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Be a part of one of our services. 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:11.080 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.720 But thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.400 again for coming out. I like to start with something 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.639 funny and I heard about this young lady. She came 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:23.040 home from a date very sad. She told her mother 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.760 that her boyfriend just proposed to her. Her mother said, well, 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:29.639 why are you so sad, She said, because he told 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:32.960 me he's an atheist. Mom, he doesn't even believe that 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:36.880 there's a hell. Her mother said, marry him anyway. Between 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:39.160 the two of us, we'll prove to him how wrong 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:43.560 he is. Hold up your Bible. Say it like you 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:46.520 mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:48.960 says I am. I have what it says I have. 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:52.080 I can do what it says I can do. Today 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.520 I will be taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess. 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:59.359 My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:04.800 never be the In Jesus' name, God bless you. I 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.280 want to talk to you today about shame off you. 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.960 We've all heard the phrase shame on you, starting from 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:15.359 a child. You didn't clean your room, Shame on you. 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:17.720 You were mean to your little sister. Shame on you. 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:21.440 Even as adults. We may not hear it out loud, 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:24.600 but it plays in our thoughts. It fell back into 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:28.040 that bad habit. Shame on you. You went through a divorce, 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:32.840 Shame on you. We don't realize how destructive shame is. 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.160 We use it to try to convince people to do better, 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:41.480 but shame does just the opposite, causes us to feel guilty, unworthy, 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:45.120 like we don't deserve to be blessed. A young lady 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.400 told me how she had a baby when she was 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:50.240 a teenager and she wasn't able to keep it. She 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:54.040 put it up for adoption. Now ten years later she said, 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:58.680 I feel so ashamed I abandoned my baby. I can't 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:01.320 sleep at night think it about what a terrible mother 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:05.640 I am. That voice is constantly whispering shame on you. 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:10.160 Shame is one of the enemy's favorite tools. He's called 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:14.920 the accuser. He'll remind you of every mistake, every failure, 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:18.640 even things that weren't your fault. He'll try to deceive 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:21.919 you into thinking that you were to blame. People that 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:25.200 were abused as a child had no choice in it. 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:29.280 He'll whisper you're not good enough, you deserved it, that's 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:32.880 why they mistreated you. He'll try to twist it and 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:36.520 convince you to carry around all this heaviness. But the 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:41.400 scripture talks about how God has removed our shame, whether 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:44.920 it was your fault, or somebody else's. You don't have 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:48.760 to carry the heavy load of guilt, beating yourself up, 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:53.159 feeling wrong on the inside. When the enemy says shame 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:57.719 on you, God says, shame off you. I've forgiven you, 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:02.080 I've redeemed you, I've made you valuable. And what people 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:05.600 did or didn't do to you, they don't determine your worth. 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:10.280 Your worth comes from your creator, the most High God 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:14.400 breathed his life into you. He crowned you with his favor. 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:20.840 He calls you a masterpiece. Don't go around as shamed, guilty, condemned. 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:24.320 Shake off the shame every time you hear that voice 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:27.560 whispering shame on you. By faith, you need to hear 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:31.320 God answering back, shame off you don't accept the shame. 