Hey everybody, this is Andy Wood, and I'm the pastor here at Saddleback Church, and this is our

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enjoy today's message. Let's dive in.

I want to say welcome to all of our campuses and those of you who are joining us online.

Today we are in the fourth week of a message series called Identity Crisis.

Can we say that together?

Identity crisis.

And in this series, we've been looking at the reality that God changes our identity when we step into a relationship with Jesus, that God shifts the inside and then our life follows,

our behavior follows as a result. So there's all these wonderful things that the Bible says is true

about us, that when you are in a relationship with

God, you are chosen by him to be a son or a daughter of the most high God. You are chosen by God

to be loved from your perfect Heavenly Father. You're chosen by God to be holy in his sight.

And today we're going to look at this very, very significant and important reality. You are chosen by

God to be a masterpiece. And I want to talk today about God's love uniquely in you to shape you

to let your life be a display of his handiwork. So I want to invite you to pull out your notes. And we're

going to look today at Ephesians chapter 2. But before we go there, I want to tell you to pull out your notes, and we're going to look today at Ephesians

Chapter 2, but before we go there, I want to tell you a little story. So in the early

1500s, there was a 17-foot piece of marble. So this 17-foot piece of marble, it was in a workshop.

It was actually in the Florence Cathedral workshop.

And there were several artists who had been hired

to try to take this 17-foot piece of marble

and craft something beautiful for people to look at.

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