Overcoming Guilt

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YOUR GUILT TRIP
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1 John 418 Perfect love drives out fear
because fear has to do with punishment.
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Philipps Paraphrase Fear always contains some
of the torture of feeling guilty.
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Ignore it
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Proverbs 2027 hardcover p. 645 paperback p. 455
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Proverbs 2027 (LB) A mans conscience is the
Lords searchlight exposing his hidden
motives. Proverbs 2027 (GN) The Lord gave
us a mind and a conscience. We cannot hide from
ourselves.
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Byoverworking
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Byoverworking escaping
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Ignore it Hide it
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Byminimizing
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Byminimizing rationalizing
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Byminimizing rationalizing compromising
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Byminimizing rationalizing compromising
Commit a sin twice and it wont seem a sin.
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If you do, itllundermine your success
Proverbs 2813 (GN) You will never succeed in
life if you try to hide your sins.
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If you do, itllundermine your success
Proverbs 2813 (GN) You will never succeed in
life if you try to hide your sins. Numbers
3223 You may be sure that your sin will find
you out.
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If you do, itllundermine your
success neutralize your impact
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If you do itllundermine your success neutraliz
e your impact make you feel miserable
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Psalm 323-5 (LB) I wouldnt admit my guilt, but
my dishonesty made me miserable and filled my
days with frustration. My strength evaporated
until I finally admitted all my sins and stopped
trying to hide them.
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Ignore it Hide it Blame others
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Genesis 312 It was the woman You gave me who
brought me some and I ate it.
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Why? Want to balance guilt with blame
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BLAME OTHERSand God!
Proverbs 193 Peoples own foolishness ruins
their lives, but in their minds they blame the
Lord.
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Ignore it Hide it Blame others Self-Condemnation
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Psalm 384-8 hardcover p. 554 paperback p. 392
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Guilt can lead to sickness
SELF-CONDEMNATION
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Guilt can lead to depression
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Guilt can lead to failure
SELF-CONDEMNATION
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Psalm 32 hardcover p. 549 paperback p. 389
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Step 1 Admit Your Sin to God! (v.5a)
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Proverbs 2813 He who conceals his sins does not
prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them
finds mercy. 1 John 18 If we say we havent
sinned, were deceiving ourselves and the truth
is not in us.
Step 1 Admit Your Sin to God!
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DO A LITTLE SPIRITUAL INVENTORY
Step 1 Admit Your Sin to God!
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DO A LITTLE SPIRITUAL INVENTORY Lamentations
340 Let us examine our ways and test them.
Step 1 Admit Your Sin to God!
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DO A LITTLE SPIRITUAL INVENTORY Lamentations
340 Let us examine our ways and test
them. Words? Thoughts? Attitudes? Actions?
Reactions? Promises? Negligence?
Step 1 Admit Your Sin to God!
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Step 1 Admit Your Sin to God! Step 2 Accept
Responsibility for it! (v.5)
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Psalm 513-4 I know my transgressions, and sin
is always before meI sinned, and have done what
is evil in Your sight.
Step 2 Accept Responsibility for it!
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Step 1 Admit Your Sin to God! Step 2 Accept
Responsibility for it! Step 3 Ask God to
Forgive You! (v.5b)
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1 John 19 If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just and will forgive us our sins
and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Step 3 Ask God to Forgive You!
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1 John 19 If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just and will forgive us our sins
and purify us from all unrighteousness. Philipps
If we freely admit that we have sinned, we find
God utterly reliable. He forgives our sins and
makes us thoroughly clean from all that is evil.
Step 3 Ask God to Forgive You!
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WRONG WAYS Dont beg
Step 3 Ask God to Forgive You!
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WRONG WAYS Dont beg Dont bargain
Step 3 Ask God to Forgive You!
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WRONG WAYS Dont beg Dont bargain Dont bribe
Step 3 Ask God to Forgive You!
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WRONG WAYS Dont beg, Dont bargain, Dont bribe
Genuine faith in Jesus
Step 3 Ask God to Forgive You!
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WRONG WAYS Dont beg, Dont bargain, Dont bribe
John 1413 I will do whatever you ask in My
name.
Step 3 Ask God to Forgive You!
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Why is faith in Jesus necessary?
Step 3 Ask God to Forgive You!
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Why is faith in Jesus necessary?
Isaiah 592 Your iniquities have separated you
from your God your sins have hidden His face
from you, so that He will not hear.
Step 3 Ask God to Forgive You!
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Why is faith in Jesus necessary?
Romans 623 The wages of sin is death
Step 3 Ask God to Forgive You!
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Why is faith in Jesus necessary?
Romans 623 (LB) The wages of sin is death,
but the free gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Step 3 Ask God to Forgive You!
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Why is faith in Jesus necessary?
Romans 323-24 (LB) All of us have sinned yet
God declares us Not Guilty IF we trust in Jesus
Christ who in His mercy freely takes away our
sins.
Step 3 Ask God to Forgive You!
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Step 1 Admit Your Sin to God! Step 2 Accept
Responsibility for it! Step 3 Ask God to
Forgive You! Step 4 Share it with Others (v.8)
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BENEFICIARIESPerson youve wronged
Step 4 Share it with Others
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BENEFICIARIESPerson youve wronged Other
Christians
Step 4 Share it with Others
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BENEFICIARIESPerson youve wronged Other
Christians Yourself
Step 4 Share it with Others
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BENEFICIARIESPerson youve wronged Other
Christians Yourself
James 516 Confess your sins to each other and
pray for each other so that you may be healed.
Step 4 Share it with Others
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God forgives you COMPLETELY!
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Psalm 1032-3 hardcover p. 595 paperback p. 421
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Col. 213-14 (Ph) He has forgiven all your
sins. He has utterly wiped out the evidence of
broken commandments which always hung over our
heads, and has completely annulled it by nailing
it to the cross!
God forgives youCOMPLETELY! (Ps. 1032-3)
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God forgives youCompletely Permanently (v.12)
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Micah 719 You willhurl all our iniquities
into the depths of the sea. Jeremiah 3134 I
will forgive their wickedness and will remember
their sins no more.
God forgives youPermanently
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God forgives youCompletely Permanently Instan
tly
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Isaiah 557 (GN) God is merciful and quick to
forgive.
God forgives youInstantly
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God forgives youCompletely Permanently Instan
tly Repeatedly
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Hebrews 725 (Ph) Christ is always interceding
on our behalf.
God forgives youRepeatedly
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Whats the secret shame youre haunted with?
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How do you Spell Relief
J E S U S
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