Breaking Free From Shame

"There’s some of you in the room who are sick. You are deep in your guilt and your shame. You need help. You have sin that has not been paid for, and the remedy’s sitting right there in front of you. You have the opportunity to be right with your God, to be able to stand before Him. Get well and accept your grace. Stop coming up with excuses. Stop denying, stop deflecting, stop trying to escape it. Accept reality, and accept the One who paid the price. There’s others of you in the room who’ve accepted God’s grace, but you’re still fixated on your guilt. You’re still carrying around the guilt and the shame that you should have left at the cross a long time ago. You wish that you could stop feeling guilty; you just don’t know how. Stop looking at your sin. Stop focusing on your failure. Instead, let your eyes fixate on your forgiveness and what has been accomplished on the cross."