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.800 And I'm not saying a course to be flippant and think, well, 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:37.960 I made a big mistake. I hurt somebody, No big deal. No, 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:42.200 we should be remorseful, ask for forgiveness, do better next time. 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.239 But the problem is if you don't put your foot 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:49.320 down and say shame off me, even though God has 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:53.600 removed it, that shame will follow you around. The young 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.960 lady asked me, Joel, do you think God will forgive me, 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.800 I said, I know God will forgive you. The real 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:04.800 question is will you forgive yourself? Will you shake off 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:08.800 the shame? I found it's more difficult to forgive ourself 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:12.880 than it is to forgive other people. The enemy knows 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:16.640 if we feel wrong on the inside, we'll never become 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:19.960 who we were created to be. That's why he works 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:23.960 over time to try to bring guilt, shame, make you 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:27.040 feel like you don't deserve to be blessed. You have 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:31.840 to turn off the accusing voices. You may have made mistakes, 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:35.560 but the moment you ask God to forgive you, he 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:39.000 not only forgave you, he took it one step further. 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:43.400 He doesn't remember it anymore. And when those thoughts try 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:47.039 to remind you of mistakes of the past, saying things like, 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:51.839 shame on you, you were unfaithful in that relationship, Shame 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:55.080 on you. You were dishonest in the business deal. Shame 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.680 on you. You were rude to that family member last month. 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:02.840 You've already asked for forgiveness. That means God doesn't remember it. 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:07.120 That's a sure sign the accuser is at work. You 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:11.360 can either accept the shame, feel wrong on the inside, 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.400 or you can rise up and say no, shame off me. 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:18.360 I know I've been forgiven. I know God's mercies bigger 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:21.200 than this mistake. If God doesn't remember it, I'm not 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:25.000 going to remember it either. When the Israelites had been 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:28.360 in slavery in Egypt for many years, they were very 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:33.480 beaten down, not only physically but emotionally. They were constantly 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.280 told they were no good, they couldn't do anything right, 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:40.120 they would never measure up. Over time, they let that 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:45.120 steal their sense of value. They felt inferior, insecure, like 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:48.200 they had no self worth. And when a person is 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:52.880 being mistreated abused, especially for a long time, instead of 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:56.680 recognizing that the other person is doing them wrong, it's 0:07:56.760 --> 0:08:00.320 easy for them to accept the blame and start thinking 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:04.400 they deserve what's happening. Before long, they're not only ashamed 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.440 of what's happening, but they start to become ashamed of 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:11.240 who they are. That's the way the Israelites felt, That's 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:14.920 how the enemy twist things. But after four hundred and 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:18.120 thirty years, God brought them out of the slavery, out 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:21.160 of the abuse. Just as they were about to enter 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:25.840 the Promised Land, God said to them, this day I 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:29.400 have rolled away the reproach of Egypt off of you. 0:08:30.600 --> 0:08:36.440 Reproach means shame, blame, disgrace. Notice, they couldn't go into 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:41.200 the Promised Land with the shame, feeling unworthy, not valuable. 