Start by finding space to rest and exist for the next several minutes.
Whether you are in a chair or lying down,
Begin to allow your eyelids to shut.
Notice any tingling or resistance as you enter your meditation posture.
Allow your hands to fall to the sides of your body.
Maybe with your palms shining up towards the ceiling,
Maybe you are resting them on your legs.
Maybe you have one hand on your belly and one on your chest.
Start by taking a deep inhale.
Allow the air to flow through your nostrils,
Filling your lungs,
Filling your belly,
Feeling it rise.
And once you are completely full of air,
Hold for one moment and then slowly allow the air to escape through your mouth.
Draw your awareness to the warmth of the breath leaving your body,
Living in your physical body,
Your vessel that is designed in the image of the only one true king.
Notice physically,
Emotionally how that last sentence made you feel.
Did you sense peace of hearing truth?
Or did your mind and body react in a way that does not fully believe that sentence?
Our minds can be weak and that is why you are here to strengthen your machine,
To fully breathe in,
Lean in to who God says you are in his holy text.
This message is going to remind you of your identity in Him.
The good news is that we don't have to go searching for our identity.
He has already done that for us.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Any wasted hours you have spent mulling over this larger question of who am I?
Let me just ease your mind by sharing who he designed you to be.
I'm going to share this information in the form of affirmations.
I'll guide your breath but with each statement,
Breathe in the truth and exhale our human doubt.
Inhale,
I am forgiven.
Exhale,
Doubt.
Inhale,
I am reconciled with God.
Exhale,
Doubt.
Inhale,
I am rescued.
Exhale,
Disbelief.
Inhale,
I am redeemed.
Exhale,
Doubt.
Inhale,
I am bought with the price and I belong to God.
Exhale,
Any fear that you are unimportant.
Inhale,
I am known fully by God.
Exhale,
Loneliness.
Inhale,
I am chosen.
Exhale,
Doubt.
Inhale,
I am justified before God.
Exhale,
Worldly guides.
Inhale,
I am accepted.
Exhale,
Feeling misunderstood.
Inhale,
I am saved.
Exhale,
Doubt.
Inhale,
I am alive.
Exhale,
Hopelessness.
Inhale,
I am free.
Exhale,
Feeling bound by your circumstances.
Inhale,
I am secure.
Exhale,
Fear of your safety.
Inhale,
I am a new creature.
Exhale,
Feeling like you blend in.
Inhale,
I am born of God.
Exhale,
Belief that worth comes from man.
Inhale,
I am adopted by God.
Exhale,
Feelings of unworthiness.
Inhale,
I am a child of the promise.
Exhale,
A belief that you don't fit into that equation.
Inhale,
I am Jesus' friend.
Exhale,
Feeling misunderstood by worldly friends.
Inhale,
I am a citizen of heaven.
Exhale,
Feeling of belonging in this world.
Inhale,
I am a member of Christ's body.
Exhale,
Feelings that you are not important.
Inhale,
I am sealed.
I am loved.
Exhale,
Any lie the enemy uses to make you believe that is not true.
These assertions are God's truth.
Rest in him,
You,
This listener.
Rest in your already curated identity.
Embrace life as it presents you with opportunities that appeal to your unique strengths.
You are sovereign.
You are chosen.
And you are so important.
Your strengths are needed.
Your heart is a gift.
Embrace this identity today and every day of who Christ says you are.
Call out the enemy when you don't feel those truths.
Exhale.
Thank you for spending this time.
