What does God say about who you are? Not what you've done, not what someone spoke over you, not what your worst moment would suggest — but what God actually declared before you ever had a chance to succeed or fail at anything.

In this episode, Raymond Smith opens a week-long series on identity and shame by sharing a story he has never told publicly before — and it starts with a straight-A student, a geometry class, and a mother who made him feel like a complete failure over one semester C. That moment planted a verdict. And verdicts have a way of shaping everything.

This episode explores what Scripture says about where your true identity comes from, why performance-based identity always leaves you striving and never arriving, and what it looks like to live from acceptance rather than toward it.

Key Scriptures:Ephesians 1:4–5 — Chosen before the world was madePsalm 139:13–14 — Knit together with intention

Free Resource:Download Trading the Lie for the Truth — a free Scripture declaration guide that walks you through six of the most common lies shame tells, the Scripture that answers each one, and a declaration to say out loud when the voice gets loud.👉 Get it here: https://discipleblueprint.com/?ff_landing=20

This Week's Series:Monday — Who God Says You AreTuesday — When the People Who Should Build You Up, Tear You DownWednesday — Why Shame Runs DeepThursday — How Christ Heals What Shame WoundedFriday — Living From a Christ-Centered Identity

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