Naomi to Mara | Rebrand - Part 6

God wants us to find our identity in Him, and one of the most prominent things that we let name us instead is pain. Pain will try to change who you are but God's healing redeems your true identity. As in the case of today's story, Naomi. Naomi, from the book of Ruth, had determined to let her pain change her identity; she wanted to identify with it and make it the first thing people knew about her, by changing her own name to Mara. We can't let the existence of pain have the authority to rename us. Through the story of Naomi we can see how having the right people around you and acknowledging the blessings of the Lord overshadows pain, and keeps our identity in line with Him. - Key Verses // Ruth 1:1-20, Ruth 2:20 - For Sermon Notes, the Connect Card, and our other online resources: https://linktr.ee/Celebrationchurchlive