Tag: shame
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Promises for a Ruined Reputation
You may be reading this because you know the huge pain of a ruined reputation. The Bible doesn’t shy away from how difficult this experience is: Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. (Psalm 69:20) Here,…
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God’s Not Waiting to Vent
God is not frustrated with you, waiting to vent. He doesn’t have mountains of pent up anger and frustration. If you come to him, he doesn’t need to unload on you before you can both be square. Other people in your life are like that. And—at least to some extent—you are like that. Human beings…
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I Don’t Feel Good Enough
Everything around you, and inside you, is screaming that you have to measure up. You need to meet a certain standard. You need to achieve something. They are all wrong. Those voices either crush you because you fail, or turn you into a proud, self-righteous person. Neither leads anywhere good. So, those voices aren’t just…
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Why “If I Stop…” Feeds Your Porn Addiction
“It will rewire your brain.”“It will damage your relationships.”“It will control you.” You’ve been told these warnings countless times. You believe them. You’ve seen them in your life. And yet—no matter how many times you hear them—you eventually crawl back again to that phone, that laptop, that website. “You’ll finally feel clean.”“You’ll become more confident…