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What do I do with my shame?
How can I forgive what I can’t forget?
How do I move past my past?
“That would’ve ruined my life forever!”
Genesis
You can only be loved to the extent you are known.
Shame never comes from God.
Guilt & Shame
Guilt says, I deserve to be PUNISHED. Shame says, I am WORTHLESS.
Guilt says I DID bad. Shame says I AM bad.
Which of these feelings do you seek to avoid the most?
Shame - 38%
Guilt - 31%
Fear - 30%
Which of these desires is strongest in your life?
Personal Freedom - 40%
To Overcome - 28%
Respect - 31%
Genesis
Three Questions of Shame:
Did God really say that?
Where are you?
Who told you that you were naked?
Shame Based Thinking:
We are vulnerable to PERFECTIONISM.
We are CRITICAL of ourselves, making us CRITICAL of others.
We use self-defeating THOUGHTS as a form of protection and escape.
Isaiah
The only way to heal from shame is to move the FOCUS from what I’m not to who Jesus is.
1 John
I am not ________________. Because of Christ I am ________________.

