

A new book · Available now
Your REAL ID
Discovering the Truth of Your Identity in Christ
By Tim Howe
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You can love God, know the Bible, and even serve at church, yet still be held captive by lies you don’t realize you believe.
Your REAL ID will show you who God says you are, and out of that identity, the purpose He created you for. You’ll learn to replace the lies you’ve believed about yourself with the truth of what God says about you. Jesus said, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32).
Inside, you’ll find a Bible study built on the truth, chapter and verse, the same truth that empowered me to break free from shame, addiction, fear, anxiety, and toxic thinking. Often, the lies of the enemy sound a lot like your own thoughts. As you read, you’ll be empowered to take those thoughts captive and replace them with the truth of God’s Word.
For over twenty years as a believer, I lived in bondage to lies implanted in me as a child. Then, in May 2019, God healed the wound where many of those lies took root, and I learned that knowing the Bible isn’t enough: you have to believe that you ARE who HE says you are.
Throughout this journey, you’ll discover twenty-nine biblical truths about who you are in Christ and learn to see yourself the way God sees you. Truth you can build your life on.
Here’s just part of what’s ahead
- What to do when fear and anxiety consume your thinking, and everything around you feels uncertain.
- Why God’s love for you doesn’t change when you keep failing, and the difference between guilt and shame.
- How to stop living to prove yourself, even on the days you feel like you’ll never be good enough.
- What God says when you feel like nobody truly understands you or truly loves you.
- How to walk out the plans and purposes God created you for, and why they grow out of your relationship with Him.
- Whether God wants to heal you, and how His Word connects your identity in Christ to your healing.
- How faith works, and how to live by it every day, so you can receive everything God has for you.
- How to recognize God’s leading in an ordinary day, and what to do when the Holy Spirit prompts you.
I’ll also share my own story: the lies I believed, the encounter that changed everything, the twelve weeks I spent learning what “by His stripes we are healed” really means (Isaiah 53:5), and the faithfulness of God at every step. The book moves in three parts of seven chapters, with a built-in rest at each seventh chapter, because we don’t change our identity by striving. It’s provided by God’s grace and received by faith as we rest in the finished work of Christ.
Every chapter ends with reflection questions, a prayer, and a For Your Group block, with a Leader Guide included, so you can walk it out with your small group, book club, or church class. No experience needed. Whether you’re new to faith or you’ve been in church your whole life, this book was written for you.
You are wanted. Your life matters. With God, your future is better than you can possibly imagine.
It’s time to learn who you really are. Because you are who the Word says you are.
As a child of God: You ARE Loved, Guiltless, Chosen, Accepted, and Called.
390 pages · Paperback, hardcover, and ebook · Leader Guide included
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For Small Groups and Churches
Your REAL ID is built to be walked through together. It’s twenty-one chapters in three parts of seven: take one chapter a week, and each part ends at a review chapter, a natural place to pause before the next part begins. Every chapter closes with Making It Yours questions, a prayer, and a For Your Group block, with a This week assignment and a Come ready to share question. The Leader Guide is in the back of the book, and no experience is needed.
Ordering copies for your group? Email Tim@EliteLifeMinistries.org.
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Go Deeper
Leave your email and I’ll send you your first two going-deeper resources, free: your printable REAL ID File with all twenty-nine identity truths on one page, and the click-to-listen guide to the complete audio series, all twenty-one original messages behind the book.
And this is just the beginning. More free resources are on the way, including video content, and I’ll let you know as each one becomes available.
Check your inbox and click to confirm, and your link arrives right away. I’ll also email you as new free resources become available.
About the Author

Tim Howe and his wife, Meagan, are the founders of Elite Life Ministries, in Waukegan, Illinois. Their ministry grew out of a season of profound life change: years in which they experienced firsthand the healing, restoration, and wholeness that come from knowing who you are in Christ. Out of that season came a calling they now share with everyone they can reach: to know, show, and share the love of God.
Tim’s teaching centers on helping believers grow deeper in their faith and trust in the Lord, and on bringing hope and healing to the hurting and broken. Tim and Meagan also share a deep passion to see marriages and families healed and restored.
Tim and Meagan have been married since 2006 and have four children.
To invite Tim to teach or share at your church or event, email Tim@EliteLifeMinistries.org. Find more from Elite Life Ministries at EliteLifeMinistries.org.
