I’d love to connect with you over the next couple days.
2 options for these free events.
Do you live outside PA and NJ?
Why not join me online Nov. 9 and 16 for a special Backstage YSN?
I’m going to share some special content, (stuff I’ve never taught before), invite some Q and A, and recruit some new Secret Name team members (it could be you).
What happens to individuals when they discover their identity in Christ? Their souls ignite and they share that freedom with others.
Meet Steve Broughton; Discipleship and Worship Minister at New Life Church in Bellville, Ohio who is pursuing his dream of reconciling people to God. Here’s what he shared at a recent chat:
Over the last 20 years, I’ve had the privilege of serving in ministries both internationally and domestically. Over this time, I’ve seen and experienced the liberation of people from their deepest hurts as they surrender themselves to God.
However, the last six years have been challenging as the enemy convinced me to believe lies about myself and God. After coming through a trial four years ago, I lost some faith in the love of God and humanity.
A year ago, I decided I would no longer worship a God that couldn’t give me answers. I set out on a journey to see if He was worthy of being my God. I wrestled with Him because I wanted to know who He really was for myself.
I pursued my Maker with a tenacity I hadn’t shown in years. I sought Him through prayer, serving, Bible study and books such as Detox: For the Overly Religious and Your Secret Name.
What difference did the Your Secret Name message make in your journey?
Your Secret Name touched me in a very unique way. The message of hope and liberation challenged me to stop listening to the author of lies and seek the Author of Life. After finishing this journey, I knew my new name – RECONCILED, was truly from God. The Given Names of Failure and Hopeless were abandoned and I had a new lease on life.
It is now my heart’s desire to share this message with others and I’m excited to announce we are bringing a YSN Conference to New Life Church in Bellville, OH on October 22nd. We’d love to have you attend and more information about the conference may be found here.
Tell us about Restoring Hope Ministries?
RHM is a ministry of reconciliation born out of my Secret Name. It exists to reconcile people to God and one another. This is done through biblical counseling, conferences (such as Your Secret Name), and discipleship. Our mission for ministry, borrowed from David Putman, is to live, love and leave like Jesus.
Living – Walking with those that Jesus walked with.
Loving – Helping the hurting to find healing and hope.
Leaving – Equipping people to pass along the hope they found in Jesus.
You recently enrolled in the Your Secret Name Trainer Certification program. What led you to this decision?
I decided to become a YSN Certified Trainer because so many people only hear the roar of the enemy and not the freeing voice of their Savior. YSN has done an exceptional job delivering a message of hope that resonates with those who long to be set free. When I heard and experienced the message for myself, I knew I wanted to share it with others. The Trainer Certification program opens the door for me to do that.
If you’d like more information about the Your Secret Name Certification Program, please fill out our contact form. We are filling spots the next 3 months with a launch in January. It’s a tremendous way to share a message of hope and freedom with others and earn a little income as well.
If you couldn’t make the last YSN conference, here is what you missed.
Hope you can make the next one.
Super Early Bird Rates just went on sale for:
Participants
Trainers
Most of us are waiting. Waiting for something.
What is that something? Good question.
So what’s your answer.
What are YOU waiting for?
Here is what I know:
Your world is waiting for you to get past what you’re “waiting for.”
Your friends and family want you to become a Soul on Fire.
The price of you being disengaged is costing you AND them.
But there is a group of people who aren’t waiting around. Instead they’re moving. More than just moving, they’re courageously pursuing more clarity about:
They’re attending our Secret Name conference on July 30th.
I’m proud of these few. Maybe, you’re one of them. If not, why don’t you join us?
See for yourself and watch the powerpoint. (We’re talking true transformation.) Then sign-up, because we only have a few seats left.
People from OH, IN, NJ, WY, etc. are taking a step and investing in themselves. They’re not waiting. And their world is about to become a very different place.
I can’t wait.
A reader posted this on my facebook wall today:
Have you seen this snippet on Jaycee Duggard’s new book? I thought you might find it interesting, Kary. “For eighteen years I was a prisoner. I was an object for someone to use and abuse. For eighteen years I was not allowed to speak my own name. I became a mother and was forced to be a sister. For eighteen years I survived an impossible situation. On August 26, 2009, I took my name back. My name is Jaycee Lee Dugard. I don’t think of myself as a victim. I survived.
What do you have in common with Jaycee Dugard?
The same thing you have in common with Elizabeth Smart.
The same thing you have in common with…Rapunzel from Disney’s Tangled movie.
Each was stolen against their will and stripped of their Name. 
Each received a Given Name (Jaycee = Alyssa, Elizabeth = Shiridashi, Rapunzel = Flower)
Each victim felt tremendous loss in losing their True Name.
Each forgot their True Name…even when their rescuers came to bring them back home.
Each wanted to be free.
But each didn’t know how to become free.
You too have a captor.
(The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy…John 10:10)
You too have been stolen against your will.
You too have been stripped of your Name.
You too have received Given Names. 
And in order to be free you must discover Your Secret Name.
(…but I {Jesus} have come that you might have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10)
Isn’t it time?
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes…I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it. Revelation 2:17
This story just in. More Secret Stories here.
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 answeri
ng 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.
I can’t wait to share my heart with you.
And I count it a deep privilege.
There are ideas, and events, and outcomes.
Too much to write about.
I need to share them with you.
I want you to hear the excitement in my voice.
And I want to answer your questions.
I found out how to use a sweet calling system.
It’s super easy and you can tune in via your phone or skype.
In fact, I want to give you a free gift for tuning in.
I want to invest in you, because I believe in you.
I hope to talk to you on Tuesday night at 9 PM EST. (time converter)
You are the inner circle.
Look for more details on Monday…
A Secret Story that was just submitted. Read other stories here.
