Romans 8 Part 1

What controls you? What motivates you? What affects your mood? Why do you decide to do the things you do? It matters whether or not we are living according to the Spirit or according to the flesh. God desires for us to be free and not be slaves to sin but instead have freedom by His Spirit where we have joy and desires that are pleasing to God. So many of us have taken on identities because of our roles, our problems, our diagnoses, etc. that are not part of our God-given identities. But God has new names for us so that we will know we are not defined by our successes or failures but by our Father.