{"id":2016,"date":"2026-01-21T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christfellowship.me\/withholdtobehold\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2026-01-21T02:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:10:58","slug":"day-17-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christfellowship.me\/withholdtobehold\/2026\/01\/day-17-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jason Wheeler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is your Kingdom Identity, or who did God make you to be?\u00a0 For me, it would be &#8220;Helper&#8221; or &#8220;Intermediate Helper.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t read any further, but ask God how He made you. Take 30-60 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> God, who do You say I am?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Great!\u00a0 Now, how are you going to live this identity in the next hour, day, week, month, and this year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For we are God\u2019s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.<\/em> <strong>Ephesians 2:10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My point is this: Are we walking in a way that reflects the way God made us?\u00a0 If not, where is the opportunity to make a change?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This past year has been that opportunity for me. Some days were a struggle, but I have learned that God is always with me, especially in moments when I feel the next step, literally and figuratively, is impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a point when I felt the lowest (even though I felt I was walking in my identity the best I knew how) my daughter was praying for me and sent me a message. 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