I KNOW WHO I AM

When you know who you are and whose you are the world becomes an exciting place. You feel confident, centered, fearless, and free. On this special evening we’ll spend 6o minutes live with Kary Oberbrunner, author of Your Secret Name, as he teaches us how to achieve greater clarity about our identity.

On this call you’ll discover:

• An ancient promise which reveals that you have a new name written on a white stone
• The difference between your Birth Name, your Given Names, and Your Secret Name
• How men and women differ in their strategies to win at the “Name Game”
• How to overcome the chronic personal pain in your life
• How to tap into your true potential and step into the destiny your Creator designed for you
• How modern movies give us a glimpse into the story of Your Secret Name
• A community who believes in you and shares your passion for personal development

Join us for a complimentary chat (landline, cell, or skype). When you register for this exclusive event we’ll send you our private phone number (freeconferencing.com) and/or instructions how to log in with skype.

DON’T DELAY. 

Yesterday is ashes. Tomorrow is wood. Today burns brightly. -Old Eskimo Proverb

If you’ve read Your Secret Name, then you know how God has used it to change lives. If you haven’t read it, then simply browse some of the Secret Stories to see for yourself.

We believe God wants us to gather a team in order to spread the message. And so, this is exactly what we’ve done. We’ve formed an International team and we’re growing every week. Why not consider joining us in spreading hope to those who need it most.

More about the Independent Speaker and Trainer Certification Program:

You will be certified to speak and train any individual or group anywhere in the world utilizing the Your Secret Name curriculum, products and books as outlined in the program.  (You keep 100% of the proceeds, honorariums and income you receive.)

I want to thank you for coming to LBC this past week. I must say, I wasn’t planning on going to chapel this week due to the many projects I have due in the next few weeks. But, for whatever reason, I decided to go, and was absolutely captivated by your words.

I decided to go hear you speak on Wednesday night in the chapel, and truly thought that it would go in one ear and out the other, but I prayed that God would allow something you say to change me. I’m not emotional – never have been, but cried when you said to invite God into the painful situation I went through.

I have always given myself the name “Ugly,” because that’s what my mom told me one night when I was in Kindergarten. I was 5 then. I’m 21 now, and have lived with that name for 16 years. I’ve been bulimic/anorexic for 8 years… because I’ve always seen myself as ugly. Wednesday night, God gave me the name “Beautifully Created.”

As I was praying that night, God reminded me of many verses that I haven’t thought about for years… Psalm 139:14-16 and Psalm 45:11. I’m so thankful to have had you here at LBC to speak. If it weren’t for God bringing you here, I would still have the name Ugly. I pray that God blesses you richly for the way you have blessed me.

Every second of every single day, is a battle. A battle between myself and society, and often a battle within my own mind.

All I can do is pray, and hope for happier times to come around, to lift me out of this dark period of my life. It was only by God’s grace that I found him in my heart. It was something that came to me so quickly, and is still something very new to my life. I may not be the best Christian, but I know in my heart that I have God’s love, and if I am with him, he will always help and guide me.

To the world I may be depressed, but in God’s eyes I am hope. I may be known as Gay to this world, but in his eyes, I am complete.

A “Hard Rock” group (Resistance Movement) emailed me recently and told me that Your Secret Name inspired them to write a new song called Secret Name. Although this style might not be your norm, I encourage you to check out their new album The Great Constant.

The lyrics to the song are below. Or you can find them on Facebook or MySpace

Secret Name

I can see the lights muffled bright
Off in the Distance
Try as I might, Dig in my heels
I can’t resist them
I can feel the wind Rushing fast
I’ve closed my eyes dear
Here take my hand, hold it so tight
I’m not sure where we’re going
Consider this: we are what we do
We are what we’ve done
All the things we’ve said
Will tell us if we’re dead
So if we reach that place
The place amongst the living
Will you keep us there?
We’re here for the saving
My heart has things
Worth undoing
Both my lungs
Have started losing

I’ll ignore the Labels
I will turn the tables
I won’t stay the same
Hear my secret name

I am a Christian who has struggled with alcoholism.  This is something that I was born with and is mine to own and fight.  With God and his spirit inside me and as a member of AA I can put this horror to sleep.  I can’t kill it, but it can be kept asleep.

I have always been lifted in this fight with the strong sense of a mission God has for me.  A mission that can only be pursued with a sober mind and soul.  I may not have a sense of where this mission will take me in detail, but I do know the direction.  My secret name is “Mission.”

When I first saw the title of your book, Your Secret Name; I thought initially that I really don’t need to read this because I already know what my secret name is. So this book lingered in my Kindle Archives unread until…

I realized that just because you know something doesn’t mean you walk in it.

Nine years ago, I did a Bible study-Experiencing God by Dr. Blackaby. I was routinely answering one of the questions about who God was in my life when I stopped and thought about my life and how God’s redemptive love saved me. I grew up in church and I always loved Jesus, but I didn’t receive Him as my Savior until I was 23 years old. One of the issues I struggled with was being sexually abused by my father as a child. I had repressed those memories, until my sister talked to me about it.

Then I remembered. I was angry at God, my deceased father, myself..I thought why did that have to happened to me,etc. Eventually I came to a place of forgiveness, but it was a long dark depressing journey to get there. When I began writing who God was that day-it started with-

“I He am who loves you. I am He who has restored you. I am all you need. I am He that will never leave you. I am your Hope. I am He who has mendeth your broken heart. I am your victory.” Then that still small voice said that “I have changed your name. You will have the confidence and boldness only I can give you. You are a victor, a conqueror. Start seeing yourself as I see you. You are the victorious one-You will always have the victory over your circumstances.”

So when I began reading Your Secret Name, I already knew what my name was. However, was I living it? Sometimes I felt like a failure although outwardly I have all the trappings of success-Ivy League education and a well-paying job,etc. But why did I feel like a failure? I was not walking in what God has for me. After reading your book, I was encouraged to embrace the name and to seek His will, and not my own. I know that God has a wonderful plan for me and that He loves me with an everlasting love. The attribute of God that reflects how I see Him has always been Jehovah Nissi.

When I took the Name test on this website, I clicked failure and the new name was Victor.

Thank you for writing this book and sharing your own personal testimony.