How Do I Stop Feeling Guilty?

You Asked For It

Hebrews 10:22So let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, with hearts that have been purified from a guilty conscience. (TEV)

James 2:10 For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God's laws. (NLT)

Are Your Guilty

Feelings Justifiable?

1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (NIV)

Ephesians 4:17-18Live no longer as the unsaved do,

for they are blinded and confused. Their closed hearts are full of darkness; they are far away from the life of God because they have shut their minds against him, and they cannot understand his ways. (TLB)

Are Your Guilty Feelings

Unjustified Guilt?

Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (NKJV)

Guilt vs. Shame

Romans 5:5Hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. (NIV)

Psalm 139:14Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous — how well I know it. (NLT)

Ephesians 2:10We are His (God’s) workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, (NKJV)

Three solutions 1 – Justifiable Guilt2 – Unjustifiable Guilt 3 – Shame

When you Imagine God’s Face, What Do

You See?

2 Corinthians 12:9

Then he told me, My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. (MSG)

Hebrews 4:16Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (NIV)

1 Peter 5:6-7Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. (NKJV)