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Step 4 Admit your Faults Acknowledge your Hurts
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BE HONEST . . . Youre Not God!
REMEMBER . . . You Matter to God!
ENTRUST Your Life to God!
ADMIT Your Faults Acknowledge Your Hurts.
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You are only as sick as your secrets. Rick
Warren
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GOOD GUILT . . . the mental and emotional voice
inside of me that signals when I have sinned.
BAD GUILT . . . the mental and emotional voice
inside me that signals I have done something
wrong when in fact there is no reason for me to
feel guilty.
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HOW DO I TURN OFF THE GUILT ALARM?
2 Samuel 111-5 ( p 288)
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Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and
stopped trying to hide them. I said to myself,
I will confess my rebellion to the LORD. And
you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. Psalm
325 NLT
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BAD GUILT CAN COME FROM . . .

• A Poor Understanding of Forgiveness
• And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.
• Psalm 325 NLT
• 2. Unrealistic Personal Expectations
• 3. Others Unrealistic Expectations
• 4. The Accuser Satan
• the Accuser has been thrown down to earth the
  one who accused our brothers and sisters before
  God day and night.
• Revelation 1210 NLT

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• SORTING OUT THE GUILT . . .
• The guilt must be specific and focused or it is
  not healthy and therefore not from God.
• The guilt must be rooted in Biblical absolutes or
  it may not be healthy.
• 3. Guilt that remains when you have dealt with
  the sin is not healthy.
• 4. Bad guilt is about condemnation. Good guilt
  is about conviction.

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G.R.A.C.E. Gift Required
you were dead in your transgressions and sins
. . . you followed the ways of this world and of
the ruler of the kingdom of the air . . . But
because of his great love for us, God, . . . made
us alive with Christ even when we were dead in
transgressionsit is by grace you have been saved
. . . through faithand this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works,
so that no one can boast. Ephesians 21-9
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G.R.A.C.E. Gift Required
Abounds Conditioned Every Need
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that
in all things at all times, having all that you
need, you will abound in every good work. 2
Corinthians 98
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I am deeply loved by God and I have done nothing
to earn or deserve this love.
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Step 4 Admit your Faults Acknowledge your Hurts