3.26.23  –  Brandon Shanks (Senior Pastor)

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All Eyes on Jesus – Week 3

Hebrews 12:1-2 … let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus…

This week’s reading – Matthew 16-22

One of the most destructive forces in life is .

Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging. -Brené Brown

Guilt – I something bad
Shame – “I bad”

Luke 8
42 As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.
43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her.

Mark 5:26
She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.

HOW TO HEAL FROM SHAME

#1 Run to

Luke 8:44
She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

Malachi 4:2
But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings.

Question: Is Jesus “One of Many” or “One and ?”

#2 Receive your

Luke 8:48
Then he said to her, “Daughter, …”

#3 Stop , be vulnerable, and tell someone you trust.

Luke 8:47 MSG
When the woman realized that she couldn’t remain hidden, she knelt trembling before him. In front of all the people, she blurted out her story—why she touched him and how at that same moment she was healed.

Jesus is not just interested in you being healed, he wants you to be .

shame diffuses it of its power

Our relationship with Jesus is not about control, it is about .

Isaiah 54:4
“Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood.

What is the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message?

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