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:45.720 God had to roll away the reproach. In the same way, 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:49.640 before you can reach your highest potential, you have to 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:53.520 get rid of any shame. You may have made mistakes, 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.920 People may have done you wrong, but you can't sit 0:08:57.000 --> 0:09:04.240 around guilty, condemned, blaming you, blaming others. Whatever. Your Egypt 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:08.839 is a divorce, an addiction, somebody that did you wrong. 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:14.679 God is saying this day, not tomorrow, not next week, 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:19.120 not six months from now. Today, God is rolling away 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:24.160 the reproach. He's rolling away the guilt, rolling away the shame. 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:27.960 Now it's up to you to accept it. You have 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:32.520 to quit dwelling on your failures, quit believing those lies 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:37.120 that you've made too many mistakes, you've been hurt too badly. 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:41.080 Know the reproach has been rolled away. When you get 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:43.160 up in the morning and you hear those voices and 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.600 they come to all of us, shame on you, you 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:48.120 have to answer right back, No shame off of me. 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:53.160 I know my reproach has been taken away. I know 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:57.080 this man, he was happily married, has a good family, 0:09:57.400 --> 0:09:59.640 but he let his guard down and God involved with 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:02.800 another woman. They were friends at work and the heat 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.880 of the moment it turned into something else. It happened 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:09.000 that one time that was it. He felt so badly 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:11.800 about it. He knew it was wrong. He asked God 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.760 to forgive him, But year after year went by and 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:18.680 he still felt this heaviness on the inside. He knew 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:23.200 God had forgiven him, but he couldn't forgive himself. On 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:26.160 the outside, he looked fine, he was happy, but on 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:29.480 the inside he had this sense of shame, guilt, like 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:32.560 he had to settle for second best. And one day 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:36.040 a minister that he respected pulled him to the side 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:40.720 and said, whatever is holding you back, whatever lie is 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:45.199 keeping you from rising higher, today that power is being broken. 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:48.120 God is about to release you to a new level 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:52.280 of your destiny. This man began to weep and weep 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.880 all the guilt, the shame, the heaviness that he had 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:59.400 allowed to become a part of his life. It suddenly 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:02.520 live did off of him. It was like a chain 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:07.320 was broken, a stronghold came down. For years, he had 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:10.840 allowed the accuser to pile on the shame, tell him 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:14.280 you don't deserve it, You blew it, sit on the sidelines. 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.760 God showed up and said I have the final say, 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:21.520 and I say, not shame on you, but shame off you. 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:26.360 In that moment, he was chained. Maybe like him. You 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.240 know God has forgiven you, but you still have this 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:33.120 sense of unworthiness, like you don't deserve it. You could 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:37.600 never reach your highest potential friends. That shame has held 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:42.320 you back long enough. Today God has removed the reproach. 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:46.240 Today the chains have been broken, burdens have been lifted. 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:50.160 God is saying shame off of you. Now you have 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:54.080 to get in agreement. Quit listening to the accusing voices, 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:57.199 Quit believing the lies. That you have to settle for 0:11:57.320 --> 0:12:01.679 second best. Nothing you've done is a surprise to God. 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:05.200 He's not up in the heaven scratching his head. He said, 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:07.520 oh man, I didn't see that last mistake coming. They 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:08.320 threw me off. 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:08.599 No. 