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I Choose Today to Believe I Am Chosen and Known

Molinda Hern February 7, 2026

As I continue sharing through my I Choose Today podcast series on identity in Christ, one truth keeps surfacing that feels both tender and deeply needed: we don’t just belong to God — we are chosen and known by Him. After learning to receive identity and lay down striving, a quieter question often rises in our hearts: Do I really belong? Am I actually wanted? Not just forgiven. Not just included. But wanted. Psalm 139 reminds us that God’s knowledge of us is personal, not distant. “You have searched me, Lord, and You know me.” He knows the parts we celebrate, the parts we hide, and the parts still healing, and His knowing is not followed by rejection, but by nearness. We often live as though God is discovering who we are in real time, surprised by our failures and impressed by our good days. But Scripture shows something different. We were fully known before we ever tried to be impressive. Ephesians 1 tells us that God “chose us in Him before the foundation of the world… in love.” Before we prayed a prayer. Before we cleaned up our lives. Before we understood theology. Chosen. Not randomly. Not accidentally. Not

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I Choose Today to Trust the Great I AM

Molinda Hern February 3, 2026

There is a verse in the Bible that used to confuse me a little. It’s found in Exodus 3:14. God had just met Moses in the desert through a burning bush that was not consumed. He was sending Moses to Egypt to rescue the Israelites from oppression and slavery. But Moses wasn’t convinced he was the right person. So he asked God in verse 13, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God’s answer is powerful: “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” What does I AM mean? It means God is the One who always was, always is, and always will be. He is self-existing. Unchanging. Not dependent on anyone. Not limited. Not bound by time or circumstance. He simply IS. And because He is the eternal, self-sufficient God, it means something beautiful for us… He is everything His people need. He is healer. He is rescuer. He is provider. He is strength. He is sustainer. He

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I Choose Today to Stop Striving for What Christ Already Finished

Molinda Hern January 31, 2026

There was a season in my walk with God when, if you asked me, I would have said, “I trust God. I believe in grace.” And I meant it. But underneath that belief, I was still quietly working. Working to be enough. Working to prove I was serious. Working to earn the feeling of being close to God. It didn’t look like rebellion. It looked like devotion. I was serving. I was learning. I was showing up. But if I’m honest, underneath all of it was fear. Fear that if I slowed down, I would disappoint God. Fear that if I didn’t keep proving myself, I would drift. Fear that closeness with God depended on my consistency. Beneath all of that was one unspoken question: Have I done enough? One day, in a quiet moment, the Holy Spirit gently brought a question to my heart: “Why are you trying to earn what My Son already paid for?” That question stopped me. Because I realized I wasn’t serving from rest. I was serving to try to reach rest. This week on the podcast, I talked about this very thing — the hidden striving many of us carry in our spiritual lives

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I Choose Today to Bring My Hidden Hurts into the Light

Molinda Hern January 27, 2026

When I clean, I’ve been known to be a shover. I shove things in drawers. Closets. Cabinets. Anywhere I can hide the mess so my space looks tidy. On the surface, everything appears in order… but inside those drawers, there’s still chaos waiting to be dealt with. If I’m honest, I’ve done the same thing in my heart. Shoving our mess down in life isn’t the way to go either. Because sooner or later, what we’ve buried demands attention. Unaddressed hurts, unresolved mistakes, and buried disappointments don’t just disappear. They seep into our attitudes, our reactions, and our relationships — often in ways we don’t even realize. I’ve seen this play out in my own life. One time my husband gave me simple feedback, and my response was completely over the top. My reaction didn’t match the moment at all. Later, I had to ask myself, Why did I respond like that? What did I shove into the closet of my heart that just came spilling out sideways? That moment showed me something important — I couldn’t clean this mess on my own. I needed God to reveal what was hiding beneath the surface. Like David in Psalm 139, I

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I Choose Today to Open the Door to Receive

Molinda Hern January 24, 2026

When I was 15, I worked as a hostess at a restaurant. One day, a customer complimented me, I think it was about my dimples or my smile. Something small, something kind. Without even thinking, I made a negative remark. I brushed it off. I deflected. I minimized it. A waitress pulled me aside afterward and gently, but firmly, taught me how to take a compliment. “When someone says something kind,” she said, “you can just say thank you.” At the time, I felt embarrassed. But looking back now, I see something much deeper. That moment wasn’t just about manners, it was about my ability to receive anything good. I didn’t know how to let kindness land. I didn’t know how to rest in a gift that was freely given. My instinct was to return it, deflect it, or make myself smaller so I didn’t feel exposed. For years, sometimes even now, I’ve had to consciously practice receiving compliments instead of dodging them. That small moment revealed something much bigger about my heart. I didn’t just struggle to receive God’s love, I didn’t even know how to receive a simple compliment. The truth is, many of us say we believe

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