How the enemy tries to deal emotional turmoil into our lives and how to overcome this emotional turmoil with the power of God, dealing with the emotion of shame

1. Spiritual Warfare 11Spiritual Warfare 11
The enemy wants to make us feel badThe enemy wants to make us feel bad

2. Unmet Desires
Confusion
Hopelessness
Fear
Anger
Shame/Guilt
It is during our creative phase that we
need to know God’s word, the wrong
understanding of God’s word will
make it easier to fail as we wait on
God

3. Emptiness
Jeremiah 2:13
Emotional Pain
Ephesians 4:26-27
Bitterness
Hebrews
12:15
Shipwreck your
faith 1 Timothy
1:18-19
Gives Satan
a foothold
Eph 4:26-27

4. Emotional Pain
Satan has many tricks, but his
greatest trick involves emotion
When we get emotional, we
make our biggest mistakes

6. We’ve talked about many of the
emotions listed
BUT
One big one has been touched
on yet…SHAME

7. SO, WHAT IS SHAME?
Shame is guilt's sidekick
Batman and Robin
Cheese and Crackers
Lone Ranger and Tonto

8. Guilt is usually tied to an event:
I did something bad.
Shame is tied to a person:
I am bad.

9. Guilt is the wound.
Shame is the scar.
Guilt is isolated to the individual.
Shame is contagious. It is
relational in character and
spreads to your relationships

10. Guilt says,
“You did something wrong.”
Shame says,
“That’s why you need to hide.
You’re no good. You deserve
to live in darkness. Come
with me; I’ll lead the way.”

11. Not all Shame is bad!!!
GUILT
SHAME
HIDING

12. Not all Shame is bad!!!
GUILT
SHAME
HIDING
If Shame causes us
to hide our guilt, and
if it drives us away
from closesness in
relationships,
HOW CAN IT NOT
BE BAD?

13. Not all Shame is bad!!!
GUILT
SHAME
Forgiveness
There are 2 answers to that,
First – God searches for us and
draws us into forgiveness
Secondly – our isolation can act as
teacher, letting us know something
is wrong
HIDING
GOD

14. In fact, “shamelessness”—being so
hard-hearted that one carouses in
broad daylight—is a sign that
something is seriously wrong
(Romans 1:27; 1 Corinthians 6:5; 11:6;
Ephesians 5:12; Philippians 3:19;
1 Peter 3:16).
Not all Shame is bad!!!

15. Proverbs 3:35 : The wise will inherit
honor and glory, But dishonor and
shame is conferred on fools.
Proverbs 13:5 : A righteous man
hates lies, But a wicked man is
loathsome, and he acts shamefully.
Not all Shame is bad!!!

16. HOWEVER!!!
GUILT
SHAME
Forgiveness
FALSE
GUILT
FALSE SHAME
Worthlessness

17. How to recognize shame!
1)It’s their fault
Blame and shame areBlame and shame are
the same. Blame isthe same. Blame is
just about who is goingjust about who is going
to get struck with theto get struck with the
shame.shame.

18. How to recognize shame!
2)I should have done that
Simply put: Should = Shame!
When we go around “Shoulding”
ourselves (or others), we are laying
on a burden of performance based
on expectation

19. How to recognize shame!
3)They are hyper critical of
themselves and others
Sometimes they try and hide their
shame by becoming perfectionists,
always having to do things perfect

20. How to recognize shame!
4)They never feel like they
belong anywhere
The Shame filled person feels they
are different than everyone else so
they never fit in.

21. How to recognize shame!
5)They often have a need to
control others
The Shame filled person doesn’t
want to be found out, so they try
and control others

22. What to do?
1)Stop playing BLAME the tail on the
donkey

23. What to do?
2) Stop letting Satan accuse you
There is now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus
Most shame would stop here is we
understood this verse

24. What to do?
3) Give up control…you don’t need it
In Spiritual Warfare – GOD MUST
BE IN CONTROL -

25. What to do?
4) Expose the Lie
Confess your sins one to another
Opening up the heart to others

26. What to do?
5) Read what beautiful things God says
about you in the New Testament
I am seated with Christ in the heavelies
We are his children by adoption