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.040 God had the mercy before you made the mistake. He 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:15.160 had the solution before you had the problem. Why don't 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:18.360 you shake off the shame, shake off the guilt. This 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:22.120 is a new day. The reproach has been rolled away. 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:28.440 Here's a key. Don't let one negative event become your identity. 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:33.680 Don't let one failure, a divorce, a bankruptcy, and addiction 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:37.959 become who you are. It's easy to take all the blame. 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:42.160 Let it consume you. Before long, you become known as 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:45.760 the man who blew his marriage, the woman that was abused, 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:49.080 the young person that has the addiction. No, that's what 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:52.959 you did. That's not who you are. That's what happened 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:57.079 to you. That is not your identity. The enemy would 0:12:57.120 --> 0:13:02.760 love to stick these labels on us. Did unfaithful, divorced, 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:07.320 bad parent. Don't believe those lies. You may struggle with 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:11.040 an addiction, but you are not an addict. What you 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:15.120 do does not change your identity. You are still a 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:19.360 child of the Most High God. You may have failed 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:21.880 in some area of your life. We all have, but 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:25.320 you're not a failure. You may have had some bad breaks, 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:28.600 but you are not a victim. When those thoughts of 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:32.360 guilt and shame try to relabel you, you have to 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:36.200 remind yourself. I am not who people say I am. 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:40.320 I am not whose circumstances say I am. I am 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:44.000 who God says I am. God says I am approved, 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:48.080 I am accepted, I am valuable, I am a masterpiece. 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:53.040 In the scripture, names had a lot more meaning and 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:57.200 significance than they have today. Isaac had a son, and 0:13:57.240 --> 0:14:03.920 he named him Jacob. Jacob means trickster, swindler, deceiver. Every 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:07.360 time someone said hello Jacob, they were saying hello, trickster, 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:11.600 Good morning Jacob, good morning, con man. It's time to 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:14.080 go to school, Jacob, time to go to school. Cheater. 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:18.000 He had heard this so long he didn't know any better. 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:22.960 He became exactly what people called him. For years, he 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:26.040 was told, you're a con man. He conned his brother 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:29.480 Esau out of his inheritance. You're a cheater. He cheated 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:33.920 his uncle went around tricking people. Later in life, Jacob 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:37.560 got tired of living like that. One night, he went 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:41.040 down to the brook to get alone with God. An 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:43.920 angel appeared unto him in the form of a man. 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:48.320 The angel asked Jacob what his name was. He said, 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.680 I am Jacob. He was saying, I am a cheater, 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:56.440 I am a deceiver, I am dishonest. The angel didn't say, 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:59.400 you're right, Jacob. You've lived a really terrible life. You 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:02.000 ought to be a shamed to yourself. The Angel said, 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:05.560 you are not Jacob. He was saying you are not 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:09.120 a deceiver. You may have let people talk you into that, 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:13.960 but that is not your true identity. The angel told Jacob, 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.880 God has a new name for you. Instead of Jacob, 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:22.600 you will now be called Israel. Israel means prince with God. 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:27.440 God took this man that had lived a life of dishonesty, 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:32.280 God around cheating people, instead of giving him what he deserved. 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:35.560 Instead of shaking his finger saying shame on you, Jacob, 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:37.760 God said, shame off you. 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:38.320 Jacob. 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:42.240 You're my son. I have destined you to leave your 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:46.560 mark in your generation, not in disgrace, not as a failure. 