The Moment of Exposure
On Judgment Day, I won’t hide. I won’t run. Not because I’m innocent, but because I’m forgiven. Jesus paid it all.
On Judgment Day, I won’t hide. I won’t run. Not because I’m innocent, but because I’m forgiven. Jesus paid it all.
For many of us, the voice of our inner critic is deafening, and quickly demeans our value or worth because of the pain we carry around from our past because of what we’ve done or what has been done to us. To heal, learn to overcome shame and reclaim your worth.
Work around us, Lord, we seem to say. Not in us and through us. Shame and lukewarm, self-defense mechanisms are all working overtime. If we would be or do anything for the Master, we must face and overcome this gremlin.
If your church shows no burden for the unreached all around you, Evangelism Matters: you have missed the commission of Jesus.
Guilt and shame sting, but they need not be deadly. Although people and circumstances around us may still shame us (and it hurts), Christ can release us from its destructive power.
When we bury our grief instead of offering it to one another, it becomes like an infection.
Experiencing the freedom Christ intended by learning how to stop being ruled by shame.
There are several attitudes of the mind that keep us from letting go of shame.