Casting Out Shame

One of the greatest challenges we face, and one of the enemy's deadliest weapons against us, when God holds up the mirror and reveals the sin and dysfunctional ways we've been walking in, is shame. The enemy comes to pull us into the pit of darkness with lies of "you're too broken," "you've gone too far," "you don't have what it takes," or the trump card, "there's something inherently wrong with you." He does this in order to disable us from stepping out in faith and running the glorious race God has marked out for us. Join me in this episode as we look at what Jacob did when faced with his worst sins, his past coming back to haunt him, the way he ran to God and entered in a wrestle that ended with a new name, a new identity, and greater freedom. I share my own struggle with shame and how, like Jacob, God led me into freedom when I ran to Him. May the Holy Spirit work through this episode to encourages and equip you in your own battle against shame and bring you, and us all, more fully into His glorious light!For further study: Read Genesis 32:1-12; Hebrews 12:1-2; Romans 8:18-30; 2 Cor. 4:7-11 and Zeph. 3:14-17. What do you think God wants to free you from right now? What burdens does He want to lift, what brokenness does He want to deliver you from? What do you hear God saying to you about who you really are?