{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"You Can Mentor: A Christian Youth Mentoring Podcast","title":"233: IPC: Identity //Mentoring Minute","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":423,"description":"-IPC is a tool to help us understand our mentee (and ourselves)\n\nIdentity is WHO WE ARE\nPurpose is WHAT WE DO \nCommunity is HOW WE BLESS AND ARE BLESSED BY OTHERS\n\nKing David had a high sense and value for HIS OWN identity, purpose, and community, therefore he was FREE to speak into and bless Mephibosheth’s IPC as well!\n\n\t-Identity: David sits comfortably on his throne and yells Mephibosheth!\n\t-Purpose: David gives Mephib’s rule over Saul’s kingdom and is not threatened\n-Community: David invites Mephib to eat at his family’s table daily because he knows there’s enough food\n\n“Reading” a mentee’s IPC will help you understand if she has a clear understanding of who she is in Christ, if she is living out her call, and if she is surrounding herself with the people who will help her be successful in her journey! This is huge! \n\nThere is ONE GOLDEN RULE when considering our Identity – it is FOREVER! \n\nMany people confuse PURPOSE for IDENTITY. Try asking someone who they are. Often, they will tell you what they DO. “I’m a banker” “I play football” “I’m an artist” These things are good and often consume the majority of our waking hours. But, they are not our identity. They change over time. They can be taken away.\n\nOne thing we love about King David is his being “a man after God’s own heart.” When we understand that our one and only IDENTITY is being a child of God, we realize every other title in life is temporary and pales in comparison to the identity we have in Christ.\n\nRomans 8:15-17 tells us we have “received the Spirit of adoption as sons (and daughters) and that the “Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs – heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ.”\n\nThis truth should result in a confidence that is palpable. How do we speak into the hearts and bless the lives of our mentors? By knowing we belong to God, who is our loving King and parent, forever! And that truth is not up for debate. It cannot be...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1Xka3zDiBlBt17bxGFKaPNKtfL4x0Qw6Yce8LqvHcjw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMTU4/YTYzZjc5Y2M5NjY4/MTFkZmY0NjExMzM2/Njc1MC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}