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:49.560 I've called you to be a prince. I've called you 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:52.720 to reign in life. First thing God had to do 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:55.960 was remove the reproach. God had to get the shame 0:15:56.080 --> 0:16:00.000 off of him. Are you wearing any negative labels today? 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:05.440 Have you let circumstances, failures, or even people put a 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:10.560 label on you that says not valuable, not worthy, addicted, 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:14.400 bad parent, blew his marriage, didn't raise his children right, 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:19.080 doesn't deserve to be blessed. Friends, This is what grace 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:23.360 is all about. None of us deserve it. But God says, 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:27.320 I'm gonna bless you anyway. I know your true identity. 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:32.240 I've breathed my life into you. You may feel like Jacob, 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.800 you've made some poor choices. You could easily live with 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:40.200 that sense of shame. But God in effect is changing 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:45.040 our names today to prince, to princes, to redeem, to forgiven, 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:50.360 to highly favored people. Jacob could have easily told the angel, 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.720 I don't see how God could ever make me a prince. 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:57.640 I've made so many bad choices. No, he accepted it 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:02.200 into his spirit. He agreed with what God said. In fact, 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.560 he told the angel, I'm not leaving here until you 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:09.440 bless me. He was saying, I may not deserve it, 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:13.359 but since the shame has been rolled away, I'm asking 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:16.760 for favor, I'm asking for new levels. I'm asking for 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:20.720 the fullness of my destiny. God didn't say, Jacob, who 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:23.280 do you think you are? I'm gonna bless you. You 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:26.600 know the life you've lived. God said Jacob. I like 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:29.880 your boldness. I like the fact that you shook off 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:33.200 the shame. You got rid of the guilt. Now you're 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:35.800 ready to step up to who I've created you to be. 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:39.560 You live like that God will bless you in amazing ways, 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:44.399 even if you're still struggling in an area. There is 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:48.360 no shame to ask for help. Sometimes we think we're 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.639 supposed to be perfect. We can't let anybody know we 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:57.879 have a bad habit, an addiction, this struggle. We'd be embarrassed. No, 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:03.080 don't let shame keep you ey isolated. Real healing begins 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:07.840 when we get honest. The scripture says, confess your faults 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:12.680 one to another, and you will be healed. Some things 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:16.800 you can't overcome on your own. You need somebody to 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:18.440 stand in faith with you. 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:19.280 Now. 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:21.440 I'm not saying that you have to announce it, but 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:24.439 you can find a person that you can trust to 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:27.560 walk with you through it. There's something about getting it 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:31.440 out in the open. Don't let the fear of what 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:35.639 other people think keep you from your miracle. I've learned 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:40.320 everybody is dealing with something. The people that you think 0:18:40.400 --> 0:18:43.520 have it all together look fine on the outside. They're 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:47.680 good at pretending everyone has issues. It's easy to hide 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:49.800 things and only let people see what we want them 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:53.480 to see. The same person that comes to church on 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:58.360 Sunday and waves to you so friendly on Monday, if 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:01.000 you cut them off in traffic. They may wave to 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:04.560 you with one finger in the air and not saying 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:08.560 one way Jesus, the other person comes out. Even in 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:13.200 the scripture, some of the heroes of faith, they all 0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:17.280 had their weaknesses. One day Peter was preaching to thousands, 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:21.160 telling a crippled man to rise and walk. Another day, 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:24.440 he was cursing people out, denying that he knew Jesus. 