Blog Title: The “I Am” Factor — Recap of Our Second Identity Circle

*What You Declare, You Begin to Become.

With our second Identity Circle, we dug deep to uncover it—layer by layer—with one powerful truth at the center: The “I Am” Factor.

Scripture Reference: "Let the weak say I am strong." (Joel 3:10, NKJV)

The Power of “I Am”

This session reminded us that what we say after “I am” sets the tone for everything we believe, pursue, and become. Whether we say, “I am not enough” or “I am chosen,” our identity follows our confession. So, we asked ourselves as a community: What have you been claiming? And even more—Is it true?

Key Moments from the Circle

• Opening Statement: "The ‘I Am’ Factor isn’t just a catchy phrase—it’s a spiritual confrontation. We opened with this challenge: to examine the labels we've accepted and break agreement with every name not aligned with God's truth.

• Group Activity: Using wooden blocks, participants wrote down identity blockers—words like rejected, not enough, unworthy. As a community, we practiced physically moving these blocks out of the way to declare new statements: I am seen. I am called. I am becoming.

• Testimonies + Dialogue: Each voice mattered. From quiet reflections to bold declarations, the room carried a raw honesty that created healing. Some realized they had been wearing false names for years. Others reclaimed names that had been buried under trauma and silence.

• Spoken Truths: We declared identity from Scripture, from God’s promises, and from within. Each “I Am” spoken was a seed planted toward new growth.

In the space today we asked the question, why don't people feel "Good Enough?" We came to the conclusion that most people don't feel "good enough" because somewhere along the way, they were:

• Measured by performance rather than love for who they are.

• Defined by failure rather than by God's grace.

• Shaped by rejection, comparison, or trauma, instead of truth.

• Career choices > feeling pressured to pursue a high-status job, even if it clashed with their values or passions.

• Relationships > Hesitating to express their needs or boundaries in a relationship, fearing that are too demanding or unworthy of love and respect.

• Consumer habits > Constantly buying things you don't need, chasing an external sense of worth through possessions.

Things began to really make sense with our personal stories as we made this statement:

"Not good enough" is not a truth- it's a wound." And wounded identities produce limited lives. This means that when a person's sense of self- meaning who they are, what they're capable of is damaged, it can deeply restrict how they live, think, and grow.

Wounded identity refers to inner hurt or brokenness, often caused by trauma, rejection, shame, neglect, failure, or false labels.

Limited Lives means you live below your potential. You may:

• Settle for less

• Avoid taking risk

• Struggle to form healthy relationships

• Carry shame or fear

• Constantly seek validation or approval

*When you don't see your true value, you live in survival mode, not purpose mode.

Key Notes:

1. Spiritual Confrontation- when you are face-to-face with something-internal or external- that challenges your faith, identity, purpose, or alignment with God's truth. It's not always loud or dramatic.

   • A moment of decision: will you follow truth or convenience

   • A war in your thoughts: Am I really who God says I am?

   • A calling out of lies: The ones whispered by fear, shame, or past wounds

   • A resistance to growth: when your comfort zone fights your calling

   *Spiritual confrontation is when the unseen war becomes seen. It's a war on the inner narrative, those things that's been lying to you, limiting you, and labeling you.

Homework: Each day this week write three "I Am" declarations rooted in your identity and purpose. Say them out loud each morning.

Example: I am courageous even when I feel afraid.

Looking Ahead

Session three will build upon this foundation as we explore identity in motion—how to walk in the name you’ve uncovered, and how to protect it in a world full of noise.

We’re not just having meetings—we’re creating a movement of self-discovery, spiritual growth, and freedom.