Hebrews 12:2 For the joy set before him, he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God
 
4 Categories of Self-Scars:
  • What I have become
  • What I have done
  • What I hide:
  • Where I have failed
 
“Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging – something we’ve experienced, done, or failed to do makes us unworthy of connection.”
 
"Shame has one goal and one goal alone: to keep you cemented in a dark past while it hides a beautiful future from you." Bob Goff
 
The gospel is that Jesus doesn’t leave us cemented in shame.
 
“Shame doesn’t just remind us of failure—it drives us back into it.”
 
What can break the cycle? Grace!!!!
 
What the Gospel Says about our Shame
 
1. Failure Isn’t Final
 
1 Peter 5:10 “The God of all grace… will Himself restore you and make you strong.”
 
2. Scars Can Shape Us, Not Shame Us
 
1 Peter 5:6 “Humble yourselves under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up.”
 
Hebrews 12:2 For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God
 
NOW, Shame has NO POWER OVER US… So why are not still sitting at the base of the pole listening to the rooster??
 
3. Our Story Grows Out of Your Scars
 
2 Corinthians 1:3–4 God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”
 
Revelation 12:11 “They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.”