In the beginning, for the description of this book, we read the following:

Bishop T.D. Jakes brings encouragement that casts out the fear of vulnerability before God. When you can stand before God, unashamed, you can receive the healing He freely offers.

Ever since I began my journey to be a good Christian woman two years ago at the age of 69, I’ve accumulated a great deal of knowledge. Given this, I believe the essence of what Bishop is attempting to communicate to his readers apparently deals with us possessing an identity in Christ.

Everyone reading this book will unknowingly find that the person you change as you begin to possess a new identity in the eyes of the Lord. While your outward appearance will undergo no change whatsoever, who you are as an individual will. The transformation that will occur will be the identity you have in the eyes of the Lord, for it is part and parcel of your acceptance through the faith you possess of Him and His gift of eternal life. As Christians, we need always to remember that our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, had given His life here on earth then rose from His tomb to overcome death and to bless all those who believe in His existence.

What happens the moment we become His advocates and devotees is that we immediately lose the identities we possess of this earthly world and have our identities in our Lord. The new identity we now possess is becoming a member of His body, the church, of which there’s nothing to be ashamed of, even if we’re naked.

We can find evidence of this when we read JOHN 1:11-13 [NKJV]:

[11] He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
[12] But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
[13] who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

And since, as Christian, we are in the body of Christ, let us recall what is written in 1 CORINTHIANS 12:26-27 [NKJV]:

[26] And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
[27] Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

As you peruse the Bible, you will find more scriptures that deal with the identity we possess in Christ, for example:

ROMANS 6:6 [NLT] we read:
“We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.”

And in 1 JOHN 3:1-2 [NLT], we have:

[1] See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.
[2] Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.

In possessing an identity in Christ, we’re quite aware of His desire to release us from everything we’re suffering from regardless of what it might be through His compassion, kindness, and the renewal of our souls, etc.

Through the pages of Bishop Jakes’ book, we’re taught about residing in the Lord’s arms as we place all of what is suffering from there. We’re taught how to shed the clutching control of disgrace and remorse burdening our existence by having our daily existence fraught with self-assurance in every area of our lives. For it is when we freely confess to the Lord our pains and disappointments that the Great Physician will place His healing presence on us.

For wanting his readers to free themselves from the abyss they’ve fallen into and live a life free of want, I’ve given Bishop Jakes the 5 STARS richly deserves. ( )

Great book, T.D Jakes makes it clear that everyone has struggles and if only ww will admit and confront we will get help. Helps you not to realise that we all need help. ( )