Naked, Named, and New: How I Lost Everything False and Found Who I Really Am in Christ (Finally Free)
About
This isn’t just a testimony—it’s a total identity exorcism.
For 30 years, I lived as someone I was never created to be: a hustler, a womanizer, an addict, a liar. I wore the mask the streets gave me, performed the part trauma taught me, and made peace with identities that hell helped build. But God had other plans—and He stripped everything fake to reclaim the real me.
This book is a raw, prophetic walk through my personal wilderness—cigarettes dropped, soul ties severed, false images burned. It’s part journal, part war manual, part altar call. In these pages, I confront the lies I lived, expose the spiritual altars built in my name, and reveal how Heaven renamed me—naked, honest, holy, and whole.
Inside you’ll find:
- 10 truth-packed chapters from performance to purpose
- Prophetic insights on spiritual identity, legacy, and repentance
- Real prayers, declarations, and journal prompts for your own journey
- Testimonies of transformation from street life to sonship
This is for the one who’s tired of pretending.
The one who knows there’s more.
The one who’s ready to burn the script and walk in the scroll.
Your identity isn’t lost—it’s just buried.
It’s time to unmask, unbind, and become.
This is my story. My confession.
Another layer unraveled, untangled, and reclaimed.
Now it’s your turn.
Praise for this book
Naked, Named, and New isn’t just a memoir—it’s a spiritual weapon disguised as a testimony. Derick Blakes has written what many men dare not speak: a brutally transparent account of identity theft in the spirit, soul fragmentation, father wounds, generational bondage, and the slow, sovereign process of becoming whole. This book is both courtroom confession and altar call, with each chapter peeling back false identities like layers of a well-performed lie.
Blakes writes with the urgency of someone who’s survived the fire and is now waving down everyone else still trapped in the smoke. His tone is unapologetically raw but drenched in wisdom. He names demons by name, breaks down spiritual laws with clarity, and gives language to readers who’ve known suffering but never understood its spiritual origins.
The structure of the book is brilliant: each chapter is part testimony, part prophetic teaching, part journal prompt, and part warfare manual. It’s designed to deliver, not just inspire. Where other memoirs ask for sympathy, this one calls readers to surrender.
From the haunting revelation that false identities attract demonic contracts, to the graveyard walks where he buried his old self in full view of Heaven and hell, Blakes doesn’t just tell his story—he unearths it, holds it to the light, and dares you to do the same with your own.
Highlights include:
• Chapter 1’s chilling breakdown of false identity as spiritual agreement
• Chapter 4’s expose on altars built in your name without your awareness
• Chapter 7’s battle cry for purity as a daily realm, not a religious event
• Chapter 9’s gut-wrenching legacy message, where Blakes stands in the gap for his son and grandson, severing bloodline curses with prayer and prophetic decreeAnd then there’s the epilogue—a letter so piercing, it feels like God is talking straight through the author. It’s not a conclusion. It’s a commission.
This book will wreck you, but it won’t leave you ruined—it will leave you resurrected.
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Final Verdict:
If you’ve ever worn a mask to survive, repeated generational sins, or wondered why Heaven stayed silent while you begged for blessing, Naked, Named, and New will answer you, confront you, and heal you.
This is not just a memoir—it’s a mirror.
And when you’re done reading, you’ll never look at your name—or your identity—the same again.