Your Identity and Help Found In God

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." Romans 12:1-2

Our worth and identity comes from Him who redeemed us
Your worth and identity isn't defined by your performance or by the things you possess. Your worth comes from God who says, "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine." Isaiah 43:1. God knows your every thought and yet He has precious thoughts toward you, they're more numerous than the sand in the sea (Psalm 139:1-2, Psalm 139:17-18). There's something powerful about knowing that God knows and understand you infinitely more than you could for yourself and yet His love for you is eternal. (Jeremiah 31:3). He loves us, even when we don't love Him back (1 John 4:10).

God has a plan for your life, you are not an accident! (Jeremiah 29:11). God knew you before you were even born and just as He called Jeremiah, He also calls you to share His love with others (Jeremiah 1:5). Loving God and living for Him is only a response to Him first loving us, even when we didn't love Him (2 Corinthians 5:14-15, 1 John 4:10, 19). You will seek to please God, not out of fear of punishment or to earn a reward, but because what He already did for you. To surrender to God is to recognize you belong to Him who created you and redeemed you.

God can change our hearts and free us from sin
God has the power to melt our stony hearts and give us the power to obey by His Spirit (Ezekiel 36:26-27). It is the Holy Spirit's job to testify of Jesus and transforms us into the same image as we behold Him. (John 15:26, 2 Corinthians 3:18). The scriptures testify of Him and it's His Spirit that helps us to see (John 5:39, 2 Corinthians 3:16).  It is in His light that you shall see the light (Psalm 36:9). Let His word abide in you and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free (John 8:31-32). To overcome sin, we need to get to know the Lord and claim His promises personally for ourselves (2 Peter 1:3-4).

We all need a personal trusting relationship with Jesus
The Lord is near those who call on Him in truth (Psalm 145:18). We have a real God who helps real people who get real with Him, confessing to Him their real problems. Our greatest problem is sin, but praise God, His grace is greater and more powerful than our sin (Romans 5:20). Our greatest need in life isn't things, ideas, or other people (God forbid) that we try to use to help ourselves. What we all really need is in our lives is a personal trusting relationship with Jesus, the Source of help.

Let God be Who you ultimately depend on
God knows the things and even the people we need in our life, but remember only God is your Savior, not things or people (Isaiah 43:4, 11). We all depend on God in order bear the fruit of the Spirit (John 15:5, Galatians 5:22-23). Nobody but God has innate goodness, we all depend on God as the source of goodness. We are all God's workmanship, it's not wise to dwell on your own faults or the faults of others (Ephesians 2:10).. Seeing God's image in others changes you. Your focus will be on God and how He's working to restore His image in others and yourself.

You have to surrender to Jesus for yourself
As Christians, we are all like epistles or letters from Christ for others to read. (2 Corinthians 3:3). Just as God can use you to point others to Him, He will also use others to point you to Him as well. That's what witnessing is all about. Maybe they don't say anything to you directly, but you know God is using them to convict you about something in your life that you need to surrender. A preacher once said, "God chooses how He speaks, we choose if we will listen". If God is saying to surrender something, listen to God, He means what He says. Don't go waiting for others to be your conscience for you, that's why God gave you your own conscience.