Breathing Room: Breathe Spiritually

1 Cor 6:12
Jn 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
What is your identity? What do you identify with most? Identity- the thing by which we identify with most.
Internal challenges- Gal 5:1
1. We are no longer slaves to our past. Guilt. Grace. Labels attach themselves securely to our souls, not to easily be removed. Jn 8:31b-32. The Truth will overcome the lies and labels. Truth is a person-Jesus Christ. We need to continuously commune with Jesus. 2 Cor 5:17. God has moved on from our past failures and sins, and so should we. God can use you. Phil 3:13. What or who is the loudest voice in your life?
2. You are no longer slaves to our present. Shame. Mercy. We can't serve both sin and God. Gal 5:16-17. Lie- you are not worthy because of where you are currently stuck. The day that He saved you, He knew you'd be stuck in this sin problem right here and right now. God's label over you is lasting, it's permanent.
3. You are no longer a slave to performance. Fear. Forgiveness. We can't earn or lose God's love through our performance. Eph 2:8-10 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." The more we make this life about us, the more we become suffocated by slavery. Christ AND me vs. Christ IN me.