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Our Shame- The Battle this Side of Heaven
Romans 5:8 NIV
Allison's Shame...
Luke 7:36-47 NIV
"Shame is a painful belief or sense of feeling flawed, defective and unacceptable as you are" - Shame to Beauty pg. 21
Genesis 2:25 NIV
There are TWO TYPES of SHAME...
1. Legitimate Shame...recognizing our sinfulness before God. There IS a remedy for it...the CROSS.
2. False Shame...doesn're originate with God. No remedy and inescapable.
“Most of us go into adulthood with a wounded child’s view of who we are. Some of us continue to live out of this perspective never stopping to reevaluate our belief system.” From Shame to Beauty pg.21
"How we view ourselves determines our freedom from shame. Low self-esteem is always the result of looking in the wrong place for who we are." From Shame to Beauty pg.27
“The deception of shame is that it causes us to focus on ourselves. God’s provision is that we focus on Him.” From Shame to Beauty pg.72
John 8:32 NIV
God desires FREEDOM for us!