care for me the way I hoped He did. That He was disappointed with me, or discouraged by my blunderings. Or worse, I worried He only tolerated me because He wanted to use me to reach those He truly cared about—the "more beloved" like you.

it wasn't true. But still, it was a story that persisted in various ways over decades until...

• Until I started to experience God's character for myself.
• Until I learned how to trade in lesser stories for greater ones.
• Until I started seeing myself the way God sees me.
• Until I begun to live from my true identity.

The late Timothy Keller has a great quote about this, "We cannot know God without knowing ourselves, and we cannot know ourselves without knowing God. The two kinds of knowledge are inter-dependent—they rise or fall together."

Reader, what if what God thinks about you, knows about you, is better than you could ever imagine? I promise, it is.

Empowering your walk,

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P.S. Ready to risk knowing yourself more based on God's point of view of you? Good God Talks episode #168 just began a new series: Know You from God's Point of View. Links are below!

LATEST PODCAST EPISODES Ditch lesser stories, upgrade to GREATER ones! BONUS | OF WINGS AND DIRT WITH KIMBERLY PHINNEY UNSCRIPTED The last in our Words with Writers Bonus series and we went vulnerable right away. ♥️ EP#166 WORD CHECK PART 2: EVERYTHING IN THE LIGHT OF GOD'S CHARACTER AND NATURE Have you ever struggled to understand the Bible? This episode helps many EP#167 PAINFUL EXPERIENCES WEIGHING YOU DOWN? EXCHANGE LESSER STORIES FOR A GREATER ONE! Is it time to ditch a lesser story? This episode equips you with HOW! EP#168 GOD LOVES THAT ABOUT YOU Curious what it is? This episode will help you find out! EP#169 DISCOVERING JOY IN YOUR GOD-GIVEN GIFTS Experience God's joy and delight in how you operate in your giftings. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Watch on YouTube

P.S. A Few Featured Resources (affiliate links included below) My recent podcast guest Kimberly Phinney wrote a beautiful poetry collection called Of Wings and Dirt. Check out her book here. For my fellow avid readers, I'm loving the ReadWise app as a tool to keep track of my book highlights (and it syncs from Kindle). If you have kid in your life age 4-10, you'll want the Kid's Bible Activities Summer Bundle. Trust me. Our boys can't get enough! I'm so moved by the testimonies about my illustrated poetry collection A Beckoning to Wonder. It truly was a project I felt like I got to create with God. Click here for your copy.​

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