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And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him. And behold, a voice from heaven said, 'This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
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I know how tiring it is when you have to mold yourself to fit in places. It tires the soul to change your speech, clothes, and even your expression to belong to tables that shouldn't even receive us. The root of this is a crisis of worth. We do not believe in what we carry in Christ, so we become characters to gain approval. Today I want to cut that tie with you. No more living for borrowed applause. God wants to heal within us the source of this need and establish who we are in Him.
Look at the Jordan. Before any miracle, before fame, the Father opened the heavens and declared over Jesus: Beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Identity before performance. God's order is opposite to the world's. The world says: prove to belong. The Father says: you belong, so live. That is why the first attack of evil is on identity: If you are the Son of God. That is also why Paul calls: do not conform, renew your mind. The cross took merit from the center and placed God's love.
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You do not live to please others; you live to please God.
Let me open my heart as a father and son. I grew up hearing words that hurt my identity. God re-educated me in love. And today I choose to lift the value of my children with presence. The other day, my Nono asked me to watch the game. I canceled recordings and went. Eye contact, the right words, time together. If you haven't received this, stay with me: in Christ, you can become someone who gives what they didn't have. God heals the previous generation and protects the next.
Practical answers to live approved by God
- Stop living to please others; choose to please God in every decision.
- Renew your mind with the truth: you are a child in Christ, before any work.
- Be intentional with your children: presence, words, and looks that affirm value.
- Honor your parents; if love was lacking, forgive and start a new cycle in Jesus.
I declare over your house: the cycle of others' approval has fallen. God breaks the internal walls and rewrites your story. When the enemy whispers if you are a son, respond with the voice from heaven: the Father has already spoken. Align your life to that voice. Read Romans 12:2 and form a new conviction. Walk lightly, with the freedom of knowing to whom you belong. You don't need to change characters at every table. You are a child. And a beloved child lives for the pleasure of the Father.
Did you know
- Right after the baptism, the temptation in the desert began attacking Jesus' identity: If you are the Son of God (Matthew 4:3,6).
- The Jordan River marks transitions in the Bible: Israel crossed with Joshua (Joshua 3) and Elijah/Elisha parted its waters (2 Kings 2).
Key phrases
- It is tiring for our soul and spirit when we constantly have to change who we are to belong to a place we shouldn't.
- Our great crisis of belonging and pleasing everyone is because we cannot believe in the worth we carry in Jesus.
- He did absolutely nothing, but he has one particular thing: he is a son.
- You do not live to please others; you live to please God.
Translated from the Portuguese original.
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