Known

Who am I? Does God see me? Does God love me? What is my purpose? So much is tied up in our longing to know who we are: our worth, whether we’re loved, what we’re meant to do with our lives. But there’s a powerful truth that settles every question: God has named us, and the names he has spoken over us settle every question and pain we have experienced in our search for identity. Names help us know that we belong and to whom we belong. Names carry authority and power. But we also carry other names―painful, damaging names that we have spoken over ourselves or that others have branded on us. Too often, in times of low self-worth, grief, or failure, we exchange our God-given identity for those false names. When we believe God’s names for us, we will discover a life lived with purpose and passion. Are you ready to accept God’s invitation to silence the inner voice that keeps you from living freely, joyfully, and confidently? A lot is at stake in understanding the sacred truth of who you are. The names you believe about yourself impact how you live, how you love, and how you move and bear witness to the gospel.Hear this: God has true names that he speaks over you and wants you to hear above the false banter. Known invites you to understand and embrace what it means to be created and named in the image of God. In the process, it will ignite a passion to speak life-giving names over others, to bless them through the power of the Name that is above every other. With vulnerability and humor, Aubrey Sampson shows you what it means to be powerfully and personally made and named in the image of God. Everything changes when you believe this incredible truth: You are known by God.

1. Opening Credits
2. Dedication
3. Foreword by Christine Caine: Unnamed
4. As We Begin: A Question
5. Part 1: Who You Are | Chapter 1: Beloved: Did God Really Say?
6. Chapter 2: Known: God Names Us Backward
7. Chapter 3: Needy: Deeply Embedded Names
8. Chapter 4: Unveiled: Ooze and Bones
9. Chapter 5: Whole: Defined by Victory
10. Chapter 6: (Re)Named: God Names Us Forward
11. Part 2: Whose You Are | Chapter 7: God’s Child: Recognizing God’s Voice
12. Chapter 8: God’s Living Statues: Our Iconoclast God
13. Chapter 9: God’s Likeness: The Spitting Image
14. Chapter 10: God’s Found One: Seen in the Wasteland
15. Part 3: How It Changes Everything | Chapter 11: You Are the Currency of the Kingdom: Made for God’s Purposes
16. Chapter 12: You Are a Name Giver: Ruling, Blessing, and Naming
17. Chapter 13: You Are Sent: Living Your Name
18. Chapter 14: He Is the Name Above Every Other: The Name of Jesus
19. Afterword: God’s Many Names
20. Closing Credits