"Hello, my name is..."
Today I asked the question "What is at the heart of all American religion?" C. S. Lewis wrote Mere Christianity about those beliefs all Christians share. The sermon began with an example of different ways of doing church. The sermon is on identity. Here we go...
God changed people's name in the Bible - God gave them a new identity. We are a new creation, we have a new destiny, a destiny that is different from our past.
We are all too often defined by our mistakes - known and named for our failures. God does not define us by our mistakes. God gives us a new start.
It's never too late. Abram/Abraham got his new start - his new name - when he was 99! Sarai/Sarah was 90 and have birth after a lifetime of barrenness. Good news for a woman in her fifties.
We are not our past mistakes. We are new. We are set free. Do not believe what the world says about you, do not be defined by world, do not be limited by the past. God has given you a new future. We are the Children of God and God is LOVE.
"Hello, my name is...Love."
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