This document discusses how God gives believers a new identity and purpose. It notes that through faith in Christ, believers become new creations and God will give them a new name, purpose, and future. The document encourages reflecting on negative labels of the past and discussing with others steps to building a God-centered view of oneself based on these promises from Scripture.

2. WHAT
NEGATIVE
LABEL
FOLLOWS
YOUR NAME
?

3. ____________________
(YOUR NAME)
THE
_______________
(LABEL)

4. A NEW
GOD-CENTERED
VIEW OF YOU

5. …Anyone who belongs
to Christ has become a
new person. The old life
is gone; a new life has
begun!
2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT

6. GOD WILL
GIVE YOU
A NEW NAME.

7. …You will be called
by a new name that
the mouth of the
Lord will bestow.
Isaiah 62:2

8. GOD WILL
GIVE YOU
A NEW PURPOSE.

9. Jesus replied, "Blessed are
you, Simon son of Jonah, for
this was not revealed to you by
man, but by my Father in
heaven. 18 And I tell you that
you are Peter, and on this rock
I will build my church, and the
gates of Hades will not
overcome it.”
Matthew 16:17-18

10. GOD WILL
GIVE YOU
NEW FUTURE.

11. “For I know the plans I
have for you,"
declares the Lord,
"plans to prosper you
and not to harm you,
plans to give you
hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11

12. …Forgetting what is behind
and straining toward what
is ahead, 14 I press on
toward the goal to win the
prize for which God has
called me heavenward in
Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:13-14

13. TALK IT OVER
What negative
labels have been
stuck on you?

14. TALK IT OVER
How have you let
the labels of your
past limit God’s
plan for your
future?

15. TALK IT OVER
What is your next
step to building a
God-centered
view of yourself?