Something happened today that I don’t know if I’ll be able to type out or not, but I will try. The kids are running around, screaming, but I need to attempt to get this down. I was prompted to finish a free kindle book I’d downloaded some time ago (last year maybe?). I tried and tried to get through it, and though it was super interesting, i just couldn’t. Frequent interruptions, you name it – no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t get past 50%.
I picked back up yesterday and finished today. It was about finding your secret name. The one God has given everyone. I really wasn’t sure I had one…but I kept reading. About 75% in, the word, “love” was whispered to me. I was just amazed. Could that be my secret name? At first I doubted. Finally, I accepted and went with what was whispered to me. Maybe it was. I let it sink in. That is what God has been working on with me, so it made sense…but I just thought it would be an actual name.
I was so happy with my name never the less! A name picked out by God! After hearing for years and years about secret names, I finally had one. I sat in shock for quite some time, just feeling God’s love. I read the rest of the book and found out about the responsibility of having to walk in your new name. This was huge, considering God had been working on my heart for so long … trying to take my heart of stone and make it a heart of flesh and then to be given the responsibility of having to actually walk the walk…to love. Oh, it was all good in theory. Now though, it was time to ask for God’s love to work through me.
What was once impossible was now being asked of me. Honestly though, I still doubted. Did I really hear right? Was that my name? Love? could that be it? I even took out my bible…opened it and turned to nothing that made sense. Opened my pink, “real” bible, and turned to “do not test the Lord your God” (in Luke, I believe). I knew then to stop doubting, stop asking for confirmation and just believe. Just believe in His love.
I finished my time with Him, as nap time was over, feeling immensely loved and held.
A little bit later, I was washing dishes, looking out the window and a completely random name ( I guess???? wasn’t sure what it was???) came to mind. Phillina. I didn’t know what it was or meant. Not even how to spell it. Phillina? Fillina? I just knew it meant something…or so it felt like. I went to the computer and googled it…the spelling i typed in automatically was Phillina. It came back as a very, very rare name…but it was listed as Greek, and get this, the meaning is, “lover of mankind” or “loving”, depending on the website.
I nearly fell over – except i was sitting. I knew for sure, that was my name. Phillina. I started crying. It’s so beautiful…and I never saw it coming. I sat there, aware that I was in the presence of Jesus, but unable to do much more than smile through my tears. I couldn’t even find the words to pray. i can’t wait to wear my name, like it says in the bible. I guess my question was answered…and how.
Another Secret Story just in. Read more here.
My (birth) name is ____________, I currently live in Milwaukee, WI, and I am almost 29 years old. I don’t want to take up too much of your time as I am sure you get a lot of mail but I wanted to share a little of my story with you after recently obtaining a copy of your book, “Your Secret Name”. So here it goes.
I guess you could say that shortly after I received my Birth Name, I also received my first Given Name – REJECTED. My father abandoned my mother and I shortly after I was born. I did not meet him till I was seventeen, but that was short lived as he disappeared out of my life as quickly as he appeared.. only reaffirming my first Given Name.
My mother did the best she could and raised me in church. I was always the quiet, intoverted kid who wasn’t totally excluded but wasn’t totally accepted either. Sad to say, I think most people reached out to me only out of pity or some “religious obligation”. I personally accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior in 1996 but viewed God as an absent father, much like my earthly father. If the man who helped bring me into this world didn’t love me – who could an invisible being I’ve never met love me? Needless to say, I became bitter and disillusioned with God and Christianity as a whole. I felt rejected by the whole world – including people who claimed they loved me.
At the age of fifteen, I cut myself for the first time with a piece of broken glass. This would mark the beginning of a 13 year journey of self-mutilation, occultism, substance abuse, sexual immorality, violence etc. I don’t know the exact count but it is a fair estimate to say I have over 100 scars (made up of burns and cuts) on my body.
This was the life I lived in for longer than I care to remember.
It was May 13th, 2010 when I walked back into my childhood church and recommited my life back to Christ. And over the course of this year, the Lord has placed some very integral people in my life to support and encourage me along this way. It is the first time I have heard of God’s grace, His compassion, and His renewable mercies for me. I am learning to walk with Him in a relationship built upon God’s Word, Prayer, regular church attendance, and personal discipleship with my pastor/mentor.
But to say that I have not fallen into old, detestable habits would be a lie. I have not self injured in over a year, but other mental scars and fleshly habits have not been so easily overcome. Each time I fall, I rise back up – claiming the promise made in Philippians 1:6 -”…He he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
I wanted you to know that your book and your testimony have been such an encouragement to me. To know there is someone else out there who felt what I felt; walked similar paths that I walked AND overcame – it has really given me hope in my situation. Each day I pray for strength to resist – for indeed in certain areas I am weak.
Thank you for sharing your insights and your own personal journey. I hope, in time, the Lord will reveal to me my secret name – thus, revealing my true identity in Him.
P.S. I also want you to know that I have been recommending your book to everyone I know. Thank you for taking the time to read this. God bless!
We’ve been getting hundreds of comments back from the 700 Club Self-Injury segment (click link or watch below). Here is just one comment:
I want to Thank You so much for going on the 700 club and telling your story. I am not necessarily a cutter, but I do have other ways of hurting myself. Your story touched my soul so deeply that I started crying and I began to feel God’s presence that felt so real to me. I felt like he was saying I am here with you. I had felt like God did not care about me, but now seeing you on the 700 club today has totally changed me!! It was weird for me to see how somebody else has felt the same way as me, I have never admitted those feelings to anybody. Thank you and the others on the show today for being so brave to share your story! You don’t know how much that means to me! God Bless you Kary and the other two speakers that were on the show. You are helping to change people’s lives. I thank the Lord for using you!
Thanks for your prayers and support. Lives are being touched. We couldn’t do this without you.