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:28.720 One day, David was defeating a giant leading God's people. 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:33.359 Another day he was committing adultery, having the lady's husband killed. 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:36.800 He was so ashamed of himself he tried to hide 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:40.000 it for a year. Finally got it out in the open, 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:44.159 confessed his faults. God restored him. One day, Noah was 0:19:44.200 --> 0:19:47.960 building an arc saving his family. Another day he was 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:52.200 getting drunk running around naked. You think you have issues, 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:56.639 you have nothing to be ashamed of. And here's another thought. 0:19:57.760 --> 0:20:03.040 Most likely the thing you're struggling with didn't start with you. 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:07.239 They were passed down. Now this is your opportunity to 0:20:07.280 --> 0:20:09.800 put an end to it. You can be the one 0:20:10.000 --> 0:20:13.600 to break the negative cycle in your family. The first 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:19.920 step shake off the shame. Don't be embarrassed, don't try 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:23.440 to hide it. You don't have to go through life pretending. 0:20:24.119 --> 0:20:27.080 If you'll get honest, go to God and ask him 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:29.760 for help. Find a friend to stick with you. In 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:34.320 the faith, you can overcome anything that's holding you back. 0:20:34.560 --> 0:20:37.679 The forces that are for you are greater than the 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:41.440 forces that are against you. I received a letter from 0:20:41.480 --> 0:20:45.040 a teenage girl that lives in another state. She told 0:20:45.080 --> 0:20:49.280 how she struggled with anorexia. She wouldn't hardly eat anything. 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:52.199 She got to where she was skin and bones. On 0:20:52.240 --> 0:20:55.240 top of that, she was cutting herself. It's the only 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:58.240 way she could find relief from the pain she felt 0:20:58.280 --> 0:21:01.920 on the inside. She came from a well respected family, 0:21:02.440 --> 0:21:05.960 was too embarrassed to tell anyone. She felt ashamed of 0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:09.919 who she was guilty for injuring herself. She knew it 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:13.840 was wrong, but she kept hearing the voices. You're not valuable, 0:21:14.280 --> 0:21:17.680 you're no good. Look at you. That's what the enemy 0:21:17.760 --> 0:21:20.640 loves to do. Heep on the guilt, the shame. He 0:21:20.720 --> 0:21:23.840 knows it will keep us from our destiny. And she 0:21:23.920 --> 0:21:26.199 got to the point where she wouldn't look anyone in 0:21:26.280 --> 0:21:29.960 the eyes. She was so beaten down. One day she 0:21:30.119 --> 0:21:33.080 heard me on TV talking about how God will heal 0:21:33.160 --> 0:21:36.680 your hurts. He'll give you beauty for ashes. How there's 0:21:36.720 --> 0:21:39.479 no shame and being honest and going to God and 0:21:39.560 --> 0:21:43.760 asking for help. She made a decision that day that 0:21:43.800 --> 0:21:47.560 she wasn't going to pretend anymore. She told her parents 0:21:47.600 --> 0:21:50.800 what was going on. They got her the help she needed. 0:21:50.960 --> 0:21:54.800 Long story short, Today she's not only healthy, whole, free, 0:21:54.920 --> 0:21:58.679 but she's a counselor helping other young people that are 0:21:58.680 --> 0:22:02.399 struggling in that same sit away from me. That's what 0:22:02.640 --> 0:22:06.920 happens when you shake off the shame. God will take 0:22:06.960 --> 0:22:11.040 your scars and turn them into stars. He'll use you 0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:15.399 to help others. Maybe you're struggling in an area right now. 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:19.600 The next time you hear that voice whispering shame on you, 0:22:20.480 --> 0:22:24.400 Instead of believing that lie, beating yourself up, getting depressed, 0:22:24.560 --> 0:22:27.119 why don't you rise up and say no, shame off me. 0:22:27.920 --> 0:22:31.480 If you'll start shaking off the guilt, the shame, then 0:22:31.520 --> 0:22:35.000 you can enter into your promised land. That's when you'll 0:22:35.000 --> 0:22:39.280 see the healing, the breakthrough, the new levels. Some people 0:22:39.400 --> 0:22:42.240 are living with a sense of shame because something that 0:22:42.320 --> 0:22:46.280 happened that wasn't even their fault. They were mistreated, growing up. 0:22:46.800 --> 0:22:51.040 Somebody took advantage of them, the way the enemy twists things, 0:22:51.400 --> 0:22:53.520 so he'll try to convince you it was your fault. 