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True Identity

God alone is our source of identity.
My soul finds rest in God alone;
my salvation comes from him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. …
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my hope comes from him
He alone is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
My salvation and my honor depend on God,
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

Character Check
Is my identity what I do?

In Business Terms
If you're a banker, and you go to work today and your bank has just merged with another and they don't need you anymore, your identity has just been taken away from you without any say.

If your identity is being a husband, and your wife just fell in love with her tennis instructor and lets you know that she wants half and she's out the door, your identity is gone.

The question of who you are is one of those profound questions that even successful people have not necessarily answered. In fact, their discovery of identity is complicated by their success. The more successful you are in ...

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