CHAPTER 1
God never consults your past to determine your future! … I have had many deep-rooted issues of shame, inferiority and low self-esteem…covered up in my life. But then I read this verse: “Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart.” – 1 Samuel 16:7
Is it possible that a person may look fine on the outside and appear that they have it all together, but on the inside are falling apart, filled with guilt and shame because of things they’ve been through in their past? Yep! But just the same, God cares more about the condition of our heart, than He does the style of our hair or how many times we go to church each week. He cares about the inside of you.
Shame is a weight that tries to keep you from your future
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Over the next 3 Lessons, we will discuss 3 steps, that have helped me break free from the shame that seemed to torment me for many years to be able to lift my head knowing that my confidence comes solely from Jesus.
Open your eyes. See yourself the way God sees you. (Our eyes are not designed to see ourselves - good or bad).
In order to be free from shame and guilt, you can’t be closed up on the inside and expect God to do a work in you. You have to open yourself up to Him and receive His love, His forgiveness, His acceptance. You absolutely must get consumed with God’s unconditional love for you personally. Once you’ve repented and come clean before God, leaving nothing behind, you are forgiven! Immediately. God never consults your past to determine your future! He will never reject you no matter what you’ve done. You have to choose to see yourself …show more content…
Speak what you believe not what you feel.
Satan will question your identity based on your past performance. He even did that with Jesus. Remember when Jesus was in the wilderness fasting for 40 days and nights, and Satan came along saying, “If you’re the son of God…”? Matthew 4:1-:11, I want you to read this in the Message Bible translation.
1-3 Next Jesus was taken into the wild by the Spirit for the Test. The Devil was ready to give it. Jesus prepared for the Test by fasting forty days and forty nights. That left him, of course, in a state of extreme hunger, which the Devil took advantage of in the first test: “Since you are God’s Son, speak the word that will turn these stones into loaves of bread.”
4 Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy: “It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God’s mouth.” 5-6 For the second test the Devil took him to the Holy City. He sat him on top of the Temple and said, “Since you are God’s Son, jump.” The Devil goaded him by quoting Psalm 91: “He has placed you in the care of angels. They will catch you so that you won’t so much as stub your toe on a
God never consults your past to determine your future! … I have had many deep-rooted issues of shame, inferiority and low self-esteem…covered up in my life. But then I read this verse: “Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart.” – 1 Samuel 16:7
Is it possible that a person may look fine on the outside and appear that they have it all together, but on the inside are falling apart, filled with guilt and shame because of things they’ve been through in their past? Yep! But just the same, God cares more about the condition of our heart, than He does the style of our hair or how many times we go to church each week. He cares about the inside of you.
Shame is a weight that tries to keep you from your future
In …show more content…
Over the next 3 Lessons, we will discuss 3 steps, that have helped me break free from the shame that seemed to torment me for many years to be able to lift my head knowing that my confidence comes solely from Jesus.
Open your eyes. See yourself the way God sees you. (Our eyes are not designed to see ourselves - good or bad).
In order to be free from shame and guilt, you can’t be closed up on the inside and expect God to do a work in you. You have to open yourself up to Him and receive His love, His forgiveness, His acceptance. You absolutely must get consumed with God’s unconditional love for you personally. Once you’ve repented and come clean before God, leaving nothing behind, you are forgiven! Immediately. God never consults your past to determine your future! He will never reject you no matter what you’ve done. You have to choose to see yourself …show more content…
Speak what you believe not what you feel.
Satan will question your identity based on your past performance. He even did that with Jesus. Remember when Jesus was in the wilderness fasting for 40 days and nights, and Satan came along saying, “If you’re the son of God…”? Matthew 4:1-:11, I want you to read this in the Message Bible translation.
1-3 Next Jesus was taken into the wild by the Spirit for the Test. The Devil was ready to give it. Jesus prepared for the Test by fasting forty days and forty nights. That left him, of course, in a state of extreme hunger, which the Devil took advantage of in the first test: “Since you are God’s Son, speak the word that will turn these stones into loaves of bread.”
4 Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy: “It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God’s mouth.” 5-6 For the second test the Devil took him to the Holy City. He sat him on top of the Temple and said, “Since you are God’s Son, jump.” The Devil goaded him by quoting Psalm 91: “He has placed you in the care of angels. They will catch you so that you won’t so much as stub your toe on a