When Michael Mendelssohn started leading mission trips and working with high school students, he expected to encounter questions about faith, purpose, and God. What he did not anticipate was the depth of the identity crisis gripping an entire generation of teenagers. Everywhere he looked, students were struggling not just with what they believed, but with who they were.
That realization set Mendelssohn on a path that would eventually lead to the creation of GodSaysIAm, a one-year devotional now available through his company, FaithCardsCo. Designed specifically for middle and high school students, the resource takes aim at one of the most pressing issues facing today’s youth: the inability to form a stable, healthy sense of identity in a culture saturated with comparison, performance pressure, and digital noise.
Mendelssohn’s background makes him uniquely qualified to address this challenge. His work with students has been both extensive and intimate. He has led mission trips where teens stepped out of their comfort zones and confronted questions about their values and beliefs. He has served in youth ministry settings where honest conversations about insecurity, fear, and doubt were the norm rather than the exception. And perhaps most significantly, he has raised his own children through the turbulent middle and high school years, witnessing up close how cultural pressures shape teenage self-perception.
Those experiences revealed a troubling pattern. Students were constantly looking outward for affirmation, measuring their worth against social media metrics, peer approval, and academic achievement. The result was widespread anxiety, chronic comparison, and a fragile sense of self that could be shattered by a single negative comment or social setback. Even students who appeared confident on the surface often struggled internally with feelings of inadequacy and confusion about their identity.
GodSaysIAm was created as a direct response to these struggles. The devotional is grounded in a core belief that Mendelssohn has refined through years of student ministry: identity is not something students need to achieve through accomplishments or popularity. Instead, it is something they need to remember. Their identity is already established in Scripture, rooted in God’s unchanging declarations about who they are as His beloved children.
The format of GodSaysIAm reflects this philosophy. Rather than overwhelming students with dense theological content or demanding rigorous daily commitments, the devotional offers a gentle, sustainable rhythm. Each weekly session is short, calming, and emotionally safe. The language is accessible without being condescending. The biblical truths are profound without being abstract. The goal is not to add another obligation to already-busy student schedules, but to provide a lifeline of truth they can return to whenever they need grounding.
What makes the devotional particularly effective is its understanding of repetition. Mendelssohn knows that transformation happens not through a single powerful experience, but through the steady reinforcement of truth over time. GodSaysIAm takes students through a full year of Scripture-based affirmations, allowing key messages about their identity to sink deep into their hearts and minds. Week after week, students are reminded that their worth is inherent, their purpose is secure, and their identity is found in Christ alone.
The response from those who work with teenagers has been overwhelmingly positive. Youth pastors appreciate having a tool that addresses real struggles without requiring extensive preparation or facilitation. Parents value the opportunity to engage their teens in meaningful spiritual conversations using a structured resource. Students themselves report feeling less anxious and more grounded after consistently using the devotional.
For Mendelssohn, the launch of GodSaysIAm represents the culmination of years of listening, learning, and caring deeply about the next generation. He has poured his mission trip experiences, his ministry insights, and his heart as a parent into a resource designed to make a tangible difference in the lives of students who desperately need to hear and believe the truth about who they are.
FaithCardsCo is now making GodSaysIAm available to families, churches, schools, and youth organizations nationwide, offering a practical tool for addressing one of the defining challenges of adolescence in the twenty-first century.
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