You have been running from the one Person who can actually help you. Not because He is angry. Not because you messed up too bad. You have been running because nobody told you the truth: you are beloved, and that has nothing to do with what you did or did not do. In this Sunday message from The Beloved Church of Kalamazoo, Pastor Mo Brooks closes out the September Identity Series with Ephesians 1:6 and preaches the truth that the entire series has been building toward. We get into why we carry God's love the same way we carry a report card, why being accepted in the beloved has nothing to do with your church attendance, your giving, or your performance, what it means to be in Christ and why that one phrase changes everything about your identity, why God's grace has glory on it and you cannot earn either one, and why unconditional love is the only force powerful enough to actually transform a human heart. You are not beloved because you got it right. You are beloved because He said so.

Scripture: Ephesians 1:6, Matthew 3, Matthew 17, John 17 (NLT) | Pastor Mo Brooks | The Beloved Church of Kalamazoo | September Identity Series | www.belovedchurchkzoo.org | Follow us: @belovedchurchkzoo | Support this church plant: Text GIVE to (833) 570-4695 or CashApp $belovedchurchkzoo | You are beloved.

You prayed for it. God sent it. Now you are complaining about it. Pastor Mo Brooks brings a short, sharp word from Proverbs 14:4 about why a clean stable is not a good sign. If everything in your life feels tidy and low maintenance, you might not have any oxen. No oxen means no harvest. This episode is a reset for anyone who has been so focused on the mess that they forgot to be grateful for the blessing that made the mess possible.

You keep trying to change your behavior, but your life keeps reverting back to the same place. That is not a willpower problem. That is an identity problem. In this Sunday message from The Beloved Church of Kalamazoo, Pastor Mo Brooks preaches from Ephesians 1:5 and unpacks one of the most important truths in the entire identity series: you are a child of God, and until that becomes the core of who you are, nothing else will stick.

We get into why behavior always reverts to the center of your identity, why God predestined you as His child before you were ever born, what the legal term adoption means for your standing in the kingdom right now, why God did not adopt you out of obligation but out of the good pleasure of His will, and why the goal is never the habit but becoming the type of person God has called you to become. Stop trying to do the right thing. Become the right person.

Scripture: Ephesians 1:5, John 1:10-12 (NKJV) | Pastor Mo Brooks | The Beloved Church of Kalamazoo | September Identity Series | www.belovedchurchkzoo.org | Follow us: @belovedchurchkzoo | Support this church plant: Text GIVE to (833) 570-4695 or CashApp $belovedchurchkzoo | You are beloved.