0:22:54.000 --> 0:22:56.119 You deserved it. If you would have been better, that 0:22:56.160 --> 0:23:01.240 wouldn't have happened. Don't believe those lies. Can't help how 0:23:01.280 --> 0:23:04.560 someone treated you when you were younger, If they did 0:23:04.600 --> 0:23:08.679 you wrong, the problem wasn't with you, The problem was 0:23:08.720 --> 0:23:13.600 with them. God said he will be your vindicator. God 0:23:13.640 --> 0:23:17.720 saw what happened. He saw the injustice. You may think, 0:23:18.160 --> 0:23:22.399 nobody knows what I've endured. Nobody knows the hurt, the shame, 0:23:22.720 --> 0:23:26.520 the pain. But God knows. He saw every person that 0:23:26.600 --> 0:23:30.160 lifted a finger against you. He saw every lonely night, 0:23:30.520 --> 0:23:34.760 every tear, every hurt. And God said in Isaiah fifty four, 0:23:35.359 --> 0:23:39.560 you will forget the shame of your youth. You will 0:23:39.560 --> 0:23:43.399 not remember the reproach. God is going to pay you 0:23:43.520 --> 0:23:47.560 back for that injustice in such a way that you 0:23:47.640 --> 0:23:50.720 don't even remember what happened. It's not going to be 0:23:50.800 --> 0:23:53.600 on the forefront of your mind. He's going to make 0:23:53.640 --> 0:23:57.720 your life so blessed, so rewarding, so fulfilling, you won't 0:23:57.760 --> 0:24:01.639 even think about those people that hurt you. Now do 0:24:01.720 --> 0:24:06.320 your part, forgive the people that did you wrong. As 0:24:06.400 --> 0:24:09.520 long as you continue to dwell on it, you're allowing 0:24:09.560 --> 0:24:13.880 them to continue to hurt you. Let it go. What 0:24:14.000 --> 0:24:18.400 they did did not change your identity. You're still a masterpiece. 0:24:18.840 --> 0:24:21.760 You're still wearing a crown of favor. You're still destined 0:24:21.800 --> 0:24:24.040 to do great things. Why don't you take off the 0:24:24.080 --> 0:24:28.840 old labels that say damaged, mistreated, abused, put on some 0:24:28.880 --> 0:24:34.520 new labels, accepted, approved, valuable, masterpiece. When you do that, 0:24:35.000 --> 0:24:39.520 God promises you will not only forget the shame of 0:24:39.560 --> 0:24:43.320 your past, but he takes it a step further Isaiah 0:24:43.440 --> 0:24:47.480 sixty one. He said, instead of your former shame, you 0:24:47.600 --> 0:24:52.879 shall receive a twofold recompense. Instead of dishonor and reproach, 0:24:53.359 --> 0:24:57.119 you will possess double what you forfeited. You may have 0:24:57.160 --> 0:25:01.320 had some unfair things happen, but stay in faith. Because 0:25:01.359 --> 0:25:04.439 of that injustice, God is going to pay you back double. 0:25:05.280 --> 0:25:08.480 Because of what happened. The person that walked out and 0:25:08.480 --> 0:25:11.720 broke your heart, the people that mistreated you made you 0:25:11.800 --> 0:25:15.840 feel ashamed, that did not go unnoticed. God saw it. 0:25:16.280 --> 0:25:18.520 He's going to pay you back with double the joy, 0:25:19.080 --> 0:25:22.440 double the peace, double the honor, double the fulfillment. Your 0:25:22.560 --> 0:25:26.040 life is going to be richer because or in spite 0:25:26.040 --> 0:25:30.560 of that injustice. Now, this promise won't do us any 0:25:30.560 --> 0:25:34.920 good if we sit back, ashamed, guilty, beating ourselves up. 0:25:35.280 --> 0:25:39.760 Put your shoulders back, hold your head up high. Nothing 0:25:39.880 --> 0:25:43.440 that was done to you, nothing that you've done, has 0:25:43.520 --> 0:25:46.719 changed your identity. You are still a child of the 0:25:46.720 --> 0:25:49.879 most High God. His plans for you are still for 0:25:50.040 --> 0:25:53.800 good and not evil. You may have had some bad breaks, 0:25:53.960 --> 0:25:57.800 but really those setbacks were a set up for God 0:25:57.840 --> 0:26:00.960 to bring you out with double. I know a lady 0:26:01.000 --> 0:26:05.119 that always struggled with her self worth. She never felt 0:26:05.119 --> 0:26:09.080 like she was good enough. This insecurity came from being 0:26:09.160 --> 0:26:12.919 born out of wedlock. Her mother and father weren't married, 0:26:12.960 --> 0:26:16.320 and as a child, she saw on her birth certificate 0:26:16.640 --> 0:26:21.200 the little box that was checked that said illegitimate. That 0:26:21.320 --> 0:26:26.120 phrase became ingrained in her thinking all through her childhood 0:26:26.320 --> 0:26:30.879 her teenage years, she felt inferior. Anytime she tried to 0:26:30.960 --> 0:26:35.800 move forward, she'd hear voices whispering, you weren't wanted, You're 0:26:35.840 --> 0:26:40.199 not valuable, there's something wrong with you. She went around 0:26:40.240 --> 0:26:45.320 with this sense of shame, unworthiness. She was wearing the label, illegitimate, 0:26:45.800 --> 0:26:48.919 not up to par. One day, I was talking about 0:26:49.040 --> 0:26:52.399 how our worth and value doesn't come from people, it 0:26:52.480 --> 0:26:57.080 comes from God. She said it was like something exploded 0:26:57.240 --> 0:27:01.119 on the inside. Instead of believing those lies that she 0:27:01.160 --> 0:27:04.920 should be ashamed that she has no value, she started 0:27:04.960 --> 0:27:08.880 reprogramming her thinking, I am not an accident. I am 0:27:08.920 --> 0:27:13.439 not a mistake. I've been handpicked by Almighty God. I 0:27:13.480 --> 0:27:18.200 am fearfully and wonderfully made. Her attitude was, no matter 0:27:18.280 --> 0:27:22.280 what my birth certificate says, I know I am legitimate. 0:27:22.560 --> 0:27:26.240 The most High God breathes his life into me. Today 0:27:26.320 --> 0:27:31.919 she is living a free, blessed, confident, faithful life, just 0:27:32.119 --> 0:27:36.359 like God promised. She doesn't remember the shame of her youth. 0:27:37.400 --> 0:27:42.400 Are you carrying around any guilt, shame, heaviness? Friends, this 0:27:42.840 --> 0:27:46.479 is your day to be free. The reproach has been 0:27:46.600 --> 0:27:50.399 rolled away. The door is open, but you have to 0:27:50.480 --> 0:27:54.560 walk out of it. Take off the negative labels. When 0:27:54.600 --> 0:27:58.119 the enemy whispers shame on you, answer right back, No, 0:27:58.359 --> 0:28:03.399 shame off me, and forgiven. I've been redeemed. I am valuable. 0:28:03.760 --> 0:28:07.720 If you'll do this, I believe and declare every chain 0:28:08.080 --> 0:28:10.960 is being broken. God is going to pay you back. 0:28:11.119 --> 0:28:14.440 Double for that injustice. 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