What It Really Means to Be a Child of God (You’ve Probably Missed This)

The Disciples Journal

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🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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What if you’re not supposed to carry all of this on your own? In today’s episode of The Disciples Journal, we’re digging into 1 John 3:1–2 and what it really means to be called a child of God. This isn’t just poetic language—it's a powerful truth that reshapes how you see your past, your worth, and your daily dependence on God. We explore how your identity as God's child frees you from performance, striving, and self-reliance. You'll hear why God's design was never for you to carry the weight of life alone—and how the way He fathers us changes everything. This episode is also part of a special June series that flows directly from my daily devotional podcast After God’s Heart, where we go even deeper every single morning. You can try it free for 7 days and experience what it means to walk with God—not just believe in Him. Sign up for my daily devotional podcast today: https://www.patreon.com/c/afterGodsheart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right guys, let's head to the stadium and grab some high ground.
0:03.2	Copy that? I'll drop near the checkpoint.
0:05.0	I'll take the building on the left.
0:06.3	And watch out for any teams going for the same spot.
0:08.6	I'm in position.
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0:14.4	Play it down, play it down.
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0:25.2	Let's do this.
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0:29.2	Okay, welcome to The Disciples Journal.
0:33.4	I'm your host, Darren Starks, and this is where you learn to walk with Jesus every single day.
0:37.7	We're currently in a series for the month of June looking at what God says about us
0:43.7	and going through different verses within the Bible that speak directly to our identity in Christ.
0:51.9	And so for this episode, we're going to be looking at 1 John chapter 3 verses 1 through 2.
0:59.6	And we're really diving into what it means to be a child of God. Specifically tying us all back
1:07.4	into our theme of what God says about us. This is something that does come up
1:12.0	consistently when we look at the Bible in regard to his perspective, his outlook, and the way that he
1:18.3	views us. I want to read this verse really quick. It says, see what kind of love the father has
1:24.6	given to us, that we should be called children of God. And so we are.
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