Stop living with shame and guilt
SHAME AND GUILT Is guilt and shame holding you back from living to your full potential in Christ? Are you living with fears and insecurities? Is shame and guilt preventing you from fulfilling God's plan for your life? Beware of people who take pleasure in other people's problems. Some people want you to live in your shame and guilt. They will speak negatively about you. They may even remind you that you are undeserving of God's love. Some of them may even be Christians. Others may be close family. Pray to God to guide you to people who are genuinely concerned about your well-being. Much of our guilt and shame stems from focusing on what others say about us rather than what Christ says about us. But we are not our past. We are not what we did. We are who God says we are. He says we are forgiven. He says we are redeemed. He says we are free. "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out thei